INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Timberwolf Times Timberwolf Times Staff: Senior Editor: Josh DeFord Junior Editor, Copy & Content: Carolyn Waite Photo Editor: Carolyn Waite Sports Editor: Sarah Estabrook Circulation Manager: Kayli Hankins Advertising Coordinator: Amanda Borror Pup Page Coordinator: Kayli Hankins Photographers: Carolyn Waite Shelby Stiller Journalist: Amanda Borror Sarah Estabrook Cody McNerney Ryan Pauls Shelby Stiller Carolyn Waite Calendar & Events Coordinator: Cody McNerney Advisor: Lisa DeFord OCTOBER 2013 VOLUME VI, ISSUE I Fall Sports Up-and-coming Runners 2 Back to School New Teachers 3 Student Spotlight 4 Pup Page 5 Coloring Contest 6 Alumni Spotlight 7 Upcoming Events 10 Homecoming 8 Elementary Happenings 9 Triad Welcomes New Leadership By Sarah Estabrook By Sarah Estabrook By Sarah Estabrook By Sarah Estabrook Journalist After over a year of searching, extensive inter- views and lots of prayer, Triad School has found their new headmaster! Kevin Monk accepted the position this past summer, ending the nation wide search for the perfect prin- cipal. Monk grew up just 75 miles from Klamath Falls in Medford, Oregon. He attended Eastern Oregon University where he planned on major- ing in Pre-Medicine. “In college I met a doctor that worked 90 hours a week and never got to see his family, it was then I realized that’s not really what I wanted,” Monk explained. He soon after started pursuing teaching, realizing that it was something he was very passionate about, “Most of my teachers throughout Jr. High and High School had a huge impact on my life and who I became and that’s ultimately why I be- came a teacher. I hope to impact students lives the same way my teachers impacted mine.” Triad has accepted their new principal with open arms, ex- cited to see what this year will hold. “Our Triad families are very excited to have Mr. Monk lead our school,” stated Triad’s registrar and guidance counselor, Shayla Brown, “families have been very positive about his ideas and the direction he is taking the school.” It seems that everyone in the Triad Nation is responding with excite- ment to Triad’s new head- master and Monk is equally excited. “I absolutely love my new position! I love the students and getting to know each personality, everyone from the little preschoolers to the seniors,” Monk said about his new job, “I also love the staff and feel extremely blessed to have the op- portunity to lead them.” High expectations have been set for Mr. Monk, but he is ready to meet them head on. “I really want to build on what has been done here. I want to continue the success this school has had with academics, its sports team and the fine arts. I am also open to new ideas and even have some of my own,” Monk explained. The senior boys have already been inspired by Kevin Monk’s “openness” to new ideas and have started an intramural Dodge Ball team. “I love that he un- derstands where we as a school have come from and isn’t coming in and trying to change every- thing,” Student Body President Josh DeFord commented, “but I also really appreciate he is open to some of our new ideas as a student body.” It seems as if the year of searching and praying has paid off, and Triad will continue to excel and grow under new leadership. “Most of all I want to focus on putting God first in every- thing this school does because if we aren’t doing that then nothing else really matters.” Monk concluded. It is evident that under the new lead- ership of Kevin Monk, Triad’s future is bright. Submitted Photo Headmaster Kevin Monk with Triad’s Oregonian Cups Mr. Monk and Family Submitted Photo
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I N S I DE TH I S
I S S UE :
Timberwolf Times
Timberwolf Times Staff:
Senior Editor:
Josh DeFord
Junior Editor, Copy & Content:
Carolyn Waite
Photo Editor:
Carolyn Waite
Sports Editor:
Sarah Estabrook
Circulation Manager:
Kayli Hankins
Advertising Coordinator:
Amanda Borror
Pup Page Coordinator:
Kayli Hankins
Photographers:
Carolyn Waite
Shelby Stiller
Journalist:
Amanda Borror
Sarah Estabrook
Cody McNerney
Ryan Pauls
Shelby Stiller
Carolyn Waite
Calendar & Events Coordinator:
Cody McNerney
Advisor:
Lisa DeFord
O C T O B E R 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E V I , I S S U E I
Fall Sports
Up-and-coming
Runners
2
Back to School
New Teachers
3
Student Spotlight 4
Pup Page 5
Coloring Contest 6
Alumni Spotlight 7
Upcoming Events 10
Homecoming 8
Elementary Happenings
9
Triad Welcomes New Leadership By Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah Estabrook Journalist
After over a year of
searching, extensive inter-
views and lots of prayer,
Triad School has found
their new headmaster!
