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the wa y OF THE BAY The Bay allows for students and teachers to evolve. BY JENNA RABINOVITCH ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR
Four years. That’s all it takes to completely change a class of close to 1,200 students, according to senior class president Max Morales. Morales believes that each year, as freshmen enter the Bay, they are not only beginning to embark on an academic journey, but a character shaping trip as well. “Being class president for four years has been the most character building activity I’ve taken part in throughout high school,” he said. “I now know what it’s like to work with people, I now know what it’s like to have a vision and to want to see that vision accomplished, but then you have to jump through obstacles and inspire other people with the same vision.” Similarly to Morales, junior Daniela Schwartz, president of the Debbie’s Dream club, believes that the Bay has taught her to work hard in order to accomplish her goals. for Debbie’s Dream, I was familiar with the background of the organization but I never really understood the extent to which stomach cancer is under researched and how unknown it is,” she said. “After becoming extremely involved, I became the president, which
is something I would never have imagined I would be, but I’m so glad I am.” Morales also believes that his changed over the years for the better. “In ninth grade it was like there was a rope tied onto me and the rope was attached to a roller coaster and that roller coaster was the class of 2017,” he said. “I was holding on for dear life getting thrown around. I was late on deadlines, kind of last minute, never pushing any boundaries, and never being progressive. But this summer I had an epiphany when I realized that we needed to work together to effectively accomplish our goals. In order to do this I’ve become much more detail oriented and I have set the roadmap for my team to follow, which will positively class.” L i k e Morales, Schwartz said she has learned strong leadership and organization skills Continues on pages 26 & 27
New College and Career Center New school resource to help with post secondary education. Story on Page 2
FeAtureS
Summer transformations Students use summer vacation to better themselves. Story om Page 15
SPORTS
Jake Lichtenstein commits to USC After 38 offers, defensive end decides future football path. Story on Page 30
ARTS & eNt.
Emoji equality Apple released new keyboard that portrays diversity. Story on Page 43
Artists rebound after break from industry
AICE Business cashes in more members
“I think the break that [Ocean] took before releasing “Blond” was a genius move on his part,” music enthusiast, As R&B artist Frank Ocean went junior Gus Duran said. “The break is mute on the music industry for years, fans worth the wait if it means his album will began to jokingly hang “missing person” and half as good.” The anticipation of new music continued up until “Blond,” Ocean’s latest album, new and old, have been undertaking comebacks in various ways as it can either his devotees’ cravings of new music and Continues on page 39 embodying the word “comeback.”
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little bit of word started to spread about it, the students decided to try it out for themselves,” Mrs. Dubrow said. Mrs. Dubrow said she is ecstatic to have
of popularity this school year. Last year, the class consisted of only 64 students, “I am beyond happy that so many more whereas now there are more than 200 students are interested in the subject matter students enrolled. The only teacher for this course is Rachael Dubrow, who teaches though there are many more studentsthe class is taught relatively the same.” classes at the Bay, so I think after a
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