Kicking cancer’s butt
January 20, 2012 • Michelle Abunaja, Staff Writer
More than 200 people from Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe gathered in the Mountain Pointe gym on January 18th to kick-off the Relay for Life season with optimism looking to reach the high goals. The goal for this years relay is 150 team. The normal turn out is around 120 teams. Along with growing teams... Read more »
Run the Relay
January 20, 2012
By Sujin Seo It’s that time of the year again. Relay for Life is coming up just around the corner and DV students are lining up to participate. Team captains are already signing up their teams to be part of the world-wide event to raise awareness for cancer. This event commemorates the lives of the... Read more »
Praise for DV Spirit
January 20, 2012
By Sydney Barendrick Spirit flags waving, class presidents shouting, and all of the excited students showing their thunder pride, Desert Vista’s annual winter sports assembly took off. Not only were the winter sports represented in the assembly, but awards were given out to Coach Rachel Proudfoot... Read more »
Eco-Friendly Chap Sticks and Teddy Bears are now Hitting the Shelves
January 20, 2012 • Jordan Trout, Reporter
By Jordan Trout Within the decade, many people have turned to eco friendly and recycled products to help keep our planet safe and sound from global warming. Solar panels, hybrid cars, and eco-friendly shopping bags have now become part of our day-to-day lives. But has the world gone too far with this... Read more »
Dance your heart out, Desert Vista
January 18, 2012 • By Stephanie Christensen, Reporter
Rachel Christensen and Danicke Van Ecke dance around in anticipation for audition results. “Dancing with your feet is one thing, dancing with your heart is another.” (author unknown) The nerves were tense on January 4th through 7th as students from various middle schools and our school prepared... Read more »
For AP students, benefits of studying outweigh the stress
December 15, 2011
“I spend hours and hours studying just for one quiz,” said Charmaine Mills, a freshman in AP Human Geography, one of the 18 Advanced Placement classes available to students at Desert Vista. Mills is in three other honors classes, involved in Speech Theater and Debate, Art Club, and Latin Club. “I... Read more »
When the world seems to have run out of gift ideas
December 14, 2011 • Michelle Abunaja, Staff Writer
Many holiday shoppers have a list of people to get gifts for this season. While looking through the name it’s easy to think “with what money”. Although America is starting to climb out of their deep economic ditch holiday spending is still a matter of how heavy (or light) is the wallet. Black Friday... Read more »
Multisport athletes go from one high profile team to the next
December 14, 2011 • Jordan Rydman, Reporter
The season ended with a bang as the varsity football team viciously took victory from the Hamilton Huskies at the state championship. The boys have turned in their uniforms, and put the ball away for now—but for some athletes, they’ve put away the football and taken out the basketball. Thunder struck... Read more »
Winter Choir Concert attracts a crowd, Fardelos conducts for the first time
December 11, 2011
Junior Alexandra Fardelos conducts in front of a choir for the first time The Desert Vista Bell Choir Performs A Piece at the Winter Concert By Michelle Borbon Last Friday at 7:00 PM a full house was waiting in eager anticipation of Choir’s Winter Concert. The stage was decorated with a colorful... Read more »
All I want for Christmas is…
December 8, 2011 • Ryan Fedasiuk, Reporter
By Ryan Fedasiuk, Reporter Undefined. But seriously, now that students are getting older, parents and friends find it more difficult to impress them with glorious gifts. Expensive items are out of the question for most families, especially in this economy. So the question is raised about what students... Read more »
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