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Old yearbooks on sale now
By Stephanie Griffith
Extra yearbooks ranging from years 1993-2005 are on sale now.
Books can be purchased for $10, and the deadline for a purchase is May 10.
Yearbooks include the following: 3--1993; 1--1994; 2--1998; 9--1999; 3--2000; 1--2001; 11--2002; 1--2003; and 2-- 2005.
Community members who are interested in a yearbook can contact Irene Dirks at idirks@usd208.org.
Choir to present final concert
By Stephanie Griffith
The concert choir and the wind ensemble will perform in a final concert of the year on May 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the TCHS auditorium.
As a group the choir will sing “The Prayer,” “May the Music Never End,” “Irving Berlin’s America” (medley), and “Seize the Day.”
The girls’ ensemble will be singing “Graduation Day.”
The mixed ensemble will present “Coming Home” and “Sing Jubilate Deo,” the song for which they received a I at State Music.
The boys’ ensemble will sing “Aura Lee.”
The wind ensemble will end the year performing two numbers: “Guantanamera,” a Cuban folk song, and “Ancient Voices.”
The concert is free and open to the public.
Spanish students celebrate Mexican holiday
TCHS’s Spanish classes celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a special “food” day.
Part of the curriculum for the Spanish classes focuses on Latin America’s history and cuisine. The holiday provided students with the opportunity to practice their culinary talents as they learned about Mexican history.
Cinco de Mayo, May 5, marks a victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla. In this battle, Mexico proved its willingness to defend against “foreign intervention,” according to www.ucla.edu.
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on a much larger scale here in the United States than it is in Mexico. People of Mexican descent in the United States celebrate this significant day by having parades, mariachi music, folklorico dancing and other types of festive activities.
To commemorate the Mexican holiday, students prepared and feasted on foods such as enchiladas, chile verde, guacamole dip, and quesadillas, to name a few ethnic dishes.
LEFT: Julia Myers and Chantel W. savor dessert after finishing off a meal of Mexican cuisine. The girls participated in a Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 5, 2008. ABOVE: Enjoying chicken enchiladas and quesadillas, Spanish students Brandon Katt, Morgan Dietz, Kirsten Locke and Jessie S. socialize during “food day” on May 5.
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By Stephanie Griffith
The weekend of May 17-18 will be the backdrop for two traditional ceremonies celebrating the Class of 2008: Baccalaureate and Commencement.
On Saturday evening, Gabriel Peter will deliver the Baccalaureate address, a form of a sermon intended to “encourage, inspire, inform, instruct, challenge, and entertain believers.” The service, hosted by the Trego County Ministerial Alliance, will be held in the TCHS auditorium on May 17 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Graduates, parents, grandparents and community members are invited. Peter, the guest speaker, has hosted his own radio show since he was seven years old and was awarded Radio Personality of the Year--2005, 2007.
On Sunday, graduation will take place. All are invited to attend the commencement ceremony in the new gym on May 18 at 2:30 p.m. Teacher Carl Mohler will be the featured speaker. During the ceremony, graduates will honor their parents with flowers.
Following the graduation ceremony, community members can extend congratulations to the graduates, who will be positioned in the old gym.
Community invited to Class of 2008
graduation ceremonies
