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Interesting Holidays

By Harleen Kaur

 

Interesting Holidays

April 7- Caramel Popcorn Day

April 8- Draw a Picture of a Bird Day

April 9- Name Yourself

April 10- National Siblings Day

April 11-National Submarine Day

April 12- Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

April 13 – International Plant Appreciation Day

April 14- Look Up at the Sky Day

April 15- National Tax Day

April 16- National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day

April 17- Haiku Poetry Day

April 18- National High Five Day

April 19- National Garlic Day

April 20- National Look-Alike Day

April 21- Easter Sunday

April 22- Earth Day

April 23- National Picnic Day

April 24- Denim Day

April 25- National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (National Take our Children to Work Day)

April 26- National Pretzel Day

April 27- Tell a Story Day

April 28- International Astronomy Day

April 29-National Dance Day

April 30- International Jazz Day

May 1- Save the Rhino Day

May 2- Brothers and Sisters Day

May 3- Space Day

May 4- Star Wars Days

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Mr. Aberle doesn’t OMmit details

By Rose Lu

At school, physics teacher Lance Aberle may seem ordinary. However, to earn his teaching credentials, he has come a long way.

“As a physics major in college I was offered the opportunity to be a TA, and with it came the responsibility of teaching two lab sections,” shared Mr. Aberle. “I enjoyed it so much that I realized it was what I wanted to do.”

Before officially becoming a teacher, Mr. Aberle worked several odd jobs.

“The first job I ever had was during my first year in college–I worked at Toys R Us. In fact, I just drove by the old store I worked at, and it was very sad to see it all boarded up, now that they have gone out of business,” commented Mr. Aberle, “It was mostly manual labor as I worked in the back warehouse and helped to unload trucks, but it was a great experience and there was a lot of fun camaraderie with the other people who worked there. “

He also worked for a small assay which is a metal or ore testing site, office work, the campus bookstore at SJSU as well as several internships prior to starting his master’s degree.

“I was able to get hired on at Intel, [and] while it was yet another great learning experience in a technical setting, it was not for me,” stated Mr. Aberle,  “It was about this time I was doing my teaching work as a TA, and I switched from my master’s program to the teaching credential program for physics!”

Now, he has taught for many years and has adopted many hobbies during his free time, which includes indulging in outdoor activities, playing video games and spending time with family and friends.

I used to go camping every summer, but have done so less in recent years–somehow sleeping on an air mattress on the ground is not as comfortable as it used to be,” shared Mr. Aberle, “But I still enjoy the outdoors with walks and bicycle rides.”

Mr. Aberle also enjoys trips and traveling.

“I also have fun exploring places on road trips–last summer I went to Crater Lake National Park for the first time,” comments Mr. Aberle.“The drive around the lake was relaxing and the views were breathtaking.”

Mr. Aberle also enjoys playing Fallout 4 with Biology teacher Jason Dries and Physiology teacher David Vasques.

 

 

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Competing for the MNT cause

By Julian Rosete

Key Club hosts their first ever MNT (Maternal Neonatal Tetanus) Olympics on Sunday March 31st.

“This is the first time Key Club has done the MNT Olympics, but hopefully it will become an annual event for our members,” says Key Club Publicist and MNT coordinator Emily Vu.

“It was an event that our fabulous MNT coordinators had been planning for a really long time, and seeing everyone participate and have a lot of fun at the event was pretty rewarding”, says Key Club president Kathy Ton

This event is for contestants to come out to compete and for spectators to come and watch. The event was run by MNT coordinators and Key Club officers at Cataldi Park. There will be many games for contestants to compete in such as three legged race, water balloon race, water toss and more.

“Our division goal for MNT was three thousand dollars and with the registration, raffle tickets and concessions sold at the event, MNT olympics pushed us over the three thousand mark,” says Kathy

The admission costed five dollars for those who chose to compete in the Olympics and three dollars for those who came to watch the event. All the money raised went to the Eliminate project to help fight the MNT disease.

MNT is a disease that causes mothers and newborn babies to experience convulsions and severe pain that can lead to involuntary death. This disease kills a baby every 15 minutes even though this could be prevented with three doses of vaccines that cost $1.80, according to Key Club. These vaccines can protect mothers and children for their rest of their lives.

The Eliminate project is a cause which not only helps to solve the MNT crisis, but also to provide clean water, nutrition’s and other vaccines. The overall goal of the Eliminate project is to raise 110 million dollars to support these causes.

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Praise Night

By Alana Valdez

One Way Christian Club will be hosting a praise night next Friday in the L-building. The praise night will be going on ` from 6 to 8.

“I’m looking forward to spreading the love of God to PHHS with our guest speaker’s message and the worship that will take place performed by Piedmont Hills students!”  Mentions Alyssa Espinal.

“There will be people performing and singing Christian songs and as well as someone speaking,” says One Way Christian Club Historian Paola Rios

The guest speaker will be Pastor Gus from Mount Pleasant Christian Church. He will be sharing a message about how God changed his life.

“This is Pastor Gus’s first event with us and so we are looking forward to hearing what his message will be for the students,” shared Julian Rosete.

