JHS Spotlight on ArtistsBy: Laurann Gridley

Art is a subject which not many people stop to think about now-a- days.

JHS is filled with many talented young students, from sports like volleyball, to classes in Art.

Art is a class which kids seem to really enjoy. They learn a variety of skills, from drawing and shading, to painting and pottery.

“I really love it when students get that ‘light bulb’ in their head about any given art project,” said JHS Art teacher Keith Farnsworth.

Farnsworth has been teaching art for 22 years now, 15 years of which were taught here at JHS.But the real talent is not only with Farnsworth, but also with a couple students of his, which include Dallin Mena, Brooke Stein, and Joel Gonzalez.

Seniors Mena and Stein, and sophomore Gonzalez are all experienced artists. They have a real passion for art. So does one have to have talent when it comes to art? Not necessarily. Stein not only draws but also paints, and feels that anybody can draw. He said it just takes heart and soul to achieve a great piece of work.

“Even the ‘worst’ drawer can make something amazing when they put their mind to it,” said Brooke. Mena has been making art for 13 years now, and appreciates Mr. Farnsworth’s teaching meth-ods. When it comes to making pieces, he does everything from drawing to sculpting.

“His projects are very good and he has a lot of versatile styles,” said Mena.

Gonzalez, who has been drawing since he was a little kid, thinks that talent comes along with practice. Gonzalez is a drawer, and feels that his work is good, but is always looking for ways of improvement to his pieces.

“You should never quit what you like,” said Gonzalez. “My work is ok, but if you keep practic-ing you will get good.”

Art has changed a lot over the years. From what used to be carvings on scriptures, can now mean a great deal of things from accidents or candy creations. But in my opinion, whether you be painting, drawing or sculpting, you should never hold back from putting your feelings into a project.

“Never give up, and always finish what you start!” said Brooke. “When you feel like creating something odd or unique, don’t worry about what other people may think, and just do it!”

Dallin Mena’s Artwork

Brooke Stein’S Artwork

Joel Gonzalez’s Artwork

Jeers to all the sicknesses going around.

Cheers to Latinos In Action and all the help they gave translating at

Conferences. Thank You!

Jeers to Fall Sports ending.

Cheersto All 33 minors who are finally out and saved.

Jeers to the Dream Act Law that didn’t pass.

Cheersto Winter Sports coming up.

Cheers to the success of Mattie MacGregor’s Senior Project by getting Dave

Pelzer to come to JHS to speak to young teens about l ife and self success. --Good

Job Mattie, we loved having Dave!!!

Jeers to ISATS coming up.

Cheers to Lady Gaga winning 8 VMA awards (:

Jeers to MySpace addicts. MySpace is too much drama. It ’s all about Facebook now! Less drama and more friendly (:

Cheers to our JHS Cheerleaders and all the support they give to our sports

Jeers to Senior Projects being due.

April 20 - May 20 Taurus You’re in a pretty good place today -- so let the right people know it! Emotional communication doesn’t have to be all seri-ous and intense, so make sure they hear the good news soon.

May 21 - June 20 GeminiYou and your business partners -- or good friends, if you work alone or aren’t in charge -- should be getting along famously right now. Make the most of this social energy by cementing deeper relationships with them.

June 21 - July 22 CancerHelp a friend or customer in need today and you should get right back on track -- all it takes is a little service to get you in the right head space. In the meantime, you’ve earned some good karma!

July 23 - August 22 LeoYour love life is an endless joy -- even if you’re between partners, and even if you’re not seeing anyone. Your good en-ergy puts you in the right frame of mind and certainly makes you more attractive.

August 23 - September 22 VirgoYou’re caught between two powerful instincts -- progress and security. Today, you’re better off slowing down and taking care of any little details that require quick attention. The big picture can wait!

September 23 - October 22 LibraYou are feeling some social energy welling up inside you that should make communication extra-sweet for now. It’s a really good time to express feelings that have been somewhat elusive.

