FHSTheFlash The Flash Volume 46, Issue 5 April 2006

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Fraser High School - 34270 Garfield Road. Fraser, Michigan 48026 - Vol. 46 Issue 5 - April 2006

Fraser takes the challenge
By Kyle Snarski ‘08
Flash Staff Reporter
On a day to day basis, over
1,400 students travel the halls of
FHS from class to class. Yet in
a sea of people, several students have
been left with the impression that they must
wander through the
age of adolescence
alone. In the halls of
FHS there are kids just
like you wondering if
anyone really cares
how they feel, who
they are, or if they are
even alive.
The truth is that nobody should have
these feelings and for
that same reason the
Challenge Day program has come
around. Established in
California by a nonprofit organization, Challenge
Day gives students the tools necessary to bring students together
in a safe carefree environment
for learning. Since its beginnings
in 1987, the Challenge Day Organization has spread through

30 states throughout the nation
and 2 other countries internationally. When it finally made
it’s way to former FHS principal Tom Heethuis two years
ago, the Challenge Day Orga-

stories all the while growing
closer together.
Teachers reached out to students, and students took away
the preconceived stereotypes
they had subconsciously made

nization has made its way back
in open arms for the second
time last March.
On March 8 the gymnasium
was locked and kid gloves were
taken off. The participants
played games and listened to

for each other, which in all actuality has become a part of
making Fraser a better place for
others to attend school.
This year brought on a fresh
crop of nearly 75 students suggested by their seminar teach-

ers to help participate in this experiment of incorporating peace,
love, and understanding into
FHS. Joined by 25 teen leaders, who enjoyed the program
so much the previous year they
had volunteered to help
make this year more successful by making participants more comfortable.
Among the 100 students
involved were another 30
parents, teachers, and
even our very own Dr.
Richards. Who in regards
to the program had a few
things to say…
“Participating in this
program was a little bit
overwhelming to see how
real everything is for you
guys. The Challenge day
program definitely has the
potential to be one of the
greatest impacts on
Fraser. It really made me
realize as a principal and
an adult, how much baggage
kids actually have to deal with
on a daily basis. You finish a day
like that and you really remember why you got into education”,
said Richards.

FHS Teacher of the Year
By Andrew Kauffman ‘08
Flash Staff Reporter
Imagine Fraser High School
with no music program. No
marching band to cheer on our
team, no rhythm to our plays,
no songs invigorating us with
holiday joy. The school would
be without the musical beat
that keeps it going. All these
musical programs, however,
call for a huge amount of cooperation, headed by the very
hardworking teacher of the
year, Mr. Jim Rodgers.
Every year, the Fraser instrumental music program puts
in tremendous amounts of effort to bring our school its
beautiful melodies. Practices,
for some branch of the program or another, are held
nearly everyday. Maintaining
the band is a very daunting
t
a
s
k
.
“It’s definitely stressful at
times,” said Rodgers, “but
when the band succeeds it’s
definitely
worth
it.”
Being selected as Fraser
High School’s teacher of the

“My goal now is to just keep
year, Rodgers is now in the run- our district’s Band Festival to
doing what we’ve been doning for the teacher of the year winning medals at Solo and Enaward for Michigan. It’s obvi- semble competitions. With the ing,” he said. “I want to make
ously not an easy award to band’s enormous success, sure the band program still puts
come by. Each year, Michigan Rodgers is determined to keep in the outstanding work it put
this
year.”
Board of Education review and the band in its great shape. in
nomination forms filled
out
on
www.michigan.gov.
The teacher must be
dedicated, likeable, and
respectable. He or she
must devote 50% or
more of their time to
their work, and must
also take an active role
in the community.
According to many of
his students, Rodgers
fits these requirem e n t s .
“I’m glad he got it
because he deserves
it. He’s a great
teacher,” said 10th
grader Travis Bailey.
Besides teacher of
the year, Rodgers and
the band he conducts
hold several other
awards, from countless perfect scores in Mr. Rogers swings his magical wand, creating illuminating music, with his
band students.

F r a s e r
Alumni are
on the run
By Jerica Pitts ‘08
Flash Staff Reporter
Fraser Alumni take the old
saying “you buy and I fly” to
an entirely new level. Fraser
graduates of 2002 (David
Klann, Michael Mexicotte, and
Lisa Young) created a whole
new way to deliver anything
one could possibly want. From
groceries to hot food, batteries
to a can of paint, their company
Bring It To Me is there for society.
Bring It To Me opened on
January 2, 2006 but the original
idea came to the company
founders in February 2005.
“Basically the idea came to
us because of laziness. We
were sitting around and one of
us said ‘I wish Taco Bell could
deliver to us,’” said Klann.
Since there is no other kind
of business out there like this
one, when it finally did open,
the trio’s success started out
with a bang. It has been continuously growing ever since
the first delivery was made.
Bring It To Me will deliver
whatever the customer desires
at whatever time of the day or
night it is convenient. They are
open at all hours, seven days
of the week. The cost of delivery would be the price of the
item being delivered plus an additional five dollars. For a bill
that consists of food exceeding $30 then an extra $2.50 will
be added onto the already $5
fee. On orders above $100, ten
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