There are also the wide variety of performances by the club members.

“Joseph Chung, Jeremiah Porda, and Julian Rosete will be leading worship for the night. Joseph is singing and playing the guitar Jeremiah is singing and Julian is playing electric guitar,” says One Way Christian Club President Alyssa.

“I will be playing couple songs for praise night such as How Great is Our God and Good Good Father,” explains Julian.

Friends, Family, and students are welcomed to join the club for the praise night. Admission is free and snacks will be provided. You can also purchase new club t-shirts for 15 dollars.

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Avid senior night

By Janelle Perez

 

Seniors in AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) will be honored next Thursday for completing four years in the AVID program. Friends and family will gather in the L-Building to celebrate the seniors in their accomplishments as well as their future endeavors. The event feature the two senior AVID classes of social science teacher Lynne Murray and Spanish teacher Edith Sousa.

Students will receive their senior AVID stole as well a certificate for completing the AVID program.

“It’s really bittersweet to be receiving the certificate because it means it’s all coming to an end,” says senior Isabella Place.

AVID is a four year commitment which helps students stay on track to graduate and to meet the end goal of pursuing a higher education and ending an achievement gap.

“We hope to have a better turnout, like more parents attend now that it’s held in the evening. We hope students will take it more seriously and have them feel a sense of pride that they’re being honored on that night” says Mrs. Sousa.

This is the third year this event will be held in the evening, whereas previous years were held during lunch. The underclassmen AVID students will also be at this event helping greet the families and friends of the senior honorees.

“I hope our AVID seniors feel extremely honored because we’re recognizing their commitment to the four year program as well as a thank you for their hard work and inspiring spirits. We also want to thank their parents and guardians for sharing their students with us and supporting the AVID program,” says Ms. Murray.

A slideshow showing pictures from both classes will be shown before the ceremony. “I’ve made a lot of friends in AVID, some have become my best friends and it’s something I’m really grateful for,” says senior Natalie Rodriguez.

The ceremony will have the students on the stage and they will be called up one by one to receive their stoles and certificate. Light refreshments will also be available for their guests.

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Campus beautification

By Justin.Wang

Swarms of students spent their Saturday cleaning campus

On Sat., Mar. 30, about 400 students arrived on campus with one goal in mind: to beautify the PHHS campus with the event called Pick Me Up which was organized by Insane Ink.

“This time we replaced the light pole banners, planted 12 trees, picked up all the little trash around campus, mulched and pulled weeds,” said business teacher Mitch Method.

Trees were provided by Our City Forest, an organization that provides trees and assists in tree care.

“We want to maintain and protect our urban forest and we do that through the engagement of our volunteer. So, we’re providing ten trees for Piedmont High,” said Our City Forest personnel Briana Horta.

This time, Insane Ink provided free lunch and a complimentary reusable bottle to participating students.

“We got the district to install filtered refillable water bottle stations. So, hopefully, instead of buying a bunch of plastic bottles that people throw away, we’re just going to give away ones that they can use over and over,” said Mr. Method.

Most who attended this year’s Pick Me Up and people who participated in previous years have had overall positive experiences with the event.

“It was a great way to help beautify our school while still hanging out with our friends. The food afterward was also a big plus,” said senior Sanya Kooplicat.

The food provided included hotdogs, chips and sandwiches.

“Having attended Insane Ink’s Pick Me Up a few times in the past, Insane Ink always provides a rewarding experience every year. It’s always great to see the school cleaned up. I was excited for this year, as we were going to be planting new trees and replacing the old,” mentioned senior Aaron Lee.

Pick Me Up happens irregularly every other year and started around 15 years ago, according to Mr. Method.

“It’s just a name we came up with to keep our campus clean, everyone picks up and everybody chips in a little bit,” said Mr. Method.

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Club Day

By Katie Tran

This year’s annual club day, Clubchella, was held on Wed., March 27 from 12:55 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the main hall as well as partly in the Junior and Senior Halls.

The event was originally supposed to take place on Sophomore Hill and in front of the Big Gym, as it did in previous years, but was relocated inside due to stormy weather conditions.  The theme of the event was ‘Clubchella,’ which is a play on the outdoors festival, Coachella, so the relocation was a disappointment to the club commissioners. Despite that and it being slightly cramped, the event went on as it was supposed to.

“We were super bummed that it was so rainy that we had to relocate to the halls because it was really crowded and it ruined our theme but things went okay, nothing went wrong besides having to relocate,” said Club Commissioner Megan Dang.

Clubs set up booths throughout the hall to sell food items while ASB held a photo booth and Class of 2019 hosted a game. There were almost 30 booths at club day this year.  All items were sold each for a minimum of one ticket and a maximum of five. Tickets were sold for 50 cents each during the event or during lunch in E-1, the ASB room.

“This year we sold fire noodles and I think we did pretty well, we didn’t lose any money so that’s a win in my book,” exclaimed Interact Secretary Quang Truong.

The many food items sold at Clubchella included pizza, samosas, fire noodles, churros and many more. Some clubs also sold beverages such as lemonade, thai tea and che thai.