October 23 - November 21 Scorpio Watch your wallet today! It’s just way too easy for you to spend yourself silly without realizing what you’re doing, or whether you really need just one more pair of shoes, or pants or sunglasses.

November 22 - December 21 SagittariusYou and your friends are getting even closer -- largely thanks to your own great energy. You sometimes run out on your own, but on days like today, you need to be surrounded by your peo-ple.

January 20 - February 18 AquariusYou need to go big today, in one way or another. See if you can get your friends to open new doors to you, career-wise, or may-be find someone interesting who could make a good friend.

February 19 - March 20 PiscesYou and your righteous energy are making real waves today -- so see if you can get the right people riled up alongside you. Together, you may be able to make a real difference in the world!

December 22 - January 19 CapricornYou are feeling even more productive and efficient than usu-al, and that is saying quite a lot! See if you can put yourself in the right situation to do the most good. This can’t last for-ever!

March 21 - April 19 AriesYour energy has been brighter and bolder -- but it will be again, too! You just need to ride out this rough patch and keep from getting too frustrated. It may be a sign that you need to take a break.

Who doesn’t love lollipops?

Britney Smith’s senior project is selling suckers to raise money for the extended resource students.

The money raised for the extended resource students goes to funding a field trip for them to go to the Discover Center of Idaho. Also, any money left over will be donated to them for whatever else they made need. The Discovery Cen-ter of Idaho is to inspire kids in learning science, technology, engineering, and math.

“It’s really fun to make the suckers because my mom and sister help me and I really enjoy the time that we get to spend together,” said Smith.

Freshman, Shania Wade (Smith’s sister), says helping Britney isn’t too exciting. She hates repeating the same steps over and over again, but it’s bearable.

On a good day, Smith can sell around 40 suckers. And on a slow day she can sell around ten. So far she’s sold nearly 600 suckers.

Smith sells 11 different flavors: Blueberry, Bubble gum, Butter nut, Butter rum, Butter scotch, Cherry, Cinnamon, Grape, Orange, Peppermint, and Watermel-on.

Watermelon is Smith’s best seller by far.

Smith first started in September and so far it’s coming out nicely.

Most students stress and procrastinate when it comes to their senior papers. But Smith understands how important it is.

“I’m not going to lie, it’s kind of hard writing my paper,” said Smith. But with more time spent on it she said she will get it done in no time.

Mentoring Smith is Mr. Pacheco, the Special Education Teacher.

“My advice to future students doing senior projects is to start on it early and pick something you will have fun doing,” said Smith.

LollipopsBy: Constance Moralez “I’m not going to lie, it’s kind

of hard writing my paper,” said Smith. But with more time spent on it she said she will get it done in no time.

“My advice to future students do-ing senior projects is to start on it early and pick something you will have fun doing,” said Smith.

skate Park by NiCk arevalo

For about the two years, the Jerome CommuNity has beeN raisiNg moNey to briNg iN a New CoN-Crete struCture. this New PlaCe beiNg built is For the skaters iN the CommuNity. this New FaCil-ity is goiNg to be Called the CeNteNNial skate Park.

iN 2008 the City oF Jerome set laNd aside sPe-CiFiCally For the Future site oF the CeNteNNial skate Park. sheryl vaN slooteN is the PresideNt oF the Committee dediCated to the skate Park. she has beeN at this PositioN For the Past year aNd a halF.

the ameriCaN ramP ComPaNy has built over 1000 skate Parks worldwide. loCatioNs they have built at iNClude: hoNg koNg, saudi arabia, eNg-laNd, ChiNa, JaPaN, CaNada, guam, uNited arab emirates, taiwaN, irelaNd, israel, sPaiN, iCelaNd, turkey, germaNy, Puerto riCo, australia, domiNi-CaN rePubliC, aNd the us. they are the ComPaNy that is buildiNg the CeNteNNial skate Park.

