This year’s jazz night was undoubtedly a night to remember. Taking place Saturday night on January 20, this event was phenomenal. Though it usually takes place in the student center, the decision to move it to the cafeteria was a brilliant move. It provided not only a larger venue but also made the space more comfortable and spacious. One of the many highlights of the night was the impressive decoration and lighting, creating almost a cozy jazz den feel, perfect for music and poetry reading. As the audience settled in with refreshments, the atmosphere began to fill with anticipation of the night ahead.
The night started with a riveting and mesmerizing performance by our very own strings combo and Ms. Wiedemann and their beautiful improvisation skills. After this, we had Avery Browne and Esther Rapley singing “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers accompanied by strings and Seth Job on the piano. This was truly a fantastic way to kick off the program. Up next was a beautiful poem by Abby Moore describing her love for Tobago. We then proceeded into a classic by Michael Buble called “ Home.” This was sung by both Emma Short and Joanna Wittmer. This performance was followed by Ariana Anderson on the keyboard and Raquel Gomez’s powerful alto voice. After this beautiful set of performances, we had yet another lovely poem read by Faith Richardi, while the author remained anonymous. It compared love and regret to
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flowers and truly touched the audience. We then went into a performance sung by Ariana called “My Blue Heaven’’ by Lucy Yeghiazaryan. It was followed by another classic, “Fly Me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra. This was sung by Genesis Roldan. After that we had another magnificent poem read and written by Esther Rapley. Next up was a loving duet by Joseph Pelote and Zaida Galva, who sang “Valentine.” Stepping down from romance, we had a song called “Like All My Friends’’ sung by Lia Thomas. Afterward, Avery sang a wellknown song, “Blessed” by Daniel Caesar, while playing the chords on the piano. Then we had some of our most powerful and beautiful voices, Raquel Gomez and Shaiel Suarez, singing “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.’’ To wrap things up for the first half, we had Ariana, Andres Munoz, Jonathan, Seth, Samantha Trigo, and Ms. Wied herself, all on instruments, playing “ A Little Bossa Nova.”
After a short break we went right into “Muchacha Cha’’ played by Ms. Wied and the strings combo. Then we had poetry read by Esther. The author of this poem decided to remain anonymous as well. Following this we had “Just the Two of Us” sung by best friends Ajani Shaw and Maetzy Flores. Afterwards, we had Donovan Hernandez playing piano variations that were truly amazing. It was followed by “You Don’t Love Me” by Dawn Penn sung by Esther. We then had an emotional poem read and written by Gabriela Snider
that was really relatable to most of the audience. We had Danny Hernandez singing “Old with You” by Grant Perez, sung with Raquel and Shaiel providing background audio. Ms. Wied and our beloved class of 2023 alumni Tony, also known as Ettienne, gave an incredible performance with electric guitar and the violin. Their solos and improvisation really set the crowd on fire. We then had yet another beautiful singing performance by Zaida. It was followed by an emotional and engaging poem written and read by Faith Babcock. As the night was coming to an end, Esther Rapley & Zaevon Dalhouse took us on a musical journey to Jamaica with “Who Knows” by Protoje. Lastly, to finish off we got to hear Shaiel’s amazing voice again as she sang “Piel Canela’’ by Andres Cepeda.
Throughout the event, we were taken around the world with songs from Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and even Spain. In addition, poetry readings in between performances only added to the layer of depth this event held. Some were anonymous, while others were told boldly by their writers. There was poetry written with love, regret, happiness,
sadness, anger, and all sorts of emotion. Each one really made the audience not only think but feel the power of the words being spoken.
Despite some technical glitches with the audio, the audience
didn’t let the problems stop them from enjoying themselves as much as they could. As the night was coming to an end, our wonderful host, Ms. Wiedemann, added a little more romance to the night when her loving boyfriend surprised her with a kiss in front of everyone! This happened much to the delight and shock of the crowd. After a night full of romance, emotions, and laughter, it was truly a perfect way to end the event.
This jazz night definitely left a lasting impression on its audience and performers. The goal of providing a wonderful, relaxing experience in the midst of the chaos that is SVA life was definitely met during the event. It was truly a resounding success for Ms. Wiedemann and all those who dedicated their time to make this event memorable.
The Principal’s List program along with the NHS Induction took place on January 21, 2024, in the SVA Auditorium. The purpose of the ceremony was to acknowledge the hard work and dedication that students put into keeping their first semester GPAs above 3.5. Parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends were welcome to attend and celebrate their student’s achievements. In all, there were 94 students on the Principal’s List and 12 new NHS inductees.
