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C O M M U N I T YLoma Linda Academy Newzine | Established 1940s | Volume 83 | Issue 3 | Dec. 2015-Jan. 2016

The MIRROR Local Edition

R RL O M A L I N D A A C A D E M Y ’ S

T H E M I R R O R

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Christmas Palooza

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CONTACTLOMA LINDA ACADEMY

10656 Anderson StreetLoma Linda, CA 92354

[email protected] In Chief

Victoria IcoAdanna OkwanduReportersLauren Ankrum

Aimee BlairKaylee Chinchay

PhotojournalistsJulia Gomez

Emily HeMichaela Lott

DesignersDaniela MejiaBlake Walker

VideographersBhavisha DesaiElijah Hickman

Elly LeePublisherRobert SkoretzSponsor

Danelle Taylor Johnston

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Table Of CONTeNTs

04 The Station: It’s About Giving back06 Lying or Lying?07 Promesa Home Care Ad08 A Home and Hands of Help10 In the Club Circle12 #San Bernardino Strong14 San Bernardino Photo Memorial16 Roadrunner Pride18 Oh! The Places to Go17 Sports Standings19 Community as a Whole20 LLA Hightlight: Sponsors22 Briefs23 Instagram Pictures: Family

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The STaTion:iT’S abouT giving backWhat do you do to give back

to your community? Do you go out

to the store and donate a dollar to

cancer funds? Do you wait until

the local girl scouts start selling

those deliciously tempting cookies

to buy a box or two? How about

feeding breakfast to the homeless

on the weekends? That is what some

students do every third saturday

morning down at The Station. They

wake up bright and early, cook some

hot homemade meals, and provide

friendship and kindness to those

less fortunate than you and I.

We sat down with a few

student volunteers and Station

Leaders to answer some

questions about this program.

What is the Station?

“The Station is pretty much

a community. It consists of older

people, younger people, poor people,

richer people but there is one thing

in common: We love without

judgment,” said Amalia Goulborne

(12), one of the student volunteers at

the Station. “Volunteers pretty much

come in a couple days each week and

give food to others in the community.

The Campus Ministries Outreach

Team as well as a few other students

that love to serve, help out every

third Sabbath with making food and

just providing a hospitable space.”

How long has this program

been around and has it

always served breakfast?

Station leader Melissa, who

coordinates the program with fellow

leader Jeanne Royer, responded, “The

first four years we did community

classes and then we noticed that

the [Helping Hands Pantry] truck

was passing by, and we decided

to have the homeless people who

waited for the truck come in and

have something hot to drink.

Then it turned into a breakfast.”

When does the Station meet?

“We do it Mondays, Tuesdays,

Wednesday, and Saturday mornings

[at eight],” Melissa told us.

What is your role in the Station?

“Everyone has an equal role

in the station, and where you work

always changes, so my role is the

same as everyone else’s; our role is to

help. You need someone to talk to?

No problem, I’m here for that very

reason. Do you need food? You need

to wash your

hands? You

need a bag?

Coffee? No

problem

because our

role is to help

you,” Rachel Barlow

(12) answered.

Goulborne

also told told us,

“I organize the food

and the volunteers. I

try to find at least

10 volunteers

who are willing

to get up at eight

in the morning

on a weekend. I also figure

out who makes the food.”

How do you think the Station

impacts the community?

Barlow sees the impact most

evidently in “that it provides food

to people who don’t have any. I’d

like to think of it as a place of

security and comfort, but that’s

my opinion. For these people who

don’t have breakfast, they come in

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The STaTion:iT’S abouT giving back

and they get a warm meal and a cup

of coffee. And I think that’s a huge

way it impacts the community.”

Goulborne also sees the impact

in herself at school. “For

example, when I’m

feeling awful about

a week of school

or just feeling like

everyone is looking up

to me as a student chaplain

and I can’t be the role

model and influencer that I

would like to be, it’s lovely

to be able to come into a non

judgemental zone. At the station,

you really feel like your life matters.

You are helping, serving, and loving

others, just like Jesus did on earth.

It’s definitely a little slice of heaven.”

And finally, how has the

Station impacted you?

Melissa-”Well we get to know

[the people] pretty well. We have

attended funerals… we hated to

lose them. We have done hospital

visitations… but I think what has

really touched me the most is that it

is really life changing [to you]. You

get to know these people on a very

different level. They come from a very

different socioeconomic group... and

it has been a great impact on me.”