the total Cost oF the ProJeCt is lookiNg at beiNg $325,000. vaN slooteN says that uP to this PoiNt they doN’t have muCh moNey, but the skate Park

them FoCused oN Positive thiNgs. to watCh this video you CaN FiNd it at httP://www.youtube.Com/user/JeromeskatePark.

the Park is beiNg built with the idea that Com-PetitioNs CaN be held iN Jerome. this will briNg reveNue to the City. ComPetitioN skaters From diFFereNt states CaN briNg huge reveNue to Je-rome. it is estimated that 86 CeNts oN the dollar will stay iN Jerome. this will helP the CommuNity greatly.

“i waNt the skate Park beCause i’ve beeN here For 10 years aNd Not seeiNg aNythiNg here that kids CaN do. most kids are good; they Need a PlaCe to be without breakiNg the rules. the kids will be able to skate aNd the sigNs that say No skateboardiNg allowed will beCome Just that! these kids take this PersoNally aNd woNder where they CaN go. iF you go over to shePPard’s Park aNd visualize the CeNteNNial skate Park there it surely somethiNg For everyoNe, teNNis aNd a PlaygrouNd For little tots with grass to ruN oN,” said vaN slooteN.

For more iNFormatioN, CoNtaCt sheryl vaN sloo-teN at 324-6533. you CaN also FiNd more iNForma-tioN regardiNg the skate Park oN their FaCe-book.Com Page.

is selF suFFiCieNt iN its busiNess eNdeav-ors iNCludiNg, PriNtiNg, advertisiNg, aNd FuNd-raisers throughout the year. at the start some oF the FuNdiNg has Come From board members. there is $15,000 that the CeNteNNial Committee Needs to be matChed iN order to reCeive a lot more FuNdiNg.

ProFessioNal skateboarder, shawN blaCk lives iN twiN Falls. shawN was asked what he thought oF the skate Park beiNg brought to Jerome. the vid-eo oF this iNterview is oN youtube.Com. iN the iNterview he states that he believes briNgiNg the skate Park to Jerome will briNg a Positive eFFeCt oN the CommuNity. he thiNks teeNs aNd kids will stay away From thiNgs like drug abuse aNd gaNgs as loNg as they have somethiNg to keeP

By: Nick Arevalo

MASK IT UP!!!

How would you feel if you were the ‘homeliest’ girl in town and nobody wanted to be wed to you? And the only way to marry was having your dad gather up all the town’s bachelors, and if you were caught your punishment was marriage?

Sadie Hawkins Dance is a tradition here at JHS that people all over the world have cel-ebrated for many years now. What started out as a girl chasing after boys as to which one she would wed, later led to tradition where a girl would invite a guy to go to a dance with her. In which she would have to pay for the dinner, tickets, etc.

Sadie Hawkins gives students the opportunity to dress up for one night with a date, to a certain theme.

This year, French club offered to put Sadies together, and they thought of no better theme, than a MASQUERADE BALL.

Of course it can be quite hard finding a theme that our student body will really enjoy, while also keeping things school appropriate, but French Club didn’t really run into that obstacle.

“I really hope our student body likes it! It is a different theme than in past years, but it’s new and exciting!” Said Teacher and French Club Advisor, Mrs. Sobotka.

3D program By Jessie Cornwell

JHS has a new program here the home of the Tigers. What is this new program you may ask? Well it is a 3-D program that Mr. Muck of JHS teaches. Mr. Muck is new this year, and teaches FOT, to mostly freshmen.

This program teaches students to build a good foundation for motion graphics. Students are able to combine their knowledge of this software application to generate 3-D anima-tions like those used in a variety of professional settings.

Freshmen Trystan Dodson is taking Mr. Mucks class and learning the new 3-D program. So far Dodson has learned how to make a lamp table in 3-D.

“It’s fun to mess with graphics,“said Dodson.