The program began with Mr. Short welcoming all the students and their families from near and far, followed by a prayer by NHS pastor Erica Lopez. NHS vice-president Omaris Mercado introduced the speaker of the program, Mr. Davin Hammond. Mr. Hammond is the Principal of Shenandoah Valley Academy Elementary and his kids have graduated from SVA. His message included many inspiring quotes from many notable figures and encouragement from the story of Nehemiah. Faith Richardi, a junior NHS member, said, “I liked the message from Mr. Hammond and his emphasis on perseverance.” Mr. Hammond also shared a few personal stories and experiences, including the story about his son’s dad bod.
Following Mr. Hammond’s address, Mr. Leeper announced the names of the students on Principal’s List students while Mr. Short presented the certificates. As each student went up to receive his or her certificate, parents came up to take pictures of their kids. Each class took turns receiving their awards and taking a class picture.
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When the Senior Class finished taking their picture, Mrs. White, the NHS sponsor, asked the NHS officers to join her on stage to begin the NHS Induction ceremony. The ceremony began with the NHS president, Ariana Anderson,
congratulating the inductees on being accepted into this year’s NHS Chapter. She also gave a brief summary of what NHS is and the community service projects we will be doing this year. After her remarks, the NHS officers took part in the Candlelight Ceremony.
Parliamentarian Luis Ac, pastor Erica Lopez, treasurer Kristen Aguilar, and secretary Naomi Pakkianathan read the four NHS pillars: scholarship, leadership, service, and character. After reading the descriptions of the pillars, they each lit a candle that represented that pillar.
Mrs. White then began announcing the inductees’ names and a short biography about them while they lit a candle on stage before Mr. Short gave them their certificates. Some inductees struggled to light their candles, which the audience enjoyed watching. When the candle lighting ceremony was completed, Ariana Anderson led the current members, new inductees, and any parents who were NHS members in the NHS pledge. The pledge holds the members to maintaining a high scholastic standing, having an untarnished character, being a courageous leader, and giving themselves to service to anyone in need. When asked about why she wanted to join NHS, Jeannette Mahoro, a junior, said, “We want to serve, we want to give, and most importantly, we want to devour.”
The program ended with Mr. Leeper congratulating the students once again for their hard work before closing with a benediction.
Following the benediction, parents continued to take pictures while others left the auditorium for the refreshments in the Ad building lobby. The food was Valentine’s Day themed with flowers and decorations spread out on the tables.
Ms. Fatima, along with the cafe workers, prepared the amazing refreshments and drinks for all the students and their families. Parents continued to converse with other parents while enjoying the food.
When asked about the overall experience, Camila Soriano, a new NHS inductee, said, “ I think it was pretty cool, but those candles for NHS always got beef with NHS inductees. Other than that, it was cool to see everyone get their little awards. Also, some of the food was buss… It was chill, and the dad bod story was good.”
The 2023-2024 Principal’s List Awards Ceremony & National Society Induction was successful and encouraging to all the students at SVA. It is important to be acknowledged and awarded for working hard academically and this program does exactly that. Being praised for diligence and perseverance encourages students to work harder to maintain high standing. Hopefully in the coming years, more students can be a part of this special event.
At about 7:30 am on January 12, the SVA boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams began loading the bus for the long ride to the 2024 Collegedale Academy Basketball Tournament. Held in Collegedale, Tennessee, this is the team’s second year going since the 2020 pandemic. It was an eight-hour drive and many students quickly fell asleep at the start of the ride. This provoked the amusing practice of taking photos of those asleep, which would be a recurring activity throughout the trip. After a few hours, everyone started to wake up and amuse themselves by playing Uno and having conversations. There were a few rest stops along the way and the drive was overall relatively smooth. After arriving at the hotel late that afternoon, students and staff got dressed for vespers that night and quickly headed back to the bus to make it in time for dinner, which was provided by Southern Adventist University. The group was late as they had only just realized that Southern closed earlier for its Friday meal, but everyone still got to eat. Vespers was held at the Collegedale Academy auditorium. There were not that many schools present, but they still made it work, and a mixture of SVA students and Andrews Academy helped out in song service.
