The Emery Issue 6 June

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The Emery

Volume 4 Issue 6 June 2019

The Student Publication of Huron High School

On The Inside

PAGE 2 + 10: Class of 2019 graduation and future plans

PAGE 5: New Bubble Tea shop COCO opens with booming success

PAGE 6: Got a summer internship yet?

PAGE 8: Varsity Lacrosse Power Players

And then On to the regional finals! there were none: new no-poster policy HURON VARSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER

Julie Heng | Editor-in-Chief

Captain Minna Tremonti celebrates with the team after winning 3-1 against Woodhaven High School. The team has a 9-3-1 record so far this season, and will play in the regional finals Friday. The last time Huron won the state championship was in 2008 under coach Todd Pfeiffer.

Photos by Julie Heng.

Julie Heng | Editor-in-Chief

On Tuesday evening, the Huron Women’s Varsity Soccer Team defeated Woodhaven 3-1. They are now headed to the regional finals for the first time since 2009.

The bus to Woodhaven hummed with excitement. Some of the girls were answering questions about Ricky Martin in Spanish, some were signing yearbooks, some were getting in a few final precious minutes of rest. There was laughing, screaming, eating Uncrustables, and everything in between. A quick black to white uniform change on the bus and the girls were ready to go.

The Rats quickly scored two goals in the first half: first, junior Jadyn Smith; then, senior Autumn Halliwell, who rolled past a defender and poked the ball in the bottom corner of the net. By halftime, the team was dancing to Michael Jackson as the Woodhaven coaches struggled to keep it together. In the second half, junior Siena Smith scored a third goal on a rebounded attempt.

Game highlights included an incredible combination play between freshman Jessica Tai and senior Ayaka Inoki where Inoki’s shot hit the crossbar and nearly went in.

“It’s a surreal feeling,” coach Lee Hudson said. “I think everyone in the high school world had us going out against Saline in the district semifinals but now here we are in the regional finals and one of the top eight teams in the state at D1. I’m in a state of shock if I’m honest because we keep coming up with big wins when we need to. With the momentum of being in the lead, senior midfielder Ayaka passes the ball to a forward. “My favorite moment of the game The girls are outstanding and are playing the best soccer Inoki was when we switched from playing a direct kick-and-chase style to of their lives right now.” our connected style,” Inoki said. “It’s one thing to master a certain

Co-captain Inoki knew Huron had a strong way to playing as a team but it’s another story to switch between two styles on command [nonverbally], and I think we did it beautifully.” team this year.

“We’re stacked with strong players in every part of the field,” Inoki said. “I knew the hardest path getting there [was] having to beat Pioneer, Saline, and Skyline, and we did it, and it feels amazing. I’m so proud of the team, and I can’t wait to keep our streak going.”

More from the game against Woodhaven (including the video of Siena Smith’s goal) soon on our website!

A new monitor from the PTSO was installed outside the cafeteria last month with the intention of replacing posters in the hallways.

Dr. Janet Schwamb called posters “an antiquated way to communicate,” saying that she heard students “couldn’t keep up” with school information. She cited various other reasons as well: flyers fall down, are not distributed all over the school, clutter the hallway, curl up around the edges, and get outdated.

Students will be able to submit slides for approval to be posted on the new monitor. It will essentially consist of an ongoing PowerPoint presentation.

Schwamb said this policy will extend to all club and organization posters, including the Huron Players’ posters. Senior Kaye Hoffmeyer, who designed five show posters in the past, noted that each play or musical is centered around advertising and posters.

“We pride ourselves on being a student-led group, which means all our posters are student designed,” Hoffmeyer said. “We never hire anyone outside the club.”

For Hoffmeyer, each poster takes several drafts and over 25 hours to create before they are revised and professional printed.

“[Posters are] so essential to getting audience and keep club running,” Hoffmeyer said. “There’s something about having a collection of posters in your room. The act of seeing posters when you go to school feels like you’re a part of it? It’s different from seeing it as you scroll through Facebook.”

In response to concerns that students may not see the monitor or have the time to wait for all the slides to scroll by, Schwamb said, “I think that’s a choice of the student to look at it.”

“I just want to highlight that [the new monitor] is not the only way for students to communicate an event,” Schwamb said. Students have “tons of ways to communicate,” namely social media. “I rely almost solely on electronic communication,” she said, referring to her Sunday See more | Page 2

Four years later: opening letters to senior selves Contract’s up! Teachers negotiate pay with school board

Joe Brown | Staff Writer Four years ago, publications teacher Sara Badalamente had her class of 2019 English 9 students write letters to their senior selves. Now, four years later, the time has come to open them.

“I’ve had them in my desk drawer for four years,” Badalamente said. “I taught three sections of ninth grade English so there were a lot of letters to passed back.”

Students were also really excited to receive their messages as they were able to see how they’ve grown and matured throughout the years as well as see how their academic ability has increased.

Letters were handed back to seniors on May 31, during the class meeting on the seniors’ last day of school.

“Although I can barely read my letter, it was extremely special,” senior George White said. “Being able to look back with all of my friends to where we started, and see the growth and changing of our ambitions and hopes, was interesting and amazing. I’m thankful that we had someone that had us write something for us to look back

on. I am glad that OC had us do them in things I wrote.” the first place. That’s how you know she Badalamente was proud to see is prepared for the future.” where they’ve come.

While White had a more “Some kids wrote about boypersonal friends, growmessage, seing facial hair, nior Sonali and if they Narayan’s would pass was not. their math “ I classes,” Badaknew my letlamente said. ter was going “Some letters to be dumb were more because I personal than remember others. I think not taking it was a great the assignproject and ment very I’m glad I was s e r i o u s l y,” able to do it.” senior Son Badalaali Narayan mente wants said.

“As all of her gradsoon as I uating seniors read the Senior Sonali Narayan laughs with teacher Sara Badalamente to always take first line I as she reads her letter from freshman year. Photo by Joe time to reflect Brown. couldn’t stop and know they laughing. My whole “letter” consisted can always change their future. of questions to my future self. It was “Don’t be afraid to chase your fun reading it and even more special dreams, life’s too short to not be happy,” to share with other people on the silly Badalamente said.

Daniel Hou | Staff Writer Chemistry teacher Veronica Choe loves her job. But staying at her current job poses some big challenges for her. This is due to her teaching contract. With a lack of funds in the school budget, she did not get to move up a step on the pay scale this past year.

With inflation and rise in costs in insurance, she is making less this year than she did last year. She teaches five classes daily, has two separate preps, and pushes a cart in between classes. In addition, she attends modeling instruction workshops and spends extra hours to write the district chemistry exam. This is all part of her normal job that she loves.

As a second year teacher, she has carried over student loans. To save costs on her living, she decided to move out of Ann Arbor, only to find out her car insurance costs went up due to her new location. Just recently, she tore her ACL (she coaches volleyball) and is facing tough medical bills. To help

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with these costs, she tutors, referees volleyball games, coaches volleyball, and teaches at summer school. She shared this story at the April 10 school board meeting. Her hopes: to help with the new teacher contract. This year, the teachers are entering into a negotiation with the district for a new contract that will affect their quality of life.

