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Show your spirit, buy RHS shirts, jackets and

sweatshirts, see Mrs. VanOort

Pre-order your yearbooks from Mrs. Anglin, they

are $40

Homecoming Dance Saturday 8-11

Couples: $10 Singles: $8

Rye High School Sports 2 –3

Arts and Music 4

What’s Going on At Rye 5

Students Of Rye High 6

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Volume 3, issue 1

September 20, 2010

The school newsletter

is being printed for the

first issue, after this you

can view the newsletter

on Rye High School‟s

website. Just go to this

link http://

ryh.district70.org/ and

then up in the top menu

bars click on newsletter.

There you will be linked

to the newsletter. The

newsletter will include

any important information

that parents need to know

and details going on

around the high school

and community. We will

update the newsletter on

the first Monday of every

month (at a minimum).

You can also view more

student photography by

going to this link: http://

www.flickr.com/

groups/rhsphotography/

pool.

We hope you enjoy

this year‟s addition of

Slice of Rye Newsletter

brought to you by the

students of the journal-

ism class here at RHS.

By: Makayla Collins and

Tiffany Petit

Music is finally back

as a class offered at Rye

High School thanks to

our new band teacher

Mr. Tim Baird and the

parents and community

members.

Mr. Baird is 31 years

old and claims Texas as

his home because his

parents were in the mili-

tary and they kept trav-

eling. Baird has always

been involved in music.

He also states, “Music is

emotion”, and emotion

is inside of all of us as

we know.

He is teaching band,

choir, and guitar. Mr.

Baird and his students

haven‟t planned on any

upcoming

events yet, but

they do plan on

playing at the

games and other

things of the

sort in the fu-

ture. The music

classes were

added in after

school had already started,

so right now the band con-

sists of five students. The

administration is hopeful

that more students will

join next semester.

The music that they are

learning hasn‟t been de-

cided; lately they have

been sight-reading many

different types of music.

During music class stu-

dents are practicing play-

ing music, learning new

music theory and other

items. They learn differ-

ent types of instruments

like the bass, drums, bari-

tone saxophone, clarinet,

the trumpet, and the flute.

Raven Langosh a 9th

grader, has said, “The

advantages of working as

a part of a team are being

able to sound better and

to achieve more as a

Music Back At Rye High School

Continued on page 4

All-Conference is named to 14

boys golfers around our region.

Rye High School has 10 golfers

this year. Out of the 10 golfers

three of them were named all

conference. This is a great ac-

complishment. Ty Harrison

earned the first place position.

While Tony Vinci earned the

eighth position and Patrick Leal

earned the very last spot avail-

able. To earn all conference the

golfers have to play in three

different tournaments, they

combine the scores and take the

best out of all schools. Congratu-

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Ty Harrison at the Rye Invitation

lations to all three of the players.

Also, in golf news seven of the

golfers attended the Rye Invitational

last Tuesday September 13th. The

tournament went really well, with Ty

Harrison earning first place.

Regionals was set for Tuesday

September 20th. Four of the ten golf-

ers faired well at the tournament,

earning themselves spots in the much

anticipated State Tournament, Tony

Vinci, Tyler Harrison, Patrick Leal

and Samual Ambler. Congratulations

and good luck!

Senior Spike Out By Hayley Naron

Danica Shipley, Kaley Ragan,

and Tiffany Ambler are our three

seniors on varsity this volleyball

season for the Rye Thunderbolts.

Sports are very important to these

three young ladies and they work

hard every day to be at their top

potential, and it definitely shows

on the court! First, Danica shared

with me a little about what makes

her so spectacular at the sport.

Danica has been playing since

seventh grade at Craver with Mr.

Bergles as her coach. She hopes

that she can help the team succeed

to the best of their ability, hope-

fully to regionals and then state.

Danica also stated that “Our big-

gest competition so far is proba-

bly Fowler and Swink.” The team

will have to work hard to win

over Fowler and Swink but she

has faith. Danica is currently in-

volved in the STEP program

through PCC. She has high ex-

pectations for herself and her

teammates. She believes that

“school comes first, be a leader

and always listen to your coaches

and follow their advice.”