The next morning, team members piled in the big bus to head to Sabbath school and church, which was again held at the
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Academy. The sermon was live streamed from the Collegedale SDA Church, and was quite thought provoking. Afterwards, they had lunch in the school’s diner, which was haystacks with no rice. The rest of the afternoon was spent either sleeping, hanging out, or resting to get ready for the competition that night.
The girls’ first game was against Hinsdale Academy at 6:30 pm. All four quarters were intense, and the score was neck and neck. There was hope, as the game was getting down to the wire, as the SVA Stars were in the lead by two points. However, due to a basket made at the very end of the fourth, Stars lost 22-23. Directly afterwards, the boys’ first game was against Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy. It was a blowout; Stars won 77-35—a promising start to what would continue to be an amazing tournament for boys’ varsity. Game number two that night for girls was against Andrews Academy. This game admittedly was a rough one. Stars lost 14-62, and while there were some good things on the court, including the man-to-man defense, it just wasn’t enough. The last game of Saturday night was the boys’ varsity, with the Stars against Georgia Cumberland Academy. After the defeat of the girls’ game it was rejuvenating to see the boys play and win 77-48.
Sunday morning came with renewed energy and hopeful hearts for the games that day. The girls’ first game was against Georgia Cumberland Academy, which started at 9:30. The final score was 4028. The boys’ first game was against Hinsdale Academy and they won 77-20. The girls’ final game was against Mt. Pisgah Academy. This was a good game, with the most points in all the games during the tournament. Offense was shaping up and the defense was there; unfortunately, once Mt. Pisgah got up, the girls weren’t quite able to recover. The last game of the tournament was SVA boys’ Stars against Collegedale Academy. The crowd was excited, as the winner of this game would win the D1 first place trophy. Family, friends, and the girls’ team were ready to cheer on the boys. It was an amazing game; Collegedale tried hard and definitely made the boys work, but SVA boys came through and with a final score of 45-57 won first place in the 2024 Collegedale Academy Basketball Tournament. Spirits were high as everyone in the crowds ran to the court to celebrate.
That evening was spent swimming and chilling after dinner. The news was also broken that the previously planned Southern tour that was to happen on Monday the 15th was canceled due to winter weather that was expected to hit that day. As it would happen, the teams boarded the bus the next morning and
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The Leadership Retreat took place this year at Mashburn Farm on January 27, and 36 students were selected to lead out for the Student Week of Prayer. These students were divided into five groups, namely music, prayer, speaker, activity, and drama, and each group was responsible for planning its specific area. Daniela Munoz was part of the activity group, and she mentioned that “at first, it was a bit challenging, but they managed to get some games down and overall, it was a fun learning experience.”
Kika Auguste was a member of the speaker group, which was responsible for selecting speakers for the WOP, which started on February 26. According to Kika, they tried to choose students who are not usually seen and who others could relate to. Omaris Mercado and Mia Rivera were both part of the prayer group, and they emphasized that without prayer, nothing could be done. The Week of Prayer would not have been possible without the contribution of these leaders.
The theme for the Week of Prayer event was “R Journey: Reignite the Light.” The aim was to emphasize that life is a journey with God. Each day had its own subheading, starting with the letter R. Therefore, the leadership team named it “R Journey.” There were five R words— realize, remove, refine, restore, relate, and finally, rejoice. Each day, different speakers talked on specific themes.
Our first speaker was Zach Mace. During chapel on Monday, the activity was popping prayer balloons. Each student wrote their name on a paper, placed it inside the balloon, blew up
the balloon, and threw it up in the air. Whoever the balloon landed on became their prayer person for the week. Zach spoke about the importance of chasing the light and realizing that one needs God in their life. The evening speaker was Abigail Moore, who also focused on the theme of realization. She spoke about the verse Revelation 3:17 which says, “You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.” The evening concluded with individual prayer and a prayer led by Omaris Mercado at the end of the program.
On Tuesday, the day of removal, the speakers were Esther Rapley and Steve Paz. Esther spoke during the chapel session and concluded her talk with an equation: (good + bad) + God – bad = 2good. The activity of the day was musical chairs where each round had a chair with something bad written on it removed. The lesson was to remove all the bad things and focus on the good. In the evening, Steve shared his testimony of removal in his own life. The day ended with a prayer activity where two upperclassmen prayed with and for an underclassman.
