The
Flash
Fraser High School - 34270 Garfield Road. Fraser, Michigan 48026 - Vol. 47, Issue 7 - June 2006
Golf goes undefeated Ready set go
By Andrew Kauffman ‘08
Dan Trevisan highly believes surprise with star players such
that the team is capable of be- as sophomore Bryce Hetchler,
who has even medalled in reing in the red division as well.
Golf is a deceiving game to
“The jump to red is likely,” gional competitions and junior
tours. Other talmany – it would
ented players inseem at first hitclude co-captain
ting a little white
Loreal Arduino
ball into a hole
and sophomore
with a long
Johnna Pupura,
metal
club
who often shoot
wouldn’t be so
commendable
difficult, but
scores of 40s for
sadly it is. The
9-hole game.
Fraser girls’ golf
“We wouldn’t
team, however,
have been able to
is making this
do so well if it
frustrating game
wasn’t for the
seem as easy as
good cooperation
throwing a pingon the team…it
pong ball at the
was like everyone
broad side of a
got along with each
barn.
other good,” said
The
Hetchler.
undefeatable
After such a
team has fingood season Coah
ished this season
Trevisan already
with a perfect
has high hopes for
record of 8-0, a
next year.
record capable
“I think we’re
of making it one
going to improve
of the finest
greatly as a team
teams in the
next year,” said
Macomb Area
Trevisan.
Conference.
One could cerSeveral color- Lauren Ghersi on the tee box at Maple Lanes. Photo taken by:
Sieloff Studios.
tainly agree. With
coded divisions
make up the conference, with said Coach Trevisan. “The such talent, the Fraser girls’ golf
Fraser being a white division team has beaten a few red di- team is a force to be reckoned
with.
team, the division directly below vision teams this season.”
the highest division, red. Coach
This prestigious jump is no
Flash Staff Reporter
By Jerica Pitts ‘08
Flash Staff Reporter
For the past five years, the
CAD and intermediate/advanced graphing classes look
forward to the annual Boat Regatta. This event is run by Mr.
George Singer and is a day
event where the students test
out their constructed boats in
Fraser High School’s pool.
This is the student’s final
exam for one of the three
classes that it is offered in.
While most exams take about
an hour, this will take approximately 15-25 hours in total.
To start off with, every student must create (sketch out) a
drawing of how they would like
thing to do it paint it. Outside of
these requirements, a person/
team is able to do whatever
they would like to it.
“We were the only team who
used lights on their boat, but they
wouldn’t turn the pools lights out
so we could really test what we
had,” said James Ardnt ‘08.
When all of the boats are finished and the deadline for them
arrives, the boats are hauled
down to the pool area for testing. For every one lap around
the pool the student is awarded
ten points. At the end of three
laps, the total points of not sinking should add up to 30. If the
boat makes it through the first
round, a survival round is set up
later in the afternoon where the
AP classes are worth the work
Winner of the race, James Ardnt and Mark Dabrowski paddle their
boat outfitted with working lights. Photo taken by: Kyle Snarski.
classes on your transcript to
know you challenged yourself,”
Flash Staff Reporter
said Cathy Rorai, AP Art History teacher.
Depending on the course you
When Fraser High School
take, you may either be in a class
was opened in 1970, the only
of other AP stutype of advanced class
dents, or with a
offered to students was
small group of AP
an Honors English
students, and also
course. Now in 2006,
with students of a
there are seven AP (Addifferent class.
vanced Placement)
There were 20
courses, from chemismore students that
try to government and
took an AP course
politics. There is also
in the 2005-2006
Studio Art and Art Hisschool year, from
tory, which are spelast year, and 127
cially arranged. Only
students who took
the top students in the
an exam for their
school are able to enroll in these difficult Fraser students take their AP tests in the Media Center. AP class. Also this
Photo taken by: Samantha Saenz.
year, calculus was
courses.
added to FHS’ curriculum as a
“The students who are seri- mandatory. If they do happen
ous about going into the medi- to pass the exam, they will ob- new course.
“I feel the difference becal fields, law and engineering, tain college credit(s). Also, if
they score high, they can jump tween honors and AP are very
need to take the appropriate
classes in order to compete an introductory college course. different,” said Nowinski. “In“Colleges like to see AP tensity is high for time.”
with the other top students in
their boats to end up. They are
allowed to create it any way
they would like, as long as it follows certain guidelines. The
boat is absolutely required to be
a BOAT; it cannot be a raft or
a pontoon and should hold one
person or the team. Every student must then decide on a
theme and both the boat and
crew must reflect on it. For example, Senior Brent Williams
decided to paint his vessel camouflage and dressed in full
camo himself.
While a certain theme must
exist, the boat may only be to
be built out of corrugated cardboard at a ¼ max with glue.
They may use caulking to fill in
the inside of the boat but other
than that no other materials may
be used. There is one exception to using duct tape. It is allowed if the boat is coming
apart after the first test. After
everything is complete, the last
By Samantha Sanez ‘07
college,” said Dave Nowinski,
AP Chemistry teacher.
Many students who take an
AP course are worried about
taking the test. What they may
not know is that the test is not
teams play dodgeball in their
boats to see who lasts.
When everything is completed, all students must help
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