Kaley Ragan is another senior

on the varsity volleyball team this

year. Kaley said that “On a per-

Rye High School Sports

sonal level I want to be able to

lead my team through districts,

regionals, and hopefully state!”

She also believes that the entire

team is having fun, which hope-

fully will help with her personal

goal. If the team loses Kaley said

that they work extra hard at prac-

tice to get better and go harder for

the games.

The girls have a full schedule

this season. Come support the

Lady Thunderbolts at the upcom-

ing volleyball game this Tuesday

at 4:30, Thursday at 4:00, and Sat-

urday at 1:00. Go „Bolts!

Three Rye High School Golfers Named All-Conference

Carnival Extravaganza

By: Chelsea Stallberg

On September 22, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Rye High School will be hosting a carnival for all Elementary stu-

dents and parents to raise money. Rye High School students will be running the booths and will be excused

from class. At each booth you will need tickets to be able to do whatever activities are offered. A few activi-

ties include a snack both, ring toss, fortune teller, Wii, and plenty more. Tickets cost $0.25 each. If parents or

adults want to volunteer and help they are welcomed to.

V OLU ME 3 , IS SU E 1

By: Makayla Collins

Rye High Schools Knowledge

Bowl team‟s A and B went to

South High School on Wednesday

September 14th. Out of 30 teams

Team B earned 2nd place and Team

A tied for 4th place with three other

teams.

The competition was held in the

media room of South High School

and the classrooms attached to the

media center. There were four

rounds during each meet. The first

round is a written round and then

there are three oral rounds. During

the written round only four stu-

dents from each team can partici-

pate. The students are timed on the

written round and then they are

graded after they are done. The

results after each round are then

posted under a column telling them

which room the next round is be-

ing held in.

During the oral rounds the par-

ticipants are sat down in front of

rows of chairs and a long buzzer

strip is placed on the desks in front

of them. They have

to click the buzzer as

fast as they can to

answer the question.

Just about halfway

through each oral

round, each team is

allowed to substitute

a person if they have

one. The questions

range from anything

in math, science,

English, and more.

After all the rounds

are finished the score

is totaled and then

the team with the

highest score wins the trophy for

their school.

Rye‟s team meets up during

lunch on Tuesday‟s to practice and

prepare for the next meet. They go

over questions from old meets, and

they review anything that they don‟t

know. Even little facts from articles

or books can help them with ques-

tions.

The teams are decided not by the

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Knowledge Bowl Team Earns 2nd and 4th

students but by their coach Mr.

McGee. Team A includes Isabel

Schneider, Matt Smith, Shelby

Porter, Alix Kieber and Brett

Oliver. Team B includes Nick

Ramsey, Mark Skehan, Mike

Davis, and Austin Hale. Isabel

said, “Knowledge Bowl is a

place to express what you know

and see friends as well as to test

your own knowledge.”

Pictured above right to left: Matt Smith, Isabel, Brett, Alix,

and Shelby at the South meet showing their knowlege

Football photo by: Tony Marostica

The football team is currently 0-3. The team is really young this year. The team lost 12 starting seniors from last year’s team and

2 starting running backs that didn’t come out this year. The team has also had several injuries. They are working hard with what

they have. Join us at the homecoming game Friday the 23rd to cheer the boys on.

Cross Country photo by: Linde Skeehan

The team has four boys out this year. They are working hard

and having a good time. The team is in 3rd place for the region.

Rick Reidhead is rangked 2nd, Nick Marony is ranked 9th, Paul

Slade is ranked 26th, and Mark Skehan is ranked 34th, out of

around 200 other kids in the region.

Soccer Photos by: Tony Marostica

If you haven’t made it out to support the boys’ soccer

team, you need to. They are having a tremendous season.

The boys are undefeated as of print time. Tony Vinci, the

new starting goalie has done a phenomenal job of blocking

goals left and right. While Nick, Loren, and Alberto have

been leading the team in goals and assists. The boys

played a rough game last night against Pueblo West, but

held their own. Come support the boys at their next home

game, this Saturday at 10 am.

A S LI CE OF RY E Page 4

team.” She also stated that she loves

playing music and that music class

is amazing.

