Garrett Arendt, Multimedia Coverage Editor
Now Multimedia Coverage Editor and Multimedia Committee Co-Chair, Garrett Arendt, junior, is continuing into his third year of journalism. Arendt enjoys playing video games and doing anything soccer related. In journalism, Arendt loves writing about student life and sports, as well as making videos. He hopes to achieve the goals he set for himself by the end of his time at West Linn.
![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)
![All smiles. The group poses for a photo with last year’s book, “This is Our House,” along with their award for third Best in Show. Meikle, who was an Editor-in-Chief for the yearbook last year as well, holds both and stands at the center of the group. “That was an amazing feeling, going and grabbing the third place award,” Meikle said. “All of it paid off. I cried so much over that book, being able to receive [the award] was one of the highlights of my high school career, it was like the coolest thing ever.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/8bookpose_philly-1200x800.jpg)
![Becoming a group. Chamber Choir, composed of auditioned sopranos and altos performs [song] during the concert. Emerson Parker, senior, is a teacher aide for the choir and helped them prepare. “We've done a lot of group bonding activities. That's really important when you're singing in such big groups,” Parker said. “We do a lot of extra rehearsals, like during lunch, a lot of sectionals, which is just when all the altos are gonna get together and sing their one part, and all the sopranos are gonna get together and so on and so forth.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Good-1-1200x801.jpg)
![Singing to the beat. Annie Kubitschek, choir teacher, directs the symphonic choir while Shannon Wianko, junior, plays percussion for the song “Muie Rendera.” On Oct. 21, all five of West Linn’s choir classes performed their first concert in the Performing Arts Center (PAC). One of the choirs was Symphonic Choir which was the last group to perform. Brody Olson, junior, sings Bass 2 in both Symphonic Choir and Fresh Pitch. “A lot of practice, tracks and sectionals [went into preparing],” Olson said. “There's a lot of discipline. Just constantly repeating, memorizing, [and] learning.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1Good-1200x801.jpg)
