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Cypress Bay High School • 18600 Vista Park Blvd., Weston, Florida 33332 • Vol 19, Issue 1 • October 2019
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BY JENNA FRIEDMAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
impacts the students and faculty. He said he believes the change is going to leave a positive impact on the Bay. “With a new principal, there’s always going to be some changes; I think Mr. Neely was very lenient in letting SGA do any project they wanted, so we might see some changes and more restrictions with a new principal,” Ross said. “So far, however, Mrs. Fried has really just been the best.” Similar to Ross, freshman Davi Fishman said she had mixed emotions when she learned the Bay would have a new principal. She said because transitioning to high school would already be a big change for freshman, this allowed the rest of the student body to encounter an adjustment as well. “I was obviously excited because high school is such an important time in a student’s life,” Fishman said. “I was also kind of nervous because I don’t know how [the Bay] was in the years before me, but now that I’m here, I love it.” Fried said she is extremely excited
about the students at the Bay, and she said she feels honored to be able to lead such an incredible student body. She said she wants to make all of the students feel they are getting the most out of their high school experience. “I feel such a responsibility to the students and making sure we do everything to ensure they have the best experience here at school, whether it’s socially or educationally,” Fried said. “What I’m most excited about is just really getting to know the students and putting their needs first.” Although Fishman said she was looking forward to having Neely as principal, she could not be more satisfied with the Bay under Fried’s leadership. “I’ve heard really great things about Mr. Neely being really involved with the school and all the students and activities, so I was excited to experience that firsthand,” Fishman said. “However, I’ve seen Mrs. Fried at lots of events like the football games and I feel like as a freshman, she’s making me feel
After having the same principal, Charles Scott Neely, since the opening of the school, the Bay acquired a new principal for the 2019-2020 school year and for years to come. New principal Kassandra Fried said she was shocked to find out she would be taking on the role for the upcoming school year, as she was in the process of applying for the principal position at Flanagan High School. “It was a big surprise because I had not anticipated [the Bay] being a possibility, but our previous leader had the foresight and ability to see I would potentially be leaving,” Fried said. “At that point, he did the most unselfish act a leader can do, and he decided to step down and provide me with the opportunity to take over.” Fried said she felt extremely prepared to take on this position, as she has been a faculty member at the Bay for several years. For the past three years, she was an interim principal, so she was able to work closely with Neely. “If there is one thing [Neely] does well, it would be to prepare people,” Fried said. “He’s had a lot of assistant principals become principals and he really puts you in the position a principal would be in; he throws you out there and really gets you ready and provides all the experiences.” Senior and Student Government Association (SGA) President Jack Ross said although he was upset to learn he would not have the privilege PHOTO BY JENNA FRIEDMAN to work with Neely, he was excited to Stepping UP: New principal Kassandra Fried sits at her desk in her new get to know Fried and see the way she office. She said she is extremely excited for the upcoming year as principal.
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comfortable and important at [the Bay].” As SGA President, Ross said he feels he will have the opportunity to work closely with Fried on certain projects. He said this is exciting for him as he is a fan of change and modifications and he wants to get to know Fried better. “I’m really excited; I’m always excited for new things,” Ross said. “Being the first of anything is always a bit of an experiment, but I think it’s going to be a great situation for our students and our school in general.” Fried said although she is incredibly ecstatic to interact with the students and be a leader to the school, she is nervous about being a satisfactory principal for the student body, faculty and community of the Bay. “Whenever you want to do something really well, you always have some nerves in it, like if you’re going up to give a speech or whatever it may be,” Fried said. “If you care about something so much in the way that I care about this position, you are going to have nerves. I would consider it a positive nervous energy.” Although this is her first year as principal, Fried said she feels ready to make an impact on the school and the students within it. She said she has complete faith in the staff and students of the Bay to help guide her transition into this new position. “I’m so excited about the school in general and about taking us into the future and really just taking it to the next level,” Fried said. “Overall, [being principal] is such an awesome responsibility and opportunity, and I’m so honored to be able to lead this school.”
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