Contents
Spotlight Interview: MR.KAUP .................................................................................................................... 2
Word Search ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Word Search Answer Key ............................................................................................................................. 5
Jokes.............................................................................................................................................................. 6
The Show Must Go On .................................................................................................................................. 7
Show Week ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Trinity’s Got Talent ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Mr.Zyp’s BQQ ............................................................................................................................................. 21
We Were Liars BY E. LOCKHART ........................................................................................................... 22
Kelowna Trip 2016 ...................................................................................................................................... 23
Spotlight Interview: MR.KAUP
1. At a young age, were you interested in Social Studies?
Answer: Somewhat, mostly interested with current events, and how society
works.
2. Do you have any hobbies?
Answer: Hunting, fishing, golf, and hockey.
3. What is the one thing you love about Holy Trinity?
Answer: The culture of the students, and also the fact, that I have high
hope for the future.
4. In high school, did you play any sports, and if so, which one?
Answer: Volleyball, badminton, track and field, basketball, and was
awarded Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year, in grade 12.
5. Why did you became a teacher?
Answer: People are strange creatures. Nothing can remain too long to
before it is changed, transformed or dropped altogether. Kids like to
experiment and transform in anticipation of discovering something new.
These then become fads, trends, and the cool things people do. I am a
teacher because I get to see what is in and what is out, and how these
things change from moment to moment. I also became a teacher, because
I get to participate in the roots of the next generation. I believe if you don’t
participate in the changes that are occurring around you, then don’t
complain if you don’t like how things have changed. It is each of you, the
students that will make the future whatever the future will become.
6. What is your favourite T.V shows?
Answer: The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Grey’s Anatomy.
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Q: What did the pencil say to the other pencil?
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Q: Why did the picture go to jail?
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Q: What do you get when you cross fish and an elephant?
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Q: Who earns a living driving their customers away?
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Q: Why did the computer go to the doctor?
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Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth?
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The Show Must Go On
Written by MOIA CALKINS
February is a great month because it’s short. We only had fifteen school days the
whole month; which is almost half the amount of days even in February this year.
Because of the month’s shortness, we also only had fifteen practices for the show.
Things were sailing along. Aside from a few glitches in choreography, some lines
being mixed up, and the stage still being worked on, we left for Teacher’s Convention
with high hopes and excited grins, grateful to have one last long break before the
crunch time in March.
When we returned on the following Monday, Mr. Zyp wasn’t there.
We were told he was sick, and I assumed he’d be back the next day, or the day after.
Zyp had only missed one or two rehearsals at the start of the year, back when it didn’t
matter if he was there. I felt a bit discouraged, because it almost felt like the rehearsal
would be a waste. It wasn’t though; we still went over the ending scene, which is difficult
for a lot of reasons, mainly because it includes a fight scene and a musical number.
Imagine the shock when I heard he was in the hospital the next day. My heart sank
into the floor. A million possibilities went through my mind, and I felt so broken and lost
all of a sudden.
As the weight of this announcement settled into my chest as the day wore on, we
came to realize some hard realities. Zyp was really sick. That first day we heard, the
Tuesday, I wasn’t even sure he was going to live.
We were worried sick for Zyp. To many of the drama students, including me, Zyp is
more like a friend than a teacher. It was heartbreaking to think he might not recover.
This was more than just worrying about Zyp’s state though. We were officially one
week from our first show. This was a nightmare. Our director was out of action, and he
wouldn’t be back in time to help us put the show on.
The months of rehearsals suddenly didn’t seem real. We were at the end of the rope,
and there was no way out of this. We could postpone it in the hopes Zyp could make it
back later, but when we learned he might be in hospital long-term, we proceeded.
That Tuesday, I went to the drama room at lunch. Lunch was usually the time I got to
see my other friends, because I saw my drama friends after school. But that day, I
needed to see how everyone was doing.
I also wanted the support from them. I wanted to talk to people who knew Zyp even
better than me. Misery loves company, and that’s exactly what I wanted: to be around
people in as much pain as me.
It was so sad. I wanted to cry the whole day, but when I walked into the drama room,
it was so much worse. There was no Zyp milling amongst us. My friends sat and stared
into space, or were huddled over furniture, trying not to cry. Every time someone
mentioned it; I had to blink back tears. We didn’t have to mention the elephant in the
room, because that’s why everyone else was there too.
The quiet, hushed emotions of the room swallowed us.
It was heartbreaking. Every time I think about that scene, of seeing some of the
happiest people I know sitting quietly, sadly, in a space that usually brought nothing but
laughter and joy, I feel a pain in my chest. We were so broken.
The first rehearsal was difficult to get through. We went as we usually do, but it felt
lackluster. It was a week until the play, and we should be celebrating and getting
excited. Instead, people seemed to have less energy than usual. We did our best to
keep our chins up, but it was so hard.
We knew what we were doing, because we’d been doing this for months. Our acting
was on point, but everything else was crashing down around us. Zyp had been in
charge of everything in between, from props, to costumes, to fake guts and gore, to
figuring out all the lights and special effects.
