Anya Strobel, Reporter
My name is Anya Strobel and this is my first year being on the newspaper staff. I am also a junior this year. My hobbies include: playing video games on my own, playing with friends, and going outdoors for walks, which is really relaxing for me. I am a part of SPED athletics and we compete against other schools. The sports we play are soccer, basketball, and kickball competitively. One club that I have interest in and have gone to some meetings is the Anime Club. I am excited to see what responsibilities I will have on the newspaper staff. I am really excited for the opportunity to create some character designs that hopefully get published.
![The winter guard team makes fifth place at the state championship finals in the Denver Coliseum, March 30. The team performed to Barnes Country's “Glitter and Gold,” lead by coaches Margo Sanford, Blair Bickerton and Anna Orgren. In their class there were a total of nine groups participating, and the top five who made it to finals received a plaque. “[Walking onto the stage] is very nerve-wracking, but also very exciting as well. When you first start color guard there's a lot of anxiety and uncertainty when you first perform in front of an audience, but once you've done it for a while, it starts to become the best part of the season,” Ella West ‘25 said. “It's very fulfilling to see an audience react to something you've put your heart and soul into.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Both-socal-media-nd-website-main-1-1200x846.jpg)
![April marks the 25th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, created by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). This month is to spread awareness of the harassment, assault and abuse that happens around the world. The symbol that represented the month was a teal ribbon; however, some survivors of assault create different symbols and movements like the TikTok trend in 2022, where survivors would tattoo Medusa on their body, in honor of her backstory in Greek Mythology. “I don't think [this month is known] at all. I rarely see anybody talk about it. I rarely see much of an emphasis on posting it online, or much discussion about it, and I feel like there needs to be way more discussion,” an anonymous source said. “I think just validating every experience that a person has gone through, regardless of the degree of it, the severity, is an essential step into making sure that people are aware that this is a very real problem in a society and that we need to do better in addressing it.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_0011-1200x900.jpg)
![Lesbian Visibility Day is April 26, and it’s a holiday to celebrate the lesbian community of the world. Lesbian Visibility day was established in 2008 by many queer activists and organizations who sought to raise more awareness for lesbian history and culture. “So this is why during Lesbian Visibility [Day] we celebrate and center all lesbians, both cis and trans, while also showing solidarity with all LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people,” Linda Reily, in an article written by her, said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lesbian-Visibility-day.jpeg)
![Special education assistant Gregory Thomas stands next to the art wall Sept. 1. Thomas goes to classes with different students throughout the day. "[I go] to classes with them to make sure they are getting their needs met and help when needed with their assignments. Anything to help them feel comfortable in their classes along with keeping them from the feeling of being overwhelmed," Thomas said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FCAD06ED-B017-4775-8A7E-B00BF249641D-e1665182770925-775x900.jpeg)