3-D Animation is a very popular application, nation-wide, and Muck hopes to teach a number of students the basics and explore all of the features of this incredible program. Muck hopes that they will join one or more of the student organizations and dominate at the regional, state, and national competitions.

JHS Freshmen Cindy Madrijal is also a student in Muck’s 3rd hour class learning 3D ani-mation. When the program was first introduced to Madrijal the thought,“I hate this class“ ran through her mind. But once she started learning, the more she got comfortab-le with the program, which changed her outlook on the class. Now she enjoys it.

“This program is fun, can do fun things,“said Madrijal.

“I enjoy showing the students the power of this software and find that most students who start using it really enjoy it and can quickly learn enough to produce some outstan-ding 3-D objects,“ says Muck.

Freshmen Dom Baker‘s first thought was, “It seemed really hard“. But after he started working with it and it got easier. Baker likes this program because he gets to do so-mething fun. He wants to do something in the future, similar to this, because he enjoys it .

“Computers can do anything,“said Baker.

Muck is offering an introduction to 3-D Animation, in his Fundamentals of Technology classes, and will be offering a trimester course in 3-D animation in the 2nd and 3rd tri-mesters of the current school year.

Any student interested in joining one or more of the student organizations ( TSA, Skills, or BPA), can contact Mr. Muck. Membership drives are coming to a close, So anyone interested should let him know as soon as possible. Trystan Dodson shows off his lamp and table he made.

Alex Ortega works on her Animation.

Foreign Exchange Students!By: Diana Diaz Every year we get new adventurous students coming to find out what the U.S.A is really about. They come from long ways to explore and experi-ence new things. Last year, Jerome High School had four exchanged students who were all from Ger-many. This year Jerome High School has four new students who aren’t from Germany, but do come from a long way! We have Munsung Choi who comes from South Korea, Klara Doppler and Klara Oester-reicher both come from Austria, and Amalie Myhre is from Norway. They come from all over the world to this little town called Jerome, Idaho.

Attending a new school will be quite different for all of them, whether it is the food, people, and even the teaching methods. Even the language could be a struggle. There are many things foreign exchange students have to learn to adapt to but they come ready to give their best effort. “When I got to the U.S my first stop was in the big city of New York City. The first thing I noticed was the hot weather,” said Amalie Myhre. “In Nor-way it never gets so hot, the hottest it gets is 77˚.”

Coming from a different country even the weather is different and could be hard to adapt. These foreign exchange students are ready for any challenge!

Munsung ChoiBy: Diana Diaz All the way from Daejon, South Korea we have Munsung Choi! He flew all the way from Daejon, South Korea to Boise, Idaho. His first reaction was if Idaho was so deserted? In South Korea every corner of land has a house. It is very populated! Then he got to Je-rome and he felt so relieved to see people, he thought it was going to be deserted as well. He is 15 years old and a sophomore this year. He enjoys many things like swimming and watching movies. He likes all kinds of movies! So whenever you want to go out and watch movies,ask Munsung to join you.

He enjoys being a foreign exchange student because he gets to travel and learn many new things, learn about other country’s history and culture. He really likes the U.S especially because absolutely every-thing is different from his hometown. The food, people, school and weather everything is different. He is learning something new every day. He says he really enjoys exploring something new every day.

His host parent is Roy Climer. Roy Climer said, “I really enjoy having Munsung’s company and learn about his country and its’ culture.” “What I really miss about my hometown is my family and friends and what I’m going to miss from U.S the most is my host family,” Munsung said.

If you would like to know more about Munsung and his coun-try, look for him around the school. If you don’t find him he’ll probably be swimming or watching movies.

Amalie MyhreBy:Diana Diaz From the closest country to the North Pole came Ama-lie Myhre. She comes from a small town called Verdal, Norway. “The nature is very different here”, Amalie said, “I am used to oceans, mountains, and trees everywhere!” Even though it is very different from what she is used to, she likes it a lot here. She blows out her candles every December 15. She is 16 years old and is a senior this year. It is very impress-ing for a 16 year old to graduate. Amalie is very excited to graduate from Jerome High School. Other than being a senior and coming to school. She likes spending her spare time with her host family and friends. She also enjoys skiing a lot in the winter.