Goulborne- “One day this

school year, we were pretty short on

student volunteers so I was serving

food(which was limited) to the

people. A new couple walked in that

I had not seen before. I made the

usual emphasis to say the lady’s name

as she went through the food line.

After eating her serving, she came

back to the food line to thank us for

serving them. She definitely had a lot

on her mind, so I decided I would

stop the line to just converse with her.

The lady went on to talk about the

death of her father at seventeen, her

life on the streets at

fourteen, her new

husband, and how God

has blessed her for

saving her life. It really

made me reflect

on my

own

life. With all that

had happened

in her life, she

thanked God that

she was alive and had

this confident hope that God was

going to work through her in some

way. It seems like often we forget

to thank God for the little things.

We focus on the little problems

and the big blessings instead of the

little blessings and the big problems.

After talking with her for a solid ten

minutes, we prayed together. We were

both a little teary-eyed, and it was

amazing to see the connection we

immediately had by God’s grace. ”

Rachel- “When I work at the

station, I normally write people’s

name tags. I love knowing people’s

names and getting to meet them! I

remember writing the name “Bill”-

and he took the name tag and put it

on his hat. “Bill on the bill” he said

and then he laughed and went in to

get his meal. At the end of breakfast,

Bill came up to me and handed me

a container of almonds. I ended up

not taking them because I felt bad,

but his generosity was so sweet and

so genuine. I wanted to give him

a hug and tell him “thank you”.

If you talk to a few of them, they

laugh and they seem happier than

some of the people I go to school

with. They have so little, but they’re

still so generous and loving, maybe

even more so than you and me.”

Loma Linda Academy

students meet at the Station

every third Saturday of

every month at 8 a.m. at

the corner of Anderson St.

and Redlands Blvd.

By: Daniela Mejia

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Lying or Lying?Dr. Sandiford’s College

Preparatory English and Writing

class conducted an anonymous

survey concerning Academic

Dishonesty. Here, two of the results

are show relating to the question:

Over the past TWO years,

how much cheating have

you personally done?

According to grade, the bar

graph shows that the Seniors have the

highest percentage of 31% claiming to

have never cheated. Whereas, Juniors

have the highest student percentage

(35%) admitting to have cheated

three or more times. Nevertheless, the

highest result for all grades overall,

was having cheated once or twice.

Corresponding to Grade

Point Average (GPA), the pie chart

focuses only on those who responded

that they had cheated three or more

times over the last two years. Ranking

them from highest percentage of

cheating to lowest, comes GPA of:

3.0-3.49, 3.5+, and 2.0-2.9. Those

with a median GPA have cheated

more than any other and those with

the lowest GPA cheated the least.

BUT, because some students

stated that they had NEVER cheated,

evaluators had doubts. Yet upon

asking a student from each grade if

they had been completely honest in

the dishonesty survey, each stated

“yes” because it was “anonymous”.

With such information it

is up to you to consider whether

this data is true, or that people are

cheating, which is considered lying,

or lying about never having cheated.

By:Julia Gomez

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adverTiSemenT

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a home and

handS of heLp

There are tons of outreach

programs to get involved with and

many different ways to help out in

the community. If you want to help

out your local community, you can

get involved easily in places such

as the Ronald McDonald House

or the Helping Hands Pantry,

located here in Loma Linda.

The Ronald McDonald House

and Helping Hands Pantry help our

community by providing supplies

and shelter for families in need.

The Ronald McDonald house

relieves the children’s parents of

everyday stress. “What we try to do

is keep mom and dad focused and

at peace,” Mike Kovack, executive

director, said in an in-person

interview. The Ronald McDonald

House charities began in 1974 when

ex-Philadelphia Eagles’ football

player, Fred Hill, had a daughter who

was diagnosed with Leukemia. He

and his wife would alternate driving

from their home to the hospital in

Philadelphia where his daughter was

staying. Eventually the driving back

and forth began taking a toll on the

couple emotionally and financially.

Hill noticed that other families were

going through the same thing and

were sleeping in their cars and in

the hospital waiting room. Seeing

all these people experiencing similar

struggles inspired Hill to take action.

Hill saw a house for sale and

spoke to one of the doctors at

the hospital, asking if the doctor

thought buying the house nearby

would be a good idea. The doctor

agreed and Fred Hill launched a

campaign to create a housing space

for families of adolescent patients.