And my eternal gratitude goes out to Mrs. Moher and Mr. Lewis, who have been filling
in and making this show possible. Without them, we’d be unable to pull this off. They’ve
done everything they can to pick up where Zyp left off, which is almost impossible
considering we have less than a week, and Zyp is a complete madman.
Something good about this whole thing is that I’ve never seen the drama room so
clean, now that Mrs. Moher is in charge and Zyp isn’t here to make it messy again.
So Tuesday was very difficult for us all. I came home and had a breakdown, but
picked myself up and came back for open house. It was a really fun evening, even if
Zyp wasn’t there. The cast seemed more lighthearted, even if we all still felt the heavy
burden of Zyp being sick. The shock was wearing off, and we were gritting out teeth;
hunkering down for this rocky path ahead.
Wednesday was a little better. We didn’t feel so heavy and broken, but we were all
sad. Every empty moment where I wasn’t doing something, I wanted to cry. The
sadness seeped back into me when I wasn’t occupied, and it was suffocating. We
smiled and wiped the frowns from each other’s faces, but the feeling lingered. We
leaned on each other and carried on.
Luckily we were back on the stage. The set was being finalized, and that was
encouraging. We could actually start planning some things out, and work out the kinks.
Lunch that day was better, too. We laughed and smiled again, and being around
people sharing my burdens was very helpful for me. We were all still so worried about
Zyp, but at least he was stable for the time being. We weren’t afraid of him dying
suddenly, but of course were all still scared.
I thought Thursday was going to be more of the same. We would be sad and
hopeless. The play was starting to feel less like a fun, exciting performance, and instead
a grueling week of stress. Thursday was the day things turned around.
We actually moved the set around, and had lights and a proper backstage. Some of
the final paint was drying, and props were coming together. Rough edges were being
smoothed out, and the new rough edges were being addressed.
Not only that, but everyone was coming to terms with the reality, but finally starting to
lift their chins. We laughed and joked, and got to have fun with Velcro. We danced
around backstage to the light from the CTS lab.
The weight was still there, but it wasn’t pressing on us. Zyp would come back
eventually and we’d show him what he missed out on. I felt happy again, and excited. I
was smiling and joking with my friends, and the drama room once again felt like a place
for fun and rewards for our hard work. Our spirits were high again, going into the final
weekend.
On Friday we had a day off as the tech crew set up and prepared lights. Then on
Saturday we came in at eleven in the morning to get started. By then we were really
coming to terms with Zyp’s absence, and determined to still have fun. We did a whole
rehearsal with costumes and started using the lights. It was really cool to see everyone
in full costume for the first time.
We had pizza, cookies and pop for lunch. We were all tired but happy by the end of
the run through, because we got to do the show from top to bottom.
Sunday was the same. Then Monday we had our dress rehearsal, and Zyp’s wife
came by. She filmed our messages for Zyp and took some pictures of us too. That was
a bit heart wrenching as well, but also nice that we could share messages with him.
Then it was the show week before we knew it. It was hard at first, but we were all
doing it for Zyp. Everything was for him. We put our hearts into it to make the show
exactly as he had imagined it. It was hard for us to pick up where he had left us, but we
kept pushing. And here we are now, with the week of shows over, and everything done
and closed. It’s sad, but happy because we put on an amazing show for Zyp. He’s very
proud of us, I’m sure You see, problems like this occur. Life goes on even when things
become difficult. That’s a hard lesson we had to learn. The show goes on, and it went
on indeed. We kept it going for Zyp.
Show Week
Written by MOIA Calkins
Ah, the week of shows. The thing we work so hard for, where months of hard work,
determination, and shenanigans are rewarded. This week has been a wind wide, from
top to bottom, and I can’t believe it’s done already.
Starting on Tuesday, we had our first audience. That meant full makeup and hair.
Tuesday was the start of me sitting in a chair for two hours to get my hair curled and
teased, and my face painted and contoured. It was a show during the day, called a
matinee, and it was more or less like a dress rehearsal with an audience. We weren’t
striving for perfection, which is good, because it was far from it.
It seemed like everything went wrong. We forgot lots of lines, and had a ton of
problems with the set changes. We even forgot to put the stairs out for the cellar scene,
which caused all types of problems. Everyone was fairly frustrated with themselves and
one another, which was mainly from the stress. We just wanted to do it right from the
start, but all the pressure we put on ourselves made us break.
Wednesday morning went much smoother. Lines were flawless, the transitions went
smoother, and even the audience was more responsive. All in all, it was our first good
show. It was the day we finally hit our stride. It felt so good to finally get one solid
performance in, and the energy was certainly needed since we had another show that
night.
Opening night went smoothly as well. We finally had a mostly adult audience,
meaning the reactions were a lot better and the jokes were understood more. All in all, it
was a good show, and a very good opening night.
Then Thursday came the dreaded Cappies night. Cappies is a group of high school
students from all over the district that go to each high school’s show and reviews them.