“What more do I need to do in order to maintain a humble quality of life?” Choe asked the board.

This issue does not only pertain to Choe. The president of the Ann Arbor Education Association (AAEA) Fred Klein revealed some statistics from the AAEA member. According to Klein:

“54% of our teachers do not have a financial emergency fund. 24% have 5% of their salary saved. 21% have 10% saved,”

“54% of our teachers are the sole or primary wage earners of their families,” and

“More than half of the teachers in the See more | Page 2

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News 2 After 4 years, class of 2019 in caps and gowns

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5 1. In Huron’s 51st graduation ceremony, Dr. Schwamb handed out diplomas to 398 students, including the school’s first IB DP cohort. 2. Choir teacher Mr. Wattleworth led the Symphony Orchestra and Bel Canto choir in their performance of Carmina Burana. 3. Seniors line up as they anxiously wait to get their diplomas.

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district have to have a second job to supplement their income. 22% of those people have year-round jobs.”

“43% of our teachers are paying off student loans.”

English teacher Allison Eberts faces similar challenges to Choe.

“I have payments that are much higher than when I first started of teachers are paying them back, and it causes a lot the sole or primary of stress and anxiety,” Eberts said. wage earners of their families “Mostly, this impacts my ability to save money. I do not have much of a savings account because I can’t afford to fund one.”

Te a c h e r s are teamAAPS 2018-19 budget ing up total expenditures with the A n n Arbor E d u Non-incation structional Associsupport ation, services which is part Instrucof the tional Instructional support Michiservices services gan Education Association, and working to bring forth better working conditions. English teacher Sean Eldon explained the primary issue at hand is the Collective Bargaining of teachers are Agreements (CBA). The CBAs are the paying off stu“contracts” that list the durations and dent debt not working conditions that teachers agree many to. In the last two years, the district has r e c t had increasing deficit spending and d i we can take to help decreasing fund equity, resulting in a actions that decrease in benefits for teachers. Eldon teachers, Eldon explained that the com-

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4. The day before graduation, seniors pick up their caps and gowns. Many of them choose to decorate their caps. Senior Colin Pufahl’s three-dimensional addition featured a rubber duckie. 5. Senior Ziena Maher is waiting for the final speech to end. 6. Senior Abdikhani Said takes in the moment after he receives his diploma. He

described these issues is “cyclical” and cannot be completely resolved, but the teacher union is attempting to create a better CBA for teachers in the 2019-20 school year. However, this is difficult to determine as of right now because there is no finalized school budget for the next year. While there are

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munity should be more aware and raise awareness of this issue.

This issue is not new.

The State of Michigan has taken large amounts of money from public schools and spent it on other state programs in the past 20 years. With rising health care costs, Eldon believes “community members need accountability for services,” balancing the funding for services and ensuring that services are properly funded and functional. do not have a

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don said. “We can’t just fund all the programs. We need to balance the budget and determine which programs should receive the funding.”

“Students should go to board meetings to become more aware and stay updated on this issue,” English teacher Sara Badalamente said.

joined his fellow classmates on June 5 at Eastern’s Convocation Center. 7. Presenting the class gifts are senior exec board leaders Rena McRoy, Odia Kaba, and Karley Misek. They gave pipes and drapes for school dances and donated the rest of their funds to the Class of 2020. Photos by Julie Heng.

Taking care of business Sami Ruud | Editor-In-Chief

At this year’s BPA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California, Senior Mariam Mahmoud, junior Maya Baveja, and junior Sophia Papadopoulos were awarded first place for their Web Design Team. They were tasked with creating a website about the 2020 BPA National Leadership Conference, and had to do extensive work to create a final product that was award winning.

“We had to do a lot of research about restaurants, museums, monuments, attractions, transportation, etc. in DC in order to compile the information onto our site,” Baveja said. “We coded the site from scratch and had to organize all the information about DC in the most concise and simple way possible.”

Creating the website was a full year’s-worth of work, however being able to take home the first place title was well worth it for the team.

“I can say with full confidence that all of the gray hairs I gained was definitely worth it,” Papadopoulos said.

“When we heard we made it to finals we were ecstatic and prepared to take home 1st place. It was also so heartwarming to see our advisor, Mr. Cook, beaming with joy when they announced our names on stage. He cared so much about this team and hearing “I’m proud of you guys” from him made everything worth it.”

Mahmoud was the coder of the

group, and she was given the difficult task of learning how to make a highly-functioning website from scratch.

“I had to create a website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, so it took a lot of learning to be able to create the more complicated aspects of the website like filter systems and trip planners,” Mahmoud said.

Not only did the group have to make the website, but they also had to make a presentation of the website to go along with it. Papadopoulos was a late addition to the group, joining before the National Competition, and she played a large role in creating the presentation.

“I remember we rehearsed four times late at night and made Mr Cook listen to our presentation and give us feedback,” Papadopoulos said. “Then we presented to him again in the morning. The days leading up to the competition we were glued to our scripts.”

BPA has been a part of each of these girl’s lives since they were freshmen, and they are grateful for the opportunities it has brought them.

“BPA has given me the chance to connect with so many new people, learn about different areas of business, and compete in events at regional, state, and national levels,” Baveja said. “BPA has helped to spark my interest in the field of business and has been an essential part of my life since I joined in my freshman year.”

Posters out, TV Screens in CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 by julie Heng | Editor-in-chief

weekly email to parents. She began adding students to that email list as well.

In addition, Schwamb says that paper posters and flyers will begin to be eliminated from classroom doors and bulletin boards.

“I feel really strongly that classrooms are not a place for advertisement,” Schwamb said. “Classrooms are about teaching and learning.”

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Opinion 3 The Emery Screens can’t replace our librarians Adviser Sara-Beth Badalamente

Editors-in-Chief Julie Heng Sami Ruud

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Kara Kozma

Staff Editors Clara Bowman Jack Harrison George White

Staff Designers Miguel Andres Louise Depa Julie Heng Samantha Ruud Alyssa Salamin

Staff Writers Helen Abraha Austin Aldrich Zaid Almajali Miguel Andres Elizabeth Beaudoin William Beaune Clara Bowman David Castillo Erik Contreras Kade Cupp Louise Depa Ariel Dorogi William Downer Jessica Fraser Alexander Galler Daniel Hou Gerardo Macias Daniel Middaugh Eli Nelson-Ulsh Sao Ohtake Manit Patel Niya Phillips Nicholas Rau Cheyanne Roy Alyssa Salamin David Shen Cierra Slater

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Sao Ohtake | Staff Writer

Huron High School has two dedicated and enthusiastic librarians, Lauren Warren and Jennifer Colby.

However, Huron is privileged to have two of its own librarians, because in fact, some high schools do not even have one.

I strongly believe that librarians are necessary in schools. School librarians in Michigan has been declining over the last decade. In fact, the number of school librarians in Michigan declined by 54 percent over this time period. The reasons for this are financial problems and the atomization of the check-out process.

“I would say, within the past 15 years, we have seen other districts like Dexter, Saline, and I think Chelsea eliminating positions,” Warren said.

“So going from a school library media specialist for each building, they went to one or two district wide.

