UPCOMING EVENTS
November
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Freshmen Jessika Rogers and Makayla Hayes watch “The Ring” attentively. The club was started by Anjolina Blackwell and they meet on Thursdays to watch and discuss films. “I joined so I could watch a different type of movie, ones that I usually wouldn’t watch,” freshman DaNyla Creacy said. (Photo by Sam Waltkins)
NEW FILM CLUB IS STARTED AT FHN The film club is a new group at FHN, recently founded through the joint efforts of social studies teacher Anastasia Hercules and senior Anjolina Blackwell. The club was created in order to watch movies and promote an appreciation for the art of film. The group has watched more than five movies so far. “I’ve been in film clubs at other schools,” Hercules said. “This is the best one I’ve had. Everyone here is interested and they actually want to be here.” Hercules and Blackwell had discussed movies during school, and their shared interest bloomed into the film club. Starting out with roughly 10 people that regularly attended meetings, the film club took off. The club chooses a genre for each month and watches a movie from that genre every Thursday after school in Hercules’ room. They started with horror movies to celebrate October’s spooky season, and then moved into
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a more light-hearted comedy genre for November. They plan on watching holiday-themed movies for December. “We get a variety of movies,” junior film club member Luis Hernandez said. “They pick ones that fit a mood.” Students start the meetings discussing what movies they watch and the plan for the upcoming months. They have a large say in the decisions the club makes and are able to have a say in the way it works. “It’s their club,” Hercules said. “They have a lot of films they’re passionate about, so we’ll try to work those in.” Hercules tries to incorporate a wide range of movies within the genre, both for entertainment and enjoyment, but also to educate the students on the different types of films. “Movies affect people,” Hercules said. “They draw you in and they’re an expression of people. (Brief by Ashlynn Perez)
FHNTODAY.COM | 11.20.19 | NEWS
December
Thanksgiving Break
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Wednesday
Curriculum Info Night
Time: 6 p.m. Where: Auditorium and both gyms
A cup of coffee sits on a plate with the logo of the new St. Charles Coffee Company above. The company was established in 2017 as a pop-up coffee shop in the St. Louis area and they pride themselves on donating profits to a charity of their choice. (Photo Illustration by Ella Manthey)
LOCAL COFFEE STAND OPENS ON MAIN Main Street is home to a community of many local businesses and storefronts filled with antiques, clothes and coffee. Geries Shaheen, owner of a local coffee stand called St. Charles Coffee Co., wanted to join that in a different way. “Every now and again we collaborate with different people in the community and we set up a [coffee booth],” Shaheen said. “A couple years ago we did it at the old post office down the street and it was a hit so we decided to do it again this year with [local restaurant] Tompkins on Main.” Shaheen sends part of his proceeds to charities and at his most recent event his money was sent to an organization called Sparrow’s Nest STL. They are a teen maternity home for homeless, pregnant and parenting teen moms. It’s organizations like these that inspire Shaheen. “All the time, we get surprises [donations] like the one Geries did,”
Sparrow’s Nest director Elisa Zieg said. “We get surprised all the time with just this beautiful generosity for our own community.” Geries began his business in 2017 as a hobby and has continued it since then. It started when he and his wife took a trip to his homeland of Israel. They saw many micro coffee shops and fell in love with the concept of a small menu which was the inspiration behind his establishment. He offers one drink on the menu at each of his events and it comes as a latte or iced. In a recent event, Legends and Lanterns, it was a butterbeer latte, his most popular drink, inspired by the popular Harry Potter series. As to where to find him, he is always looking for inspiring venues and ways to collaborate with the community. “A lot of places you go to you’ve got infinite choices,” Shaheen said. “It’s kind of a unique engagement.” (Brief by Justin Brewer)
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