NCSD boys basketball: hot and cold
Blake Thomason, Sports Editor
March 11, 2013
With the regular season over, two NCSD basketball teams gear up for a playoff run. The RPHS boys are staying home this March, as their struggles continued all season long. After an 0-8 non-conference start, Deshawn Stephens quit the team. Without their best offensive player, the Kingsmen struggled to... Read more »
NCSD girls basketball: a little of everything
Blake Thomason, Sports Editor
March 11, 2013
The NCSD girls’ basketball team’s regular season has come to a close. It should be one to remember, but for different reasons. The Putnam girls are going to remember this season… while they are in the weight room preparing for next season. A disappointing 6-17 (4-10) season was probably not... Read more »
NCSD Winter Formal
Jessica Lely, Staff
February 22, 2013
With bright lights and booming music, NCSD’s winter formals have again succeeded in making the event one to remember. On Jan. 26, students danced the night away at CHS’s “Once Upon a Time” themed winter formal, which took place at Montgomery Park from 8-11 p.m. The dance was organized entirely... Read more »
State Cheer Competition
Cassidy Scott, Feature Editor
February 19, 2013
Last Sat. Feb. 9, Clackamas, Milwaukie and Rex Putnam High School all took to the mat at the Memorial Coliseum for the OSAA Cheerleading State Competition. The day started with the State Breakfast at around 8:30 a.m. (depending on the team’s performance time) and the teams could expect to stay... Read more »
Long-time RPHS teachers reflect on RPHS’ changes
Ceana Radilla, Beginning Journalism Student
January 17, 2013
Teachers who have been at RPHS for a while know what they like about teaching there and know the school has changed in the aspects of teachers, and the students who attend. The staff is something Courtney Giddings, RPHS math, likes about RPHS. In the five years she has worked there, she found that, “they... Read more »
New coach walks the hardwood of RPHS
Ceana Radilla, Beginning Journalism Student
January 9, 2013
The RPHS girls’ basketball teams received a new coach this season and are adjusting to the change. Head coach, Otis Oliver, is tough on the RPHS girls’ basketball teams but they are becoming better come game time because of his discipline, Jennifer Bowers, RPHS post, said “I think he’s a really... Read more »
NCSD one step closer to being green
Jesse Waian, Copy Editor/Managing Editor
October 26, 2012
CHS was once again certified as a green school, after their initial inauguration in 2003, after completing a waste audit on Sept. 26, granting NCSD with a total of eight green schools district wide. The certified green schools in NCSD are as follows; Happy Valley ES, Oregon Trail ES, Concord ES, Happy... Read more »
Power Puff raises funds for RPHS ‘Charity Week”
Kaitlynn d’Auvergne, Staff
April 30, 2012
In a battle for charity the girls faced off across the field. Nose to nose the linewomen could feel the breath of their opponents. The center throws the ball between her legs to the quarter back and the games begin. Charity week has always been a reoccurring event-taking place at RPHS every year. It’s... Read more »
Kingsmen lacrosse battles to find winning season
Jacob Thompson, Sports Editor
April 24, 2012
RPHS boys varsity lacrosse team lost its nineth straight game, dominated on April 20 by Hillsboro 13-1 which dropped it to 48th in the state ranking system. So far this season the Kingsmen have scored 31 goals, while allowing 148 goals. The team is losing games by an average of 11 goals, and players... Read more »
Rex Putnam’s Charity Week raises $5,000 for cancer patient
Lindsey Schaefer, Photo Editor
April 12, 2012
March 14-19 Rex Putnam students have been strutting down the runway, scoring touchdowns and balling it up to raise over $5,000 for Charity Week. “Different committees in our leadership class have been working for over a month to plan events and coordinate the many people that are involved in those... Read more »
RPHS Choralires perform Grinch tunes for one night
Kaitlynn d'Auvergne, Staff
January 19, 2012
The cheerful and merry Who’s of Who-ville all came to the RPHS’s auditorium Dec. 1 with their biggest smiles and colorful outfits for a one-night performance of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” All members of the Rex Putnam Choralires choir sang a variety of Christmas melodies. Erica Lockwood,... Read more »
Girls basketball hopes to win the majority of their games
Lindsey Schaefer, Photo Editor
January 19, 2012
RPHS’ girl’s varsity and JV basketball teams kicked the season off with an away tournament on Dec 2. With practices every day, all teams are preparing for the start of league play that began on Jan. 6 against Sandy High School at home. This year is Putnam’s second in the new 5A Northwest Oregon... Read more »
