When you Google “Twitter” you get 429,000,000 results. A February 2009 blog entry ranked Twitter as the third most used social network (Facebook being the largest, followed by MySpace). You may be starting to hear about “Twitter” and think to yourself what IS Twitter?
Twitter can be defined as a “micro blogging platform.” It allows you to publish short messages of less than 140 characters through different ways like IM, cellphones and the web. Tweets posts are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). It is simply another way of communicating.
You may wonder who is using Twitter. The answer is anyone and everyone. Celebrities such as David Archuleta, John Mayer, Jordin Sparks and many others are using Twitter as an easy way of keeping in touch with fans. Many businesses are starting to advertise with Twitter. In a recent interview Melina Kanakerdes talked about how her child’s kindergarten teacher uses Twitter to keep parents up to date on the class happenings throughout the day. Everyday bloggers use twitter, and people who just want to keep in touch with family and friends.
“The result of using Twitter to stay connected with friends, relatives, and coworkers and that you have a sense of what folks are up to.” At Twitter, one question is asked, “What are you doing?” you answer, it is that simple.
Note – It’s always important to be cautious of what you post on the Internet. Never post personal information because anyone can access it and be careful with whom you communicate with through the web.
We interviewed 50 students at Harbor to see what summer snack is the most desirable.
Here’s the results:
So keep up the fun this summer by staying awake with an iced coffee or mocha. A caffine free alternative to this could be a close second.
Not From London Wins Battle of the Bands
This years Battle of the Bands event had a wide variety of talent. From May 18th to the 21st, 4 bands from the student body played some of there songs in hopes of being the best band at Harbor High.
The bands were Jackie Rocks, AKA, Jordy and Dane, and Not From London. On May 22nd, the winning band was to play at the rally. When students came to the upper quad at lunch on Friday, they saw that Not From London won. The band provided excellent music for the Spring Into Summer Rally and proved that they deserved to win.
Not From London recieved $100 in cash to split among the band members.
Below: Jackie Rocks Band
by Amanda Stickel (spanish version)
The 5th seeded Harbor boys Varsity volleyball team played an outstanding game last Thursday night (May 14th, 2009), at home, against the 4th seeded Monterey in the teams’ CCS Division II quarterfinal. Unfortunately game one in CCS for our boys team, was their last. The first match of CCS was suppose to be held over in Monterey since they were the 4th seeded team, however Harbor was lucky to get a home game; tons of fans came to support. Harbor battled back and forth with Monterey trying to take each game from them, but it seemed as if they only had luck on one side of the court. In game one Harbor blew Monterey away, making Monterey look like the 5th seeded team in CCS. With Harbor’s tall middles, great outside hitters, and back row players that could dig almost any ball, Harbor wouldn’t let the ball hit the ground. The final score of match one was 17-25 However, once game two came around, Monterey started picking up their game and Harbor’s hope started to decrease. Even though their hope was dwindling down, Harbor battled back and forth until the last point in game two, leaving the score at 25-22, Monterey taking the win.
In game three, they played hard once again, but played on what to be their “good luck side of the court”; Harbor took another win at 22-25. After the two teams switch sides and the whistle blew for the first serve of game four, Harbor fought yet ANOTHER battle; pushing harder and harder to win game four so they won’t have to go into a game five. However, luck just wasn’t in the Harbor gym that night for the pirates. Monterey took game four at 25-23, matching Harbor with 2 wins against 2 wins. Harbor thought that with all their raging fans in the crowd cheering for them that it would pump them up in game five; that was not the case. Game five ended with the score 15-9 as Monterey took the win and moved on to the next round. Despite the loss, they battled hard and played a good game. By not making it to the next round, it gave the seniors a chance to make their senior prom that Saturday night; which would have been the next round for CCS at Independence High.
The team stats for the star players of the game are: Chicory Roth pounded out 17 kills and passed spotlessly. De Martini had 47 assists. Michael Vahradian led the team with 23 kills, and five blocks. Cooper Walters added three kills and seven blocks.
by Rylee Scofield
What are the students plans
to keep busy this summer?
Out of the 50 people interviewed we found that:
40% are playing a summer sport
90% are traveling in the United States
30% plan to travel out of the United States
92% are going to the beach
40% have to do Summer School
38% signed up for Volunteer work
20% are Lifeguarding
54% have training for a job or a sport
22% want to get in shape in Jr. Lifeguards
60% are working at a local place
Have a good summer students!
by Alex Davis
Harbor Highs class of 2009 has four senior valedictorians. They are Alex Ledwith, Katy Helenga, Karissa Cook, and Xi(Summer) Pan. These four students are top in their graduating class and have accomplished an amazing goal throughout their scholastic careers so far. Both Alex Ledwith and Karissa Cook are also athletic scholars. Alex enjoys playing soccer for Harbor High, on various club teams, and he was on Varsity all four years. He is not sure on whether he will continue soccer at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, he is still in the process of making that complicated decision. Karissa plays volleyball for Harbor and participated on Varisty all four years as well. Karissa will be attending Stanford on a volleyball and academic based full ride scholarship.
