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Thursday, April 09, 2009 By Chronicle staff
Clark graduate Joel Angle speaks to students about his experience in Iraq. - Cynthia Nash
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(April 8, 2005)

Clark graduate of 2001 Joel Angle made three visits to Clark March 24, 25 and 31. He spoke to Cynthia Nash’s and Yvonne Dickie’s fifth period classes and to Ira West’s U.S. History classes about his experiences in the U.S. Army as a specialist while in Iraq. Angle worked closely with Iraqi officers every day as they patrolled the city’s perimeter together. After spending over 13 months stationed in Kirkuk, Iraq, Angle said he was thankful to finally be back home. “I do not believe war is all good versus all evil. I believe this situation could have been solved without war,” he said.

The 15th annual Scholastic Bowl took place March 14, in front of nearly 400 students, teachers, administrators and anxious parents. The Glendale Unified School District’s four main high schools competed in the yearly event, with Hoover High taking home trophies for both the essay and quiz competitions, and Clark taking third place.

 

Clark’s participants—sophomore Tasha Kahn, junior Patrick Atwater, and seniors Marilyn Yi, Henrik Garibyan and Steven Hakopian—competed under the coaching of librarian Susan Newcomer and teacher Fred Blattner.

“I think that we tried especially hard this year, but I guess we still need to try harder,” said junior Patrick Atwater.

The eyes of students were glued to their music and their conductor Craig Kupka as the Hoover-Clark Symphony Orchestra played before a panel of judges April. 1 at Burroughs High School in Burbank.

The group played three pieces they have practiced since January, which are “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Sleepers Wake,” and “Jupiter Symphony.”  A panel of judges then graded them based on intonation, tempo and dynamics.  These grades range from Superior, which is the highest, down to Participant, which is the lowest grade a group can achieve.  Judges recorded on tapes the pros and cons of each orchestration and the overall musicality of the piece.  Judges also critiqued individual players and the level of professionalism.

April. 1 was the first festival of the school year, and with the orchestra earning only an Excellent and not the required Superior; any higher festivals are out of reach for this year.

“I was really nervous about this whole thing,” said freshman Roshini Mathew, who plays violin in the orchestra.  “We don’t practice enough, and I was afraid that the judges were going to grade us really hard because we’re in high school.”

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