So the pressure was high for everyone because we wanted to do well. It was also the
night we decided to film for Mr. Zyp, so we wanted to put on the best show possible.
The night went quiet well. It was one of our best shows, and we all have a lot to be
proud of. However, it wasn’t my best night. We used an oatmeal substance as brain
matter in one scene, and on Thursday Andrew managed to flick it onto me, and it got
stuck in my hair.
And at the end of the show, I have a fight scene where Rosario “punches” me in the
face. It’s just a stage punch, so she never even touches me. Except on Thursday night,
due to the spotlight temporarily going out, she didn’t see where she was going and
actually punched me in the face. Hard enough that I saw stars and I am still bruising a
full week later. We kept the scene going, but I was in a lot of pain and both Rosario and
me were pretty shaken up by it.
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Lastly, we had our closing night on Saturday. It was a great show, without incident,
and I can’t believe it’s over. It went so fast.
It was an amazing play with an
amazing cast. I hope some of the
students were able to come out
and see it, because the week it ran
went fantastically over all!
Trinity’s Got Talent
Mr.Zyp’s BQQ
By JED PRIMERO
As some of you know, our beloved Mr.Zyp was fighting for his life, due to his
illness that he caught in March. As the weeks progress, and with the semester almost
over, not only did he lose his left thumb, but also had both of his legs amputated, below
the knee.
Both the students and teachers at Holy Trinity, were all shocked to hear the
devastating news, this brought upon us. However as a school community, we band
together, to raise money for him to get prosthetic legs. May, 2016 was the start of the
fundraiser for the Zyp foundation. Throughout the moments leading up to this specific
date the staff at Trinity would ask the student body for any spare change in their
pockets, to support our fellow Trojan. In addition to that the Administration would double
the total price of what the school body collected.
On Friday, May 13 , almost everyone from the school supported Mr.Zyp by
buying a burger from the BQQ held by the student council, with all proceeds going into
this foundation. It was amazing what we as a community did for just one person, whom
we both love and respect that made Holy Trinity’s drama program better for the school.
We nearly raised 10,000 dollars in donations and hopefully made Mr.Zyp proud.
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WAY TO GO TROJANS !!!!!
We Were Liars BY E. LOCKHART
Review by MOIA CALKINS
Sometimes in the grand sea of books we read and experience, they start to get
repetitive. We feel like we’re reading the same types of books, not matter where we
turn. It can sometimes seem like the fiction genre is running thin. It seems like it’s too
hard to come out with a new idea today something fresh that hasn’t already been done.
Look no further than We Were Liars for that breath of fresh air. It is unique, beautiful,
depressing in a realistic way, and utterly fantastic. It will break your heart, and make you
question the way we as humans fight over such silly things. It will describe summers so
real you can smell and taste them. It will make you want a rich life on an island, and
then make you hope that kind of life never finds you.
The Sinclairs are a beautiful, all American dream. Their Grandparents own an entire
island, where the whole Sinclair family spends their summers playing tennis and
swimming in the sparkling waters.
To the outsiders, everything looks perfect. Even to main character Cadence and her
cousins and friend, things are and have always been perfect. But Cadence soon
learned that her family is not all it seems. There is jealousy, pain, hatred and three
sisters fighting for their father’s love. Things crack and fall apart. A divorce. An incident
hushed over and drowned with pills that do little to stop the migraines. Amnesia that
wipes an entire summer off the map.
Cadence struggles with her family, and soon, with herself as well. It is a beautiful
book, written poetically with words as beautiful and broken as the Sinclair family. It
shows you a graceful, rich life, and then shatters it. The book reminds you what comes
with fortune and desire, and the heartbreak accompanied with taking on your family
legacy. It will haunt you as it haunts Cadence, and leave you with a bitter taste in your
mouth. But along the way, you will learn what has to happen when beauty and prefect
families are brought into the light, and we see what actually happens down below.
We Were Liars is a must read, with enough mystery and suspense to keep you going,
and enough heartbreak to keep you thinking even after you’ve finished the last page.
Kelowna Trip 2016
By Moia Calkins
This year for band, we traveled to beautiful British Columbia to the
city of Kelowna, found beside the glistening Lake Okanagan. We stayed in a
beautiful hotel in the heart of the city.
On the first day, we traveled for over eight hours, through Alberta and into
British Columbia. We stopped for lunch in Canmore, and had dinner at the local
mall in Kelowna. We settled in for the night, and visited the beautiful outdoor pool
in the evening. The next day we got up bright and early to stay true to our packed
schedule. We played at an elementary school and had a band session with a
member of the Okanagan Symphony.
That afternoon we visited H2O Water Park, and then in the evening we went
to an amusement park.
The next day we had two performances at elementary schools. Then we
went out to Lake Okanagan for a dinner cruise/ dance party on the lake. Nothing
beats having your own private party boat on a beautiful lake for over two hours.
Then we had one final swim in the outdoor pool after returning to our hotel.
The last day was a travel day back to Edmonton. It was an extremely fun
and relaxing trip, filled with great memories and beautiful scenery!