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The Smoke Signal

Welcoming Winterfest

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Sophomores elected, Danica Potter, Gavin Marlow and Tipeti Paini

Ripon High kicks off Winter festivities! On Jan. 19, RHS announced the Winterfest Court nominees with a rally. The nominees were elected by students in their grade. The freshmen voted for their 3 candidates, sophomores, juniors and seniors did the same.
The rally started with rally commissioners, Elias Ramirez and Ricky Langenfeld, holding class competitions on who could chant the loudest, and with no surprise, the seniors won. Our rally commissioners followed that up by announcing the court nominees for all grades, starting with freshmen and ending with seniors.
On the court for the freshmen are Ava Hernandez, Chris Armanious, and Landon Winter. Tipeti Paini, Danica Potter, and Gavin Marlow were the sophomores elected. The junior class elected Claire Morris, Isaiah Green, and Mina Armanious. Lastly, the seniors voted on Katherine Eskes, Aliesha Sullivan, and Marco Cabello.

Seniors, Aliesha Sullivan, Katherine Eskes and Marco Cabello
Isaiah Green, Mina Armanious and Claire Morris, Juniors
Chris Armanious and Ava Hernandez

To finish off the rally, Leadership started to play a game. Ramirez and Langenfeld would tell the crowd to give their candidates a specific object, then the candidates would run and give it to commissioners. The sophomores and juniors tied, so a tiebreaker was held. In the final round, the juniors took the win. The rally was a success and we can’t wait to see how Winterfest Week and all the dress-up days go.

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Melanye Sanchez
Melanye Sanchez, Journalist
Melanye Sanchez is currently a junior at Ripon High. This is her first year being involved in journalism. She hopes to get a little more involved here at school with journalism and in the Estudiantes Unidos Club. In that club she wants to have a leadership role and encourage more people to join. Sanchez wants the E.U club to do more events throughout the school and to  have fun. She hopes to meet new people and make new friends. Melanye looks forward to creating great articles that are interesting and fun. In her free time Sanchez enjoys being with her family and friends.   
Isabella Zauceda
Isabella Zauceda, Journalist
Isabella Zauceda is a freshman at Ripon High, she just moved to Ripon from Stockton and is happy to be able to make new friends and go to Ripon High school events with her peers. Isabella is excited to be in journalism. This is her first year being a part of the  journalism crew. She enjoys taking pictures, so she is most looking forward to getting good photos for the class website and newspaper.

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