Fillmore Friday

Focus
Volume #9
2015

October 23,

NewsFlash
By Tom Ito
On October 20th, Fillmore High
conducted its evacuation drill.
Students and staff evacuated out
to the baseball field in an orderly
manner. Search and Rescue went
out to the classrooms and checked
all the classrooms and commons
areas.
The whole drill was
completed in twenty minutes. The
impressive thing from staff was the
behavior of the students during the
25 minutes on the field.
They
maintained proper behavior and
acted in the best manner.

Mr. MacMahon did find an older

student during the drill.

On Wednesday, the faculty and

staff played a friendly volleyball
match after school.
The staff
handily defeated the varsity, while
the jv downed the remaining staff.
Some of the staff members that
participated were Greg Simpson,
Leanna Legere, Luis Herrera, Josh
Overton, Anthony Chavez, Kellsie
McLain, Steven Kandel, Michael
Jennings, Tanya Gonzalez, Alyssa
Bennett, and Anna Morielli among
others.

Fillmore Friday
Focus

Fillmores Finest
Staff: Karina Romero, Nichia Huxtable
Students: Bryana Priebe, Jorge
Acevedo
Volunteer: Lynn Edmonds

Classroom Corner
Every Day is a Gift by Anna Morielli

Our resident expert,

Matt Dollar, gave
our
AP
English
students a lesson
on
the
most
profound question
that still resonates
in the 21st century.
To be or not to be:
that is the question?
To be . . . to live, we take the
opportunities that come our way.
Using Shakespeares Hamlet, Dollar
exposes students to several themes of
the Renaissance: Love, Death, Time,
and Man of Words and Thought versus
Man of Action. Immersed in literary
response
and
analysis
students
examine Shakespeares intriguing plot,

Hamlet discovers his father was

murdered by his uncle Claudius.
Reported by his guardsmen, Hamlet
learns of his fathers spirit, expressed
through the ghost of King Hamlet.
The ghost in purgatory orders
Hamlet to seek revenge on Claudius.
Here, we examine Hamlets inner
emotional turmoil to exact revenge
for the killing of his father versus
Hamlets indifference at the time of his
fathers death. With a focus on tone
and mood, students explore Hamlets
melancholy, torn between thought and
action.
Intrigued, students focus on the main
characters Polonius and Claudius;
their clever actions and political
grandstanding.
But what does it
mean to exact revenge for his
fathers death. What is the test that
Hamlet sets up? Students analyze
text for meaning: Hamlet accuses
Polonius
doing
what
with
his
daughter?
Shockingly or perhaps
not, students recognize that Polonius
is advertising his daughter; pimping
out his daughter.
Throughout the
lesson, students find images/evidence
that speak to thoughts versus actions.
The focus turns on Hamlets speech,
To be or not to be. More than half
the class thinks suicide.
Dollar
probes, Where did you come up with
this idea? He encourages students to
question its meaning:
Any idea?
What about it? Dollar reads through

Fillmore Friday
Focus
the poem, breaks it down for students
to
analyze
for
meaning
and
significance keeping in mind the
mood, tone, symbolism and irony.
Should I do it or not do it --thought
versus action. Should I be the king or
should I not be the king . . . Hamlet
surrenders: maybe easier to die in his
sleep, dont have to worry about
responsibilities. But Hamlet is afraid
of death. It is the fear of death that
makes us live.
Dollar hits it on the nail: Bad things
happen to good people. Even with all
the bad things in life, we continue to
love life. The more we think about
something, the less likely we take
action.
Every
decision we
make creates
our
future
making every
day a gift.

Activities
By Darby Schieferle

over

thirty

ASB
sponsored
a
Blood Drive with the
United
Blood
Services
on
Wednesday, October
21, 2015. There were
participants donating

blood. Kudos to the

students who were
able to donate for
this event. If you
didnt get to donate
this time, dont worry they will be back
in the spring. Next week is our Red
Ribbon Dress up week.
Please
encourage your students to dress up.
Monday you wear Red. Tuesday you
wear a tie-dye shirt OR a bow/tie for
those of you who hid your tie-dye after
the 60s. Wednesday is 80s or wear
bright colors.
Thursday is favorite
sports team or college.
Friday is
Halloweenand yes Social Studies is
on top of this one!

