Leticia Vargas

Photography club is one of the newest clubs started at FMHS. Photo club has put together some of their best pictures of Morgan County for 2010 calendar that sold like hot cakes. In attempt to raise more money, the club will be doing a fundraiser called, “Crush For Your Crush.”

“We are raising money to visit art galleries at the end of the school year,” stated Carla Mejia, club treasurer.

Crush For Your Crush is a fundraiser that can help one with their love this year. Show your crush, significant other, or even just a friend how much they mean to you by sending them a Crush Soda this Valentines Day. The members of the club will be selling  Crush Soda “receipts” during first and second lunch starting on February 1, 2010.  The sodas will be sold for $1.50 each, and will be delivered to the special person on February 12, 2010.  “It’s like a candy gram, only it’s a CRUSHGRAM,” said Carla.

Send a “Crush for your crush” this Valentines Day! Who knows, you might wind up with your true love.

Composition for College is one of the Englishes courses here at Fort Morgan High School. This semester, the Senior Comp. classes will be writing a 7-10 page paper on whatever they wish to write about. In order to fulfill the minimum of seven pages, the classes took a trip to the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), located in Greeley, CO. to visit the James A. Michener Library. The students departed from the school at 8:00A.M. on January 25, 2010.The UNC library is four stories tall, and has just about any book one can ask for. 

A brief tutorial on how to do proper research was the first thing on the Senior Class agenda. The students seperated into two groups and went into the computer labs. The Seniors learned how categorize popular magizines, scholarly journals, and trade magazines apart. A fun game,Guess the Google, was also showed. This quick and fun game’s purpose was to show people think differently. For example, one might think of “old” instead of “ancient” when showed aged images. The game can be played by typing “guess the google” on the google search bar, and clicking on the first link showed. Unfortunately, it is blocked at school.

Students roamed the shelves of the library in search for their books. The massive library was still not enough for some students though. For music topics, students were to leave the building and travel a few blocks away to the Skinner Music Library. This library is much smaller, but filled with any music topic one can think of. Records, Cds, videos, and books lie behind the shelfs of this library.

Everyone knows Fort Morgan is not the most exciting place on Earth, but a way to make any day interesting in this town is only a click away.

The internet is one of the greatest things that has happened to mankind. One can look up a spicy new recipe, watch funny videos, and even communicate with friends and family. One thing that makes the internet fun is all the amazing pictures it holds. Pictures can brighten up anyone’s day! You can be in Paris, Guatemala, or even in the deepest of all oceans within a matter of seconds.  You can also look at all of the crazy cool things that have been invented or even just the odd things that have no use. Whatever you decide to look up, make sure it’s safe and just have fun.

check out this video with amazing photos from the net.

Art Club has been a success this year. So far they have created a ‘Mythology of the World’ coloring book, joined together for a White Elephant, created master pieces for the Christmas Bazaar and were part of an Art Walk in Denver, Colorado. Another Art walk is planned for February 5, 2010.

 
Currently, the art club is working on bowls to give away at a Spaghetti Dinner which will be held at the end of February. The bowls were made by Cassandra Chapman, Senior, and are being decorated by the members of the club. There are bowls with flowers, landscapes, stripes, and even cheerios being created for the fundraiser. The purpose of the Spaghetti Dinner is to get people to help the club  raise money for the food bank. “All proceeds to go the food bank,” stated club sponsor, Mr. Jensen.

 
“There are a lot of fun people, and we get to explore all different kinds of art styles and cultures,” said Senior, Tyler Horton when asked why he like art club. Tyler has been part of art club for two years and is the Treasurer for the club. Other club officials include; Mike Tranter as the President, Rachel Smith as the Vice President, and Alison Noon as the Historian.When Mr. Jensen was asked what his favorite thing about art club was, he said, “It’s all about the company. I wouldn’t do this if I couldn’t stand the kids.” Well, this must mean Mr. Jensen thinks we are pretty swell students.

The art club had a White Elephant Christmas party on December 16, 2009. the party was at Mr. Jensen’s, the art club sponsor, house.

We started off by having appetizers. While eating the cheese and crackers,  everyone stood around the small kitchen sharing funny and crazy stories they had experienced. As soon as everyone had arrived, we had our dinner. Mr. Jensen provided the main dish, which was delicious!

The gift exchange was an unforgettable one. Presents ranged from pieces of art to play dough and even a movie.  Gifts were traveling from one person to the next.  Although all gifts were great, one will be remembered more than others.  One of the students gave away a great big bear head. When that head was revealed, jaws dropped and people wondered where this student had managed to get a hold of a bear head. Although it was not a real bear head, it was still a funny shock. Suprisingly enough,  I ended up with the infamous bear head.