Her host parents are Amy and Grady Carter. “Amalie was shy and not sure when she first arrived. Now she fits in and voices her opinion,” said Amy Carter. “What a joy to have her and share this experience with her!”

Amalie came with the foreign exchange program “Ex-plorius”. “I was tired of the same old, and wanted to see and experience something new,” said Amalie. She feels good and is really excited about being here. What she misses the most from her hometown is defi-nitely her family and friends. “I also miss the ocean and nature,” Amalie said. What she is going to miss after she leaves the U.S are the people. Amalie says, “I’m also going to miss the heat, since it’s freezing in Norway.”

Klara Doppler & Klara OesterreicherBy: Diana Diaz

This year JHS has two students that came a long ways from Austria. They both are from two totally different cities in Austria. What is very ironic is their names are the same .They both are Klara, but they do have different last names. Klara Doppler, is from a small town. It is half the size of Jerome; it is lo-cated in upper Austria, called Kirchdorf. On the other hand, Klara Oester-reicher is from a big city that is a little smaller than Idaho. It has 1.7 million inhabitants and called Vienna, Austria. Klara Doppler is 15 years old and is a junior this year. Klara Oesterreich-er is 16 years old and is also a junior this year. Other activities these girls do other than coming to school is Klara Doppler enjoys shopping and exploring new things. She especially enjoys listening to music. Klara Oesterreicher enjoys many things but, one of her hobbies is basketball. She is looking forward to joining the basketball team. Klara Oesterreicher really likes the U.S.A. “The people are so friendly and helpful,” she said. “For example, at my first day of school I couldn’t open my locker, a girl came up to me and asked if I needed help?” When asked how she felt about being a foreign exchange students, she said, “It’s great, I learn a lot not just the language but about its culture and history.” “Everything is different, in Jerome there is a lot of open land and you need to get driven everywhere with a car,” said Klara Doppler, “In my home-town, I had to get everywhere with my bike because in Austria you can’t get you driver’s license under 18.” Klara Doppler’s host parents are Melonie and Mark Swenson. “We are so happy to have Klara with us, and having a foreign student in our home has been a wonderful experience,” stated Melonie and Mark Swenson, “Klara has become another member of our family; she is so easy going and willing to be an American.” Marla and Loine Barnes are Klara Oesterreicher host parents. “Time takes care of everything,” said Marla and Loine Barnes. “What I miss the most from Vienna is public transportation,” said Klara Oesterreicher. “Here I’m like addicted to people, I have to ask someone of my family to drive me everywhere, in Vienna. I just went by tram, bus, or subway everywhere,” she stated. Klara Oesterreicher said, “What I’ll definitely miss from U.S is the amaz-ing food and of course my new friends and family.”Now, you have learned about these two girls. Not only that they’re both from Austria and that their both named Klara but that they are both two amazing, outgoing girls. If you’d like to know more about them, they’ll be around for any questions you have for them.

Elisabeth Wohlen is a Norwegian Exchange Student in Boise,Idaho. Here she is in front of her school, Mountain View High School.

by: Amalie Myhre

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to live and experience an-other country for a year? Then maybe being an ex-change student is some-thing for you.

Exchange students be-came popular after World War II. It improves your language skills and broaders your social ho-rizons. It also makes you understand and tolerate other cultures.

If you’re going to be an exchange student, you have to choose an orga-nization that you want to travel with. The first thing you have to do is choose a country. You can travel

to almost wherever you want in the world, so it is important to choose the country that you think is the best for you. After you have chosen the country, you need to choose an organization that sends students to the country you want to go to. You have to make sure that the organi-zation is serious. Some good orga-nizations are: EF, AFS and Rotary. If you want some more information about them, you can check their website.

