A Week for Thanksgiving Break

Starting November 21^st Fortuna High School is on Thanksgiving Break for a week. Thanksgiving Day falls on November 26^th as usual.

Drake, a student at Fortuna High had a few thoughts about the week off of school. Drake says his favorite part about Thanksgiving Break is eating a lot of green beans. His opinion on having a whole week off is that it is very exciting, and he is going to get a lot of stuff done. Drake is going to be spending that week just relaxing and hanging out with his pets, and maybe other animals too. He also spends a little amount of that week with his family.

Kendall, a senior, enjoys researching and interviewing for large stories.

Cheerleading: Now Being Considered a Sport

Clint Duey, principal at Fortuna High School, had a few thoughts about the new cheerleading rule decided by the State Legislature. His opinion on cheerleading being named as a sport is that he is very supportive of it and he thinks that is gives cheerleading the governance it needs.

The cheerleaders at Fortuna High do not travel to competitions and haven’t for a few years now, but he would be supportive of that idea if it ever came up. Duey believes that it will resolve issues and give cheerleading the legitimacy it deserves.

He said that, “Fortuna High has always tried their hardest to classify cheerleading as a sport.” He also doesn’t think this new rule will cause any conflict, but it is going to take steps for people to see that it is considered a sport now, and provide clarification of it.

Senior Kendall A. enjoys reporting and reading.

Pullman reads like Clockwork

Philip Pullman was born October 19, 1946 in Norwich, United Kingdom. He is a British writer. He is an author of several bestselling books. He is also a fiction type of writer. He was named one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. He is a very passionate believer in the democracy of reading. As an author, he does not think that the task of an author is to tell the readers what the books means. He says that, “the meaning of a story emerges in the meeting between the words on the page and the thoughts that are in the reader's mind as they progress through the book they are reading.”

Philip Pullman has written a ton of books since he became an author. Some examples of the books he has written are, The Ruby in the Smoke, The Tiger in the Well, The Firework-Maker's Daughter, and also The Broken Bridge. As you can see, he has written various types of books in his time. His genre of books that he seems to be most interested is fantasy. For the most part he is a fictional writer with his most notable book, His Dark Materials. The reading level that he suggested for his books is eight years old and up.

The book  Clockwork  compares the plot of the book to mechanical parks on clocks. This book is related to real life issues to parts on the clock, which actually makes a lot of sense when you read it. This is a very suspenseful book as you progress through it. Clockwork is about a master who puts a new part on the town clock every time someone learns and masters his skill. Then Fritz has written a novel and was presenting it, when all of a sudden, a figure pops out of nowhere and is weirdly similar to the character in his novel. The story just gets odder as the book goes on.

Philip Pullman's writing style is known as informal writing. In this book, he is very detailed about everything that has to do with the town clock and his novel. You would honestly learn quite a few things by reading this book. I think that readers like this book because for so little of pages there is a great storyline to it. Once you progress through this book, it pulls you in more and more, because it is suspenseful and you want to know what is going to happen next.

I think the kind of people this would attract would be teenagers. I think it would fit best with them because most teenagers don’t want to sit down and read a huge book. So since this book is so short and has a lot of detail along with a suspenseful story I think they would enjoy reading it.

Kendall, a senior, enjoys reading and writing.

Beverage Plus Foods changes policy about FHS students at break

John Kalinowski, an employee at Beverage Plus Foods in Fortuna, had a few things to say about the new rule involving students. He says that they did not have enough employees at the time of the high schools break to be able to watch all the students that would come into the store at that time. They don’t do as many transactions in a day because of that rule so they are losing a little amount of money.

He said, “I like it better this way because now the store is easier to handle and keep an eye on everything.” He stated that there had been a few incidents involving theft during that time of day, so that’s when they decided to make the rule that the high schoolers were not allowed there during their break. He personally did not mind the high schoolers coming into purchase things at break. Of course, it was hard to watch them but after the theft it was the best thing for their store.

Alejandro O. a student that went to beverage at break. He said that he did not like the new rule that beverage said that the students of Fortuna High couldn’t go and buy snacks and drinks during break. Alejandro would normally go to Beverage Plus Foods once in awhile. Alejandro reacted to this new rule surprised. He also said that the students of Fortuna High were furious about the new rule and he said that the only way Beverage Plus Foods gets money is because of the high school students. Alejandro O. would normally buy some gum and get some kind of drink during break.   

Senior Lisandro likes long walks on the beach, hanging out with friends, and he really enjoys playing soccer.

Senior Kendall likes hanging out with her friends, watching sunsets, and she really loves the color purple.