What’s Happening In Our Magnet Program
The BEAM, I-PREP, and AP Capstone Magnet Programs have been very busy during the first semester here at North Miami Beach Senior High School. Many interesting lessons and activities are taking place in and out of the classrooms. AP Capstone students are investigating topics such as climate change, social inequalities, and food justice. iPREP students are busy on their Mac Books learning about English Literature and Digital Design while BEAM students work diligently on their Science Fair projects. In addition, many awards, honors, and recognitions have been received at NMB. Of course, there is the academic learning and classroom instruction but, our classes are bursting with enthusiasm about experiential learning as well. What is experiential learning? Field trips! About those field trips. Magnet students have participated in a few field trips already this year. They’ve attended the Miami Dade County Book Fair and escaped from The Escape Room on Lincoln Road down on South Beach. Upcoming trips include visiting the Urban Living Center at Miami Dade College, exploring the Perez Art Museum, continues on page 2
Facial Recognition in Australian Airports By Miranda Joseph As of February 2017, the nation’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection is aiming to create facial recognition passports. According to Fox News Tech, facial recognition makes it faster without ever having to interact with a human. The Australian Airport authorities plan to test out this new innovation Woman using facial scan at Australia’s Canberra airport beginning in July, before taking it to a busier airport. The goal of this innovation is to give inventive answers to allow, or authorize, recognition is also controversial and has led to wrongful convictions, racial profiling arriving voyagers to self-process. and other issues. To find a resolution to Passengers would have to consent this problem the Australian government to having their biometrics captured ran the idea past its privacy commission and stored together with identifying and passed a law in 2015, allowing it to information, something that raises privacy collect more biometric data from citizens and security concerns. This may raise and foreigners, including minors, at its legal concerns due to the fact that Facial airports.
Free STD Testing at NMB
By Madonna Moncaire
The school offers free STD testing for students who are enrolled. You can set an appointment during the school year at the school’s clinic for free testing. Statistics say between the ages of 15-24 the youth from high school to college have a greater risk of STD exposure. How do they have a greater risk? Some young people may have sex multiple times with multiple people and others may not speak about their sex life openly so they’re most likely not getting checked for sexually transmitted diseases or STD for short.
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The rate of contracting an STD is rapidly growing. Studies show that 1 in 5 just over the age of 12 have genital herpes. Abstinence is the best way to stay clear of STDs. If you can’t stay abstained make sure you only have one sexual partner and both of you get tested.