Newspaper of Summit High School
March 2012 Volume 12 Issue 6
OKLAHOMA! INSIDE Photos provided by John Kratch
this issue of Verve:
The show must go on. With less than one week to prepare on Summit High School's brand new stage, the theater program puts on another great show. (From Right: junior Emily Claypoole, freshman Matt Greenstein, sophomore Allison Scott, junior Sydney Thornell, senior Nicole Mion, and senior Julia Shaffer.) For more on the production visit Screen & Sound on page 6...
Summit Citizens Take Student Response DividResponsibility into ed on Pilot Schedule Their Own Hands By ANDREW MANDELBAUM Photo by Andrew Mandelbaum
Mr. Charles Licatese discusses protecting yourself on the Internet in Opine on page 3
Globe....................2 Opine....................3 Buzz.................4&5 S&S.......................6 Turf.......................7 Back Page Special..8
What's Up:
April 1: No School
April 6 -15: Spring Break April 7: Passover April 19: National Garlic Day
By LINDSAY LEITER Due to a slew of recent suspicious events in the Summit area, such as robberies and loitering cars, citizens can’t help but wonder if Summit is becoming a dangerous place to live. However, it is important to note that events like these have been occurring for years, but now with sophisticated telephone and email systems, it is much easier to spread information, which potential could make these activities appear to be more prevalent. The fact of the matter is that Summit is still a secure town, and soon will be even safer because the local Police Department is reinstating the Neighborhood Watch Program. The official mission statement of the program, which spans across the nation includes the fact that it relies on citizens to be the “eyes and ears of law enforcement.” Neighborhood Watch has been around since 1972 and is one of the most successful crime prevention programs due to its simplicity and its philosophy of directly involving citizens. Sergeant Ron Martin is in charge of the Summit chapter of Neighborhood Watch. He, along with many other’s involved in the program’s revival, believe that Summit is still a wonderful and safe place to live, but this program is a good precaution to take to maintain the safety. Therefore, people should not worry that this program means that Summit is transforming into an unsafe town, in fact, it’s quite the contrary. This program should result in an idealistic, protected, and tightknit community. Other benefits of Neighborhood Watch besides crime reduction and unity in the community are a better quality of life, an additional sense of responsibility, providing volunteer support to the police, and reducing the law enforcement’s burden. Continued on page 4...
A nonscientific poll conducted Friday, March 23 by the Verve staff.
Students who responded to Verve’s poll on Friday were almost evenly split between liking and disliking the pilot schedule after four days of experimenting with it. History teacher Mr. John Kratch thought, “It’s exciting and new so it’s hard to tell [if it is better].” Overall it seems it had big impact on seniors who were now allowed to go out for an hour at lunch every day and then have a full unassigned before or after. Senior Robert Zhang felt, “I liked the one hour lunch and I felt I had less homework.” This is most likely because he was preparing for 2 less classes each day. Some students felt that the 3 hour morning learning block and the 3 hour afternoon learning block could become a bit tiring especially in instances where the teacher was lecturing for the entire period. The custodians who now had to open up tables across the building seemed unphased by the change. Mr. Germah said, “It was the same for custodians and we still have to work the same hours. Continued on page 4...