By: Brooke Peterson Chandler Flint, a senior, has a lot of plans for his life after high school. Flint works very hard to keep saving money for adulthood, which is coming up very soon. It seems like he has had all of his ideas planned out for a long time.
Flint explained that he is excited to start his own life and just be able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. He cannot wait to have the freedom of no parents especially because he is already eighteen years old and his parents still want him to obey their rules. Flint expressed that he wished his parents were more lenient with him when he became an adult. He states, "All of my friends do not have a curfew, but I do.” For a future career, Flint wants to work in diesel mechanics. As of right now, he is going to Bridgerland to get certified. So far, he has completed six months of diesel mechanics classes. Flint loves the class he takes and takes his vehicle there every day to mess around with it. Right after high school, Flint has a fantastic job lined up with the company where his mom works. The company offers full benefits, paid time off, and sick days. Flint said, “I definitely lucked out. I'm so glad my mom was able to help me out.” On top of all of that, Flint also has a place to live when he moves out of his parents’ house. Flint's grandparents own an outdated home, and they told Flint he could live there rent free as long as he gets the stuff to remodel the home. He has two people moving in with him to help pay for the renovations, his best friend, Patrick and his girlfriend, Lilly. To say the least, Flint has planned everything out really well and has great family members to help him out.
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By: Macie Gardner Pictured: Kloee Stokes Photo Credit: Aime Stokes The FFA does many different contests in the months leading up to state competition. This year's convention will be held March 10-12. The students that participate spend a lot of time preparing for each individual contest. Before you get to state, you have to go through chapter and area competitions. At chapter competitions, you compete with people that are only in your chapter (which is normally your school), and area competitions are the chapters that are in or around your area. If you win at chapter you go to area, and if you win at area you are invited to compete at state. After state comes the national convention and many different opportunities with that.
Kloee Stokes, a sophomore, competed in the agriscience fair and got invited to state after winning chapter and area. Stokes’ project was called “Can Modern Ag Survive Without Aviation?” She was in the social systems division and made surveys for people all over the world to fill out. She asked how aviation helps them with agriculture and what would happen without it. Stokes got at least one response from almost every state and responses from two different countries. Stokes said, “I already knew a lot about aviation and agriculture, so I used what I already knew along with doing more research.” She worked really hard and said she put in time “probably every day for a month or more” to get her project done in time for area contest. After winning at area, Stokes moved on to chapter. She made the improvements to her project that the judges suggested. “I made improvements to my lab reports, poster, and presentation. When you first start presenting you get very nervous, but if you know your project well the judges don’t even notice!” said Stokes. One of the main reasons Stokes said she wanted to start this project is because her dad is a pilot. She said, “Since I was little, I have always been interested in aviation, and this competition was the opportunity for me to learn more about it.” From working hard, Stokes was able to beat her competition and earn herself an invitation to the FFA state convention. This year will be a little different due to Covid-19 and the convention will be held online over video conference instead of in person. Otherwise, the judging process and contests will be the same. Besides Stokes, several others from our chapter will also be competing at state. It will be a different experience for all of them, but one that they will all remember. We congratulate them for working to achieve their goals and wish them the best luck at state! By: Gracie Marsh As we reach the end of the second trimester, many seniors are thinking about graduation. This column will highlight one senior each week and his or her thoughts regarding graduation.
This week, Abby Rhodes will be highlighted. Rhodes is a senior at Bear River and will be graduating early on March 5th. Rhodes is on the cross country team and she is a 4.0 student. At graduation, Rhodes will receive a medal for having a 4.0 throughout all of school. After Rhodes graduates, she plans to stay in Tremonton for six months about six months so she can work and earn money for college. Currently, Rhodes works at Ace Hardware in Tremonton. She has worked there for a year and a half and she loves it. In July, Rhodes plans to go on humanitarian mission in Peru for the whole month. Rhodes is also considering a longer mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and said, “I could leave next January and it’s been on my mind a lot.” For college, Rhodes plans to attend SUU and would like to graduate early. Cross country and running in general inspired Rhodes' desired field of study. She plans to go into dietetics and said, “I have had to learn a lot about nutrition from cross country and being a runner. I started to enjoy learning about different foods and how they can help my body. It’s also important to learn how to eat before a big run or race to best fuel yourself.” Rhodes favorite thing about getting ready to graduate is moving out, going to college, and being more independent. Her least favorite things about graduating are the expenses and having to deal with changes in her life. The hardest classes of high school for Rhodes were political science and USU Government, but those are also her favorite classes because they challenged her. Rhodes least favorite classes were the ones that were just a waste of her time. Get ready to see Abby Rhodes graduate this year! By: Dustin Smith Why do teachers teach? The definition of teaching is the ability to make a difference in kids' lives, making sure kids strive in the classroom, and also teachers can provide an important influence that helps their students make the right decisions.
