YearBook Lite Coming Soon!!

Guess what is coming soon FHS Seniors?! The Yearbook Lite!

For all the seniors that didn't have a chance to buy a yearbook earlier in the year, the Yearbook staff is offering this compressed and original yearbook.

The original price for this yearbook was $5 but has decided to change it for $2!

The Yearbook Lite will be capturing the seniors most memorable moments this year. It will be 12 pages of pictures including signature spaces for your friends to sign.

Now everyone will get a chance to get their friends sign and leave memories while have a close up on seniors!

The Yearbook Lite will go on sale, Monday June, 4th before school.

Memories shouldn’t be missed so don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to get your hands on the Yearbook Lite!

Below is just a preview of one of the Yearbook Lite pages

Solar Cup Weekend

On the Weekend of May 18-20th the Solar Cup Club went to Lake Skinner for a boat competitions. This is not the first year that FHS participated in the Solar Cup but we are all sure that it won't be the last! Dr. Busick was the advisor for the club and also when on this camping trip with about 50 students and administrators.

We got a chance to get an interview with David Garibay about the exciting weekend.

What is solar cup about?
" Solar cup is a club that participates in a huge event at Lake Skinner
where many high schools attend from different regions and come to
compete for races, such as endurance, sprints and looks but the boat
has to be powered by the sun."

How was the competition?

" This year was my first and our club spent many hours fixing the boat
but we did not receive an award unfortunately. We were a little heart
broken at the time but the competition was fierce. Every boat was
unique and some were super boats. We were just under powered compare
to all the other boats."

How did you spend the night?

"It was unforgettable. The stars rose up at night and so did the solar
cup members. The best night was the last night because we all knew
that it was the last time we were going to share a moment together, so
we sang all night. The bond between us made me not want to come back
to Lynwood."

What activities did you do?
"Besides the competition, we had lots of fun;we had an epic water-gun
fight that lasted about two hours, we watched two movies at night
under the stars, played soccer until we were tired, we ate smorz as a
team, and probably the best part was the hiking. There was about only
eight seniors who went and the rest were underclassmen but as soon as
we socialized its as if we were in the same grade. We had barely met
but it was as if we had known eachother for years.Out there in the
wild, the main goal was having fun and thats exactly what we did. I
met a lot of people and made new amazing friends. I will always
remember the weekend at Lake Skinner. I recommend joining the team
because it was such a wonderful experience."

FHS Goes For A Swim

           
           On the weekend of the seniors memorable prom, the art classrooms were flooded by water, but if it wasn't rain, what was it?! We The Falcon Flame have an exclusive interview with a person affected by the water, with details about what admin is doing and how he has to cope during school hours.

How did the flood affect your teachings?


"It affected my class a lot because we had to move to the lecture hall,
then half the room did not have electricity, but luckily we have
assignments that are on going so hopefully they used their time
productively."

How would you categorize the flood?


"I would categorize it as not a prank but an act of vandalism where
they just turned on the water for no reason because i do not think
they were imagining all this damage."

Do you think the flood could have been prevented?


(chuckles) "All I am going to say is that i wish are video cameras
would work because that seems to be a big deterrent as to someone is
always watching you. If they are there might as well take advantage of
them. Well i dont think it could of been prevented, if some one wants
to get it they will find a way."

What did the flood damage?


"A bunch of art work by students and a bunch of boxes. I am trying my
best to dry their work and save as much as i can. For the most part,
our wireless internet got wet and seemed to have caused a shortage so
that does not work. Other than that, it was just a bunch of stuff on
the floor."

What do you think the administration should do to prevent an event
like this again?


"Good question. I would say use their resources to try to find out and
investigate anything they can. Only they can say they tried their best
to find out. It is what it is."

There has been break-ins before, why didnt they prevent this one?


"Thats a good question as individuals, when do we intervene. I totally
respect admin and you have to assume good will because they have a
difficult job too so its not like they can drop everything. They have
to worry about seniors activities, detention,testing, next year and
all that other stuff. You have to trust people around you to have a
good enviornment. We have to assume that they are going to take care
of whatever they got to take care of."

The Falcon Flame Presents:

Our 2012 Royal Court Winners, Prom is fresh in our minds and we can't help but remember the milestone event. Most importantly we can't forget who our winners were. After the weeks of campaigning the competition is finally over and now we get a closer look at the royalty in FHS. 

Here is an exclusive interview of our winners!

Edwin Gonzalez & Jennifer Torres

How did you feel after winning prom King and Queen? What were your thoughts?

Edwin: (interrupts his question) "I felt good! Real good. It felt as if

my heart dropped."

Jennifer: "I was scared when we were coming from upstairs, i was like emh that's it."

Did you have any idea you were going to win?

Edwin: "Oh I don't know." "Our close friends were the ones telling us oh you got this."