Kevin Monk accepted the
position this past summer,
ending the nation wide
search for the perfect prin-
cipal. Monk grew up just 75 miles from Klamath
Falls in Medford, Oregon. He attended Eastern
Oregon University where he planned on major-
ing in Pre-Medicine. “In college I met a doctor
that worked 90 hours a week and never got to
see his family, it was then I realized that’s not
really what I wanted,” Monk explained. He soon
after started pursuing teaching, realizing that it
was something he was very passionate about,
“Most of my teachers throughout Jr. High and
High School had a huge impact on my life and
who I became and that’s ultimately why I be-
came a teacher. I hope to impact students lives
the same way my teachers impacted mine.”
Triad has
a c c e p t e d
their new
p r i n c i p a l
with open
arms, ex-
cited to see
what this
year will
hold. “Our Triad families are very excited to
have Mr. Monk lead our school,” stated Triad’s
registrar and guidance counselor, Shayla Brown,
“families have been very positive about his ideas
and the direction he is taking
the school.” It seems that
everyone in the Triad Nation
is responding with excite-
ment to Triad’s new head-
master and Monk is equally
excited. “I absolutely love my
new position! I love the
students and getting to know
each personality, everyone
from the little preschoolers to the seniors,”
Monk said about his new job, “I also love the
staff and feel extremely blessed to have the op-
portunity to lead them.”
High expectations have been set for Mr. Monk,
but he is ready to meet them head on. “I really
want to build on what has been done here. I
want to continue the success this school has had
with academics, its sports team and the fine arts.
I am also open to new ideas and even have some
of my own,” Monk explained. The senior boys
have already been inspired by Kevin Monk’s
“openness” to new ideas and have started an
intramural Dodge Ball team. “I love that he un-
derstands where we as a school have come from
and isn’t coming in and trying to change every-
thing,” Student Body President Josh DeFord
commented, “but I also really appreciate he is
open to some of our new ideas as a student
body.” It seems as if the year of searching and
praying has paid off, and Triad will continue to
excel and grow under new leadership. “Most of
all I want to focus on putting God first in every-
thing this school does because if we aren’t doing
that then nothing else really matters.” Monk
concluded. It is evident that under the new lead-
ership of Kevin Monk, Triad’s future is bright.
Submitted Photo
Headmaster Kevin Monk with Triad’s Oregonian Cups
Mr. Monk and Family
Submitted Photo
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Triad Sports Teams Begin Seasons Successfully By Josh DeFordBy Josh DeFordBy Josh DeFordBy Josh DeFord
Senior Editor
The fall sports season at Triad is off to a great start, beginning
with our football team, which currently stands at a 5-2 overall
record. The team recently took on one of the top teams in the
state, Camas Valley and until late in the game, held the lead. If
not for a few key injuries, the end result might have been differ-
ent. The Timberwolf football team faced the Powers Cruisers
on September 13th, which ended with a 42-28 victory and since
then have soundly defeated all of their opponents by at least 30
points. The Wolves are currently ranked 4th in the State.
Bumping over to the volleyball spectrum, the girls’ record is cur-
rently 7-7. This is the
girls’ winningest season
they have experienced in
a while. Senior Brittany
Eskildson attributes how
well the team is doing to
their learning to work as
a team like never before.
The team has qualified
for districts and will go into post season play as the third seed
from the south side of the Mountain Valley League.
Our two-person cross country
team spearheaded by the Es-
tabrook duo, is off and running to
a season full of success. The
elder Estabrook, Sarah, began
her season with a second place
finish at the 26th Annual Cru-
sader Invitational with a 20 min-
ute, 28 second time. Es-
tabrook number two, Erin,
completed her race in 14th
place with a time of 24
minutes and 2 sec-
onds. Sarah went on to finish with a first place victory at the
Lakeview Invitational.
