VOL 1, ISSUE 5 APRIL 8, 2010 FREE

Student Newspaper of Corning Painted Post East High School

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We’ve Got Magic To DoEast High Musical “Pippin” Takes the Stage April 8 - 11th

by Maggie Wayne, Staff Writer

On April 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th the East High Drama Club will present the musical Pippin. The show is directed by Mike Hurd and musically directed by Judy Harriman- Carlson with choreography by Isaac and Val Campbell. The show will hold an all day rehearsal on Wednesday, April 7th. The cast and crew invite the Faculty and Students of East to stop in during free periods and catch parts of the show.

The story follows the life of a young lad, Pippin (Shawn Smith), the son of Char-lemagne (Caleb Noel). As Pippin tries to find meaning in his life he is guided along and manipulated by the Leading Player of the ensemble (Shannon Donnelly) who has nothing but hopes of watching Pippin spectacularly blaze up before the audience. Pippin travels through the world meeting quirky characters all with different advice on how to live a proper life. His grand-mother, Berthe (Maggie Wayne) encourages him to take advantage of the time he has;

while his stepmother and stepbrother, Fas-trada (Arynn Brucie) and Lewis (Cameron Bender), push Pippin to spread a little sun-shine… by killing his father. Pippin eventu-ally settles down with one of the Leading Player’s pawns, Catherine (Bella McGrath) and her son, Theo (Stephen Rossettie). With advice and pressure coming from him at all sides of the ensemble Pippin is finally forced to think about his life and make a choice. Cameron Bockus, a junior in the ensemble, explained that the show is “kind of like Rocky Horror Picture Show. It has cool music and random humor; it’s a fun show to do.”

The Broadway show, originally directed by Bob Fosse, is considered a “dance show.” Natalie Price, the student director and a senior at East, agreed that Pippin is “majorly a dance show, it holds a lot of big dance numbers.” Fortunately, the cast has been having dance rehearsals at least twice a week since January. Caleb Noel, a senior and principle role in the show, explained

that “rehearsals are fun but involve doing certain dances over and over again. We want to create pristine numbers for our audience.”

Pippin utilizes the jazz genre of dance. Jazz involves sharp, identical move-ments. This has been the major dance goal of the cast since the beginning. Morgan Royce-Pavlot, a sophomore in the ensemble said the dance numbers make the show better, “We all get to sing and dance together. We’ve all been working hard since we all know we have something to actually improve.” With the ultimate goal of creating a great show in front of the audience the Drama Club kicks it into overdrive in the final week before the show opens.

Tickets for the show will be sold by Dra-ma Club members during lunch periods, the Drama Club Box Office may also be called at 936-3746. The tickets are $8 and well worth the show.

Director’s Note“There is nothing like the energy and excitement of directing a “dance” show. We try to expose our students to all varieties of Broadway musicals through the spring shows. Last year’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum focused upon rapid-fire comedic timing and sight gags. The year before, the operetta Les Miserables tested and expanded our singing and dramatic acting abilities, and before that, Carousel dusted off a classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical that did a little bit of everything.

We have not presented an all-out dance show since 2006’s 42nd Street. In that year, Isaac and Val began teaching tap dance in September of 2005, working each week with our students to turn even the most awkward child into a capable tapper.

“Isaac and Val are still with us. They have been choreographing numbers at EHS since 2004’s South Pacific, and they have pulled out some of Bob Fosse’s most famous moves and combinations for Pippin.

Our students have reacted to the challenges of this choreography with a determination that I have come to love and expect from our group. When I hear of featured danc-ers having overnights to work on routines together and onstage practices during study halls, it reminds me of how much passion and intensity our students bring to a show.

We are lucky to have that kind of dedi-cation. “Everywhere I look, staff and students are putting in that extra effort to make a good show something spectacular. Judy Harriman-Carlson directs her vocalists and conducts her orchestra with a diligence and doggedness that are unparalleled. The best mark of her dedication is not simply the show before you, but the love and loy-alty that her students have for her. She is an iconic presence at EHS, and her next effort is always dedicated to topping her last.