As for the music classes that our

school offers, Mr. Baird plans on

making changes to the music pro-

gram. He says, “I don‟t really know

what the music program was like

last year, so I‟m thinking there will

be changes.” A music student had

this to say about the program, “This

year will definitely be different than

last year.” Mr. Baird expects his

students to learn the ordinary things

that come with music as well as

how to be human. Like he said be-

fore, “Music is emotion.” Baird

intends this class to make an impact

on the students. He said, “Yes I do

intend this to make an impact be-

cause music plays a pivotal role in

everyone‟s lives.”

By Alison Golladay

With the start of

the Rye High School

2011-2012 school

year, we can already

see the artwork done

by students posted

around the school.

Kacie Anglin,

teacher of all the art

classes this year, is

excited that the Art

Academy was added

to the school curricu-

lum. This year, Rye

added a basics cook-

ing class with plenty

of eager students

ready to take on the

heat in the kitchen with a nutri-

tional cookbook to guide them

through. Mrs. Anglin also ex-

presses her enthusiasm in the rest

of her art classes such as photog-

raphy, drama, painting, and ad-

vanced painting.

One of the few students in ad-

vanced painting is Shenandoah

Kilts, a junior at Rye. Shenan had

nothing but good things to say

about her semester in Mrs. An-

glin‟s class, with upcoming pro-

jects such as painting around the

art class rooms, including the mu-

sic room finally put into action.

When I asked her what the best

part of being in advanced painting

is she replied, “Leaving my own

mark on the school with Alison

Golladay,” another junior at Rye.

In Painting One, “The students

are learning basic art techniques as

well as different mediums,” says

Mrs. Anglin. Recently, they re-

viewed the color wheel and princi-

ples of design as well as elements

of art. The students have also

taken on personal drawings and

paintings, such as Makayla Collins

who‟s received multiple compli-

ments on her lily-pad painting

done with acrylic paint, hanging

up in Mrs. Anglin‟s room proudly.

This year, the art students are

highly viewed around the school;

Mrs. Jordan herself says she is ex-

cited to see what the art students

can produce this year, also adding

that, “Whatever those talented stu-

dents do makes Rye look even bet-

ter.”

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Welcoming Back Imagination Art Academy Brings Fun Back To Rye Classrooms

A S LI CE OF RY E

Music and Arts Music Continued from page 1

Shenan and Alison show off their newest painting,

“Ratatouille”, that is going up on the door between the

cooking room and the art room

Top Photo by: Adam Burnett

Bottom Photo by: Breanna Dasher

V OLU ME 3 , IS SU E 1

was “I think it‟s a great group of

nominees.” When we asked what

they had planned for their future

(college wise) they all said nursing

or medical except for two of the

candidates said history (Conner

Pigg) and Business administrator

(Kaley Ragan). These candidates

seem confident and head strong we

wish them all the best of luck and

let the best man and girl win!

Make sure that you put in your

vote after the assembly this

Wednesday where you will get to

know more about the candidates.

By: Danielle Hall

The Homecoming dance is this

Saturday, September 24th, from 8

to 11. The theme is “When in

Rome.” The homecoming candi-

dates are: Conner Pigg, Gage Ber-

ger, Dalton Jordan, Kaley Ragan,

Leslie Ivan, and Chelsea Newitt.

The candidates said that they were

not nervous, except for Chelsea

Newitt who‟s response was “…just

for this happening...” She also

commented how she thinks she

will do against the other candidates

and said “It‟s an honor to be nomi-

nated and both of the other girls

are great.” Kaley Ragan‟s response

ferent things during the class every

day,” says junior Maddelyn Tannehill

when asked how the drama class was.

When asked the same question, jun-

ior Cassidy Nemick said, “The class

is great! We get to know everyone

and people step out of their bubble;

lots of fun.” The students participat-

ing in the class all have a great time

thinking of creative skits, and doing

warm-up exercises. The class shared

laughs during a skit presentation on

September 14, 2011 while watching

their peers. Both girls said that they

really love the class and that they

would both really love to keep the

class; they both think that because so

many people signed up for it and

wanted the class that Rye will end up

keeping it.