Our cheerleading squad is under new leadership this year: Jodi
Orlando and Shelly Johnson graciously stepped up and filled the
open cheer coach positions. Fall sports never fail to disappoint
our mighty fans, and the 2013 fall season has been no exception.
Future Triad Runners Prepare For District Race By Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah Estabrook
Sports Editor
Unknown to most of the Triad Nation there are three distance
runners in the Triad Junior High building hope for the future of
Triad’s distance running. Sixth graders Ben Carringer and Gavin
Conaughty have been competing this past fall for Ponderosa Mid-
dle School’s cross country team. Being in the SOMSAC League
the boys have traveled all around Southern Oregon racing a dis-
tance a little under two miles (3,000m). Carringer’s time of 14
minutes and 1 second, at the league meet in Talent where he
placed 51st out of a field of nearly 80 runners remains his per-
sonal best so far this season. Conaughty’s personal best was ran
in McLaughlin where he placed 65th out of over 100 runners with
a time of 14 minutes and 41 seconds. “When I run I really try and
focus on everything besides running” laughed Gavin Caunoghty
when asked what his running strategy was. The boys have their
district championship meet on Tuesday, October 22nd at the Val-
ley of the Rouge State Park where they will compete against run-
ners from 15 other schools within the SOMSAC district.
Although Marina Conaughty does not run cross country, she
does compete for Ponderosa’s track and field team in the spring.
Her main event is the longest race on the track covering almost
8 laps: the 3,000. Marina placed fourth last May at the SOMSAC
district meet finishing with a time of 13 minutes and 39 seconds,
a time that would have put the seventh grader in the top five at
the high school 1A Mountain Valley District meet. “I love the
feeling that running gives me,” states the elder Conaughty “its fun
sprinting in the end and giving everything I have.”
Volleyball team poses after winning the Gilchrist tournament
Submitted Photo
Josh Hutchison runs the ball down the field
Submitted Photo
10 things you might not know about Mr. Monk 1. He loves gluten free pepperoni pizza 6. Star Wars is his favorite movie
2. He loves just about every single sport 7. He is a second degree black belt
3. His favorite singer is Neil Diamond 8. He isn’t a coffee drinker but he loves strawberry smoothies
4. One of his dreams is to visit Israel 9. He has crossed the entire United States by train
5. His favorite actor is Harrison Ford 10. He can play any instrument with strings
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Another Exciting Year for Triad Students Begins By Ryan PaulsBy Ryan PaulsBy Ryan PaulsBy Ryan Pauls
Journalist Welcome back to our families who are returning for another great year at Triad as
well as all the new families who are joining Triad for the first time. We hope every-
one had a great and restful summer.
I got the chance to ask a few questions to a couple of the seniors about how their
summer was and what they hope to gain from this year. Brittany Eskildson says she
had a great summer. She went on a family vacation to the east coast for ten days.
She also got to attend a Taylor Swift concert with her sister and friend. Brittany
likes to be back at school because of the routine she has to follow. Brittany’s favor-
ite teacher is Mr. Hoffman because he makes her day so much better. She loves
choir class because it is always fun. Brittany hopes to be accepted into University of
Nevada Reno and get a diploma.
I also interviewed Joy Kim, who said her summer was good because she got to see
her family in Korea. She is glad that school is back,
because she can be involved in music and enjoy her
favorite class, which is band. Joy hopes to find out
what college she wants to go to and have a great
senior year. Joy and Brittany both want to get into
the colleges that are best for them
In other exciting news, Triad has won the esteemed
Oregonian Cup for the 8th straight year. The Orego-
nian Cup distinguishes total school merit in academics, activities, athletics and sports-
manship. The leading influence behind these scoring rundowns is that every school
that has a team or single person be eligible for our state championships is worthy
to have point acknowledgement.