“Jim Duffy has taken my vision of “Pippin meets Circe de Soleil meets Hoyle” and

by Michael Hurd, Director of Pippin

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SPRING

April 8 - 11th

East High Auditorium

MUSICALSENIOR CLASS

activitiesThe class of 2010 begins countdown to graduation with exciting events for everyone.

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IS DETENTION meaningful?

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Some see it as a joke while others an intrusion on time and activities

The World Expo was held on Saturday, March 13, where East High students and teachers both volunteered to help and attended in record setting numbers. The expo was held throughout different sections of east high—the library, the cafeteria, the hallways and the main gym—and held different activities for students. There were ethnic dance recitals, free henna tattoos, food samples, and exhibits from the vast array of cultures found not only in the community as a whole, but also here at East High school.

The World Expo was organized by Spanish teacher Mrs. Corbalán, who has put on the event for its second consecutive year. “The goal is to celebrate the many cultures and heritages of the people here in Corning,” she says about the expo. With so many events, activites, food samples, and free

memorabilia available to the attendees there is a question that is generally brought to the forefront when planning an event like this: funding. Mrs. Corbalan explains, “We had financial assistance from the school district, a grant from the CRT [Corning Retired Teachers Association], as well as private do-nations.” Also, there were greater numbers of attendees than the previous year. “It was a much better turnout than last year, the increased publicity made it much easier to attract visitors.”

In addition to the funding and publicity that was required for the exposition, there was a good deal of effort by student and teacher volunteers. Sven Thomas, senior here at East was an integral part of this effort, in his second year volunteering at the expo. “As a volunteer, I try to help out in the library for games. I like to keep the

little kids engaged.” When asked the different types of people who attended the expo, he explained, “The best way to describe the demographics are basically younger children and their families, as well as groups of older, high school aged students. The expo was very well attended, more so than last year.” The activities were not merely limited to the attendees however. Jennifer Hamilton, a junior who volunteered in the color-ing section of the expo, expressed her excitement about the different activities. “My favorite part of the exposition was the Indian culture; both the dancing and the free henna tattoos.”

With the successful turnout, the vari-ous activities and food samples, and the gratuitous volunteering staff, the World Expo would appear to be a success.

World Expo Was Success

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A P R I L 8 , 2 0 1 0EHS LIFE

by Eddie Ryan, Staff Writer

East High is home to numerous sports teams, clubs and organizations but what most students don’t realize is that East has another team, one dedicated to academic scholarship and trivial knowledge.

East’s Academic All-stars, led by Coach Patterson, is a group of students dedicated to gaining new knowledge,

sharing with friends and representing our school at academic competitions all around the area. According to Coach Patter-son, “Some students have the misconception that everyone has to be an “Einstein” to be on the team. Anyone who reads a lot, or is generally aware of the world around him/her can make significant contributions.”

Students originally joined Academic All-stars for a multitude of reasons. Jessica Teeter joined because she wanted a “good opportunity to meet new people and hang out with friends”, Saad Malik says that his “mum made [him] join in [his] fresh-man year yet [he doesn’t] regret complying with her wishes”.

Once a student joins the team, they are expected to attend a few, very brief meetings and then, the team travels to a meet in the area on Monday nights to compete against rival schools like Bath, Hornell, and West High School. Each meet consists of two matches: one between two of the four competing teams, followed by a match between the other two. Each match, then, is made of four separate rounds: two

for the “A” team and two for the “B” team. Each team must have four players to engage in the three-minute round, a fast paced question and answer round directed towards one team at a time. Then, a buzzer round where 25 questions are addressed to both teams and students must race to be the first to buzz in and answer correctly.

The questions directed at students come from a range of sources and subject areas including: mathematics, language arts, chemistry, biology, physics, popular cul-ture, current events, foreign language, careers, life skills, literature and global studies.

On Monday, March 29th, East’s Academic All-stars won its final regular season game against Bath- ensur-ing first place in our area and a shot at the champion-ship.

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Academic All-Stars Win Final Regular Season Match

Hawks Runners Go To Nationalsby Christine Moore, Staff Writer

On March 12th through the 14th, eight athletes from the Corning Hawks Indoor Track and Field team trouped to the Armory in New York City to compete in the National Scholastic Indoor Championship accompanied by coaches and family.