Later, Hill went to the owner of

the Philadelphia Eagles who agreed

to pledge money to the cause, and

the football team helped raise funds

also. During a game, the players

passed around a bucket and collected

almost $45,000.

Although the amount was great,

they still lacked funds. So they went

to the McDonald’s restaurants in

the area to ask for donations.

The regional manager Ed Rensi

approved a donation of $50,000

without checking with the corporate

office. The McDonald’s Corporation

finally said “We can’t say no now,

you’ve already promised!” Although

they gave the money reluctantly, they

eventually saw what an impact the

home away from home was making.

Ray Kroc, who was the

corporation founder of McDonald’s

a couple years later, donated 5

million to the nonprofit charity.

They took that money and opened

up five more Ronald McDonald

houses on the east coast.“And ever

since then it’s just been growing

immensely,” Kovack said. Today

there are over 360 Ronald McDonald

houses in over 50 countries.

The Ronald McDonald house

also has a sanctuary room where

families can pray or just be in

silence. Some of the benefits of

the Ronald McDonald House are

that it gives families the privilege

of being close their sick children

and gives them a place where they

can shower, eat and sleep. The

other benefit is getting to

talk with other families who

are going through the same

thing. The Ronald McDonald

House also provides food for

the families. Occasionally,

volunteer groups come

and prepare food for the families.

“If there’s anything they need we

get it for them, we try to take the

worry about living day to day out

of their hands.” Kovack stated.

Helping Hands Pantry (HHP)

is partnered with the school

during Family Volunteer Night at

Loma Linda Academy (LLA).

(HHP) has been a nonprofit

organization since April 9th, 2008.

Paul Dickau started HHP because he

saw that although his church did tons

of service for others, there was a lack

of service in their own community

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By:Aimee Blair

of Redlands and Loma Linda.

At first, his church just joined a

food pantry with three other churches.

Then they got their own building

in Loma Linda. Dickau wanted the

pantry to be different from others, so

he did things that most other pantries

did not do. Their goal was to stop

turning people away unintentionally.

“So we started being open five days a

week. Also, [we made it so that] the

last person coming through the

door would get the same

food as everyone

else. Then we just

started growing

like crazy,”

Dickau states.

HHP

provides

different

products

for people so

they do not

have to spend

the little money

they have. An

interesting fact about HHP

is about 80-90% of the people

who come to them have a job in the

household. “Even though we started

with [giving out] food, we realized

anything you give them they don’t

have to spend their cash on, which

allows them to spend it on their rent

or their mortgage,” stated by Dickau.

HHP provides everything from

pet products and cleaning supplies

to food and household goods.

Dickau first helped LLA during

Family Volunteer Night (FVN) four

years ago. According to Kimberly

Thomas, FVN coordinator, (Mother

of Natasha Thomas 9) “He [Dickau]

talks with participants and informs

them about HHP’s mission. He helps

get supplies for us, … that has been

donated. He brings the supplies to the

school in his truck and takes all the

items we packed back to HHP that

same night.” Thomas

also stated

that

the hygiene packs

were the biggest

need. During FVN, participants

fill 2,500-3,000 bags a year with

shampoo, soap, a toothbrush and

toothpaste. These bags are then handed

out to homeless people in the local

area. Besides helping out the homeless

during FVN, HHP also helps their

dogs. HHP is partnered with Paws to

Feed, which

is a food

bank or

pantry

for the

dogs of

homeless

people. “Paws

to Feed has partnered with Helping

Hands Pantry to help care for the

pets of people in need,” stated Lynae

Bakland, founder of Paws to Feed.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED:

Getting involved with these

outreach programs can be great and

you can even receive community

service hours for them. Kovack

stated that simply collecting

pull tabs from soda or

collecting [cans

of pennies] can

add up and help

them raise money.

Volunteers can

come and cook

for the families or help

with chores around the building.

HHP is open 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. and

about less than 2 minutes away

from Loma Linda Academy, you

can head over and help out with

anything between helping in the

gardens to sorting and bagging food.

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Badminton Club

Ping-Pong Club

Running Club• President: Benruby Ramirez

and Joshua Muthjah

• Meets: Mondays at

lunch in the Gym

• Members: Everyone

• Club fee: None

• Activities: Play badminton

• President: Nathaniel Leon

• Meets: Mondays and Wednesdays from

four to five (Club activities are suspended

during soccer season. We will resume

mid-February at the school track.)