An important benefit of having librarians that work full time in schools is that they provide insight to students.

“When you come up to the front desk to check out the book, I talk to you,” Warren said. “‘That’s a good book! Did you like it? Here is another book.’ Contact with the student to make a connection with the student. It is important.”

I totally agree with her point.

One day, I went to the Traverwood Library to check out a DVD, and I found a self checking out machine in the library. It was very useful and made check out easy. However, I felt lonely.

When I compared the experience I had at the Traverwood Library to the Huron Library, I realized it was remarkably different. At the Huron Library, I had a chance to have interactions with the librarians. In fact, Warren recom-

mended me some DVDs that I really liked.

Further, some students go to libraries often in order to talk with Warren and Colby, as they provide a welcoming environment for interaction. Talking with them can brighten students’ days and be a way to alleviate anxiety.

But the bottom line is that less librarians is correlated with decreasing student success.

“I can look at the data. When you look at reading scores in state of Michigan, they have gone down over the past 10 years,” Colby said. “The decline in reading scores most likely correlates with the declining number of school librarians.”

Based on Colby’s comment, there is a possibility that the frequency of students’ library visits have gone down as a result of the declining number of librarians. There are fewer librarians in schools to make purchasing choices that best fit the wants and needs of their patrons. School librarians also make connections with students to help them choose books that they want to read for pleasure. Therefore, this may have caused student declined performances in the reading section of exams.

In addition, the librarians offers media literacy classes in our school, and this cannot be done by machines.

We have a website that provides access to a variety of resources at Huron, and it is maintained frequently by our librarians. Students frequently use this website for Economics, Government, U.S. History, and other classes for completing class assignment. Not only do students use these resources, but also teachers utilize these resources.

“Every day I’m helping the teachers: scheduling spaces in the

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constantly stare at our phone, TV, and computer screens. It’s refreshing and different.

A new poster policy was set in place last month banning them. In a recent interview, principal Dr. Janet Schwamb called posters “an antiquated way to communicate.” Schwamb oversaw the installation of two TV monitors, explaining that she heard that students “couldn’t keep up” with school information. All students are able to submit slides for approval, through their advisors, to be posted on the new monitor. There are only two monitors located by the lunchroom and main office. This is a great option for students who do not check PowerSchool announcements, but it can take several minutes to watch the entire slideshow,

library for their classes, helping them to find lesson resources, and ordering classroom resources for them,” Colby said.

In U.S. History class, we have a class in the library sometimes. When doing projects, students watch or read resources to learn about history, and these resources are readily available because of the work of Warren and Colby.

“Sometimes a teacher will come down 1. Librarian Lauren Warren is an avid book reader, documenter, and they want to talk knitter, and finder of information. Warren creates and teaches about lesson possilessons every day in the library. 2. Librarian Jennifer Colby works bilities,” Colby said. with Gina Angeli in the library. Colby creates web pages, lessons, “They have an idea for a and activities for classes. Ann Arbor is one of the few districts to continue to keep full time librarians in all of its schools. Photos by lesson, but they are not George White. sure about the logistics, students and even teachers in many and I will talk to them about how it different ways. For this reason, I believe could work. We are always willing to that librarians are a necessary part of help them to the extent that we can,” everyone’s school experiences, and it is Colby added. important that every school has its own

Librarians are not only checking out books but also supporting library with a certified full-time school librarian.

Why the new slideshow screens can’t replace posters

Chipping fading paint on bland cinder block walls. The only color comes from the bricks and the lockers. This is what students see on a daily basis while in HHS. Most hallways do not even have windows. The personalization of a school hallway comes from the want to make it more welcoming.

But as of last month, we are no longer allowed to hang up posters.

That doesn’t sound right.

Have you ever seen a school hallway without posters? Posters are a way to get information out. A way to showcase what we do at our school. A different way to expose students to other groups in the school without having to

Sophomore Glory Bradley

Junior Aaron Garrett Dress Code: “I think it can be good at certain times but bad at others because I don’t think people should be told what they can and can’t wear.”

Poster Policy: “I don’t really like that policy because that’s art and a person’s statement.”

Announcements: “I actually like the thought of that because it’s a good mood in the morning and a good way to start the day.”

Dress Code: “What is the point if it isn’t enforced for people who are skinnier or PoC (people of color). When someone has more to show they get dressed coded immediately” Poster Policy: “I don’t think anyone pays attention to the TVs’, they literally have no point.”

Announcements: “I feel like it is more useful than the announcements on PowerSchool.”

and some slides contain excessive text.

In response to concerns that students may not have the time to stand and watch the monitor as all vital school information scrolls by, Schwamb said she thinks it’s he student’s choice to look at it: “I just want to highlight that [the new monitor] is not the only way for students to communicate an event.” Students can use social media.

Schwamb’s other goal was to keep the school green. It’s true that many posters were out of date if not taken down by the group who posted them.

What students are concerned about is that while social media is great, many students don’t follow other students’ or groups’ pages. There are students who do not have phones. Students still want to keep school spirit by

Junior Michael Williams Dress Code: “It’s cool. I don’t really see anything wrong with it.’

Poster Policy: “I don’t get that policy. It’s stupid.”

Announcements: “That’s cool. We had them at my old school and it’s cool to have them here because it keeps us informed.”

promoting programs in different ways.

Seeing new posters up in the hallways allowed for us to see new information without having to make a choice to stand in front of a screen. With over 65 clubs, not to mention athletics, how can everyone get information out in a timely matter? We care about our school and want posters back. Having information out in many ways is a better way to communicate for all students to have access and equity to information daily.

This being said, Schwamb also approved the return of morning announcements. As an information organization, we believe this is a positive step to keep the student body informed.

Junior Nathan Penoyar Dress Code: “It isn’t really enforced. I think I might’ve seen it enforced one time after school when a guy was working out shirtless but that’s it.”

Poster Policy: “I don’t really understand it. They have the monitors but that can be tricky because people won’t be staring at the monitors all day.”

Announcements: “It’s cool. It’s good to know what’s going on in the school.”

My Final, Lasting Tribute Update our dress code!

Conservative Corner Jack Harrison | Staff Editor

By writing this column, I have found my identity, and I have also had to consider my beliefs and why I hold the beliefs that I do. Through each edition and Corner, I have evolved as a thinker and as a conservative. I have developed my voice as a writer, and my voice as a moderate, socially-liberal conservative. Upon entering high school, I had no ambitions of joining newspaper, and I certainly did not expect to be the outspoken conservative that I am—arguably cause for winning “most opinionated senior” this year.

As a freshman, I quickly found it difficult to share my perspectives with my peers, as it typically resulted in arguments and sometimes isolation. This Corner allowed me to voice my opinions without being restricted, and I am grateful that The Emery supported me—despite staffers disagreeing with what I would publish, I always felt supported. By writing rather than talking, my peers would have to listen to me, and this was my solution to promoting thought and discussion while preserving a safe environment.