On Wednesday, the theme was “refine.” The speakers for the day were Sophia Trigo, Faith Babcock, and Tamar Hamilton in the evening. The activity for the day was unwrapping students who were wrapped in plastic wrap. Underneath the plastic wrap was gold and some candy. In the evening, there was a beautiful drama illustration presented by Nolynn Dahlberg and
Sophia Trigo. It conveyed what refining can look like, and the hurt and pain that may come with it. Tamar gave a touching testimony in which she explained how she learned to let God chisel her away to be refined and
turned into gold. The prayer activity for the day was to find someone with the same first letter of one’s last name and pray with them.
On Thursday, Kevin Guzman and Jose Roblero were the morning speakers, and they focused on the theme of restoration. We learned that restoration means to bring back, repair, or renovate, and that it also applies to ourselves in terms of returning to our first love, God. The activity for the day involved building a puzzle while blindfolded, with someone leading. In the evening, the speakers were Princess Alcantara and Heily Vigil, with Heily giving a touching testimony about being restored from the past and learning how to forgive. The prayer activity for the day involved lighting up our flaws in a bonfire, demonstrating that it is possible to let go of these things.
The Week of Prayer concluded with a fun game called “chain game.” During the game, students had to relate something said by chaining with the crowd. Genesis Roldan was the speaker for the morning session, and Joseph Pelote spoke in the evening. Joseph talked about how everyone can relate to their journey with God. The prayer group had posters at different areas of the church, where people could go to ask
left at about 8:20 to stay ahead of the storm, managed to have a snowball fight along the way at one of the stops for food, and arrived back at school safely around 5:00 that evening. When asked what her favorite part of the tournament was, Girls’ Varsity Manager Jeannette Mahoro answered, “ Our last food stop, when Dean Hunt locked us outside the bus. We had a whole snowball fight in the snow. As well as cheering on the boys during the last game and creating cheers.” Boys’ Varsity team member Avery Browne said that his favorite part was, “ The growth and brotherhood of the experience and coming together towards a common goal.” Boys’ Varsity Manager Kerrick Goodwyn answered,
“Winning the championship and parading the trophy, taking pictures, and getting photos with the trophy.” When asked what lesson they took back from the experience, Girls’ Varsity team member Grace Tolbert responded, “I learned that just because you play a competitive sport doesn’t mean that you can’t keep your humanity. Though we lost all of our games, I was still super proud of us and didn’t feel any anger towards the other teams. There was a lot of great sportsmanship and that made it easy.” Boys’ Varsity team member Kyle Goodwyn replied, “One lesson that I learned is to think before you act.”
for specific prayers. After vespers, there was an afterglow session led by the junior praise team. Different students shared their testimonies during this session.
During the Sabbath, our host Guerdy Thomas organized a game of Jeopardy, which was won by the Seniors. The sermon at church was delivered by Andres Munoz, who spoke about the importance of rejoicing after a long and challenging journey with Christ. The Week of Prayer was filled with touching testimonies, beautiful music and dramas, and enjoyable activities, making it an overall amazing experience.
Career day started off on Sunday, February 4, with a chapel talk given to us by Norbert Restrepo. He came in looking spiffy in a suit and bearing a smile, saying hello to students and staff. He shook Mr. Short’s hand for a picture, and then went to the front to give the student body the chapel talk for career day this year. His talk included some of his past life experiences, career choice tips, career tips, and how it ties into the plan God has for us.
We had 41 people come to talk to us about their careers. These careers ranged from medical degrees, such as midwife and imaging specialist, to real estate and crime scene investigators. There was a construction guy and several medical people such as nurses and homecare hospice. Every room of the school had an adult set up with their presentation in it. Each session was about 25 minutes and once the bell rang for the students to leave, you could hear them in the hallways talking about how much they liked the session or the excitement of their next presentation. One favorite of the student body was Mr. Trigo, an entrepreneur who owns a limo service business. Another favorite was Andrews University’s presentation on their architecture program.
When asked what her favorite part of career day and college fair was, Chloe Juncal, a junior, said, “I really enjoyed
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Andrews’ presentation about their architecture program. The presenters’ sunny attitudes and thorough explanations helped me make the decision to go there after I graduate. My favorite part of the college fair was either the raffle at the end or Andrews’ booth. Everyone was really hype.”
