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Mountain View’s TSA Animatronics  Team Takes First at State Conferenc

4/21/2015

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By: Ethan Granados

High School Animatronics competitions require students to demonstrate knowledge of mechanical and control systems by designing, fabricating, and controlling an animatronics device that will communicate, entertain, inform, demonstrate and/or illustrate a topic, idea, subject or concept. Sound, lights and a surrounding environment must accompany the device.


Through months of planning and hours of hard work, Mountain View’s team of six, made up of students Ethan Granados, Kevin Acosta, Rebekah Cornwall, Ricardo Meiji and Seth Reid, overcame all of the issues that faced them. The animatronic was a Benjamin Franklin doll that provided commentary on the Constitution. Moments of last minute adjustments could have been the difference between winning and losing.
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On the March 18 the team met at the school at 5:15 a.m. to depart on the buses. After loading up all of the Gear they departed for Davis Applied Technology College in Kaysville. The team tried to get some sleep on the bus after staying awake for more than 24 hours making last-minute adjustments. All the work paid off for Mountain View as they won first place in the overall animatronics competition, qualifying for nationals to take place this June.




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Mckay Kelly- Sterling Scholar

4/21/2015

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By: Netania Bassett



Mckay Kelly won all around Mountain View’s Sterling Scholar for vocal performance. It wasn’t an easy process. First, he sang at the school level and was interviewed about what impact music had and why he was interested in being Sterling Scholar. Afterward, a portfolio was put together and shown to different judges. He performed at a region level and are once again interviewed. Only a select few make it to state.

The actual event was recorded, where each category had runners up and three performed in the vocal category. The competition was very intimidating, with people who had trained for years in prestigious places like Broadway.

When Mckay found out he had won, he felt “overwhelmed. It was so surreal,” he reported. When asked if he celebrated, Kelly responded, “Oh yeah, I stayed up a little later that night and went and got a shake.”

This incredible experience has some great benefits. Mckay has received a free full-year scholarship to BYU, and although he didn’t apply there, Westminster contacted him and offered him a scholarship.





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Gender Wars

4/21/2015

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By: Netania Bassett



After a week-long competition of dressing in PJs, in camo, and in every article of clothing of either pink or blue, in an effort to rally up points for their respective gender, the students of Mountain View have decided the result of Gender Wars. The girls were ahead at the end of the week, based on their participation with dressing up, but at the assembly, the stakes were high. Both genders brought their best game, competing neck-and-neck in a range of games and gags. “We only got through half of the games,” Keaton Carlson told the Bruin Post. “We had more charades and family feud planned, and other games like crab soccer.” Certain competitions were designed to favor one gender or the other, including arm wrestling and running in high heels.


Student Council left the student body in suspense, not revealing who had won until the Black Light Stomp later that day. “After the assembly, boys and girls were perfectly tied, which goes to show that boys and girls truly are equal. At the end of the day, the dance-off was the tiebreaker,” Morgan Hartman explained.

The dance-off was determined by splitting the room between boys and girls, after which, each side took their turns showing off their moves. One epic dance-off later, the boys took home the win. “The boys won because Derek and I did a lift,” Keaton Carlson boasted.

According to Andrew Hillier, Gender Wars was “fantastic. We got so much support from everyone dressing up throughout the week. There was so much energy at the assembly and that continued to the Black Light Stomp.” Annie Beeton remarks the event as being “an experience everyone will remember.”





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