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The last day of school for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors is May 26th!

Not counting today, April 5th, there are 36 days left of the 2010-2011 school year! This means that we have 36 days to make our grades as awesome as possible!!!

Monday, April 4th, marked the first day of the fourth quarter. Third and fourth quarter grades are combined at the end of the year to form the grades that will go on your transcripts.

Let’s all make sure that we’re in school, on time, and ready to finish out this year strong!

The big rumor around Meeker High School’s baseball team was that they may not come back after last year’s 0-18 losing streak. After a bunch of hard work and determination, the Meeker Cowboys won 3 out of the 4 games they played in Denver. Meeker lost twice to Fruita High School. They killed the Grand Valley Cardinals in a 2 in 0 swipe. Both of the games ended in the mercy rule.

” We played good as a team,” said 1st baseman, Trevor Matrisciano. Overwhelmed, Matrisciano was not sure what to say about the wins.

Shortstop Cole Steiner said, “The games were okay.”

Jose Villalpando says that he was just glad not to strike out or make any errors.

With five wins and three losses, it’s eight down, eight to go.

As of late, more and more students at Meeker High School have either been absent or showed up later in the day. It seems as if students perceive certain classes as less important than others, and do not think that they have to show up or even do the work.

Showing up to class is a huge part of your grade, if you’re not in class, you can’t learn the material. If you don’t learn the material, you can’t do the homework assignments. Of course, homework assignments not being turned in makes your grade drop. All these missing assignments followed by a test over the material that you didn’t learn, leads to a pretty disgraceful grade.

Now that being said, there are times when you simply cannot make it to school. It may be that you’re sick, have a doctor’s appointment, or something else that you can’t control. However, there are plenty of times that students can make it to school, but choose not to.

When you’re in high school, I think that you have good enough judgement to decide when you should and shouldn’t miss school, but you need to start making the right choice!

Pity the poor person who has only heard the rhythm of a tango through their ipod. There is nothing quite like being transported straight to the streets of Buenos Aires through the golden strings of Extasis Tango Quartet. Tango lovers often go as far as Argentina to feel the melodic spirit of this latin dance, but on January 26, the sensual music of the  tango came to Steamboat live.

While a  serious quartet on stage, their  interview was commical off  stage, and just as entertaining  as their previous performance.

Claude Simons,   a  professional  violinst , is also  a member of the Colorado Symphony as well  as  Susan Cahill on bass.

Other Extasis members,  include evan orman on his bandoneon  and Mike Tilley on piano.

The lights are focused on the quartet, so bright that they are vividly lit for the audience, but too bright for them to see the audience they play for.  Tango is not their only music love, they also play classical music.

Their original bass player died and Susan Cahill began to play for them.

They all began playing their instruments when they were younger. Claude plays various instruments including piano and violin.  Mike Sims travels around with different singers and performers.  While the players miss being away from home, they like being on the road (no house chores they teased).

Their favorite part about playing is the physical sensation of music rythm, tone, and the emotions it builds upon.

Their worst performance was on Mexican TV when the speakers and amps went bad.  It was embarrassing because no one clapped.

Not watching  this performance on YouTube (although you can find it there) but in person was invigorating.

Check out Extasis on their new CD.