Among the East High competitors were Cerdic Forbes, Alec Bates, Peter McCarty, Austin Holbrook and Stephen Rossettie. Rounding out the roster were Jarred Cornfield and Tim Banach of West and Mia Bates of CFA.

Most athletes faced a successful day with a highlight being Jarred Cornfield finishing 5th in the 1 mile and earning the title of All-American.

Peter McCarty, who placed 37th in shot put, said that: “It was cool to see the top competitors in the country…I learned things from kids who were better than me and hopefully this will help me improve.”

Stephen Rossettie, who ran the freshman mile, also re-

counted his experience, “I had a great time and it was an amazing experience running on the Armory track in such a competitive race.”

The Corning Hawks were not without challenge this sea-son. Chris Wise became the new head coach of the Indoor and Outdoor Track teams after the retirement of Lou Fiorillo. Of coaching Chris Wise said: “There is never any downtime but the kids make you want to come back for more…The season feels like it is so short. So I am enjoying it, yes.”

After the initial adjustment phase the team faced during In-door Track, the team has high hopes for the season which began the day after Nationals concluded. Wise’s goal for the season is: “For individual athletes to achieve personal records and to learn the sport. For the coaching staff to challenge our athletes to push further than they’ve done before.” He also hopes to win several STAC accolades and send as many athletes to states as possible.

Alec Bates and Jarred Cornfield compete

by Ellyn Wilson, Staff Writer

The International Baccalaureate (IB)Personal Projects were presented the week of March 8th – March 12th. The project represents the final year of the sixth through tenth grade MYP curriculum in which each student completes a personal project, a significant piece of work that is the product of the student’s own initia-tive and creativity. The personal proj-ect is assessed by a panel of teachers and community members against a set of IB assessment criteria.

The library was closed and two students presented every 20 minutes. This was a stressful time for some sophomores, but for others, they enjoyed it.

Personal Projects are assigned at the beginning of the year and presented in March. This project is used to reflect the students knowledge about the Areas of Interaction—ap-proaches to learning, community and service, human ingenuity, environ-ments, and health and social educa-tion. Tyler Stull said, “This project gave me some room to decide what I wanted to do it on, instead of the teacher giving me a topic.”

Each project is supposed to display personal initiative and creativity. Students spent time both in school and outside of school working on their projects.

Jake Wilson said that he “was very stressed at the end, but I got through

it and enjoyed the outcome.” In school, they write about what they are doing and update journals about their time and the money used. Outside of school they gather the materials needed for their project and then they construct it.

Also, the journals can be kept at home rather than at school. Students spend a lot of their time on this, and write a research paper at the end to show a great degree of personal reflection and growth. Overall this project was more of journey for the students rather than a chore.

Angelina Prinzivalli, Magnus Milia, Alexandria Nusum, Connor Rankin, Kelsey Kingsbury and Coach Patterson discuss Academic All-Stars.

transformed it through his set and make-up design. Sue Milazzo, Vicki Rossettie, and Carol Allan worked closely with Jim to coordinate their costumes to his wild vision, and the results speak for themselves. Jim Griffin and Ken Masteller worked with the set crew to provide a flexible, common space within which our crazed circus could take place, and upon which Jim Duffy and his art students could conjure our world with paint.

“Marianna Baker, Natalie Price, Kelsey Kingsbury, and John Carlson have worked closely with me to make sense of the chaos and try to organize all of the disparate puzzle pieces into a workable mosaic. Each have saved the show from ruinous incoherence in a hundred odd ways. This would be a musical revue without them. “Collectively, our students and directors have created this vision for Pippin. They have done so with passion, creativity, and dedication to excellence. Their commitment makes me strive to work harder every day, and I am honored to share this achieve-ment with them.”

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A P R I L 8 , 2 0 1 0STUDENT VOICE

by Mrs. Margaret Busch, Senior Class Advisor

Thursday, April 29 What: Senior Academic Dinner

When: 6:30pm

Who: Any Senior with a grade point average of 90.0% will be invited to attended this event by the Superintendent.

Where: This event will be held at West High School’s cafeteria fol-lowed by a program in auditorium.

Saturday, May 15 What: Junior and Senior Prom Theme is Black and White

When: 8:00pm-11:30pm

Who: All Junior’s and Senior’s from East High are welcome to attend

Where: The Prom is being held at the Corning Radisson.

