Sun rises on last year for class of 2017

By Austin Willis

    All the seniors gathered on the Husky football field on September 2nd to watch the senior sunrise, as it marks the beginning of their last year here at Fortuna High. Jared Ourique was the leading staff member there and he had many different things to say about the sunrise. When asked if there was any way to make the Senior Sunrise any better, he responded by saying that he didn't believe so and that every Senior Sunrise is different and unique to that senior class and it reflects on their past years at Fortuna High.

     He described the feeling there as comfortable as he said that these are a close group of seniors that mainly know everyone else in there 2017 class, and that he also taught many of them during their freshmen year. The one thing that he would have liked to change during the sunrise was the actual sunrise, as it was a very foggy and chilly friday morning. When asked about Senior Sunset, Mr. Ourique expected that it will be a great time and a great way for the seniors to end their high school careers.

    Mr. Ourique had this final statement to make to the senior class of 2017, he said “Class of 2017, you put in a lot of hard work over the past three years, you have one more year so make the most of it and enjoy.”

Senior input needed for Safe and Sober

By Nicole Shaffer

    Seniors of 2016 should come to the Safe and Sober meeting monday, September 12, 2016 at Fortuna High School to talk about the next Safe and Sober Fundraisers.

    The Safe and Sober Team would like to see more seniors at the meeting and to hear your ideas. Dalya Olea, President of the senior class has gone to many meetings but is very concerned about the lack of Seniors actually going to the meetings. “There is a lack of participation at this point and it's really important that our class gets involved,” said Olea.

    Vice President, Jennifer Tovar would also like to see more seniors getting involved with Safe and Sober. Olea and Tovar both brought up great ideas to get the word of to seniors about the meeting without having to go to the Safe and Sober Facebook page. “I think that putting it in the bulletin would be very beneficial,” said Tovar. There is a Remind 101 that is available as well for safe and sober updates but has been abandoned by the Safe and Sober team, leaving only the Facebook page as there way to be updated about the meetings. Hopefully, these problems with be solved quickly to help get Seniors more connected with Safe and Sober.

    In the next meeting, they will be talking about the next fundraisers. Some ideas that has been brought up is a fundraiser at Apple Harvest on October 1.

Take advantage of college visits to FHS

Are you interested in college? Do you have questions about college? Look no further because Fortuna High has several great colleges visiting to speak and answer all your questions throughout the year. Colleges include OIT, UC Davis, Humboldt State, and Sonoma State.

Karla Austin, counselor at FUHS, explained the difficulties of being a small school and the importance of these schools coming to talk with the students.

“I wish more reps would come to our school, we’re a small school in the middle of nowhere...We don’t get the luxury of the large So-Cal schools,” Austin explained.

The difficulty is multiplied when the large and popular colleges, don’t even need representatives. Austin explained to me that schools like Cal Poly and University of Washington don’t send reps because the turnout isn’t worth it. In all reality, Austin explained as well, kids need to be exposed. Interacting with a rep and being exposed can drastically make a difference in a kids choices as to where they want to get their formal education.

Austin wishes more unique schools would come up to the coast and talk to kids about a future with their school. She emphasized Cal Maritime, a school where you live and learn on the sea. A lot of you living in the north coast region probably know someone who would be interested.

I encourage anyone at FUHS who wants to talk to one of these reps. Talk to your counselor about it. It could change your life!

Caleb loves fiction and fun. Modes of Writing is a very enjoyable class.