To get a better insight on what goals these valedictorians have set for themselves outside of high school, i interviewed Alex Ledwith. Something that i was interested in was if he had taken a lot of challenging courses throughout his four years at Harbor. Alex said, “Yes i did, i always like to take the best of what is offered to me.” I then asked Alex what had inspired him to keep his grades up throughout high school and was it stressful? Alex replied, “It was more for self satisfaction and knowing that i could achieve good grades if i challenged myself. It was stressful at times but school can be, it comes with the success” My third question was, how important is your education to your family and friends? He stated, “My education is very important to my family, ofcourse they want to see me suceed.” Lastly i asked Alex why he was the only one that planned to speak at graduation and why he had chose to speak? He said, “I did not really choose to speak, none of the other valedictorians wanted to so i kind of got handed the speech position. Hopefully it goes well.”
by Mariah Pushnik
What would be your dream summer vacation?
“My dream vacation would be a cruise to Greece, like to Santorini and everything”
-Haley Mathis, grade 9
“I really want to go to the world. I just want to go everywhere!!”
-Roque Hesson, grade 12
“I want to go Fiji to have my own island”
-Haley Vanderkamp, grade 12
“Backpacking in the Sierras because my dad used to do it a lot and it’s just something I’ve wanted to do for quite a while”
-Skylar Merritt, grade 12
“I’d like to go to Europe and go to all the historical places like House of Versailles, Brandenburg Gate, I’d also like to go to China to see the Great Wall. I’d also like to see the Terracotta Army, and the Sidney Opera House. Basically a historical around the world trip”
-Miss Rummens
“I’m going to France, but I’d also like to go to New Zealand because my mom has been there and she really likes it and I want to see other parts of the world”
-Nicole Beardsley , grade 11
“It would be sick to go to Florida to go to the beaches”
-Garrett Beyers, grade 11
“To go to Moscow because I think it would be pretty”
-Sofia
by Garrett Beyers
On Wednesday Harbor baseball played their first CCS against Pacific Grove. Can you say nail biter? It was a back and forth game all game long. Harbor scored first in the first inning but PG came right back with 3 runs of their own. Harbor then tied the game again, but PG tacked on 2 more runs of their own. But, Harbor kept fighting and scored once more. Then in the fifth inning with a runner on third and two outs, Tanner Richie came through in the clutch with a base hit up the middle, and once again we found ourselves in a tie ballgame. Michael Finelli was doing the pitching and shut down PG with a one, two, three inning to bring Harbor up to bat again. With two outs and two runners on, Beau Borek stepped up to the plate. Borek gets his pitch and drives a ball over the right fielders head and scores both the runs but gets thrown out at third going for a triple. The runs counted though to make it 7-5 and Harbor has its first lead since the 1st inning. Once again Finelli shut down PG and the Pirates had a silent 7th inning. This made it 7-5 Harbor just three outs away from victory. Finelli sat down the first two batters with two strikeouts. Harbor was just one out away from victory. The next batter was walked. Finelli had two strikes on the next batter, but the umpire just wouldn’t give him the third strike call on two very close pitches. The batter ended up hitting a ball up the middle where Richie almost made a beautiful play that would have ended the game. The next batter was walked to load the bases. Up came the next batter who singled up the middle and scored two runs to tie the game. Once again the bases got loaded. The batter hit a high bouncer to short, which gave Richie no time to make a play, and Pacific Grove walked away with the victory. It was a hard fought game but after Finelli had thrown 130 pitches, he just couldn’t quite shut down PG for the final out. So unfortunatly, this would be Harbor’s first and last CCS game this season.
by Lizzy Cheek
Have you ever wanted to wish a senior a happy graduation, a happy start of the rest of their lives, or just to let you know how happy you are for them? Well now’s your chance. You can purchase your senior wishes in the counseling office. And when you’re done, you can drop them off at the same place by June 1st.
Another way to make a wish? You can contact Theresa Roades at 464-1228 or Maggie Merritt at 818-2119.
For each senior, their wishes will be gathered together and placed in a booklet for them to cherish forever and ever.
So why wait? Place your wishes today to be remembered forever.
by Haley Varencamp
Are you interested in going into the health care field after high school? If you answered yes, then ROP Medical Technologies is a must-take class for you. It is a year long class with tons of information and opportunities to get a head start in a medical profession. The class goes over all of the different body systems and includes diseases, disorders, signs & symptoms, and first aid for each. You look into the respiratory (lungs), circulatory (heart), digestive, skeletal, nervous (brain), urinary, and reproductive systems. The class includes a certification in CPR and first aid. The other option for obtaining a certificate would be to sit in a classroom all day on a Saturday or Sunday.
In the second semester the class meets a couple times a month at Dominican Hospital to job shadow the nurses. This is a great opportunity to get an inside look at how a career in the medical field is and if it is right for you. Each time you get to go into a different section of the hospital and see something different. Over the years students have even seen a baby being born! After taking this class, I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is thinking about a career in the medical field. You will learn a ton and the teachers are very helpful and understanding.