How: The cost of prom tickets will be: $15 a piece or $25 for a couple.They will go on sale starting: Mon-day April 26th in EHS Guidance Office

Any student attending the prom and bringing a guest that does not attend EHS will need to fill out a guest form prior to the prom.

These will be available in the Guid-ance office. (Guests must be at least a 9th grade and no older than 21-years-of-age)

Wednesday, May 19 What: Senior “Dress up” Day with a Senior Class Lunch held at EHS during 5th, 6th and 7th period lunches.

Who: All seniors are encouraged to dress nicely in either white or dress clothes of their choice. All Seniors are welcomed and encouraged to come and celebrate with their class compliments of the Senior Class!

Wednesday, May 19 What: Senior Awards Ceremony

When: 7pm

Who: All seniors are welcome to attend. If you will be honored in any way this evening either by be-ing an honor graduate or receiving an individual award you will be personally invited via a phone call to your home.

Where: This event is held in EHS auditorium and is put on by our Administration, Scholarship Com-mittee and Faculty.

Tuesday, June 1 Senior Scroll Athletic Banquet

When: 6:30pm

Who: This event will honor any Senior Varsity Letter winner.

Seniors will be invited to attend this evening.

Where: East High cafeteria

More information will be forth-coming.

Thursday, June 4 What: Senior Trip to Hershey

When: We will leave East High at 8am sharp and return the same evening.

Where: Hershey Park in Hershey Pennsylvania won out!

How: If your senior sold the maga-zine quota in the fall (81 seniors did this!) this trip is free of charge to them! If they were not able to do that the trip will cost: $75.00

If you write a check please make it out to the: EHS Class of 2010

Everyone going on this trip will need to fill out an-Emergency Contact Form.

Senior Class Activities

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April29 l Senior Academic Dinner at 6:30pm in WHS Cafeteria

May15l Junior and Senior Prom from 8-11:30pm in Corning Radisson

19 l Senior “Dress up” Day with class lunchl Senior Awards Ceremony at 7pm in EHS Auditorium

June1 l Senior Scroll Athletic Banquet at 6:30pm in EHS Cafeteria

4l Senior Trip to Hershey - bus departs at 8am sharp and returns same day

24l Graduation Rehearsal - TBD26l Graduation at 10am in the stadium (weather permitting)

EHS/WHS Baccalaureate Service

When: To be determined

The Baccalaureate Service location and time are still being finalized.

More Information will be forth-coming.

Saturday June 26th Graduation

When: 10am

Where: We will be graduating in the stadium if the weather permits. You may invite as many family and friends to attend this event if we are outside. If the weather prevents us from being outside we will hold the ceremony in EHS gymnasium. More details will follow if we need to go this route.

Thursday June 24 Graduation Rehearsal

Who: Mandatory for all graduates

It will be: at: TBD

If you have any questions or con-cerns please feel free to contact: Maggie Busch-Senior Class Advi-sor @ 936-3746

Detention As Discipline Is Questionedby Kelsey Walker, Staff Writer

“You have been late three or more times, so now you must go to detention. Do you have any free periods?” Ever hear those words and have your heart immediately break into a sprint? Ever fretted going to a detention? Is detention really that terrify-ing? Is detention really effective, or is it useless?

People say detention is intimidating, but is detention really effective? Does it change the person’s behavior? Does detention make them feel ashamed of what they did? Do they try to correct their ‘mistake’ that landed them in detention? Do you learn anything from going to detention? What is the point of detention?

Many people feel detention is useless. Zoë Sullivan-Blum states, “I think that deten-tion doesn’t work all that well. I am sure that some people get work done in it, but for the most part I think it needs improve-ment. Once I had to take a test that I had missed, and the teacher sent me into the ISS room to work on the test. No one was working and the teacher in the ISS room didn’t seem to care. All the kids were just talking and not doing anything. I think that

the idea of detention works, but in actual-ity, it needs some reform. I have never been in detention, but I still think it doesn’t work very well.”

Josh Drewno agreed. He said, “Detention is useless. If you put kids in detention that just makes them madder and more likely to do it again. Teachers should not put kids in detention. Instead, they should assign them more work. All in all, detention is no good.”