Elisabeth Wohlen is a Norwegian exchange student who lives in Boi-se, Idaho. She is a Junior at Moun-tain View High School. She says she never has regretted the choice she made one year ago. “It’s days where I just want to go home, but for the most I like It”, she said. Before she came to Idaho, she was in New York for three days, and she says it was awesome. The organization Elisa-beth travels with is Explorius. They send 200 Norwegian exchange stu-dents to the United States every year. “I decided to go here three years ago, but didn’t apply before October last year!” She says that she likes the Norwegian school system better than the American, because it isn’t as disciplined as in America.

“My host family is the best, We are really different though” says Elisa-beth. When you are an exchange

student, you live with a host family the year you are in the country. The host family mostly doesn’t get paid to host you. They do it because they want to get to know you, your culture and your coun-try. It is the organization’s task to find a family that fits you, you don’t get to choose. Since you don’t get to choose it is important that you are honest when you write your application, so the organiza-tion finds the family that fits you the best.

The last student JHS sent as an Exchange Student was Anthony Barnes. He traveled through the Rotary program. “I know that the Rotary offers excellent opportunities”, said Mrs. Muscat, coun-selor at JHS.

So if this is something you dream about, take thoughts into action and become an exchange student!

Elisabeth on the “Top of the Rock” in New York City.

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Senior Nightby Nick Arevalo

It was a long week for the Jerome Tigers. Monday through Thursday was a build up of anticipation. As the seniors left the locker room on Friday night and joined their families on the track. The thought that this would be the last game they were going to play on their home field as a Jerome Tiger, finally set in.

This was just more than a football game to some of the players. To some, this was a mile stone in their life. Senior Varsity captain, Milton Hernandez, has played all 4 years in high school. He loves football with a passion. “It was do or die. We didn’t want to lose so we gave it our all,” said Hernandez.

From the opening kickoff you could tell it was going to be a hard fought game for The Battle of the Bridge. The Tiger defense came out strong and stopped twin on their first drive on the one yard line. The game was then hard fought back and forth from there. Both teams traded points in the first quarter.

Twin Falls was the first to score on a 27-yard pass, from T.J Ellis to Zach Davis. Jerome was soon to respond on a 7-yard run by Jordan McCully with one second left in the first quarter. On the following kickoff, Twin Falls’s Jason Welker, returned it to the house for an 85-yard return score.

Both defenses’s held each other scoreless, for most of the second quarter until Simon Espinoza threw an intercep-tion in the Tigers on red zone. Twin quickly took advantage of the Tiger’s miscue and scored on 11 yard pass from Ellis to Josh Settlemoir. Frustrated with himself Espinoza drove his Tigers down the field on the ensuing drive and hooked up with Dylan Dowton on 12 yard score.

With the clock against them, Twin wanted to get another score before the half. Twin pulled a play out from the Boise State playbook and went to the hook and lateral, which set up a 40 yard field goal right before the half.

The score going into halftime was 14-24 with Twin on top.

The second half was just as hard fought as the first. In the third quarter Jerome and Twin traded scores. First it was Twin’s Robert Sanchez on a 11-yard touchdown reception from Ellis early in the quarter. Jerome’s Espinoza hooked up with Jake Hollifield on a 14 yard score later on in the quarter.

The fourth quarter turned into a lot of frustration for the Tigers. Emotions became strong as a few costly calls for the Tiger’s defense gave Twin excellent field position. Twin scored twice, first on a 9 yard pass from Ellis to Welker, then on a 5 yard run by Settlemoir. The score now was 44-21.

Jerome was raged with emotion. Led by Espinoza, the Tigers quickly scored twice within in 3 minutes to be the score to 44-34. It turned not to be enough. The Tigers failed to recover two on onside kicks.