But this Corner did not just serve the purpose of allowing me to express conservative opinions; it allowed me to also call out my own party on occasion, which can be difficult to do around like-minded individuals. And this Corner made it easier to do. Regardless of how many students would read my columns, I appreciate each and everyone of you with different beliefs or similar beliefs who considered my arguments and what I had to say. As dialogue becomes less frequent and more sensitive than ever with our increasingly partisan nation and government, remember that writing is a medium for growth and conversation. And in certain cases, it can be more effective than direct dialogue.

“The Conservative Corner” gave my life direction and helped me identify my passion and causes important to me. This corner was essential to my high school experience, and without this corner, I would not be the person and thinker I am today.

I am very proud to go from receiving an Honorable Mention my junior year and my senior year: 1st place for best Feature Columnist (division 2) in Michigan.

student is violating the dress code.

In today’s day and age, sexism

It’s no secret that girls wear has become one of the biggest topics bras, so why should they be punin the entire country. This dress code ished for doing so? Dress codes are, can be viewed as just that. Two years and probably will continue to be, an ago on pajama day, two male students annoying, yet necessary reality for high wore boxers to school. No shirt, no school students. Dress codes maintain pants, just boxers. They walked around a certain order in schools, but at what for several hours until they were dress point does preventing hate become recoded. stricting personal freedom? Huron has

The main reason girls are told always had its fairly standard version to “dress appropriately” during class of a dress code. And although it is defiis to “not distract others,” read “guys.” nitely not the most conservative one And regardless of whether or not boys in existence, our dress code is in major are distracted by girls’ shoulders and need of a 2019 update. bra straps, the assumption should not

The probbe that women are objeclem with the dress tified. In the wake of the code is not so much #MeToo movement, the that it exists, but goal should be to eradrather that it exists It is not that the school or icate gender disparities unfairly. The dress and the objectification administration is intencode is subject to of women The Huron the administrator’s tionally sexist. dress code does the view or opinion of opposite. Not only does what the student it more heavily impact is wearing, and females, but it punishes whether or not it them because we do not constitutes as a always hold males accountable for their violation of the dress code as per the actions. It is not that the school or adschool dress code. This means that the ministration is intentionally sexist, just administrators have to objectify the that their policies are, either inherently students, and then continue to objecor unconsciously, sexist. tify by deciding whether or not the Clara Bowman | Staff Editor

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Two Huron seniors recognized as state’s best student journalists ed waddling on my knees.”

Harrison also won the even more prestigious All-MIPA Award for Writing and Reporting, which essentially declared his portfolio the highest in the state in that category. This was not announced until the award ceremony

“That was an even bigger surprise,” Harrison said. “As soon as the speaker said one of the quotes from my colleagues’ recommendation letters, [I started smiling]. That was probably the biggest smile I’ve worn on my face in probably my entire life.”

“I have not had a student on staff since 2013 and it is so exciting to see two students from Huron get it,” newspaper and yearbook advisor SaraBeth Badalamente said. She looks forward to growing Huron’s publications even more.

The day of the ceremony, Harrison sat in the very front of the room, the first row of about 600 students, three seats from stage left. He went home with two plaques that day, both wooden.

“It was really neat to see your name and face projected on a huge screen,” Harrison said. “I don’t want to say ‘it was surreal’ and everything, but I felt really proud. Sometimes I’m not always confident in my abilities and the whole experience reassured me that I can accomplish things.”

“Jack was really busy with his

DP and let me know he couldn’t apply for the honor,” Badalamente said. “I told him we’d work together because I thought he had a chance. He ended up putting in more effort than I thought, which is typical for Jack. He is truly deserving of this honor.”

“I felt good,” Echlin said. “It felt good, getting recognized for work I’ve done for the past four years. It made me have more faith in what I can do in InDesign and Photoshop.”

Echlin, who is looking into studying journalism, marketing, or advertising at Michigan State University,

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Sometimes I just didn’t think I was good enough, which is a human thought.

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last month. They are two of 15 recognized across the state.

Both created digital portfolios with resumes, qualifications, and leadership work as applications. Then, the competition— against the top journalists in the state—began.

“When I got the letter in the mail, I was like, you know, it is what it is,” Echlin, editor-in-chief of Huron’s Enthymion yearbook, said.

“The first line said congratulations.

And I stopped reading and started screaming.”

Jack Harrison, publications advisor Sara-Beth Badalamente, and Madison Echlin pose together after receiving their awards. Courtesy photo.

Harrison, similarly, was ecstatic.

Julie Heng | Editor-in-Chief

“I was shocked,” Harrison said, Two of Huron’s student jourwho was at a golf match when the letter nalists have been recognized as arrived. When Harrison pulled into the Michigan’s best seniors. Madison Echdriveway, he immediately ran inside, lin and Jack Harrison were nominated shoes still muddy. “My brother had put to the MIPA (Michigan Interscholasit on the living room table and I didn’t tic Press Association) All-State Staff want to take my golf shoes off so I start-

says the skills she’s picked up on staff will definitely help her.

“Not just the award, but everything I’ve learned over the past four years would definitely help me,” she said. “I didn’t know what a leadership position meant until I had one. It meant

dealing with wonderful people and dealing with horrible people. I love all of my editors.”

But there’s also been conflict, of course. Discussions and debates fought and won in person or over text— battles that are civil but heated.

“I’ve had multiple occurrences with people in and out of yearbook that made me want to quit,” Echlin said.

“There have been times when the title of editor-in-chief wasn’t enough. There’ve also been people who were not good for the publication. When I told them this, they weren’t too happy about that.”

There were many times Echlin wanted to quit.

“Sometimes I just didn’t think I was good enough, which is just a human thought,” Echlin said. “People went over my head to do something, and I felt like if I quit, no one would really notice.

But I stuck with it.”

And now she’s among the best in the state.

“It’s kind of like a group project but where everyone does their part,” Echlin said. “Seeing the finished piece, even it’s filled with parts that could be fixed, it’s still something we’ve created from nothing. It’s like my child.”

And the initial congratulations letter from MIPA?

“I kept the letter,” Harrison said. “It’s tucked away in one of my drawers with all my important files.”

Throwback snapshots from the Huron Players’ Hit and Misdemeanor

Left: Kaye Hoffmeyer, Brendan Howard, and Adele Middaugh perform in the Little Theatre. Middle: Hoffmeyer applies lipstick in preparation for her leading role. right: Aidan Davis and Alex Miteza getting into character. Hit and Misdemeanor

by William Gleason was the most recent installment from Huron’s theatre group, Huron Players. The play followed the rival starlettes of an 80’s cop show, Stacy

Travers and Connie Lewis, and the mysterious threats that had recently been made on their life. The plot of the show was hard to follow, to put it lightly, with many twists and turns that always kept the audience guessing. “This being my last show in Huron Players, I wanted to make sure I put everything I had into this piece of theatre,” senior Sam Klinich said. “I played the director of the show, Howard Hughes,

a metaphysical product of his times. The part proved to be challenging due to the fact that I was seated off stage with a microphone with minimal viewing angles of the stage. Nevertheless, I could not be happier with how the show came out and I’m glad I got to be a part of a Huron Players show one last time.” Courtesy photos.

Michigan School Nurse of the Year Award goes to... Huron’s own nurse Kate Odette Alyssa Salamin | Staff Writer Every year the Michigan Association of School Nurses publicly recognizes the school nurse who demonstrates excellence in school nursing practice and leadership in school health.

