The Rock
Issue 18 - Congratulations, Culture and Color
Have a Wonderful Summer! See you on August 20th!
Rimrock Is Ready for Summer!
End of Year Reflection
These past few years at Rimrock High School for me have been very challenging, but still very fun and exciting! There were many times where I felt like I honestly wanted to give up but thankfully, there were many people in my corner that wanted to help and see me succeed, and for that I am very grateful! For my near future, I plan to attend the College of Western Idaho for Auto Body Technology. I would also like to see if I could study a type of drawing or art classes at CWI because art is something that I have grown to greatly appreciate. I would like to learn to be fully independent and live on my own. In my opinion, there is nothing more liberating than feeling like you are in control of your own life! Even though I am excited about becoming independent, there are still many factors that make me feel anxious and fearful. For example, I often worry about having difficulty handling my money and finances and not being able to pay off certain expenses that I may have. Another worry that I have is transportation. I worry a lot about not having transportation available for when I may need it. Even though I have worries over transportation, I do feel confident that I will have the right resources for any transportation need that I may have. Over all, I am really looking forward to the future and what it has in store for me!
Raiders Make a Mark on the Track Field
By: Mrs. Burk
Pictured in Rimrock colors: Madie Macmilan, Heidi Pearson, Laura Gasper, and Lainey Keppler
2018 Wood Show
2018 Wood Show
By: Naya Bradshaw
On May 10th at Rimrock High School, Mr. Cocozza held a wood show to show off his students' projects; some could be bought, others were not for sale. Below is the list of students who had submissions for the wood show:
Gustabo Sierra Garcia: Saw horses
Kaden Gilbert: Hat rack and Saw horses
Todd Marvin: Credenza
Martha Ximena Araujo Meza: Dresser
Roberto Arroyo: Countertop Bar Stools
Enrique Godinez: Countertop Bar Stools
Victor Landeros: Countertop Bar Stools
Joshua Smith: Countertop Bar Stools
Martin Gomez: Miter saw bench
Cedar Hammock: Graduation Ramp
Brandon Holbert: Graduation Ramp
Madalynn May: Graduation Ramp
Jacob Rathsack: Miter saw bench
Shelbi Ward: Graduation Ramp
Abby Meyers: Childs desk
Justin Lindquist: Saw Horses
Rafael Vega: Planter box
Traiten Brown: Coffee table
Madie Macmillan: Dirt bike stand
Liza Hurtado: Maple end tables
Vicky Ayala: Maple end tables
Michael Nanney: Pine gun safe
8th Graders
Juan Alamilla: Gaming Control holder
Luis Araujo: Passive Speaker
Gus Black: Passive Speaker
Tatum Bradshaw: Shelves
Rya Buckingham: Decorative hook chevron
Makayla Carothers: Plant stand
Juan Elizondo: Passive Speaker
Logan Field: Buffet box
Xochitl Flores: Tool box
Asa Frederick: Passive Speaker
Fabiola Gomez: Tool box
Victor Lemus: Gaming Control holder
Alic Leonard: End table
Alexander Martinez: End table
Echo McNeely: Decorative arrow
Hailee Meyers: Triangle shelves
Reagan Pearson: Box
Pedro Varela: End table
7th Graders
Roper White: Step Stool
Ella Boren: Step Stool
Cooper Raymond: Step Stool and Wood Spoon
Senior Projects
Sierra Lawrence: Planter box and bench system
Valeria Lino: Planter box and bench system
Christian Neilson: Concession remodel
“I was very pleased with the wood show, I think it displayed the wide variety of projects that can get accomplished in our shop. I am also impressed at the creativity and hard work our students put into their projects. I am looking forward to next year," stated Mr. Cocozza.
Martha Araujo and Todd Marvin Pose by their Projects
A Project By: Enrique Godinez, Victor Landeros, Robert Arroyo and Joshua Smith
Various Projects on Display
Cultura en Rimrock
By: Mrs. Burk
Enjoy photos from the event below:
Carmela Bazan, Anahi Delgado, Elizabeth Varela
The Senior Class
Students Enjoy Candy After Piñata Busting
Upgrading the Breeze
By: Sierra Swanson
Valeria Lino and Sierra Lawrence are “Upgrading the Breeze”. They were given this idea by Ms. Metcalf. The girls have made six garden beds that the science classes and Mrs. Hazen will be able to enjoy in the years to come. Also, they have made an abstract bench into the number 18 to represent the year they are graduating. The only thing they have left to do is fill the garden beds with soil and connect the decking to the base.