Triad Staff Grows in Numbers
By Shelby StillerBy Shelby StillerBy Shelby StillerBy Shelby Stiller
Journalist
Mr. Louis Idrogo is our new first grade teacher this year. Mr. Idrogo was born in Alturas and grew up in Tulelake. He went to Eastern Univer-
sity for his undergraduate degree in multidisciplinary studies and then attended Southern Oregon University for his Master’s in Education. He is
most looking forward to just having a great year at Triad. He said he’s “heard great thing about the school” and is looking forward to see
what it’s like. Mr. Idrogo wasn’t looking for this specific job, but with the push from his wife, he is ready to “get that love of teaching back.”
Mr. Jacob Franklin teaches a senior Bible class, freshman health, high school P.E., as well as a cross fit class. Mr. Franklin has his
Bachelor’s degree in ministry and is working on mastering in education. He has owned a few businesses, worked for four years as
a police officer, worked at a youth facility in Washington and now he joins us. He is most excited to teach the Bible this year in
his senior class and is glad that God opened the door for him to have the opportunity to teach here.
Mr. Josh Brumfield comes to us and teaches our elementary and junior high music programs
here at Triad. He also has taken on a high school drama class. Mr. Brumfield graduated from
Corban University with a degree in musical education. He was brought here by his old teacher,
Mr. Monk. They recently got reacquainted and subsequently got offered a job here. He is looking
forward to our spring play this year, and he is happy to be with us.
Mrs. Shannon Moritz is our four year old preschool teacher this year. She attended George Fox University
and got her bachelor’s degree in education. After she graduated she came here and actually taught at
Triad for six years. When she became a mother she decided to be a stay-at-home-mom but has been a
regular substitute teacher at Triad. She loves getting to know her students and how excited they are to
learn. She came back to teach at Triad because all of her kids came of school age, and she hated not
being in the classroom on a regular basis.
Joy Kim with Brittany Eskildson at the 9/11 memorial.
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Elementary Students Show Off Hard Work By Carolyn WaiteBy Carolyn WaiteBy Carolyn WaiteBy Carolyn Waite
Junior Editor
It is only a couple weeks into the
school year and there are already
beautiful pictures and neat projects on
the walls of the elementary hallway and
classrooms. The students have done
some great work so far and we would
like to share it.
A kindergartener, Grace, was excited to
show the rocket ship she made with her name on it. Her
favorite part of the picture was the star stickers she got to
use and the sparkles. She says she might give it to her
grandma or put it on her door.
For a first grade science project, Preston and Luke got to
make puff mobiles. Preston wanted his to be an airplane and
Luke designed his to be a sailboat with wheels. Preston says
“it was fun to make and rip apart and put back together.”
Tynan, a second grader, made a hunting stick figure for his
“Getting to Know You” unit. Tynan had
fun making it all by himself using pencil
and crayons.
The third graders made creative book
reports on a book they choose to read
over the summer. Delaney had fun mak-
ing her story quilt book report on
Sarah, Plain and Tall with the help of her
parents.
To have some fun before they start reading
Mr. Popper’s Penguins the fifth graders have made little pen-
guins to decorate the room. Austin is already enjoying the
book and says the penguins were fun and easy to make.
Owen was happy to finish and made his penguin special by
“making the beak open like it’s yelling with excitement!”
Our students really enjoy sharing their creations, so come
down and see all the fun projects Triad students have been
working on!
Staff and Students Share Their Versions of Success
Preston Sale, 1st grader, shows off his puff-mobile
By Amanada BorrorBy Amanada BorrorBy Amanada BorrorBy Amanada Borror
Journalist
We were curious as to what the 10 keys to success are. And of
course, we thought it would be fun to see what some of the elemen-
tary kids and teachers had to say. Here are their words of wisdom:
1. Eat an apple a day-Kelsie 1st grade
2. Do all your homework-Kody 1st grade
3. Be confident-Lana 2nd grade
4. Do better in science-Kelsey 3rd grade
5. Do better in drawing-LB 3rd grade
6. Pay attention-Jacob 4th grade
7. Check over work-Brynn 4th grade
8. Have good grades-Dakota 5th grade
9. Do better in math-Allison 5th grade and Thomas 2nd grade
10. Show your work-Mr. Combs
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