Jennifer:"People said that you had it but You couldn't get cocky you know because we all came from different types of groups."

What activity did you like from prom(drawings, tattoos, karaoke,pictures,dancing)?

Edwin:"The dance floor" "I liked the drawings" "I was going to get freaky on the dance floor but I wasn't my kind of music."

Jennifer:"The dance floor" "The dancing, also the karaoke but I didn't have time." "Pictures, I had fun there."

In one word how would you describe Prom?

Edwin: "It was exciting."

Jennifer: "Fun."

The Seniors "Fun" Week

Last week the seniors had a busy week full of fun activities the administration had prepared for them. We all came together as a class to enjoy this time before we graduate and take our next step in our life. Activities like Chubby Bunny, a college fair, sport activities, college shirt day and the mentoring of freshman. 

An interview with Juan Guerrero tells us more on his experience:

Do you think your words to your freshman seem to have impacted her in any way?

"I believe that my words did impact my freshman because they had an understanding for what I said and they seemed to take my words into consideration."

What was the part that you didn't like from that week?

"I thought it was kind of time wasting because we were not productive in anyway and we were pretty much trapped in a gym."

What was you favorite part of that week?

"I guess when we played Chubby Bunny was pretty funny,
But I guess when were allowed to play our sports it was fun as well."

How did the mentoring go and how do you feel?

"I feel the mentoring went well for the time I had to talk to my freshman. Because my words did seem to have an impact on their views on high school."

Royal Court Nominees Are In!

Prom is just around the corner and students are counting down the days for the milestone evening! But what everyone is asking is, "Who got nominated!?" For days FHS students have been promoting themselves and others everywhere, on social networks, banners and even personally asking to vote for them to be able to gain a spot in Royal Court. 

Only the Falcon Flame has that answer and exclusive interviews with two popular nominees. 

Adan Olivas

How do you feel being a nominee for Prom?

"Excited, never thought I would be a nominees because I'm not even that popular around school like everyone else."

When you received the nominee paper, what was going through your head?

"Miriam who was running along with me were so excited, we couldn't even think of what to say."

Are you personally ready for Prom?

"No, I don't even have my tuxedo ready, I still have to order it."

How do you feel about your competition? like your chances of winning?

"I don't even know who they are," (haha) "I have a whole bunch of friends that are willing to promote me through banners and pins."

If you win, whats your plan, what are you going to do?

"I'm going to make a speech commemorating to all the people that helped me, congratulate them for helping me get this far through school and in life and through all my problems."

Connie Castaneda

How do you feel getting nominated by your peers?

"I feel really happy, that everyone actually voted for me, they actually put my name, put the button and put my name on there out of all these girls that are way prettier than me."

Did you thank people for nominating you?

"Yeah, like some people, when they found out that I got nominated they came up to me and said oh I nominated you, and I thanked them."

Are you ready for Prom?

Yeah, I have everything, I already have my dress, my date, my heels.

How do you feel about your competitions to win?

"Thats hard, because there area lot of other girls that problalbly  have more people, know more people that know them than know me. That must be harder."

Did you ever think you would run for prom queen? What made you want to get nominated?

"I was planning, if I wasn't nominated, I was planning to run for it. I just wanted to see if people would vote for me, like i wanted to see if friends or if i ever had a chance so I won't have that feeling of oh I should have ran to see what would have happened."

What would you do if you win Prom Queen?

"I don't even know what I would do if I would win, I would just be shocked."

The King Nominees are:

Brian Lorenzo-Vidal
Jose Ramirez
Gustavo Hernandez
William Del Cid

Adan Olivas
Edwin Gonzalez
Javier Villalobos
David Saldivar

The Queen Nominees are:

Charlene Gutierrez

Alejandra Gomez

Alice Soto

Connie Castaneda

Chantel Campos

Miriam Sanchez

Jennifer Torres

Evelyn Gonzalez

Mayra Flores

One Small Step For MESA One Giant Leap For FHS!

Left to Right: Rick Rodriguez, Maritsa Negrete and Brian Rodriguez

On April 14, 2012 the MESA Club visited Chapman University for the annual competitions of Math and Science. These bright minds took the win by receiving 1st place on the Team Math Quest. Last year they were fortunate to take 2nd place but this year they studied and put some extra effort to make it all the way to the top. Even though it was only 30 questions, those questions tested every skill of mathematics they have learned. For example, subjects like Pre-Calculus, Math Analysis and Trigonometry. 
By working together they succeeded in winning a very diverse competition for FHS. An interview with Brian Rodriguez, revealed advice and insight on the rigorous competitions, "Very difficult, if you don't take your time you just overlook, make little mistakes, it's more time management." Next year is a new year for the MESA club and FHS will be expecting nothing but the best from their club members. Students this year are showing more Pride and Ownership than ever in academics. This winning is one of many ways students are putting Firebaugh High on the map!