New administrators step up to the plate

Members of the Lewiston No. 1 District Office welcomed Dr. Rob-ert Donaldson, previous Assis-tant Superintendent, as the Su-perintendent Monday, Sept. 9. “The Board of Directors is delight-ed to officially announce that Dr. Donaldson has accepted a three-year contract effective July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2016,” Brad Rice, President of the Board of Direc-tors, stated in the email sent by Katherine L. McPherson, business services director, Tuesday, Sept. 9. Dr. Donaldson also addressed the rumor about future freshmen attending LHS in the year 2014, in an email he sent to all faculty members of the district less than 24 hours after he accepted the po-sition. He provided this clarifica-tion on Sept. 10 around 12 p.m: “The administration will not consid-er a recommendation for a move of either ninth or sixth grade until facil-ities are addressed in some manner.” Although Dr. Joy Rapp, former su-perintendent, left her mark on the school district, Donaldson’s promo-tion as new superintendent allows him to leave his own mark.

Lance Hansen, former LHS principal, accepted a one-year interim contract to act as the Lewiston School District Interim Assistant Superintendent un-til spring of 2014. Hansen served as principal here for two years before the promotion. “When Donaldson moved to super-intendent, it created a hole in the sys-tem,” Hansen said. As a result, Hansen moved up to fill the empty assistant superintendent position, while Kevin Driskill, former LHS athletic director, filled Hansen’s old position. As interim assistant superinten-dent, Hansen helps ensure that every school receive supplies they needed. “I see much more of the business side of it,” he said. As principal, Hansen oversaw rough-ly 1,000 students and 125 staff mem-bers. With the promotion, Hansen directs nearly 5,000 students and 500 staff members. As of Sept. 21, the school board planned to choose an official assis-tant superintendent in the spring. Hansen stated that whatever the school board decided, he felt content to remain assistant superintendent or move back to LHS as principal.

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Corey Williams, former LHS phys-ical educational and health instruc-tor, recently accepted the position of interim athletic director for the 2013-14 school year. Williams said he plans only to hold the position for a year and that the plan for a permanent athletic direc-tor after that one year remained un-

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Kevin Driskill, former athletic di-rector, accepted his new position as principal at LHS, an act officially an-nounced during the 2013 summer “There’s so much going on, we have so much to offer our students, and keeping everything in line, moving forward is a really big challenge,”Drisk-ill said. He said he plans to steer LHS smooth-ly through the transition of the current academic curriculum to the Common

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Core Standard (a new curriculum used throughout the United States) along with changing from the Idaho Stan-dards Achievement Test (ISAT) to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Con-sortium (SBAC) test. Driskill occupied a temporary po-sition. It remained unknown if the school board planned to keep him as the school principal. He hoped to bring LHS to a new standard and build on past principals’ legacies.

known to him. New responsibilities upon Wil-liams included planning of the sports schedules and arranging details concerning games. Previ-ously he taught here for four years. “I’m learning…every day,” Wil-liams said. “I’ve really been put out-side my comfort zone.”

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Friday, October 25 2NewsLHS welcomes new teachers with a cheerful tune

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This year at LHS, administrators hired four new teachers to fill the space of five teachers who said goodbye. While counselor Tammy Hasen-oerhl took a one-year leave, Matt Fries found his calling to be a counselor. “I am very impressed with, not only the students, but the faculty as well, with being so welcoming,” Fries said. Previously living in Klamath Falls, Ore., he taught as a substitute teacher in Klamath Falls County. Formerly a school counselor at Mazama High School, administra-tion in the county laid Fries off due to budget cuts. “I was drawn to the counseling job at Lewiston High School by the respectable students and staff and the high dynamics of the school,” said Fries. LHS also welcomed Rochelle Di-etz as a new teacher of algebra, probability and statistics. Dietz re-placed Rebecca Snider. “I went to school here as a high school student, so I thought it would be nice to come back,” said

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   Patrick Shannon, former Bengal’s Purr adviser, resigned from the stu-dent newspaper in order to teach history and English during 2013-2014 school year. During 17 years of his advising, Shannon’s students obtained nu-merous awards. Most recently, the 2012-2013 Purr staff received first place internationally in the Quill and Scroll Journalism Honor So-ciety. Not only that, but the staff also achieved fourth place for Best in Show at the National Scholastic Press Association. The first award granted to the Purr during Shannon’s jurisdiction took place in 1997, his second year teaching at LHS, achieving first place for Small Schools in the Ida-ho Journalism Advisers’ Associa-tion competition.