This year, it went to Huron’s own Kate Odette.

“I’m very excited about [my award] because it draws attention to school health and how important it is,” Odette said.

Odette has been recognized as this nurse and has been awarded with the Michigan School Nurse of the Year

Nurse Kate Odette who received the Michigan School Nurse of the year award. Photo

by Alyssa Salamin.

award. This award is special for Huron because out of all the school nurses in all of the schools in Michigan, Huron’s school nurse was selected as the best in demonstrating excellence and leadership. This just reflects how Huron holds an important value on school health care.

“[When receiving this award], I felt very humbled yet very honored,” Odette said.

Odette has been a part the Ann Arbor school district since 1999, when she started working at Huron as a substitute teacher, shortly after she was permanently hired into the district.

Odette came back to Huron after leaving in 2003, when she was offered a permanent job position. Ever since then, Odette has been working hard to not only make a difference at Huron but in the district as well.

“I haven’t just been the nurse at Huron,” Odette said. “I’ve picked up a lot of other things at the district level in addition to what I do at Huron, and I’ve brought new programs here and coordinated a lot of things.”

Examples of Odette’s improvements upon the school district include working with IT in powerschool to update the system so that schools can collect more health information to put into students school health records, which

makes the recording process more efficient for the school nurses. Efficiency is one of Odette’s major focuses, which is where she came up with the idea of the sign in setup in her clinic. She pulled some inspiration from Huron’s library sign in setup and created her own nurses office sign in setup. This allows her to know what the problem is with the student and pull up their student records before the student has even makes it to her, giving Odette more time to put towards her students rather than spending the majority of her time towards paperwork and entering information.

This sign in program is now being used

by Skyline in their school clinic.

This was Odette’s first time receiving this award, and she expressed that she feels that this awards reflects how hard she’s worked to make a difference in school health throughout the years. Odette reports receiving many congratulations messages in support of her accepting this award from students, parents, and colleagues. She finds it very heartwarming when she receives messages of any sort thanking her for doing what she does, helping her students in any way that she can.

“It’s really nice to know people value school nursing and having somebody in the building to take care of their students,” Odette said.

At her final Huron graduation ceremony, Nurse Kate is recognized for her years of service in Ann Arbor Public Schools. Photo by Julie Heng.

Daniel Middaugh, Kiara Colin, Shane Pedigo, Rose McClung, Miranda Underwood, Aida Labowita, William Pedigo, Luc Schueerholz, Matthew Murphy, and Zachary Ellerthorpe are all proud anime club members. Courtesy photo.

Anime Afficionados: Anime Club Dan Middaugh | Staff Writer

One thing that is a certain in anime club is that someone will be watching anime. If you think that the anime that is being played isn’t good or you’ve seen it before, you can ignore it and be on your phone or something. To me the only reason you wouldn’t want to watch an anime again is the same reason to not 100 percent complete Yoshi’s Island again: once was enough.

On occasion, a game is played instead of watching anime, that game being Cards Against Humanity (CAH). I’m not joking, it’s happened, and I’ve even took part in some games myself. The problem with CAH is that it’s kind of loud, making it much more difficult to watch anime if you want to watch anime over CAH. I know that struggle from experience. Also, because this is important to CAH, the language flows freely, so one can cuss as much as they want.

Back to watching anime, what is watched is at random and it’s suggested by members. No, I haven’t suggested anything. We may watch an anime movie, the first few episodes of an anime, lots of an anime, or even the entirety of an anime. I remember last year we eventually watched the entirety of the anime Parasyte (which is an amazing, albeit gory, anime). Currently, we are watching the anime RWBY, an anime made by Rooster Teeth.

My biggest problem with anime club is that it only meets Friday, not more days besides that. It makes it hard to remember what episode, time, or whatever else we were on when club ends at 3:30. Speaking of which, anime club takes place during eighth hour, so you can’t have an eighth hour and go to anime club unless you skip your eighth hour every Friday. Frankly, I can’t think of many bad things to say about anime club. If you want to join, it’s at the back of the library in the computer lab.

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CoCo goes loco during grand opening

CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice, located at 1731 Plymouth Rd, has been incredibly popular since it opened in May. Photo by Manit Patel.

Daniel Hou | Staff Writer

With over 3500 stores across the world, there is no doubt that CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice (CoCo) has established themselves as a respectable boba brand. I first heard of CoCo in a Facebook group called Subtle Asian Traits, where people share relatable Asian memes. In Subtle Asian Traits, I saw memes of people craving CoCo. When I heard CoCo was coming to Ann Arbor, I knew I had to go and confirm my own speculations.

On the first day of the soft opening, I decided to head over to try and get a drink. I did not expect to see

a full line extending out of the shop’s door. I thought, maybe the line will be shorter tomorrow.

On the second day of the soft opening, my friends and I actually managed to get a couple of drinks: Pearl Tea, Taro with sago and pearls, and Triple Delight.

The Pearl Tea was absolutely perfect. The first thing that hit me was how creamy the drink was. Drinking Bubble Island and Sweeting my whole life, I never expected that a drink could get any creamier or richer. The pearls were also cooked to the right degree.

No bubble was too raw nor too soft.

The pearls also had a sweet kick along-

side the texture, complementing the slightly bitter taste of the tea. CoCo maintained the classic favor while also elevating certain aspects of the drink.

The Taro with sago and pearls was just as good. In addition to having the same bubbles as the Pearl Tea, the Taro featured a different flavor and topping. The complex taro flavor was definitely prevalent, and the sago created a unique texture that made sip satisfying. Even the color of the drink was satisfying, holding a pastel purple color.

My last drink was the Triple Delight. According to CoCo worker Hannah Hu, the Triple Delight is the most popular drink. The Triple Delight had the same flavor as the Pearl Tea but incorporated a variety of additional toppings. The tea highlighted the unique textures of the grass jelly, pudding, and pearls. As a whole, the toppings created a slightly thicker drink that was unparalleled to the other drinks.

I am not the only one who thinks CoCo’s drinks are amazing.

CoCo worker Zhuochen Yuan claims “CoCo has the most authentic bubble tea outside of Taiwan.”

Wednesday, May 1, was the official opening day of CoCo. They are releasing all of their drinks on the menu. While the line still might be long, I look forward to exploring the other options at the store.

What is Bubble Tea? AKA boba! A customizable tea-based drink. Choose your flavor and filling.

You can choose tapioca pearls, sago, different types of jelly... endless possibilities!

Graphic by Louise Depa.

How is tapioca made?

1. Tapioca starch/flour is mixed with boiling water until a kneadable consistency is achieved. The dough is then rolled into small spheres and put into cloth bag where it is tossed until they become more firm and spherical.

2. The pearls are then placed inside a brick oven, heated over a moderate fire, and covered with a towel soaked in oil or fat to prevent burning while being stirred continuously. This is the process of gelatinization.

Although the exact origin of bubble tea is unknown, there is one commonly accepted story. In 1986, teahouse owner Tu Tsong saw white tapioca balls in the Ya Mu Liao market. He was inspired to make tea using the traditional white tapioca balls and shortly after changed the white tapioca balls to the black version. At many locations, one can purchase both black tapioca balls and white tapioca balls.

