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                                                                          Creativity was  a  ne-  me.  It helped me  to learn how
                                                t:!tRIJ1liJe;  {J){)J   cessity in  academic classes.   to  write  better,"  junior Joel
                                                                   Many students said they were   Jacobsen said .
                                                (JM;eJJ~           creative when  it  came to  art,   their creativity come out in  dif-
                                                                                                       Many  students had
                                                                   drama, and English.
                                                                          "I  think  creativity  is   ferent ways.  For  sophomore
                                                pa!Wof  oJit;      important to  me  in  my  aca-  Sean  Welch,  it  was  through
                                                                   demicclasses, because if you   art projects.
                                                                   have a project or a presenta-       "My  creativity  comes
                                                ~DMd  tion  to  give, you  need  to  be         out through art class.  I like to
                                                                                                be  creative,  and  this  is  one
                                                 E~&!11            creative to  do  your  best,"   way I can be creative.  It shows
                                                                   sophomore Alison Grill said.
                                                                           Other    students  my  teachers  and  other  stu-
                                                 c&iJeJ.           thought creativity was an  im-  dents what  I am  like ,"  Welch
                                                        •          portant part of English .    said .
                                                        •                  "I think creativity is an   Some  students ex-
                                                        •           essential part of  English  pressed their creativity through
                                                        •
                                                        •           classes. You  need to do your   drama and  musical arts .
                                                        •           best on anything ," senior Andy    "My  creativity  comes
                                                        •           Williams said .             out through drama. I get to act
                                                        •
                                                        •                  To  write  a  good  pa-  out  scenes  and  find  ways  to
                                                        •           per, students used  their cre-  express my own individuality,"
                                                        •
                                                        •           ativity  to  catch  one's  atten-  sophomore    Carina
                                                        •           tion.  This  could  be  done   McCormick  said .
                                                        •
                                                        •           through almost anything.            Students related  cre-
                                                        •                  "I  love  to  express  ativity to many different activi-
                                                        •
                                                         •          myself.  I can  do this through   ties throughout their days, from
                                                         •          writing  papers for classes.  It   curricular to extracurricular ac-
                                                         •          lets people know what type of   tivities .
                                                         •
                                                         •
                                                         •          person I really  am ,"  Williams    "I relate creativity back
                                                         •          said .                       to  everything, not just school ,
                                                         •                   Some  students  but to the outside world.  I think
                                                         •          struggled  with  English  class   it is good to bring in the outside
                                                         •
                                                         •          more than  others.  In  English   world advice into help me with
                                                         •          10  a  portfolio  was  required   projects and other  things," Grill
                                                         •
                                                         •          that consisted of  three major   said.   ·
                                                         •          pieces of work .                    In  the  end,  students
                                                         •
                                                         •                 Some students found   found  creativity to  be  an  es-
                                                         •          the time spent on the portfolio   sential  part  of  everyday  life .
                                                         •
                                                         •          was  well  worth  it, especially   Being creative was a require-
                                                         •          for the grade .              ment of many classes, and was
                                                         •
                                                         •                 " I think the  portfolio   expressed  in  many  different
                                                         •          was  a  good  experience  for   styles and  forms.

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                                                Discussing the quality of photos
                                                in  photography class are teacher
                                                Shelia Pedersen and  sophomore
                                                Collin Davis.  The class allowed
                                                students  to  experience  hands on
                                                photography whi lecritiquingtheir
                                                work and th eir cl assmates.  Da vis'
                                                assignment  was  on  nature
                                                photography.  photo by  Kelli
                                                McMahon.





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