The Rampage

Claire Strickland Managing/Design Editor SEP girls soccer congratulates each other after scoring a goal. Claire Strickland photo.           Tuesday, April 19 will be the girls soccer team’s first home game against Ankeny. The freshman team will play at 4:45, junior varsity at 6:00, and varsity following at 7:30. Junior Jordan Pfister will be playing her first home game as a varsity player.             “ Yes I am very excited, it will be our first one on our turf,” said Pfister. “I hope a lot of people come to support us!” The varsity squad has already had six games total, but Pfister said that nothing compares to a game on her home turf.             “The best part about home games is that we have a lot more fans come and watch us,” said Pfister.             So far this season, the girls are strong with four wins and two losses, both being to Dowling and West Des Moines Valley.             “ I've had my moments where I didn't do well, but as a team we do wor

Jessica Rish News Editor                                                                                                                                                     On April 8 and 9 the Southeast Polk drama department put on the spring play. Morgan Christensen's character Mustard sees (left) puts flowers in Bottom's. Jessica Rish photo.   The cast had been working on the production for about two months. The drama department puts on two production every year. The fall production was "the Addams Family musical" and the spring production was "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Senior Payton Thompson played on the lead roles, Hermia. Thompson was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award. Thompson has been in all eight productions since her freshman year. "I’m sad it's over but excited to start a new journey," said Thompson. Thompson will be continuing her theatre journey at Northwest Missouri State University where she plans t

Kailee Ammons  Feature Editor  Many essays are written in AP composition. Photo credit Kailee Ammons.   The Advanced Placement (AP) Composition courses have been studying and learning about argumentative essays for the past month. This week, they are expected to write an essay on a topic that they are passionate about.             Students must follow one of the three formats that they learned in class: oration, induction, or deduction. The most common is oration because it is similar to how students have learned to write in the past. This format consists of an introduction, first hand evidence, second hand evidence, a counter claim, and a conclusion.             Students are writing about a variety of topics including college athletics, vaccinations, high school sports and activities, etc. Along with background knowledge, students are also being asked to research their topic and provide at least one quantitative data, data represented by numbers or statistics.