Origins of bubble tea

3. After gelatinization the tapioca balls are dried and frozen to preserve them for shipping. They can be defrosted and rehydrated before being put in the tea and sold.

Graphic by Miguel Andres.

Avengers Endgame: the end of an era Manit Patel | Staff Writer The culmination. 10 years in the making. After 21 movies, and countless records broken, Marvel finished off the amazing series with an even more amazing movie.

Anthony and Joe Russo, the dynamic directing brothers, came back with an all-time great. From the introduction of the movie to the emotional ending, movie-goers were kept on the edge of their seats up until the end. So far, the movie has grossed an astonishing total of 2.7 billion dollars worldwide, and $817.8 million in the US alone.

While all of the characters in Endgame had already been previously introduced, they do establish some very

important events for character development. Hawkeye had lost his entire family during the snap, and then proceeded to go on a killing spree of gangs and drug dealers as Ronin.

Iron Man and Nebula floated in space for 24 days, and Ant Man was stuck in the Quantum Realm for 5 years. The plot was fantastic, from the early death of Thanos, to fat Thor, to all the beloved characters who died, and the effort to carry on the legacy of the characters who passed. Overall, the Russo Brothers and Disney did an amazing job of finishing up the Marvel Universe, and left plenty of intrigue for the future.

While Avengers: Endgame culminated years of

movies in 3 hours, it seemed like there wasn’t enough time, and too many questions left unanswered. How does Marvel advance without 2 of its 3 beloved and infamous superstars?

Will Harley Keener carry on Tony Stark’s legacy? How will Disney and Marvel set up future movies and television shows after the introduction of the Disney+ streaming service?

So far, Disney has announced TV shows on Disney+ titled Hawkeye, WandaVision, Loki, and Falcon and Winter Soldier, as well as lots of cartoons. While two of the six characters listed above are dead, it will be interesting and appealing to see how they reincorporate the fallen.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

By Sao Ohtake | Staff Writer I interviewed our Huron students who came from other countries! Why did you come to the US? What was your greatest challenge while learning English? Tell me about your country!

Martha Yip from Hong Kong

Yasamin Al-Mayyah from Iraq I came to the U.S. because my country, Iraq, isn’t safe place to live in now. And I thought coming here and having a better education would make my future better. The U.S. is a place with more entertainment and freedom.

I came to the U.S. this year as an exchange student because I wanted to explore the world and learn different cultures. I like the education system here because I can study whatever subjects I want.

My challenge was to have real life conversations with Americans. Sometimes they spoke too fast so I couldn’t catch up. Sometimes my vocabulary is not good enough to understand the whole conversation. Sometimes they might use slang I don’t know.

My biggest challenge was the language. Even though my English wasn’t that bad, I struggle when I talk to people and understand the teachers. However, it is getting better with time!

Iraq is a wonderful country. People there speak Arabic and follow the Islam religion. These days,some places have war and other places are not safe to live in.

Hong Kong is an international city, and it was a colony of Britain. So most people in Hong Kong learn English since kindergarten, which was really beneficial to me. There, Chinese culture blends with Western culture, so basically the culture in Hong Kong is similar to America, which helps me to understand the cultural stuff much easier.

Helen Abraha from Eritrea

Pablo Garcia from Costa Rica

I came to this country so that I could have a better life. In my country, there is not democracy. Most of the people from my country are leaving because conditions have gotten very bad. I went from Eritrea to a camp in Ethiopia. After that, I got a chance to come here to the U.S. to live with my brother, so I came in 2017.

I moved to the U.S. because my family received a Diversity Visa from the U.S. embassy.

My biggest challenge was to learn proper grammar and to learn how to read and pronounce words.

My biggest challenge so far is learning English. It has been especially hard to learn to speak and understand English. When I came to the U.S., I didn’t know much English. I have learned to speak better through having conversations with my friends and listening to teachers.

Costa Rica is located in Central America. It is a very green and country. It is characterized by its beauty and its peaceful environment since it doesn’t have a military force.

Eritrea is located in the East of Africa. It is a small country and has nine ethnic groups. Our capital city is Asmara and it is called little Rome. Eritrea has different cultural heritage and beautiful weather!

There are over 227 international students from 34 different countries.

AND they speak 36 different languages!

The pressure and benefits of high school summer internships Clara Bowman | Staff Editor bioengineering, and materials science.

It was very high level research, and I Senior Bhuvna Murthy got in really enjoyed the program,” Murthy the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- said. nology (MIT), and she thinks that an Programs like the one Muramazing summer internship may have thy participated in can help people disbeen the reason why. cover interests and build upon current

With summer fast approach- ones. This could give insight into cering, many students are scrambling to tain majors as well as provide a good find the best use of the time off school. addition to a college resume. Even Finding this “best option” may prove without access to such an elite summer to be much more complicated than it internship, there are plenty of ways to seems. make good use of scarce summertime.

Huron counselor Terri Cas- “You just have to get involved. tron gives some advice for how stu- It doesn’t really matter exactly what dents can juggle several elements and you do, either holding a job which can fit them into the summer vacation. help to develop interpersonal skills as

“The first priority should be well as responsibility, or an internship retaking classes if they failed a required which can help you get a foot in the course. Academics is number one. Sec- door in certain programs or majors ondly, if they’re all caught up, having that you’re interested in. Anything a summer job or an that you do over the internship or even summer, if you’re involunteering and volved, will help you. getting involved,” It’s something that you Castron said. can put on your colAnything that you do over lege application,” Cas For Murthy, this took the the summer, if you’re in- tron said. form of a highly se- volved, will help you. It’s Although it may lective research pro- something that you can put be easy to plan entire gram to which she on your college application. summers around what applied the winter of colleges like to see, her junior year.

Castron stresses the

“Last sum- Counselor Terri Castron importance of stepmer I attended ping back and taking GARCIA Summer time for yourself.

Scholars at Stony “Finding time to Brook University for take care of yourself seven weeks. While I was there I com- is super important too, especially for pleted research in materials science juniors because senior year will be and stem cell research. Our research hectic, especially at the beginning. So, overlapped in the fields of 3D printing, relaxing and regrouping so you can fo-

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cus when you come back to school is important,” Castron said.

Ideally, summer programs should involve something of interest or come with other perks (such as earning some money from a job); they are both fun and show motivation.

“The friends I made staying in New York are definitely my friends for life. I FaceTime them all of the time. 10/10 would recommend this program,” Murthy said.

At the end of the day, how

one balances summer is an individual choice. The school offers a variety of programs and resources for students to take advantage of summers. If you are unsure of the best way to spend your summer, counselors are more than happy to help. Washtenaw County and the University of Michigan provide countless summer opportunities for high school students.

One camp that many students reccomend for summer is MIPA, Michigan Interscholastic Press Asso-

ciation, summer journalism camp at MSU July 28- Aug. 1.

“It’s an incredibly fun week of learning cool new skills, plus it looks great on a college application,” director Sara-Beth Badalamente said. For more information go to https://mipamsu.org/events/mipa2019/ or contact Badalamente in her classroom (4203) or email her at badalamentes@aaps. k12.mi.us.