• Club fee: $10/year for individuals,

$25 for families of three or more

• Activities: Participated in local 5K

runs with some members training

for 10Ks and half marathons.

• President: Bailey Nolfe

• Meets: Wednesdays at lunch on

the stage in the gymnasium

• Members: Application are closed

at this time. There may be a

membership drive in spring.

• Club fee: None

• Activities: Practice and Ping-

Pong tournaments

• President: Moriah Perkins

• Meets: Each week on Wednesdays

at lunch in Gene Oswald’s room


• Club fee: None, unless members

want the sweatshirts.

• Activities: The club produces a monthly

outreach program working with kids

like a Vacation Bible School program.

Friends Next Door Bible Club

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circLe

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Shades ClubPhotography Club

Art Club Youth-to-Youth

• President: Alexis Townsend

• Meets : Thursdays

lunch, at 12:10

• Club fee: None


• Activities: Celebrate

and learn about culture

differences (Eat foods from

different cultures etc.)

• President: Blake Walker

• Meets: On most

Thursdays in Mrs.

Taylor-Johnston’s room


• Club fee: None

• Activities: Fund raise/

Lectures on how to take

better photos/trip

• President: None

• Meets: Tuesday at lunch in

Mrs. Gillespie’s room


• Club fee: None

• Activities: Talk about art inspirations

and ideas, collaborate on group projects,

and are in the process of planning a

student art and photography show.

• President: Golden Se

• Meets: Various lunch-time

meetings throughout the year

• Members: All high school students

• Club fee: None

• Activities: Decorate for Red Ribbon

Week, Adopt homeless families

at Inland Temporary Homes for

Christmas parties (craft, dinner

and presents) and Easter parties for

children at Inland Temporary Homes

By:Emliy He

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On December 2, 2015, what seemed like another day soon turned into a tragedy that would scar not only the victims, but to our country as well. This was the time of year in which people become more anxious and stressed out at work due to the holidays. At the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, the San Bernardino County Department of Health employees were gathered together to have

their annual holiday party to take some time off work.

At 11 AM, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire in the Center, killing 14 people and leaving 21 others injured, according to LATimes.com.

Alyssa Cosejo (12) became worried because she remembered that her aunt worked there, but she was soon notified that her aunt was safe.

News had spread that the couple had fled the crime scene and were still on the loose. All school campuses and offices were notified by the San Bernardino Unified School

Districts to be on lock down. Loma Linda Academy (LLA) was in a modified lock down, in which students were to stay alert in case it was necessary for them to go into a full-fledged lock down and stay indoors.

The San Bernardino Sheriff’s department informed our school as to what was happening, letting LLA make the decision to be on modified lock down. It made a great impact on the LLA students

because the center is located only two miles away and the location of the shooters was not known at the time. All students followed procedures and were kept safe.

By the time the school day ended, most everyone was at home watching the news. Around 3 o’clock, a shoot out began in a residential area on E. San Bernardino Ave. between the shooters and the policemen.

“[One of ] my mother’s coworkers has a son that was the policeman that killed the guy in the shooting,” Zack Tabingo (12) stated.

Police had thought that

there was a third shooter and closed the streets to the residential area. Daniela Mejia’s (11) street was also closed down and residents watched the policemen pass by.

In the evening, they investigated the shooter’s house in Redlands, CA, not far from Redlands Adventist Academy. Investigators found an armory of weapons and explosives, including a dozen pipe bombs and a lot of ammunition.

As for the employees of the Regional Center, they were sent to a nearby disclosed location in school buses as loved ones waited for their arrival.

A memorial service was held for the shooting victims at the Citizens Bank Area in Ontario, CA. The service was opened to county employees and invited guest such as family and friends of the victims. A candlelight and prayer vigil was also held for the victims at the San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino the day after the shooting.

Izabel Renjifo (10) and her family had been driving

#San bernardino STrong

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by the stadium to go home. She saw the service being held and she kept persisting her parents to go. Eventually, her parents gave in and they all attended the service.

“It was a really nice experience,” Renjifo said. “When they were saying the names [of the victims] and the stories behind those people and what they went through and who they were, it hit you that this was more than

just people that died. They were people that matter to others. I saw it as something deeper than an incident that happened near school.”

