The Recycling Project

by Chia Na Vang

The Beautifying Fresno Club and BSU, as well as the Trading Card Club have partnered up to collect recycling from the bins in classrooms and the large blue bins around campus. The Beautifying Fresno Club is advised by Mrs. Anthony in room S50. BSU by Mr. Bugg in S23 and the Trading Cards Club by Mr. Perez in room S21.

The goal is to “reduce the amount of waste around campus,” said Emily Epperly, one of the Beautifying Fresno Club presidents. “Recycling reduces the waste that is bad for the environment. It’s better to reuse materials.” Every week it’s one of the three clubs’ turn to collect the recycling from the bins. “After a month or so of collection, we recycle the water bottles and cans we’ve collected and split the earnings between all clubs,” said the club’s secretary, Omar Caro.

The Play’s the Thing

by Izzy Magee

Photos courtesy of Mrs. Julie Pullinger

Honeymoon at Gravesite Manor is a play about a newlywed couple who spent their honeymoon at gravesite manor, where they experience wild ride of twists and turns. The Fresno High Drama Club took on to the Pat Cook play and gave an amazing performance. On November 17, 18, and 19 students, staff, and others came to see Fresno High’s production of Honeymoon at Gravesite Manor.  

Cast starring Alec Reyes as “Myron Thorncraft”, Annabel Vasquez as “The Woman”, Jeffery Purvis as “Tyler Thorncraft”, Corina Lopez as “Marian Thorncraft”, Rylie Jimenez as “Sophie”, Fina Vander Poel as “Madge Perkins”, Angel Michelle Alonso Arreola as “Durward”, Melanie Estrada as “Judy”, Cordele Swinton as “Suzanne”, and Aleksandr Hughes as “Officer Blair.” Students working in crew consisted of William Clement as Student Director, Stage Manager/ Light Tech and Set Design, Mrs. Julie Pullinger as Drama Instructor and Set design, Annabel Vasquez and Rae Gimbarti as Drama Assistants, Deanna Torno-Richers as Sound Tech, Advanced Theatre and Technical Theatre classes helping with Set Construction, and the FHS Drama Club as House Crew.  

Many people included enjoyed the FHS experience- including senior student, Rylie Jimenez, who said, “Honestly, my experience was super fun and it was really nice getting to work with everyone.” 

Staff vs. Student Tug o’ War

by Kailey Espinoza

The Little Big Pig game is an annual football game against Roosevelt High School and Fresno High School. The two oldest schools modeled this game after the Big Little game played in Northern California, UC Berekley against Stanford. This year’s game was the 93rd annual game, and to celebrate the entire week, activities during lunch were held. 

The first happened to be Tug of War. The game was played by both staff and students! During a specific round of Tug of War, they decided to play students versus teachers. Alas the teachers ended up winning, yet the Fresno High students still left with a cheerful smile and an unforgettable game. 

Water Day

by Chia Na Vang

“Don’t get wet!” Kimberly Molina, a helper for Wednesday of last week’s Little Big Pig Week event, Water Day, cleverly said. The activity was held in Warrior Park. It was set up by Mrs. Flores and volunteers during lunch. The activity consisted of six buckets in total. Three starting buckets were filled with water and had sponges. Three teams transferred as much water as they could into the empty buckets on the other side. It was as chaotic as one would imagine a water relay race to be. Music played through the speakers, adding to the fun. When asked how the race went, Kimberly said it was good, however, "Really hard. Like, you lose your balance a lot. But, if you think you’re strong enough, you can do it.”