“What I will miss the most [is] the ever-growing Purr family,” Shannon said via email. “Now, I will become the distant uncle who was once the dreaded relative, came to stay for a day and

Chelsey Caldwell views the percussion group’s position at Vulmer Bowl,Oct. 15 during class. The LHS band performed during the half-time show for the Oct. 18 varsity football game.

Patrick Shannon and Charity Egland discuss details of a student newspaper design.

17-year Purr adviser passes the torch to 1998 alum

Dietz. Beforehand, she worked at Potlatch No. 1 Federal Cred-it Union and at-tended LCSC in or-der to receive her bachelor’s degree in math. She later attended Washing-ton State Universi-ty for her master’s degree in math. Saying goodbye to Gary Gember-ling, LHS incorpo-rated Chelsey Cald-well into the family as the new band teacher. “The kids are great! They are su-per helpful when I don’t know some-thing. They are also really nice,” said Caldwell. Caldwell attended The University of Idaho, majoring in music educa-tion (instrumental and vocal), before student teaching in Millcreek, Wash. She felt drawn to teach music after being in the band at Genesee High School. Replacing Patrick Shannon, Chari-

ty (Thompson) Egland came on staff as the new journalism and Spanish teacher. “This is the kind of job that is my end goal,” said Egland. Egland graduated from LHS and served on the Bengal’s Purr staff as a copy editor.

[left]17 years later.” With his newfound spare time, Shan-non said he plans to write a novel, fly fish, and possibly golf. Meanwhile, he passed the Purr on to new leadership. The new adviser, Purr copy ed-

itor alum of 1996-1998, Charity (Thompson) Egland, said she plans to “carry on the Purr’s tradition of excellence.” She also said she plans to launch the paper further into the 21st century by using digital media, creating a new website, and even-tually teaching audio and video news production to students. “Having [a student] that is follow-ing in your footsteps is the ultimate compensation,” Shannon said of Egland. “It is priceless!”    Other former student-journalists visited Shannon frequently. Caitie Hites, managing editor from 2010-2011 continued to be one of them. “Even if [the newspaper] looked good, if [Shannon] knew we weren’t doing our absolute best, he would get worked up about that,” Hites said. “I’m glad he did now, looking back.”

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Before teaching at LHS, Egland taught English and Spanish at Lap-wai Middle/High School. She stat-ed that she felt drawn to the job here due to her interest in teaching students at such high academic levels, and the chance to manage a student newspaper.

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The Lady Bengals’ soccer team high-fives the Post Falls Tojans in Post Falls, Wednesday, Oct. 16, before the game. The LHS girls ended their season with a 3-3 IEL record and the boys ended with a 1-5 IEL record.

Lewiston Bengals defeated Lethbridge, Alberta Canada Friday, Oct. 18 at Bengal Field, 51-21, in non-league game. Before the game, Purr report-ers found that many differences exist between Canadian and American football. The Canadi-an field length measures at 110 yards long by 65 yards wide, rather than 100 yards long by 53 yards wide, as in American football. Ten yards deeper than American football end zones, the Canadian Football League uses 20-yard-deep end zones. However, the Canadian field occasionally shortens the end zone at the corners so that the field fits in the infield of a track. Differences continue beyond field size. American teams use

11 players, while Canadian teams use 12 players on the field, per side. Both the CFL and NFL require the same number of players at the line of scrimmage, so the twelfth player in the Canadian game plays a backfield position. Finally, the CFL rulebook provides a maximum of only three downs, while the NFL provides up to four downs.

To learn about Canadian play-ers’ pre-game rituals, Bengals’ Purr reporters Dakota Everett and Hailey Sorenson met with Leth-bridge Collegiate Institute sopho-mores, quarterback Mitchell Boy-chuck, running back Liam Hyland, and wide receiver Tevin Hall.

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“Seniors give a pep talk.” Hyland and Hall:

“Always ram it!”

Bengal varsity football defense prepares on the line of scrimmage against the Lethbridge Rams Friday, Oct. 18 at Bengal Field.

Bengal cross country runners compete in the Lewiston Invitational Saturday, Sept. 28. The team also com-peted at the district level during the week of Oct. 21. At districts, the girls team came in second, qualifying them for state competitions. Freshman Austin Byerer also qualified for state as an individual, according to LHS Athletic Director Corey Williams.

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