2 NewsMAY 2, 2011

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The student body was promised a special year at the first day of school assembly all those months ago. Finally, those promises are coming to fruition.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Poway High’s founding, Assistant Principal Megan Bryant has spent months coordinating a series of events to commemorate the Jubilee of 1961.

The foremost of these events will be an upcoming open house on Saturday, May 21. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Poway High School will be opening its doors to the community as well as current and former students to show off fifty years of accomplishment.

The festivities will start with a speech from Principal Scott Fish-er, who will present a plaque of congratulations from the state assembly and governor. He will also pay homage to Poway’s first principal, Dr. Olivero who will be on hand to celebrate the estab-lishment he founded.

Following this, a carnival will ensue. Tours will be lead by Peer Counselers and ASB members to show off the remodel and con-struction that has occurred in the half century, and eight clubs will be present volunteering their time to run games, events and sell food. Alumni will play one another and current students in friendly sporting games as they reminisce of times gone by.

The celebration will also pave the way for Poway’s next 50 years, including an anniversary event still in the works for the 2011 home-coming. “We hope to have a museum on campus of our history, we’re just not sure what room it will be in,” Bryant said.

She encourages alumni to donate memorabilia and leave stories and quotes at the memory booth at the 50th anniversary carnival. “We also want to have a hall of fame in the museum, and nomina-tions will be open at the celebration.”

These first hall of fame inductees will be announced at next year’s homecoming. They will be from one of six categories: aca-demics, business, arts, public science, athletics, and community ser-vice. “We’ve been looking at Oceanside High a lot for inspiration,” Bryant said, “They’ve been around a hundred years.”

Poway High’s 22 year-old tradition continues this year, as Grad Nite will give graduating seniors one last memory at Poway High. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, Poway has been able to create an alcohol and drug-free environment for students since 1989. Committee members are urging students to buy tickets soon, in order to make the most out of proceeds gained through sales.

This memorable evening will begin at 9 p.m. after the graduation ceremony, and go until 5 a.m. with a variety of activities such as a rock wall, a surf simulator, photo booths, casino games and a dance floor.

Students are also encouraged to bring their appetites, according to Grad Nite coordinator Sioux Duddy. Those who partake in any of the games have the opportunity of winning tickets, which qualify students to win prizes such as “the iPad, gift cards, dorm supplies and much more,” coordinator of prizes Deborah Sanit said.

Tickets are available for purchase at lunch on Wednesdays for $95 during the month of May but will increase to $110 in the first week of June.

EYE ON ART

School to open doors

Poway dance team’s

Poway dance team’s annual show will occur this week on May 4 and 6 in the Poway Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m..

The show will feature the team’s competition dances from this past season, dances seen in school performances, class dances and other dances special for this show. It will also feature soloists, including Alexis Georgedes, Jessica Fellow, Rachael Hyer and Chesi Previte.

“This year the show is a must see because there is such variety in the show. The dancers have worked really hard to learn new styles this year and have grown into amazing dancers,” Raul Gomez, the dance team’s head coach, said.

There is also a special “treat performance,” by mystery men on campus.“Make sure you come out to the quad to watch our previews! It’s going to be a lot of fun,”

senior Chesi Previte said.The dance team will have previews in the senior quad during lunch on May 3 and May 5.

They could not schedule it during school due to testing. Tickets are on sale now at $5 for students and $10 for adults, and they are available from any

dance team member or at the door.

contest comes to an endREAD poster

Daniel Harris’s photo classes’ annual READ posters have been dominating the walls of the Poway High library. Students were encour-aged to go to the library to vote for their favorite READ poster. “I think it’s really great that students get to vote for each other and support each other,” Librarian Katherine Powell said. After approximately 300 students voted, junior Morgan Neustein was awarded the Reader’s Choice honor along with a prize of $100.

The photos were also judged by a panel of critics, and the winners will be announced on May 6 during photo class. There will be one grand prize winner who will receive $100, a 1st runner-up who will get $50, a 2nd runner-up who will earn $25 and a 3rd runner-up who will score $10 in each photo class. All 17 winning posters will be on display in the library next week.

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Poway High Grad Nite

last performance of the season

SENDING A MESSAGE: Reader’s Choice winner Morgan Neustein’s READ poster wins the approval of her peers by taking a risk with controversy and promoting a positive message of safe sex. ~ Courtesy of Morgan Neustein

SARA PFEIFFER News Editor

ERIK ANDERSONStaff Writer

Paint to canvas, pot to kiln, film to print, and movie to screen. Poway High School’s

annual art exposition, Eye on Art, will be held May 11 to display the various pieces of work students have created this school year.

The event, which will take place in the art department rooms in the N-building, is open to the public and will begin at 7 p.m.

Eye on Art is a Poway High tradition, pho-tography teacher Daniel Harris explained. Originally, the PHS Performing Arts Cen-ter front gallery housed the district-wide art show, Art with Heart, but “for a variety of reasons, Art with Heart ended and there was no showcase for artwork,” Harris said. Har-ris recalled that digital media teacher Rob Kaechele came up with the idea of Poway High’s very own art show, which came to be known as Eye on Art.

Eye on Art features works of different mediums including photographs, paintings and sketches, the top ten student films of the school year and ceramic sculptures. Certain photographs will be available for purchase to help raise money for the art department. Also, the viewers can watch the student films and vote for their favorite.

Student demonstrations for each depart-ment will show the public what the students have learned in class.

SHOWING HER TALENT: Senior Stephanie Rocco’s self portrait will be on display during Eye on Art on May 11. ~Courtesy of Stephanie Rocco

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