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CHINESE FOOD Authentic vs. American WHAT’S DIFFERENT?

While Chinese takeout has origins from China, it isn’t truly Chinese - it is instead completely American.

American Chinese food is typically fried in oil and consists of chicken, beef, broccoli, and carrots. However, authentic Chinese food focuses more on nonfried seafood dishes and lots of vegetables, excluding broccoli and carrots.

H I N C E F S E O F S O E O P CHUAN Y D T Features: Originated in Southeastern - Spicy flavoring - Sichuan pepper is China. always used - Deep flavors - Stir fry

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In Northeastern China.

Features: - Seafood - Crispy texture - Quick-fried - Soups - Lots of onion, salt, and potatoes

Features: - Seafood (Fish) - Braising - Wine sauce - Light, fresh taste - Lots of rice, tea leaves, and bamboo

YUE Prominent in Guangdong Providence (Hong Kong)

Features: - Sweet, tender taste - Emphasis on sauce - Lots of meat, garlic, ginger, and pepper

OTHER FACTS - La Ji Zi (chicken w/ chilies) is the authentic version of sesame and General Tso’s Chicken.

- Rather than fortune cookies, oranges are eaten after the meal in China because they are thought to promote wisdom.

Miguel Andres and Louise Depa | Staff Designers

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On the run to nationals

All State Performances Kyle Martin-4th in 100m James Cardwell-8th in 800m

Ashton Sanders-3rd in 200m

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Maddie Kieft-8th in high jump 4x100 team-4th (Kyle Martin, Ashton Sanders, Ibraheem Joseph, Trey Gardette Boys team : 13th overall

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Girls: Maddie Keift 5 6 (high jump), Kaylee Eli Nelson-Ulsh | Staff Writer that’s what multiple of them did,” he add- McSwann (100 hured. “Huron was represented very well at

With Nationals on the horizon the state track meet. We earned all state dles), Jaliyah Grione would expect nerves to take over. honors from our boys 4x100 relay team, ma-Wells, Chtisabelle However, track coach Jeremy Schuitman the 100m, the 200m, the 800m. On the says this year’s Huron track team is calm girls side we earned all state honors in the Obi, KayLee McSwann, and ready to go. When asked on how his high jump.” team has progressed over the last few

The team looks primed for suc- Fatouma Conde

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years, he had nothing but positive things cess with the way things have been going. to say.

“We finished ahead of Saline at

“This season we took 13 kids the state finals, which shows the growth over to States,” Schutiman said. “This of our team,” Schuitman said. “We about track team got a taste for the big stage. tripled their score. That is obviously a very They are hungry for more opportunities great take away. Honestly the only weakto show how well they can compete.” ness id say we had this year was depth in The facts support his confidence. our team. We need people to start signing

“States were not just a up for the team. So if your just an athlete fun event for Huron runners to Grand Ledge High School’s not doing anything sign up!” he added. take place in,” The Schuitman said. Tale Comets’ “Those athletes went out to place and

Taking the field: Huron Varsity Baseball makes it to District Finals Manit Patel and Clara Bowman | Staff Writer and Editor

After making it to the district final five years in a row, head coach David Brooks wasn’t sure if his team could do it again.

“I’ll be honest with you: if you would’ve asked me two weeks ago if this team would have made it to the District Final, I would have told you no,” Brooks said. “I didn’t think we would [make the district championship game] based off the way our season was, because this year on varsity we were young, experience wise, seven seniors and eight juniors, but we only had four returning starters from last year’s District championship team.”

This lack of experience had been evident all year. The team would typically gain an early lead and then have a “debacle inning” in which the lead was diminished. However, this pattern changed once Districts began.

“When it came down to it, the end of the season we peaked and

Matt Wyderko

Year: Junior Position: Catcher Years on Varsity: 2 Favorite Moment: Beating Pioneer

Steel Hurley

Year: Senior Position: Centerfield, Pitcher Years on Varsity: 3 Favorite Moment: Will’s homerun to take the lead against Pioneer followed by his double to become city champs

we played great against Belleville in the play-in game and we played Pioneer we beat them again, we were able to win three out of four games from Pioneer this year,” he said.

The baseball team also won the city championship for the first time in 5 years.

“I want to say 2014 or 2015 was the last time here,” Brooks said. “We won the city championship and it was a good feeling. Last year we won four out of four games against Pioneer but Skyline beat us in the series, Skyline was a strong team last year though, but you know it felt good beating the other two Ann Arbor schools this year.”

Much of their success at districts can be attributed to the growth of the team during the offseason.

“From the first day of the school year, we started practicing the first day of the school year for our folly, and ever since we’ve been put in work

Kade Cupp

Year: Junior Position: Shortstop, Pitcher Years on Varsity: 2 Favorite Moment: Owning the rights to Skyline and Pioneer’s baseball teams

Joe Wade

Year: Junior Position: Pitcher Years on Varsity: 2 Favorite Moment: Beating Pioneer in the district semi final

1. Seniors Kyle Martin and Ibraheem Joseph, and Junior Ashton Sanders, and Sophomore Trey Gardette 2. Senior Kyle Martin 3. Junior Karsin Dass 4. Sophomore Donovan Smith 5. Freshman Jordan Embry 6. Senior James Cardell Courtesy photos.

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day in and day out, and we faced some tough segments in our schedule, but we push through KADE CUPP DAVIS MALMER WILL DOWNER that and now we’re rolling,” #2 #10 HAYDEN GLOVER #6 pitcher Joe Wade said. #17

Many individual players also pushed themselves in order to succeed this season.

TAHA EBRAHIM ALEX COLE

“One name that really that #7 #24 really comes to mind is Taha Ebrahim,” JOE WADE Brooks said. “It’s his first year on #3 varsity and he played last year on JV. He played shortstop and second base and he came up this year.

June I moved him over to third base and the 3. Despite kid made plays every game, he’s our the disappointhave a big class that will have second leading hitter on the team. He ing loss, the team is 13 seniors you can put the expecled our division and batting average proud of their accomtations and the ceiling very high the whole division of all teams. He led plishments and there isMATT WYDERKO for that group,” Brooks said. “We the division with a .425 average. Alex much excitement for the #26 have some young kids too that will that Cole also had a big year he jumped up coming season. Expectawill probably be up on varsity could be 65 points and his batting average from tions are especially high a very good mix. When you have a big his sophomore year to his junior year, considering the large volume group like that, you got to set that bar Matt Wyderko also had a good year.” of juniors. high.”

The team lost to Saline on “This team, when you

Will Downer

Alex Cole

Davis Malmer

Hayden Glover

Year: Senior Position: Leftfield Years on Varsity: 1 Favorite Moment: Hitting two home runs against our rivals

Year: Junior Position: Rightfield, Catcher Years on Varsity: 2 Favorite Moment: Winning the City Championships

Year: Junior Position: 1st Baseman, Pitcher Years on Varsity: 3 Favorite Moment: Beating Pioneer o win the city championship

Year: Senior Position: Infield, Pitcher Years on Varsity: 2 Favorite Moment: Beating Skyline and Pioneer

Taha Ebrahim

Year: Junior Position: 3rd Baseman Years on Varsity: 1 Favorite Moment: Striking out the final batter to get secure the win and get the save against Milan

For interactive player cards, visit our new website at thehuronemery.com

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Daniel Hou Class of 2020 Midfielder

I am the team captain along with Alex Dubin. I’ve been playing lacrosse since 3rd grade, around 10 years. I strive for the team to continue growing as a program at Huron High. I hope to see the overall mentality of the team get better, leading to more successful seasons with more wins.

my name is the Daniel Hou, my English not very good.

