![Black & Gold Yearbook Editor-in-Chief Chloe Farson ‘25 works on a winter trends and events page for the yearbook during period four in room 4113 March 25. The deadline for the final version of the yearbook is this Friday, March 29. “Although I’m quite nervous and stressed about [the deadline], I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product more than anything,” Farson said. “I’ve found our book to be extremely unique from ones in past years, and it’s been so beautiful to work on. It’s wonderful to see it truly begin to come together, even though we don’t necessarily have all the time in the world to make it perfect.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_8224-e1711942407745-1200x1046.jpg)
![The girls varsity soccer team walk back to their bench during halftime April 1. The Jags played against the Castle View Sabercats at the Douglas County Stadium and scored 3-0 W. “It felt really good [to beat Castle View]. I feel like that was a big win for us because knowing that we came together to beat a pretty good team has definitely given us some leverage for this season,” attacking midfielder Grace Rossner ‘24 said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_4906-1-1200x1057.jpg)
![At Prairie View High School, the winterguard team poses with their plaque after winning first place at their competition Feb. 24. This was the second time they won first place this year, this time with a score of 74.190 points. “I [love being] a witch, but my favorite [part of the show] is the trios, it’s so cool,” Heather Strickland ‘27 said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PRARIE-VIEW-BY-MARGO-SANFORD-e1709531739910-1200x910.jpg)
Eyes on the Pies
Interact Club partners with Free The Girls to promote awareness of sex trafficking through speakers, donations, bracelets–and pies.
May 16, 2023
A tinfoil dish gets filled with whipped cream. Teachers arm themselves with protective plastic covers. The dishes are thrown.
Splat.
While kids may laugh, joke and enjoy the entertainment, there’s a more serious reason behind it.
At Interact Club’s “Free The Girls” human trafficking awareness event April 28, students were encouraged to donate money to the cause through the sale of baked goods and bracelets, donations to pie teachers, and more. If $50 or more was raised for a specific teacher, students got to pie the teacher on camera, filmed by RCTV. The event also included speakers and service hours for attendees.
The teachers pied included Susanne Petri, Matt Sassali, Wes Chapman, Aaron Paul and Jeffrey Nichols. Pieing took place in the outdoor classroom May 2 and May 4 during Seminar and Access.
“I wanted to pie Chapman because he deserves it,” Kristie Vetter ’25 said. “I’m in his U.S. History class. I had so much fun. It was so exciting and I hope he still has whipped cream in his ears.”
Petri raised the most money, with a total of about $83.
“I really want to take a shower [now] but I did sort of advertise to kids to [donate],” Petri said. “I am so happy to support Interact Club, specifically Katie Dupper and Haley Vetter, in bringing awareness to human trafficking.”
In total, $500 was raised and donated to Free The Girls, a nonprofit organization that supports sex trafficking survivors and promotes awareness of sex trafficking.
![Grabbing at the exercise bands, Jonas Thelander ‘24 pulls Emmet Dunham ‘25 back from grabbing dodgeballs during Hungry Hippos Jan. 19. Before the game began, participants were tied together with the bands and had to take their shoes off. “I enjoyed being apart [the game]. I didn’t really know the rules, so I was just trying to grab as many as I could,” Thelander said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DSC_0698-1-1-600x415.jpg)
![Shooting guard Mac Terry 24 runs alongside a Falcon guarding him near the end of the fourth quarter Jan. 13. With three minutes and 45 seconds left on the clock, the teams were tied 57-57. [The hardest part was that] they’re full-court press team. Theyre just putting on pressure the whole time, so getting the ball off the court and just finding my open teammates [was hard], Terry said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DSC_0376-1-1-600x452.jpg)
![Principal Andrew Abner, the varsity poms team and Athletics Director Tom Brieske smile with the State trophy and poster after being announced as State Champions Dec. 9. This was the team’s sixth state championship win in school history. “When they announced us [as] the winners, we were all so excited and relieved that our work had paid off. Our next step is Nationals,” varsity poms dancer Harper Rank ‘25 said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Team-w_-Abner-and-Brieske-1-e1703101639674-600x472.jpeg)