"That was the best we've played for four quarters all season. The kickoff return and the pick in our red zone was the difference. We would have liked to have won the game for our seniors but those kids battled and played really well,” said Head Coach Gary Krumm. By: Nick Arevalo

Freshmen, JV, and Varsity football players in action.

By: Constance Moralez

Yummy, yummy for my tummy! Jerome High School’s Tiger Den has now begun with their delicious meals. Thursday October 7, was their first meal of this year. The Tiger Den Restaurant is the internship part of the occupational food productions at JHS. The Tiger Den has been opened for eight years. All the meals are prepared by JHS students.

“I think it is very challenging in some point and it makes you more precise in your life and future,“ said Crystal Ramirez

Tiger Den takes place is Mrs. Kester’s room 102. There will be no restaurant open on shorten weeks, other than that the Tiger Den is available every Thursday during lunch. Anyone is welcome to attend. In the previous year’s students, teachers, par-ents, and many people from the community have attended.

“The food was fabulous and the service outstanding. My favorite part of the dish was the bread…Yummy,” said Mrs. Trelles.

A seating is limited. You have to reserve your seat. All reservations have to be in by Monday of the week. You may contact Mrs. Kester for reservations. You can call her, e-mail her, or come in personally. You may prepay or pay at the door. The cost

Tiger DenBy: Yaya TopeteNov. 4

Creamy Cole Slaw Sweet Potato Fries Cajun Pulled BBQ Pork P0-Boy on Homemade Ciabatta Cherry Turnovers Nov. 11 Greek Salad Greens Grilled Vegetable Medley Garlic Mashed Potatoes Old Fashioned Meat Loaf Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Cups Nov. 18 Crispy Romaine Salad with House Dressing Lasagna French Baguette French Apple Pie with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Dec. 9 Tiger Den Rice R Roni Lemon Pepper Salmon Grilled Veggies Homemade Croissants Crème Brulee or Custard Pie for To-Go's Dec. 16 Sweet Corn Salad Almond Green Beans Oven Grilled Chicken Breast Homemade Biscuit Southern Pecan Pie Jan. 6 Fresh Fruit Kabob Jambalaya Homemade Corn Bread with Hon-ey Key Lime Pie Jan. 13 Roasted Tomatillo Chile Salsa over Chicken Enchiladas Refried Beans

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It was a long trip for Jose Enriquez, and his Latinos in Action staff. They drove from Utah to Idaho Thursday, October 14, 2012. Enriquez is the leader of Latinos in Action. He brought over 80 students to perform for Jerome High School, Horizon Elementary, and Jefferson Elementary. The students from Utah performed a variety of dances. They performed dances from different Latin countries. The students had an excellent performance.

The Latinos in Action class also had an assembly with Enriquez and the students who came from Utah. They gave the Jerome students many suggestions in how to tutor the younger kids. They shared many of their personal experiences as tutors. They gave ideas in how to raise money so that pro-grams can keep growing. The money from the fund raisers will cover, shirts, and expensive like field trips.“Well I think its fun and it will help the kid in the future!,” said Martin Becerra. The Jerome High School class of Latinos in Action will start tutoring in November at Jefferson, and Horizon Elementary. These students will help younger students with many different subjects. They will help kids understand reading, and other subjects that they are struggling with. The staff of Latinos in Action in Jerome have already started translating. They translated at the parent-teacher conference at Jerome High School and Horizon Elementary. These students are all bilingual and very committed to their program. This is the first year that Jerome High School has a Latinos in Action program. Spanish teacher Mrs. Carlisle introduced it to JHS. JHS is the only school in Idaho that has this program at the moment. ““I believe that this is a fantastic opportunity for the students at Jefferson Elementary to interface with the students at the high school not only for academic assistance in the classroom but for the leadership they can provide as positive role models for each and every student they come into con-tact with in the school! I am so pleased to be a part of this opportunity for my students and the high school students that will be working in my classroom!”” said Mrs. Newton.

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By: Yaya Topete