For this article, Mrs. Saunders, a math teacher at Bear River High School, will be highlighted. When asked why she got into teaching, Saunders replied that she “has always liked school, and just wanted to help students.” She was also motivated by good teachers when she was a student: “I had two teachers that I enjoyed when I was in high school. One was Mrs. Norton, a math teacher, and [she] was amazing, but she always had high expectations with her students. The other one was Mr Mayhill, an English teacher. He was always helping kids understand their homework and being kind to the students.” It is evident that these experiences impacted Saunders. She too has high expectations, but is always understanding and always helping her students with their math assignments.She went on to explain why she chose her subject: “The reason I teach math is because math can be hard for students.” Out of all of the schools in Utah, Saunders chose Bear River High, but why? Saunders said her choice to teach here “is all based on location, location, location” and availability. She wanted to stay in the Logan area and there was a math position open at Bear River. Now that she is here, there is more to it than that, and said, “The students are awesome at Bear River and the environment is great.” Saunders, in her lifetime, would like to write a book on how and when math will be applied in day-to-day life, and she would also like to help design a better way to help students with math. When asked if she had any favorite students, Saunders replied, “It is not based on the student, but based on the connections that you make with the students, and learn how to connect with the qualities [of the] students.” Like any other teacher, Saunders has had an embarrassing teaching experience. When she was a student teacher, she was giving students a quiz. She briefly stepped out of the classroom and ran into another teacher. This teacher asked how the students were doing on the quiz and she replied, “The students didn’t understand it. I was walking around the classroom and saw so many students failing the quiz.” Only after this remark did Saunders realize that her mic was still on and the students heard her comment. She came back into the classroom, and the kids were staring at her. Talk about an embarrassing moment. Saunders advice to students is to always do your homework and ask questions. She also wanted the students of Bear River High School to know that she “really appreciates and admires the things that the students are doing right now with all of this COVID in the air, and how the students are staying positive and are always staying kind to one another.” By: Gracie Marsh As we reach the end of second trimester, many seniors are thinking about graduation. This column will highlight one senior each week and his or her thoughts regarding graduation.
First, we have Bergin Southern, a senior on the high school cheer team. With the rest of the class of 2021, Southern will be graduating this June and said, “I feel sad to be leaving, but I am also very excited to grow up and start adulting.” Southern is excited for the next chapter and has plans for after she graduates. Planning your future for after high school can be hard for some, but Southern has already decided that she is going to move to Logan, live with her sister and brother-in-law, and attend Bridgerland. She chose Bridgerland over other schools because she can complete the phlebotomy program in only a year. For those who are less familiar, Southern explained that phlebotomy is “taking blood and giving shots to people. Pretty much anything that has to do with needles and IVs.” Southern has always wanted to do something in the medical field, but decided on phlebotomy after an experience getting her blood drawn. The phlebotomist told her that schooling was easy and you get paid well, so that's when Southern decided that is what she wanted to do. She doesn't mind needles and blood, so this path will be great for her. Southern’s favorite thing about getting ready to graduate is that she has finished all of her hard classes so now she is in very easy and fun classes. Math has always been hard, so she is super happy and relieved to have that out of the way. Southern's favorite class right now is seminary because it's super easy and she finds it very fun and interesting. Get ready to see Bergin Southern graduate this year! By: Brooke Peterson Conner Palmer, a senior at Bear River High, said IT at Bridgerland was his favorite class. When asked why, he said, “I have always really enjoyed electronics and how they work.” In his IT class, Palmer is learning how to build an entire computer.
Palmer especially enjoys this class because it has a direct connection to his future career and even better, he said, “I could get certified in my job field by the time I graduate.” Another reason Palmer enjoys the class is because he loves to work with electronics. He said, “I get to do just that for two hours every morning. It’s a great start to my day.” Palmer continued by saying, “All of the work in the class is self pace, so I can learn as fast or as slow as I want. There are no deadlines to worry about.” |
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