For the college fair, Mrs. Short and Ms. Tanksley came up with a fun, inclusive way for students to go to every booth. Each student was given a passport to get stamped by each college booth. The booths were all spaced out in a circle in the gym. Students congregated around each table asking about their degrees, athletics, housing, and all the other things they needed to know about college. There were 13 booths in the gym—Andrews University, Pacific Union College, Walla Walla University, Washington Adventist University, Southwestern Adventist University, Hartland, Southern Adventist University, and several others. We even had a camp set up a booth to recruit students to work with them. Each booth had pamphlets and papers encouraging students to come to their school. Some tables had stickers, bags, and even reusable straws to give to students who were interested. The two most popular booths were those of Andrews and Oakwood University. Once students had gotten all 13 colleges to stamp their passports, they were placed in a box that Ms. Tanksely held. At the end of the fair,
there was a raffle, and several passports were chosen randomly. Each name that was called could receive a gift from one of the colleges. There were sweatshirts, hats, stickers, and shirts available for the lucky students.
“The college fair was amazing! It really opened my eyes to what Adventist colleges are like. I was leaning more towards PUC but when I read the Walla Walla pamphlet, I could see myself going there more than PUC,” says a student who would like to remain anonymous.
All in all, the whole day was a success, and many students got a step closer to figuring out what college or career they wanted to pursue. The schedule worked smoothly, and a very diverse group of presenters came. To that we owe Mrs. Short and Ms. Tanksley a huge thank you. They did a wonderful job and we hope to have a similar event next year.
The Funkiest Activity Day
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On February 21, all SVA students boarded buses after lunch to Funky’s Skate Center in Harrisonburg for a fun day of roller skating. As everyone arrived, the students and staff donned their blades and rolled out onto the rink, which was lit up with neon lights and a disco ball. Although there were some pros among the skaters, some struggled out on the floor and many wiped out very quickly. Even so, everyone on the rink pushed through their fears and falls, and soon enough, most were staying on their feet for longer periods of time.
Senior Kristen Aguilar says, “I improved my skating exponentially, like a positive graph (Pre Calc joke).” Some were even skating with flair as the oldies (but goodies) and television intro songs, like Wild Krats, played.
After the students had been skating for a while, the employees at Funky’s brought out a fun game of limbo to test the skills of SVA’s best and newest skaters. As the bar was lowered each time, more and more lost their balance or could not lower themselves far enough to pass and were eliminated. Once that game was completed, students resumed their skating for the following hour or so. When the time to skate ran out and skates were removed, it was time for the students to dance. Students flocked to the middle of the rink to show off their best moves to the “Cha Cha Slide” and “Cupid Shuffle.”
After this dance party, students exited Funky’s, hungry and ready to eat. SVA provided delicious cheese pizzas (or cheeseless for the vegans) from Costco
and everyone sat outside and enjoyed their meal. At last, everyone retired back to the buses and returned to SVA after a delightful day of skating.
Newspaper Editor Chloe Juncal, when interviewed about this event, stated that it was her first successful roller blading adventure. “I’ve been to Funky’s once before but this time I decided to shell out the cash so I could roller blade instead of skate. Despite it being my first
time, it was way easier than I expected, and I only fell a handful of times. The music was also pretty good. It was loads of fun and I hope we will be able to go again in the future.”
Senior Rebecca Reis also had her first skating experience during this activity day. She said about her time, “Skating for me was more than simply learning how to get on the wheels. From practicing the day before to bringing my two dollars cash to rent rollerblades, I was ready for my journey. Although I fell once, twice, and even into the splits, skating truly taught me no fall is too great to take the punk out of my rock!”
Junior Camila Soriano said, “The skatey rink thing was mad fun for real, and for the first time in a gazillion years, I zi’int fall. I would go again if I could, W experience no cap.”
The curtains were shut and feet were shuffling as the nervous performers and an excited audience looked forward to the well-awaited Talent Show on February 24. After weeks of preparation and a grueling audition, the participants and the date were set. The singers, writers, and dancers were ready for their stage debuts.
The evening began with two charismatic MCs, Salome Tembo and Jonathan Pelote, lightheartedly introducing the first performance, a heartfelt jazzy piece by Josie DeClerk.
After Josie’s vocals in “Send Me a Peach,” the crowd welcomed the sole poet of the night, Abby Moore, whose inspiration was none other than Disney Princesses themselves.
Luis Ac and Jose Roblero were up next, performing a fun skit and violin duet combination with the help of Mrs. Wiedemann and Mr. Biaggi.
Following the light-hearted performance was an incredible Mitski cover by Jordan Rivera and Genesis Roldan, whose dulcet voices perfectly complemented “My Love Mine All Mine.” Nicole Kidin describes the performance as “the perfect Mitski cover. I could’ve sworn Mitski was in the room with us!”