I play for the lacrosse men’s team This my first year of lacrosse. I play short stick. I hope to continue contribute to the lacrosse team.

Lax Power Players Will Downer and Austin Aldrich | Staff Writers

Alex Dubin Class of 2020 Midfielder

Turner Aldrich Class of 2022 Midfielder

As a captain I’ve taken a role to try and work with some of the younger players so our lacrosse program gets the experience it needs to be successful. I think in the laters year it will be seriously be able to compete with local teams. Some expectations we have for next year is to grow our team so we can have both, varsity and a JV lacrosse program. We will be continuing workouts over the summer and training with other teams to work on our stick skills and all around feel for the game.

This one’s for J.V.

I am a freshman on the Huron Varsity Lacrosse team. I have been playing since last summer where I played with a local team called City Lacrosse. I hope that by my senior or junior year we can be competitive with city rivals like Pioneer or Skyline.

Women’s varsity soccer team dedicates District win to former team enthusiast

1 1. Freshman Dana Decan celebrates the women’s varsity soccer team’s district win with seniors Anna Romeri, Ayaka Inoki, and Callie Hastie. 2. The team was considered underdogs on the road to the district finals, but they beat Pioneer, Saline, and then Skyline, the favorites in the tournament. 3.

Senior defender Megan Sabb is going up for a header. 4. Still shocked by the win, goalie coach Austin Valentine reflects on the week filled with sadness of losing a friend and the joy of the big win. 5.

Seniors Megan Sabb, Minna Tremonti, and Allison Sabb are four year varsity members. This was the first time they won the district final. Photos by Brian Sabb.

Kade Cupp | Staff Writer

The score was 1-1 heading into the 79th minute in the district championship game. A packed goal box after a corner kick caused a Skyline player to connect with the ball with her hand; this meant, with time expiring, a Huron player would get a penalty kick.

“It was absolute chaos leading up to the handball,” Sara Badalemente, the women’s junior varsity head coach, said.

As the official made the tough call to award Huron the penalty kick, head coach Lee Hudson walked away from the technical area and knelt down.

On the other side of the field was the family of J.V. Binkley.

“We had it on our calendar to come watch [the May 30 district championship game against Skyline] together,” Bella Binkley said about her and her late father’s plans.

J.V. Binkley, father of Thai and Bella, and husband of Wendy, was killed in a hit and run incident on Friday, May 24. J.V. who worked as a vending machine supplier, was struck while on foot Friday morning delivering supplies to a business in Troy, Michigan.

“I had my hands in some sort of way that some might call praying,” Hudson explained. “Terry [Collins]

(the men’s soccer coach) looked at me and said ‘he’s not going to help you.’ I assumed he was referring to God and that’s when I turned to him and said ‘I’m not talking to him, I’m talking to J.V.’”

Junior midfielder Siena Smith took eight steps back, and the whistle blew. Smith wound up and struck the game winning goal into the top right corner of the net to send Huron to the regional tournament.

It suddenly started to rain.

“When they won I was ecstatic, I knew my dad was really happy for them,” Bella said. “Coach Lee told me before the championship that they had dedicated their games to my dad, and that meant a lot to me. He was always the most involved, whatever my brother and I got into, he became ten times more into it than us. He always positively supported us no matter what it was.”

“J.V. was kind of like our super manager,” Lee said. “He did everything for us whether it was organizing banquets, setting up fundraisers, or announcing games.”

J.V. won the first annual “clubman” award from the Liverpool Soccer Program. The clubman award goes to a parent of the club who contributed the most to the club, without wanting any recognition or reward.

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CLASS OF 2019:

FUTURE PLANS JULIE HENG | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MELODIE JIN | UMICH

"I don't know what to expect - it's not going to be a given experience like high school."

SIENNA BLAZEVSKI | MSU

"Planning on majoring in marketing. So business and teacher plans.

I want to be on some Board in Disney."

"I might die. But I might die and succeed."

RUSSELL JONES | US MARINES

"I'm trying to be in the reserve and do some engineering. Outside of that I plan on working at Amazon and stuff like that."

ELIZABETH NIEMI | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH "I'm looking

ARTHUR SU | UMICH

JACALYN WASSERMAN | UMICH

KYLE HUEHN | PURDUE @ INDIANA "I got a full ride to dive for the

forward to finding work-life balance in both an engaging engineering program and a fun, new city!"

"I'm just excited to see how my high school experience will improve. In retrospect, nostalgia cures all."

DRAKE DOWDY | CONCORDIA CHICAGO "I'm going to major in

psychology and social work become a couples therapist in marriage counselor."

ADVICE TO THE YOUNG 'UNS Success is not an end destination. It is a continuous, flexible journey. Be careful when mapping out your journey and make sure that you choose your own path rather than basing your life off of others. Make sure that you hold yourself accountable. Sometimes shit happens but you’ve got to focus on the aspects of your life that you can control. Push through the road bumps. As they say, fortune favors the prepared mind, so work hard where you can to get the odds in your favor. And if the die rolls 2, get up and roll again.

JOANN CHO | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

"The college process is really a dice roll after a certain point. In college, I look forward to meeting new people. I'll be able to sleep in more."

IUPUI team and will be majoring in business and I'll be doing the marketing and finance."

MIGUEL BUENDIA | WCC to UMICH "Landscaping business with

my stepdad. Business major just like I don't know Investments this personal growth."

COLLEGE-BOUND

University of Michigan | Washtenaw Community College | Michigan State University | Wayne State University | Eastern Michigan University | Michigan Technological University | Yale | Case Western Reserve | Stanford | University of Wisconsin Madison | Princeton | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University of Chicago | Johns Hopkins | Northwestern | Cornell | University of Minnesota | Duke | University of California San Diego | Toledo University | University of Pittsburgh | University of Toronto | and the list goes on...

<--- LARA MISKEVICH (WAYNE STATE, Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Biomedical Physics/ Pre-Med) excited to start new chapter in a diverse,

hardworking, exciting city | "A lot of people tend to overlook Wayne State (a hidden gem) because of the ingrained stereotypical idea of Detroit, but in fact they have a beautiful (and safe) campus."

-YASH MANNE

INTRASTATE TWINS

lived on campus for a week during summer youth program | looking forward to "nerdy yet tight knit" small college community | excited to learn how to ski, play broomball, explore state parks

BY THE NUMBERS

GALIA MISKEVICH (MICHIGAN TECH, Mechanical Engineering) -->

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 19.9 million students attended college in fall 2018. The majority of students will be female, at 11.2 million. A majority will attend full-time (12.1 million) compared to part-time.