Athletes in Action
By Epi Torres
For the first time ever Elkins Golf
Course hosted 13 TCAA teams in the
second of 3 league meets. Running on
this beautiful course proved to be a
formidable
challenge
for
all
competitors as they had to navigate
two major climbs. One of the climbs
came early in the first mile and the
final climb came in the last mile of this
course. All 4 races will determine
league championship teams and which
boys and girls varsity teams will
represent TCAA at the Southern
Section CIF prelim meet on November

Fillmore Friday
Focus
14th at the Riverside
Country Course.

City

Cross

The first race of the day saw a

powerful Foothill Technology boys JV
team dominate the race by claiming
the first 7 places followed by Fillmore
claiming the next 4. Foothill won the
team race scoring a perfect 15 points
followed by Fillmore 52 points and
Thatcher rounding out the top 3 with
103 points. Top runner for Fillmore
was Juan Ramirez 8th in 19:21.51,
followed by Nick Villela
9th in
19:27.11, John Chavez 10th in
19:48.02, Everardo Garcia Magana
11th in 19:48.31, Sergio Perez 14th in
20:13.67, Steven Valencia 18th in
20:42.54, Dean Lomeli 21st in
20:45.79, Mario Hurtado 23rd in
20:50.15, Jorge Acevedo 30th in
21:18.38, Roberto Magana 31st in
21:25.58, Jaime Malagon 49th in
22:22.32, Misael Ponce 53rd in
22:46.81, Andrew Hernandez 66th in
24:09.40, Eric Hernandez 69th in
24:51.03,
Daniel
Cruz
70th
in
24:53.49, Antonio Villalobos 71st in
24:55.82, and Luis Leon 82nd in
26:34.94.
The most exciting race of the day was
the girls varsity race. This race
feature two determined competitors,
11th grader Abby Blackwood of Malibu
High School and 9th grader Carissa
Rodriguez of Fillmore High School.

These ladies battled side by side and

traded a slight lead multiple times
before Abby Blackwood was able to
pull away and win in a time
of19:04.65, Carissa followed finishing
in 19:06.29. The team battle was
claimed by Foothill Technology with 46
points, Fillmore claimed 2nd with 69
points, and Malibu was 3rd with 96
points. Top scorers for the Flashes
were Lupita Perez 11th in 20:34.86,
Andrea Marruffo 17th in 21:40.31,
Irma Torres 19th in 21:47.75, Erika
Ruiz 20th in 21:55.92, Jackie Chavez
26th in 22:20.95, and Kimberly
Vazquez 29th in 22:32.21.
In the boys varsity race Foothill
Technology again claimed the top spot
winning the team competition with 34
points. Fillmore finished in 4th place
with 119 points. The top individual
winner in this race was Isaiah Lozano
from St. Bonaventure in an excellent
time of 15:34.12. Fillmore was led by
senior
Jose
Rodriguez
11th
in
17:34.26, followed by Adrian Orozco
19th in 17:58.41, Curtis Ponce 20th in
17:59.42, Johnny Martinez 32nd in
18:48.96, Michael Sanchez 37th in
18:58.23, and Jesus Castro 38th in
19:00.72.
The final race of the day was the girls
JV race. The winning team was
Foothill Technology taking the first 5
spots and scoring a perfect score of 15

Fillmore Friday
Focus
points. The runner up position went to
Fillmore who was led by Susie Garcia
6th in 22:35.73, followed by Julissa
Martinez 7th in 22:.57.90, Cecilia
Cisneros 9th in 23:04.66, Lauren
Magdaleno 11th in 23:36.24, Emma
Orozco 12th in 23:38.62, Marisol
Martinez 14th in 24:07.29, Maria
Rubalcava 17th in 25:01.24, Briana
Lopez 26th in 26:13.28, Yakeline
Magana 28th in 27:05.63, and Maria
Lopez 50th in 31:20.93.
Fillmore coaches were proud to host
this meet on a perfect day and on
such a wonderful venue that provided
spectacular views and a challenging
course for all competitors. It was
great to see so many Fillmore fans and
family come out and support the
teams on this great day. A special
thanks goes out to the Elkins Golf
Course Board of Directors, staff, and
Fillmore Rotary. Thanks for working
with us to make this meet a great
success.
The Flashes will next compete on
Friday at the nations largest cross

country meet at Mt. San Antonio

College in Walnut, California. You are
invited to visit our cross country
website at Fillmorecrosscountry.com
and
peruse
additional
team
information including our schedule.

Important Dates
10/24 Band & Colorguard @ Simi
Valley High School
10/26 PBIS Team Meeting
10/27 Volleyball w/Santa Clara
10/29 Volleyball w/Carpinteria
10/30 Football w/Nordhoff
10/31 Senior Ball Memorial Building