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The next duet, by Jonathan Pelote and Raquel Gomez, won first place with their incredible performance of “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,” and I suppose they did! Raquel Gomez describes the performance as “super fun. I am so happy I was able to participate and see all of the other groups perform!”
The last performance of the first half was the Junior boys with Steve Paz, Guerdy Thomas, Brandon Padilla, Daniel Hernandez, Donovan Hernandez, Luis Ac, and Alonso Sanchez. The 90s boy band-esque performance was complete with vocals, matching outfits, and flowers. They won the crowd’s approval and won the Audience Choice award. In the words of Guerdy Thomas, “I never knew what I was missing until I found you.”
After a brief intermission, the audience heard from “Flaca,” a band with Camila Molina on the guitar, Alessandro Carbajal on the drums, Morgan Molina and Marcos Torrez playing saxophone, and Marietta Nagy playing the keyboard. Their incredible playing and singing by Camila and Alessandro won them second place!
After the rockin’ performance, Mason Lowe and Hannah Hunt wowed the crowd with their rendition of “Rewrite the Stars” from The Greatest Showman.
Naomi Pakkianathan says she “loved the song choice! They were the perfect ones to sing it.”
Following the duet was Hadassah Foote performing “Supermarket Flowers” by Ed Sheeran. The slow, emotional performance perfectly complemented her vocals. Tabor Parker says that she loved Hadassah’s performance and that she is “an incredibly talented singer.”
The third-place performance, an ode to Michael Hunter “the cutie patootie of the year” was performed by Nolynn Dahlberg and Seth Job. “In the Stars” was a great song to reminisce about their memories with Michael, and even brought some of the crowd to tears. Michael Hunter expresses that “It means a lot that my friends went up and did something special for me.”
The final performance ended the evening with a bang! Senior girls Rebecca Reis, Salome Tembo, Kika Auguste, and Zaida Galva performed a lively, enthusiastic, and original choreography of “Shut Up and Dance With Me” that left Zaevon Dalhouse “starstruck and amazed” while the rest of the crowd danced and sang along. Rebecca Reis later says, “I sat down with the president of SA and I said I want to make history. And that’s EXACTLY what this is.” After flawless dance moves and the perfect Disney
Channel inspired outfits, Salome Tembo claims that “they deprived us.”
After all the performances were finished and the judges and audience were choosing winners, the student body got a special surprise from Jose Roblero, Kevin Guzman, Daniel Sanchez, and Roger Guillen, who sang and gave out flowers.
Following the first surprise was a second! The SA officers performed a skit as different school faculty, Salome Tembo as Mr. Short, Jonathan Pelote as PH, Naomi Coreas as Mrs. Pelote, Andres Munoz as Mr. Biaggi, Kika Auguste as former science teacher Ms. Mohns, Joseph Pelote as Mr. Lechler, Faith Babcock as Ms. Wiedemann, and Kevin Guzman as Mr. Heilman. The skit was the perfect ending to an incredible evening. Thank you to all of the SA officers for an exciting event!
Other Events
Caving Basketball Senior Night
Black History Chapel ROK International Vespers
Winter Music Tour
Happy Birthday!
to Michael Hunter for earning the title “Cutie Patootie of the Year” - the White workers to Rebecca, Salome, Zaida, and Kika who deserve justice - the student body to Rebecca who celebrated her 3rd “diaversary” - Pam the pancreas
If you want us to publish your shoutouts, email them to: chloe.juncal@svasda.org - Chloe Juncal, Newspaper Editor
Poet’s Corner
The Story of Life
Tamar Hamilton
Inhale in, exhale out
Time to find what life’s about Journey far, till it gets bleak Sow pain and sorrow, till you can’t speak Fall in love
And make a match What was a spark
Now fades to black Never fear
Go on a whim
Won’t come back the same again
Laugh and laugh till starlight falls Breathe not again once darkness calls
Make a wish
Don’t say it twice
There never will not be a price
Eat your share, without a care Spirits break, it’s just not fair Lie away Snug in bed
Hide from the world It’s cold again
Once you say it should be so You’ll never know how you could grow
Life is long and sleep is peace
Once you’ve gone, you won’t repeat
If you have poetry you want to be published, send it to: chloe.juncal@svasda.org
(If you would like it to be anonymous, please let us know)
Editor: Chloe Juncal
Sponser: Mrs. Boyer White
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