An organization called Stars of HOPE is known for partnering with a school and having children design wooden stars with messages and words of hope and love. These stars are placed in street corners to brighten up the disaster-stricken community. Stars of HOPE along with volunteers from The New York Says Thank You Foundation and Groesbeck Rebuilds America came to San Bernardino in

December and decorated parts of the city with wooden stars.

As of the fourth of January, employees from the Regional Center have returned back to work. Fences were still up since the attack and guards checked the badges of all the workers. When the employees returned, Christmas decorations were still up and left untouched.

Everyone resumed their work, but access to the conference room where

the incident happened was not permitted. Professional counselors were available to the people that wanted them. Things went back to normal, but the atmosphere felt different.

#San bernardino STrong

By:Kaylee Chinchay

Photos of a San Bernardino memorial. Taken by Daniela Mejia

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Inland Regional Conference Center, where the shooting occurred.

The victims of the shooting were honored on the Wall of Remembrance. It was temporarily located at the golf club across the Inland Regional Center.

The community of San Bernardino came together to honor and memorialize

the victims of the shooting on Waterman Ave. You can find the memorials on the

corner of Waterman Ave and E. Orange Show Rd and in

front of the Inland Regional Center.

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San bernardino phoTo memoriaL

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The home of the shooters can be found on Center St. Redlands.

Families, friends, and neighbors gather to see the aftermath of the persecution of the shooters on San Bernardino Ave. Bullet holes and blood stains are all that remains of the horror that had happened on the day of December 2, 2015.

Sb ave/ cenTer rd

By: Daniela Mejia

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Loma Linda Academy (LLA) not

only is very active in their academics,

but their Varsity and Junior Varsity

(JV) sports as well. This year has

been very successful for athletics.

So far, girls’ JV volleyball had 16

wins-3 losses. Girls’ Varsity volleyball

23 wins-5 losses. Girls’ Varsity

flag football

were undefeated for the season.

Finally, flag football for the

boys with 26 wins-0 losses.

This year has also been very

successful for girls’ Varsity volleyball.

The girls this year were the first

varsity volleyball team from LLA

to make it to the playoffs for

the California Interscholastic

Federation (CIF) Championship.

Unfortunately, the girls lost

against Saddleback Christian

Academy in the semi-final. Although

they lost semi-finals and were not

able to continue on to finals, the

spirit of their success continued

to live on in celebration along

with the victories that they had

achieved during the season.

Getting involved in athletics or

sports at LLA is something anyone

can do. LLA offers many Varsity

and JV sports for both boys and

girls. Students have the option of

playing various sports such as flag

football, volleyball, basketball,

soccer, baseball, softball, golf,

badminton, or swimming. There

are many ways students can become

involved or participate in sports

whether they are playing or not.

According to Bailey Nolfe, (11)

getting involved with athletics is “a

really great way to make new friends

and become closer to more people.”

LLA’s athletic director Lucio

Camacho says that playing sports is a

“great way to display your God given

talents and use them to represent not

only LLA, and your religion but be

an ambassador for God.” But being

active in sports is not just a great way

to make or become closer with friends

or display your talents. It is also fun!

Rachel Barlow (12) said “...

students should get involved in

sports because it is FUN!” Barlow

also explained that it is good to

try sports if you are looking for

something new to do. Make sure to

always be on the lookout for tryouts

and preseason workouts.

If you do not plan on actually

playing a sport, you can still be

involved in sports. One great way

to do this is by going to games

and supporting LLA’s teams.

Attending games will give your

fellow students an extra boost of

confidence they may need.

Sports are a great way to stay

active and get involved with your

school. If you do not play sports,

you can still attend games in order

to support your friends. Sports are a

great way to display your talents as

an athlete and make new friends.

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BY:Lauren Ankrum

SporTS STandingS

Sport win loSS tie

GirlS VarSity Volleyball 23 5 0

GirlS JV Volleyball 16 3 0

GirlS VarSity FlaGball 20 0 0

boyS VarSity FlaGball 26 0 0

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BY:Blake Walker

oh! The pLaceS To go ELMER’S BOTTLE TREE RANCH

ADDRESS: National Trails Hwy., Oro Grande, CA 92368

HOW FAR: 55 minutes from LLA

WHAT TO DO: Take photographs, enjoy

the scenery, and talk to the owner Elmer!

CALIFORNIA CITRUS STATE HISTORICAL PARK (Not Pictured)

ADDRESS: 1879 Jackson St, Riverside, CA 92504


WHAT TO DO: Have a picnic, go on a tour, and

do a citrus tasting on the weekend!