When asked what they think of their project they replied with, “I think it's going well. It was a bigger project than we thought but we are really happy it is coming together now as the year comes to an end. It is going to be great for us to have our parent thank you BBQ around our project.” I asked Sierra about her mentor, Holly Hovis, and she responded, “She has been a great resource of knowledge and a really big help.” Valeria, in response to a question about her mentor, said, “Mr. Cocozza has been such a big help; I am very thankful.”
Enjoy Photos from the project below:
Valeria Lino
Sierra and Valeria Pose with Final Project
Sierra Lawrence
Lawrence/Lino Project
Lawrence/Lino Project
Lawrence/Lino Project
A Career in Law Enforcement
By: Yesy Juarez
Anahi Delgado's Senior Project
By: Jorge Alcantar
Senior projects, senior projects, and more senior projects. It was that time of year when the seniors do their projects. One of the projects was made my Anahi Delgado which was a CPR class. She brought in people to help her with her CPR class. Tiffany Bachman and Donna Bennett were there as well. She was inspired to do her senior project on this by her brother Jose Delgado. When she was younger, her brother got alcohol poisoning and she was the one that provided CPR and saved his life. The most difficult thing about her project was putting everything together and choosing when to set the dates for her project. Her mentor, Tiffany Bachman, is a busy women, so it was hard for her to get a date that suited both her and Mrs. Bachman. However, the easiest thing about her project was doing her essay for the project. She started all this in August of her junior year but chose the topic in September. It took her about six months to complete everything.
She will use this in the future because she wants to become a nurse or a dental assistant. She thinks that having the CPR certificate will help her get the job in a easier way, and some of those jobs require candidates to be certified, so it's a benefit for her. She has a few words to tell the lowerclassmen about senior projects...those words are, “Choose something they will actually enjoy and are interested in” and “Choose something that challenges you, don't get behind and do not leave everything to the last minute.”
Student Spotlight: Victoria Ayala
By: Jasmine Araujo
Victoria Ayala, a junior at Rimrock Jr/Sr High School has been selected to be our student spotlight for this month. Recently, Victoria got a job at McDonald's in Mountain Home. I ask Victoria how she juggles working late night shifts and waking up early for school and she said, “Well, honestly it was hard in the beginning, but only because I sleep early. As time went by I got used to it; it was really hard. It would be hard to wake up, but I would and still manage to get up for school.”
Working after school can be tough to do homework but Victoria works on her school work during school so she doesn't usually have homework. When she does, however, she works on it soon as she gets home. I asked Victoria what has been one of the biggest challenges with working after school and working late night shifts and she said, “The biggest challenge that I've had is that I don’t get much time to be home. Straight out of school, I go to home, change and eat a snack. Once I do that, I go straight to Mountain Home. I only get like one or two days off so I try to make the best out of those two days. Late night shifts are the toughest things to do because you have to close and clean everything till the end, and some people don’t get out 'till two in the morning. Most people don’t like closing, but some have to even though they don’t like it. It just really depends on the person.”
Victoria's work is thirty minutes away from her house, and I asked her how it has affected her life. Her response was, “Like I said in the previous one, I go straight home from school, change and I leave. I always have to leave that way so I can get there early enough to wash my hands and clock in or else they get you in trouble and write you up.” What's your favorite part about working at McDonald's, I asked her. “My favorite part of working there is learning new things. Taking people's orders is also fun, although you have to be really patient and control your temper, because there are some mean people that get mad really fast. You have to be on the top of it. I like working there because I got to meet so many new people, which was great, they are so nice they are outgoing people,” said Victoria.
Rimrock Spotlight: Karlee Aquiso
Karlee Aquiso stepped in for the P.E. this year. Karlee has been the Health teacher and the P.E. teacher for 3 weeks now and is doing a great job too. She has had her Health class do many projects involving food and drinks and the nutrition values, and she has had her P.E. classes do many different and exciting activities including volleyball, basketball, capture the flag, and along with many outside activities such as softball, soccer, ultimate frisbee. The kids enjoy having Mrs. Aquiso as their P.E. teacher.
“She’s really nice and she’s involved in the activities with us” - Laura Gasper.
“As always Karlee steps in and helps Rimrock whenever she can.” - Mr. Smith
Thank you, Mrs. Aquiso!
