Sammi Carr's The Jaguars’ Spot column for Wed., Mar. 05, 2008

Our disaster drill wasn’t a disaster!

Last week disaster drills were held throughout the entire district. At VCHS the fire department, police and school officials all visited on Friday to determine how we would do in a simulated emergency situation. None of the students or staff knew what time the drill would be held, not even Principal McCowan.

All we knew was that at some point during the day someone from the fire department was going to give an envelope to Principal McCowan with a piece of paper inside describing what supposed disaster would take place at our school.

I was hoping for “Massive Earthquake Requiring Weeklong Air Evac to Hawaii” but, unfortunately, “Lock Down and Fire Drill,” ranks a tiny bit higher!

We did the lock down drill halfway through second period. About five minutes after that, we did a fire drill in which every single person on campus was evacuated to Hawa ... uh ... the football field. Too bad the weather was kind of gloomy and the grass was pretty wet but, other than that, we got an excellent score on our evacuation drill. Keep staying safe Jags!

Battle of the Bands:

Battle of the Bands is coming up in two weeks. I went last year and, let me tell you, it was soooo much fun. It’s a very casual event, but the music is always good and very entertaining.

This year’s Battle of the Bands organizers are Cameron Izadi and Evan Stumpges, both superb musicians. Cameron primarily plays the drums and piano and Evan’s main instrument is bass guitar. Both are in an all-originals band called Arcanic along with Joseph Schwartz, who is the lead singer. I believe Arcanic will be playing at the show this year. The event will be taking place at the Maxine Theater from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. More information here about ticket prices next week.

Here’s something I betcha didn’t know:

The yearbook traditionally has a section called Senior Class Characters with pics of “Best Athlete,” “Most Likely To Win An Oscar,” “Beach Bum,” “Next Bill Gates,” etc. There’s even one called “Most Senioritis” awarded to the senior who is least likely to show up for class.

Anyway, turns out the boy who won this year’s Senioritis award, Evan Rogers, was sent a letter from the office informing him of the honor but, because he never got it because he ditched school that day! Congrats, Evan, you’re really living the dream!

Know something I don't know? Catch me on campus or send me an e-mail at sammi@carrfamily.com. See ya. Sam.