![Game, set, and match. Corbin Atchley, sophomore, high fives Sanam Sidhu, freshman, after a rally with other club members. “I just joined [the club],” Sidhu said. “[I heard about it] on Instagram, they always post about it, I’ve been wanting to come. My parents used to play [net sports] too and they taught us, and then I learned from my brother.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MG_7715-2-1200x800.jpg)
![At the bottom of the third inning, the Lions are still scoreless. Rowe stands at home plate, preparing to bat, while Vandenbrink stands off to the side as the next batter up. Despite having the bases loaded, the team was unable to score any runs. “It’s just the beginning of the season. We’re just going to be playing out best by June, [and] that’s where champions are,” Rowe said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3077-1200x900.jpg)
![The teams prepare to start another play with just a few minutes left in the first half. The Lions were in the lead at halftime with a score of 27-0. At half time, the team went back to the locker rooms. “[We ate] orange slices,” Malos said. “[Then] our team came out and got the win.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_2385-1200x800.jpg)
WLHS students mentor Bolton Elementary School fourth graders
Testing his students teaching abilities, Jim Hartmann, science teacher, is advising his AP Environmental Science classes as they visit fourth graders at Bolton Elementary School. WLHS students will be teaching the students on Thursday, May 28, about cataclysmic events that led to the formation of landscape in the Pacific Northwest.
“We are teaching them about the Missoula floods; how they washed away all the soil below 400 feet in elevation and what effects it had on species of plants,” Andrew Dowling, senior, said.
The students in Hartmann’s geology classes are put into small groups with kids and have mini discussions with the fourth graders and hold mini-discussions with them.
“It is beneficial for everyone because as we teach them, they are in a way teaching us which makes it a more enjoyable situation,” Lewis McLoughlin, senior, said.
This has always been one of Hartmann’s favorite things to do as a teacher because he likes seeing “whether or not his kids know the material and how well they can teach it to a kid who has never heard of these events, I plan on doing this project for the upcoming years for the beneficial aspect for everyone.”
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