“I have 24 kids in this class; they

all seem to enjoy it,” Mrs. Anglin

said about her class. Mrs. Anglin also

explained that this is the first time

By: Katelyn Huddleston

Rye High School has welcomed

a new class to its schedule; drama.

The class is taught by Mrs. Kacie

Anglin and has gotten rave reviews

from the participants. Because of

new Academies, the school is able

to introduce exciting and engaging

classes.

With the drama class filled to the

brim, the students who have signed

up for it have a chance to express

themselves in creative ways; they

get to let the energy flow. All of the

students, ranging from freshmen to

seniors, are being introduced to the

basics of drama- including theater

acting, warm-up techniques, and

stage presence. All of these skills

and others combine to create a

whirlwind class. “The class is so

much fun; we get to do a lot of dif-

she has ever taught or done a class

like this so, along with the kids, she

is learning new things as well. Al-

though a date is not set right now, a

play will take place in December;

the class just picked the play and

will audition soon. “Hopefully the

play will go well. It will be held at

night and before it, there will be a

dinner and my cooking class will

cook the dinner.” The class is learn-

ing parts of the theater that will no

doubt keep them on their toes.

Since drama has been incorpo-

rated into the learning criteria of

Rye High School, more people have

gotten interested in taking an art

program class and the students who

are in it, enjoy their days more. The

students seem to be enjoying it as

well as Mrs. Anglin who says, “It‟s

different. It‟s nothing I‟ve ever

done.” Seems like drama is leaving

its mark.

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When in Rome

Drama-Rhama

What’s Going on at Rye

Girls L to R: Leslie Ivan, Kaley Ragan, and

Chelsea Newitt

Boys L to R: Conner Pigg, Gage Berger, and

Dalton Jordan

By: Nick Marostica

This past season, Rye High

School‟s baseball team worked hard

to receive a 23-0 regular season re-

cord and win the first baseball state

championship for the school in almost

40 years. Mid-September, I had a

chance to interview star pitcher

Denton Keys for the Thunderbolts.

Keys pitched the state championship

game near perfectly, allowing only 2

hits, with 12 strikeouts. He won‟t tell

you this, but Denton was selected to

be a MaxPreps All-American, pitched

the All-Star game at Coors Field, and

recently tried out with the U-17 USA

baseball team.

Denton lives and breathes baseball.

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Making a “Denton” the Competition

As of now, he plays for Cherry

Creek High School in Denver. In

school, Denton has the look of a laid

back, athletic teenager. Depending

on how well he knows you, Denton

will be loud,clowning and funny, or

quiet and introverted. Our interview

was short, but enjoyable. Here‟s an

insight on some of the questions:

N.M: Denton, when were you

born? Denton: September, 30th1994

N.M: I had the chance to attend

your state championship game.

Congratulations, by the way! I

was wondering: Do you ever get

nervous with all of the scouts

pointing their radar guns at you?

Students of Rye High

D: No, not really.

N.M: Have you spoken to any major

league organizations? If so, which

ones? D: Yes, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the

Milwaukee Brewers, and the Atlanta

Braves.

As you can very well see, Denton

has all the makings of a star. For my

last question, I asked “Will I have you

on my fantasy baseball team in the fea-

ture?” to which he coolly responded:

“Hopefully.”

By: Amanda Hauble

This year at Rye High School,

we have several exchange stu-

dents, one being Alberto Jose

Quintana.

Alberto is from Cali, Columbia

and has one sister, Beatriz 15. This

year he is participating in both the

soccer and football programs at

our school. His favorite food is

ironically the American classic

hamburger.

Alberto is living with Gale and

Isabel Jirik. “The best thing about

Columbia is the parties”, said Al-

berto. According to Alberto the

best thing about being an ex-

change student is meeting new

people. When asked what ex-

change program he was going

through he was a little fuzzy on

the details.

The main reason that Alberto

wanted to be an exchange stu-

dent was to learn English. He is

enrolled in English 2 as well as

English 4 Accel English classes.

As of now people still have a

hard time understanding him

sometimes, but with all the Eng-

lish classes

he is taking

it seems

that prob-

lem will be

solved

soon.

This has

been a look

into the

interesting

life of one

of our ex-

change stu-

dents Al-

Cambio De Divisas

Denton Keys and Nick Highberger

Alberto