November 30, 2007

Evergreen SchoolScene

The sounds of silence

By Vong Sok
Silver Creek High School

Powered by generators since the Oct. 26 explosion, Silver Creek High School has had to adapt to the hum of generators on campus. During the repair process, the East Side Union district office pulled in two humungous trailer generators that were notorious for the loud continuous churning throughout the day.

“It was like being in an airport, when the students came in the noise was as loud as a plane landing or taking off, said math teacher Mary Barrett Wong.   “It was also either freezing cold or hot.”

The size of the generators took up lots of space, mainly in front of “L” and “K” buildings. “The fencing around my room made it feel like the students were coming in off the tarmac,” said Barrett-Wong.

Peace was finally restored to the Silver Creek campus on Nov. 6, when the transformer was repaired and the trailers were removed.

For over a month, teachers, especially those located in the “L” classrooms, endured the noise and walked around fencing. Now that the school had returned to direct power, there was no more obnoxious machinery to drown out faculty lectures.

Pleased with the silence, many teachers expressed their relief. “It was loud, but since it was necessary, I’m glad it was here at the school and I’m happy that it’s now gone,” said SCHS math teacher, Arsalan Niazmand.

Ebenezer

Above left: The Ghost of Christmas Future (Kristina White) grabs Ebenezer Scrooge (Ajay Tripathi) for his trip into a very grim future indeed. Above right: Kristina White as the Ghost of Christmas Future, Jamie Gonzales as the Ghost of Jacob Marley, and Ibiza Medina as the Ghost of Christmas Past.

Silver Creek High School’s drama department is putting on a play for the holiday season.  “Ebenezer” is a modern take on the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Will Ebenezer’s love for Christmas be crushed after Jacob Marley and his gang of ghosts tries to show him otherwise? The only way to find out is to go to a performance at the SCHS theater. 

Performances will be: Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m.

Admission is $1 - Tickets will be sold at the door.

Making the grade

The following Evergreen School District students have earned a 4.0 GPA. The list reflects marks posted for first trimester elementary schools and first quarter middle school.

Cadwallader
4th Grade – Sierra Choyce, Rebecca Douangmany, Annie Duong, Amritpal Singh, Navsagar Singh; 5th Grade – Caitlin Mayo, Tran Nguyen, Giabao Pham, Yui Tantiyavarong; 6th Grade – Tricia Huynh, Katherine Martinez, Kim Nguyen, Mayi Patague, Adrianna Reyes, Maitree Shah, Miira Snell, Takaya Tantiyavarong, Michelle Truong

Carolyn Clark
4th Grade – Natalie Chau, Valerie Chau, Ashna Choudhury, Annie Dao, Shreya Dash, Sampada Deglurkar, Rahul Joshi, Shamanth Kuramkote, Calvin La, Ethan Le, Kelly Lien, Christine Lui, Yash Maniyar, Ayden Nagel, Falisha Nguyen, Hy Nguyen, Rohit Panikar, Anushna Patel, Shubhi Pathak, Jasmine Qin, Shilpa Repakula, Swetha Revanur, Nikhil Swaminathan, An-Vinh Tran, Marcos Verbera, Daniel Xiao; 5th Grade – Ramneck Bains, Shivani Bandaru, Jason Bao, Joshua Barela, Allison Chau, William Chen, Tiphanie Chow, Amy Chu, Aaron Deng, Alexander Dinh, Kevin Dong, Jeremy Fan, Tanmay Ghai, Amy Gooding, Tanvi Gupta, Akhil Harapanahalli, Seok-Min Hong, Tara Iyer, Ricky Kishimoto, Zoe Liao, Mindy Luong, Deena Manithep, Tiffany Nguyen, Zahra Parekh, Pooja Patel, Michelle Phan, Kalpita Prabhu, Andrea Quimson, Azita Rahman, Arik Rakibullah, Karey Shi, Zaki Siddiqui, Rohan Varma, Megana Vasu, Michelle Vu, Sarina Vyas, Karina Wong, Jackie Zou; 6th Grade – Saba Ahmed, Ryan Boun, James Fahey, Nicole Fish, Justin Gaspar, Sarah Giovannini, Megan Ho, Arshdeep Kaur, Justin Ma, Carolyn Ngo, Annhien Nguyen, Maxine Patwardhan, Briana Pong, Richard Qian, Thuyvy Ty, Vivian Yu, Jamie Zhang, Lillian Zhou

Cedar Grove
4th Grade – Marleyne Delrosario, Joanna Flores, Caitlyn Hernando, Christian Lopez, Yahaira Lopez-Mendez, Diego Martinez, Mara Matagne, Christopher Matos, Stephanie Mejarito, Hoa Nguyen, Lynn Pham, Joshua Tran; 5th Grade – Meileen Cereno-Martinez, Raymond Chin, Diana Nguyen, Fabiola Reynoso, Evan To, Katrina Tran, Vincent Tran; 6th Grade – Lorenz Alquiza, Rolan Flournoy, Nicolette Fregoso, Vincent Garcia, Sharma Khan, Tiffany Luu, Frank Nguyen, Jade Nguyen, Alyssa Phan, Sharon To To, Josephine Vu

Chaboya Middle
7th Grade – Sarah Abalos, Shefali Agarwal, Enja Ahearn, Aneesh Akella, Sara Allsup, Carissa Arellano, Bianca Argao, Ridhi Arun, Aaron Bagheri, Neeraj Baid, Amrit Bajwa, Soumya Banna, Vagisha Barot, Meghan Bouchard, Sara Brogan, Kabir Budwal, Allison Chan, Tiffani Chanroo, Frederic Chen, Gareth Chen, Julie Chen, Pranav Chhibber, Amanda Chicou, Shelly Chopra, Harshika Chowdhary, Alexa Cioffi, Sohum Dalal, Julie Dang, Samira Davallou, Aanand Dave, Linh-Thao Do, Laura Dovek, Joi Duncan, Marvinne Flora, Wynonna Fuentez, Jacob Gronlund.