ANAHEIM PACKING DISTRICT

ADDRESS: 440 South Anaheim

Blvd. Anaheim, CA 92805


WHAT TO DO?: Eat unique food, listen to the

local talent, and take in the

downtown Anaheim Scenery.

VAN BUREN DRIVE-INTHEATER & SWAP MEETADDRESS: 3035 Van Buren

Blvd. Riverside CA 92503


WHAT TO DO: Enjoy a movie, bring

homemade food and enjoy the swap meet on

Tuesday- Thursday and Saturday- Sunday from 6-2.

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communiTy aS a WhoLeA community can only function smoothly when everything is together and in place. Every

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LLa highLighT: SponSorSWhat exactly is

a class sponsor?Here at Loma Linda

Academy (LLA), the high school students are given many special opportunities to take part in various events like banquet, Friday night vespers, and more. However, the people who make these events possible are not often recognized for all their hard work. These are the class sponsors.

Each high school grade is assigned several teachers/faculty members to be their class sponsors. These sponsors meet with their respective class officers every Tuesday during lunch to plan various events for their classes to participate in, as well as fund raisers and other things.

The amount of work that they put into these tasks is

enormous, but unfortunately it is often overlooked. From helping organize fund raisers, vespers, banquets and class pranks to volunteering to attend overnight trips away from their own homes and staying up late to supervise

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the students on these trips, class sponsors put an incredible amount of effort into their job.

“We keep track of money, plan events, provide an adult presence at camp outs and a lot of other things. Although it is the busiest part of my job, it’s the most rewarding,” said Teresa Phillips, the current

sophomore class sponsor.

However, this is more than planning fun events and raising money for the students.

Lynne Hattendorf, the current senior class sponsor,

defines the role as so much more than just being a leader. The words “mentor,” “guide,” and sometimes “authority figure” come to mind when she thinks about the position she holds.

“But definitely ‘mentor’ because we’re training them to be leaders,” Hattendorf said.

Many of the sponsors agreed.

“This is about teaching the students about leadership,” said Robertson, the junior class

sponsor. She has been a head sponsor

for many years, and is very passionate about the role.

“I feel my job is to guide

them,” said Robertson, “and

teach them how to be good leaders when they get

out into the real world.”Getting to know the

students is a huge part of the job as a class sponsor.

That also happens to be one of Eugene Oswald’s favorite aspects of the role.

“I love the interacting with the students outside of a classroom setting, and seeing them get excited about things like class parties and vespers” said Oswald, the current

freshman class sponsor. He mentioned that because the freshman are new to the high school setting, it is interesting to watch them grow and progress through the years.

Class sponsors serve as guides for the students. They lead by example and help to direct the students towards the path to success. They are not just teachers or faculty members doing their job because they have to.

Class sponsors are leaders who are truly passionate about developing the essential characteristics in students that will help them be successful in the future.

By:Adanna Okwandu

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briefS

On December 19, 2015, downtown Redlands showed their support to the victims of the San Bernardino mass shooting,.Businesses such as International Day Spa, Parliament Chocolate, and À La Minute donated 100 % of proceeds from special T-shirts and part of the day’s sales to the cause. Other businesses in downtown Redlands also donated a portion of profits to the

victim’s family.

On December 15, all the schools

in the Los Angeles Unified

School District were closed down

due to a bomb threat called in

that morning. The all-clear was

eventually given and classes

resumed the the following day.

Rachel Barlow (12),

participated in The Memory

Project. She received a photo of a

child in an Ethiopian Orphanage,

in which she then painted a

portrait to send back to the

child. The goal of this project is

to help children who have faced

substantial challenges feel valued.

For more information visit

memoryproject.org

On January 4, Mrs.

Henderson won the

SmartBrief EDUCATOR’S

CHOICE CONTENT

AWARD for her article on

“Laughter and Learning.”

It’s a leap year! Make a date for

Feb 29.

Loma Linda Academy hosted the You(th) Lead(ership) training on January 16. It included all the local youth and school leaders who were focused on leading

their peers to God.

Photo of a San Bernardino memorial. Taken by Daniela Mejia

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inSTagram picTureS: famiLieSFamily is a big part of the community. Each student on

the LLA campus represents a family of people full of love and care for each other. Here are a few pictures of those families.

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