Class of 2019 hosted the same game they did the previous year, with a goldfish as the prize. To win a goldfish you had to knock three bowling pins over with the amount of balls you bought, sold for one ticket each.

“It kinda sucked that club day was inside this year and I honestly had more fun last year but the food was still good, I liked the samosas,” said junior Priscilla Phung.

Besides the weather conditions, Clubchella went as it does every year.

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Political Solutions Climate Change

By Lawrence Pei

 

In this modern political climate, much of the future is placed in the hands of our elected officials. Among the recent hot issues in politics right now includes climate change and what steps, if any, we need to take to in order to save our planet and ensure our survival.

Many believe that political action is needed so that citizens can take drastic measures to conserve the environment. Among these are supporters of the Green New Deal proposed by New York’s 14th district representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The Green New Deal seeks to eliminate carbon by-products by way of investments in clean energy and infrastructure due to new statistics from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which states that humans have around ten years in order to save our planet. With such new statistics, political action will lead to a shift on our future both in good and in bad. As we begin to adapt to the destruction of our world, actions taken now would force a change in lifestyle, one in which we give up our goals and ambition of modernization.

On the flip side of the coin, many such as our current president Donald Trump, believe that climate change is not real and that we do not need to take as much of an action.

This difference in opinion has led to climate change becoming an increasingly partisan issue.

As of the time, of the article being written, the Green New Deal has been shut down by a vote of 57-0 with all Senate Republicans and four Democrats voting down the issue on Sun. 3/26

As a result, many Democrats such as Ocasio-Cortez have set sights on creating smaller bills that cover what was proposed in The Green New Deal with the hopes of having the created more green jobs and to have the U.S. having 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.

 

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Avid senior night

By Janelle Perez

 

Seniors in AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) will be honored next Thursday for completing four years in the AVID program. Friends and family will gather in the L-Building to celebrate the seniors in their accomplishments as well as their future endeavors. The event feature the two senior AVID classes of social science teacher Lynne Murray and Spanish teacher Edith Sousa.

Students will receive their senior AVID stole as well a certificate for completing the AVID program.

“It’s really bittersweet to be receiving the certificate because it means it’s all coming to an end,” says senior Isabella Place.

AVID is a four year commitment which helps students stay on track to graduate and to meet the end goal of pursuing a higher education and ending an achievement gap.

“We hope to have a better turnout, like more parents attend now that it’s held in the evening. We hope students will take it more seriously and have them feel a sense of pride that they’re being honored on that night” says Mrs. Sousa.

This is the third year this event will be held in the evening, whereas previous years were held during lunch. The underclassmen AVID students will also be at this event helping greet the families and friends of the senior honorees.

“I hope our AVID seniors feel extremely honored because we’re recognizing their commitment to the four year program as well as a thank you for their hard work and inspiring spirits. We also want to thank their parents and guardians for sharing their students with us and supporting the AVID program,” says Ms. Murray.

A slideshow showing pictures from both classes will be shown before the ceremony. “I’ve made a lot of friends in AVID, some have become my best friends and it’s something I’m really grateful for,” says senior Natalie Rodriguez.

The ceremony will have the students on the stage and they will be called up one by one to receive their stoles and certificate. Light refreshments will also be available for their guests.

 

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Las Mariposas combine with other schools for show

By Francisca Pascua

Las Mariposas captivated the audience with an outstanding performance last Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the L-Building. They embraced their culture with other schools in the East Side Union High School District such as Evergreen, Mount Pleasant, Andrew Hill, Norte Dame and Bellarmine, as a way to honor their tradition.

Las Mariposas started a year ago( I think they have been a club for longer than a year so please check into that again) and is a club that celebrates Mexican culture. Their dances convey information about their background and contain many cultural symbolisms.

“Each dance is telling a story or can be a representation of the reality and every day norms of Mexico which is why it’s so important to continue this dance; to remember where we came from and what people have gone through and their stories,” said Las Mariposas President Sofi Jacquez.

“There will be different schools from the East Side that are coming and this showcase has the purpose to show the different types of religions in the folklorico group,” said Vice President Jameena Sampan.

Folklorico dancers, or cultural dancers who reflect their country’s customs, wear multicolor flowers in their hair to add vibrance and the flowers serve as an indication about their marriage or social status. Flowers that are worn on the left side of their head imply that the woman is in a relationship or is martial while flowers on their right side imply that the woman is single. They wear the flowers to look flirty and get the guy’s attention. (I feel like this paragraph is kinda out of place, it doesn’t give any context for the next quote)

“Practices are going great but kind of stressful because we have to learn lots of dances,” mentions dance member Caroline Nguyen.

Aside from the dance preparations with other East Side Union schools, Las Mariposas also juggled practices for International Faire.

“I always like seeing the dances that Las Mariposas do because it gets to show Mexican culture and the amazing ways of dance and how it is expressed! They do an amazing job dancing which is always very entertaining to watch,” exclaims freshman Carolina Padilla.

Las Mariposas will showcase their cultural dance at International Faire this Friday.