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Casady Culture Grid What the math department thinks about...
April 4, 2011
Who is your favorite music artist/group?
What asymptote are you approaching?
What was your Oscar pick for Best Picture?
What did you do over spring break?
Who is your favorite superhero?
Mrs. Ruth Miano Department Chair
My current favorite music groups are Casady orchestra, choir, jazz, and percussion. Their music gives me hope and makes me happy.
If you mean what’s my limit as my age increases, then I’ll have to hope I don’t have one.
The King’s Speech. It’s a story of great success through struggle and hardwork. Don’t miss it.
We went to Rome, Italy. We climbed many steps, saw many sites (famous and not so famous), and ate way too much delicious food. A trip of this kind lasts a lifetime.
Zorro. Man, that guy could do anything. And what a signature: “Z” sliced into his “work” with a sword? Can’t get better.
Mr. Chris Halpern Pre-Calc/Calc AB/Statistics
Beatles, Beastie Boys, and John Mayer have to be at the top but I love variety.
“To infinity and beyond...”
Inception.
I went to Colorado and snowboarded. We had a great time but I impaled my hand on a tree branch in the Royal Elk Glades and left a blood trail all the way to the bottom of the mountain. All in a day’s work, I mean a day’s fun!
Spiderman.
Dr. Michael Lewchuk Geometry
Prince Rogers Nelson, the best musician on the planet right now.
Zero growth, excluding waistline.
No idea. I hadn’t seen any movies.
My family went to Florida. We attend a Tigers’ spring training game, Downtown Disney, Universal Studios and NASA. My kids thoroughly enjoyed their first ever trip to an oceanfront beach! Needless to say we have a bag full of fowl smelling shells
Batman. He is a night guy and I’m an insomniac. In theory, we could hang out together.
Mr. Daniel Calderon Algebra II/Algebra II Honors
I really do not have one, but I’ve been to hundreds of concerts, recently Psychedelic Furs and Depeche Mode.
An oblique asymptote.
True Grit. I don’t think any of the Disney movies I took my kids to see qualified for Best Picture nominations.
We decided to tour Oklahoma with the kids. We stopped at state landmarks, ate in small town diners, stayed in local hotels and really tried to get a taste of the land. It was a fantastic trip for the family, Oklahoma is a beautiful state.
My father. He can fix anything and he’s the smartest person I know.
Mrs. Dianne Dawkins Algebra I/Geometry
So many—depends on my mood— but lately Michael Buble.
Not really sure but I know it might be oblique.
My friends’ husband blew out his Achilles, so I got to go to Italy. We explored Rome and met up with the Mianos.
Batman. One of the only ones that doesn’t have super powers but is still a superhero...
King’s Speech.
Editorial
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[Continued from page 15] How do we amend now? Currently change is made by consultation. Mr. Bright consults Mr. Huestis who in turn consults Mr. Pena, Mrs. Warden, the department chairs, and the faculty. Ultimately Mr. Bright has the final say. What about students? It’s funny how decisions made on many of the policies that affect student life the most virtually have no student input. The scheduling committee has no students. The dress code committee has four students from the sophomore and junior grades, but there are no seniors. The four students, however, were arbitrarily chosen, which
brings up a question of selection bias. Why not select students that the student body has elected? With student organizations like Student Council and Discipline Committee, it seems strange to not have students as consultants. Looking at the Discipline Committee, they have not met all year because no disciplinarian infraction has occurred. While it’s good that no major infraction has occurred on campus, the lack of meetings makes a discipline committee member’s job pretty useless. In order for them to take away something useful from their positions, students on discipline committee need power; they need the ability to actually do something.
We suggest that they help enforce the demerit system. They can help reduce the number of chapel absences and dress code violations. The golden question. Why is everything changing? We have discussed the effects of these changes and how they were instituted, but we wonder why they were instituted in the first place. One possibility is that Casady is trying to become a school in the 21st century. With the recent technological emphasis in student life like SmartBoards and school websites, there is certainly an emphasis on making school more modern. These innovations as well as the changes to the grading system may reflect a new age of education.
A second possibility is a response to the loss of kids to other schools such as Heritage Hall. Since their freshman year, eleven students have left the senior class to go to Heritage, and six students have also left from each of the junior and sophomore classes. Retention of kids is rightly a major concern; we need students to have a school, and their tuition helps with the school’s finances. Nevertheless, how much should we sacrifice from our school’s tradition in order to attract students? Changing our grading system so that GPAs can go up may look good on the college transcript, but how much learning will be involved in getting that grade? It seems like
many of the recent policies to the curriculum and the grading system have made Casady resemble Heritage Hall. While it is good that our school is willing to embrace new ways of education, we must also remember our identity. Among other things, Casady is a school of academic excellence. Whether these new changes reflect this motto or not, we must always challenge and enrich the minds of students no matter what. Conclusion. While this editorial might sound overly critical, the Crier Staff hopes that the administration and all readers understand that we love our school and want what’s best for it.