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!CAUSE WE"RE HAPPY: (clockwise from top left) Melissa Raudt dressed up for "90s day. Dara Herman (left), Madison Danoff (center) and Kat MacNeal dress up as the PowerPuff Girls for "90s day. (from left to right standing) Victoria Arevalo, Ivanna Hurtado, Oswaldo Rodriguez, Yovama Lanz, Catherine Jimenez, (from left to right kneeling) Paola Lozano and Sara Velez wear black for the blackout. Some of the senior class wear their college apparel on college day. (from left to right) BRACE adviser Shari Bush, Shelby Graff, Jennifer Miller, Alex Weiss, Jessica Stuart and Rachel Lesnik wear University of Michigan apparel for college day. (from left to right) Sophia Marchetti, winner of the week long contest, and Gina D!Onofrio dress up for pajama day.
Changes to SAT will impact Class of 2017 and beyond BY ALEXA STEINLAUF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
When the College Board announced that changes were going to be made to the SAT, many students believed the test was going to be easier, but Broward Tutorial Services tutor Mike Eldeiry said that is one of the common misunderstandings about it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think one of the big misconceptions
is that people think that are dumbing the test down, and that is really not the case,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Eldeiry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is still going to separate kids based on their level. It will just require more critical thinking skills rathHU WKDQ Ă DVKFDUGV JLPPLFNV DERXW KRZ many questions to answer.â&#x20AC;? The new SAT will be taken by the Class of 2017 and will be more of a similar test to the ACT. The writing is now a strictly optional component. The score
is going to be based out of 1600 instead of 2400, and students will no longer get a quarter of a point off for every wrong answer. BRACE adviser Shari Bush said the FKDQJHV ZLOO EH EHQHĂ&#x20AC;FLDO WR WKH VWXGHQWV and they will perform better on this exam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that it may be a little easier,â&#x20AC;? Mrs. Bush said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think students will do better and then colleges will have to change the range of scores that they are
looking for. Traditionally, most of the better schools have only been looking at the reading and the math scores anyway, so this will just make it a little easier for them.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Eldeiry said although he agrees with some of the changes made to the test, he believes the SAT changed the test for the wrong reasons. SAT story, page 9
inside OPINION: Cypress Bay should offer summer courses for students.
ALMOST THERE: Everyone!s thoughts are on summer.
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PROMPOSALS: Students get creative when asking their dates to prom.
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