Even if someone hasn’t been in detention people know that not much is done in de-tention. Stephen Rossettie said, “Detention is terrible. It does nothing. It’s pointless because the people who are sent to it do not really care.” Sometimes people just sit there and write lines, but most of the time people fool around and just ‘hang out.’

In the book Big Picture by Dennis Littky and Samantha Grabelle, the authors sug-gest that effective discipline is based upon the development of a culture that examines policies for impact on student self-regula-tion and motivation:

When it comes to discipline, another thing that has to happen is that the principal and teachers must look at

each behavior problem as not just the student’s problem, but also as a problem of the environment. They have to ask themselves, what is it about the school that is contributing to the student get-ting into trouble? For example, we all know that in the classes that kids enjoy, there are few or no behavior problems. And we know that kids enjoy a class when they’re involved. If they’re doing a project on something they’re interested in, something that’s real-world related and has real-world consequences, then they don’t tend to pass notes or ask to go to the bathroom 10 times. You have to look at the environment. If kids are interested in what they’re doing, they won’t need to come up with distractions or find something they’d rather be doing (2004).

Zach Sparks said, “Sitting in a room for an hour or making someone miss a whole day of school in ISS doesn’t seem like it would make any impact on anyone.” People who go to detention don’t care and continue with the mistakes they made that originally placed them in detention to begin with.

Detention has been around for many years. The purpose is to keep the “detainee” from making their mistake again, but it’s not effective. People are constantly repeat-

ing their mistakes and not learning much from their detention.

Sometimes you need a really creative solution. Steven had dropped out of his previous school and was on his third try at 9th grade. He was getting to school two or three hours late every day. Rather than just give him detention or some other meaningless punishment, we tried to help him change his sleep habits. When that didn’t work, we asked more questions and learned that his mother left the house two hours before Steven needed to get up for school. So we tried calling him to wake him up. That didn’t work either. Finally, we decided that Ste-ven would get up at the same time his mom did, and she would drop him off at my house on her way to work. I was already up at that time to start my t’ai chi and do my run. Steven and I worked out together every morning after that, and then drove into school together. He was never late again. In fact, he later quit his band because he was frustrated that other members couldn’t get to practice on time! (Littky and Grabelle, 2004).

It seems our current system is teaching students that detention is a punishment that has become more about people having fun and enjoying themselves.

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A P R I L 8 , 2 0 1 0EHS MUSICAL

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SynopsisThis is the story of Emperor Charlemagne’s first son, Prince Pippin, and his quest to find meaning and fulfillment. A playfully wicked Leading Player narrates the story and seeks to lead Pippin to his own destruction with the help of a se-ductive troupe of actors. Players maliciously guide Pippin through trials of war, love, and politics before thrusting him out amongst the peasants - away from the wealth and privilege of royal life. Hoping to show Pippin the emptiness and futility of life, the Leading Player awaits a breakdown that never comes. Pippin, instead, ends up falling in love with a good widow, Catherine. In the end, the Leading Player tries to convince Pippin that committing suicide is more glorious than enduring a boring, ordinary life. Pippin ultimately resists the players’ temptations and decides to spend the rest of his life with Catherine and her son, Theo.

Quotable Quotes• “The dance is spectacular. The best dance show I’ve been involved in.” ~Cameron Bender

• “Pippin is the most demanding show we have been involved in. All of our hard work has definitely paid off.”

~Bella McGrath

• “Pippin has been one of the greastest experiences in my junior year at East High. I cannot wait for everyone to see

the finished product!”~Shannon Donnelly

• “This show has been the most exhausting and amazing experience I have been in.” – Shawn Smith

• “After rehearsing for this show, I can’t think of the word ‘amazing’ without thinking about ‘Pippin!’” ~Joe Wood

• “We’ve got an ideal cast and all the hard work really shows. It has been an inspiring experience.” ~Maggie Wayne

• “Pippin was the most fun I have ever had. I am really happy I finally decided to audition.”- Dan Sauter

• “Yes, the show is amazing, but what is more amazing is the incredible cast. I am honored to have had the chance to

work with them along this long and inspiring road.” - Kelsey Kingsbury

• “The fire and tricks are absolutely fantastic and makes your jaw drop. You will be amazed.” - Molly Sweeney

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