High School Athletic Awards - Rimrock Raider athletes made our campus proud in a variety of sports this year! Enjoy photos from the awards ceremony below:
Baseball
Softball
Cross Country
Basketball
Lady Raiders Basketball
Volleyball
Track Team
Anthony Herrera
All Conference Athletes
The 2018 Softball Season
By: Sintia Varela
Enjoy some photos from the season below:
The 2018 Baseball Season
By: Lance Smith
Enjoy some photos from the season below:
The 2018 Rimrock Color Run
On Thursday, May 17th, our campus was full of school spirit, color and fun! This year's color run went smoothly, and was even documented by KIVI Channel 6 News! We would like to thank the students for knowing how to have a respectably fun day outside, our counselor Jamie Metcalf for making it all happen, and our Booster Club for feeding us delicious hot dogs!
Check Out Some Photos from the 2018 Color Run Below:
New Salad Bar for Rimrock Cafeteria
By: Timothy Jewett
Heather Burbank, since she started working here at Rimrock, has been trying to make our school a better place. One of these ways was pushing for the new salad bar that we have now. “It’s something I have been wanting for the school and have been working on for 2 1/2 years.”
Here are the questions I asked her.
1. How was the salad bar paid for and how did the grant process work?
“To get the salad bar, my supervisor applied for it through the Chef Ann Foundation. That foundation gets donations to fund the salad bars, we were told it could take a year but we were funded very quickly! I don’t know the exact amount of time but less than 3 months!!!”
2. Does everyone enjoy having the salad bar?
“I believe that most of the kids enjoy having the salad bar, they are able to choose what they like!! I love that fact that I am able to give the students the opportunity to choose healthy fresh foods and that they are actually eating now!!”
3. What challenges has it created, if any?
“I feel like the biggest challenge is trying to figure out how much of the two entrees to prepare!! The only challenge that the salad bar has created is that it is a little more work to clean up! We don’t mind though!! We want you all to eat and enjoy what you’re eating!”
4. What are the plans for it next year?
“Plans for next year- I want to be able to let the kids have the chance to try as many different fruits and vegetables as I can get my hands on!! I am hoping to be able to have something different on the bar at least every 2 weeks, I have also had many suggestions such as possibly offering a potato bar or a taco bar! I think those would be fun, I would just need supervisor approval!”
The House...a Creative Writing Project
By: Joshua Smith
Once there was a boy named Carlos, he is a very shy kid that doesn’t seem to enjoy the company of others and doesn’t go on adventures with the friends he does have. Carlos is average height and has slick black hair, with light brown eyes and has a scar on the bottom right side of his jaw. He doesn’t really talk much and isn’t really a social person in general.
One day his friends decided to try and convince him to go on a little adventure and there just happens to be an empty abandoned house two blocks away it is a rickety old place and it just scares away anybody that goes near it with it’s old moldy boards and a supposed ghost in the house. The story behind the house is that there was a family that was really abusive to the home and neglected to take care of it. They eventually left due to them thinking there was a ghost haunting the place.
The boys ended up convincing Carlos into going to the house with them. But like everybody has to do they all decide to split up and look around. Everybody got a partner except Carlos. Sometimes he thought in his head how did he get stuck like this in an abandoned house alone. He starts walking around and doesn’t find anything for a while given that the house was a old mansion but then he finds something shiny and it doesn’t look old and rusty like the rest of the building. It was a ring that had something engraved on the brim but was too small to read and it doesn’t look like a elegant ring it looks like something that someone would get for their kid. As soon as he picks it up he got the chills and he heard something whisper allez-vous en. He put the ring down and backed up thinking he wasn’t wanted there he sprinted to a room that looked like a ballroom and was searching for somebody so he could explain what happened so they could leave but before he could go to the next room he heard the weeping of a child. It was a familiar looking boy he looked like he was scared, the terror on his face was unexplainable but before Carlos could say another word the boy said, ”Get away from me I want to go home that’s all I want.” He had scratches on his arms and a scratch across his face. Carlos thought that this whole scene looked familiar and that he seems like him except younger.
A couple of the other boys arrived in the room with Carlos. They asked Carlos why he was staring in an empty corner. He said “There is a boy sitting right there.” None of the other boys could see him. Carlos felt something in his pocket, It was the ring he found earlier. He gave it to one of the boys and looked in the corner and the boy was gone. The boy said, “I feel strange…like something is watching us.” One of the other kids blew it off saying that he is just tired and it’s getting late and that they should go. Carlos looked confused saying that they have only been there for twenty minutes. The boy argued saying that they have been there for six hours. Carlos looked over at the boy he gave the ring to and his eyes were rolled to the back of his head. The boy shouted allez-vous en. The kids booked it to the front door. They never saw the kid again.