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Trip to China expands students’ world view ALYSSA COLE ‘19 | Staff Writer Last week, a group of South students took a trip abroad to China. The group left on February 16, and returned eight days later. This time was filled with a variety of experiences.

The trip was arranged and advised by Dennis Pascoe and Kendra Caralis-both South teachers-- with organizational help from ACIS (American Council for International Studies), a business dedicated to planning educational trips.

The group traveled to three different cities: Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai. According to Pascoe, there were many sightseeing opportunities in each city, so there were tour guides to lead the group to the different sites.

During the day, students visited major tourist sites, and at night they explored shopping and entertainment districts, Pascoe said.

Students saw many historical landmarks such as the governmental center, the Forbidden city, the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall, according to Reis Dempsey, ‘19, one of the travelers.

“Being involved in another country’s culture was breathtaking. The water

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in China was not drinkable, so we had to use bottled water to brush our teeth.

Everything was so different there, but unforgettable,” Dempsey said.

According to Gabie Smith ‘18 new friendships formed between people who had barely talked before the trip. Students met lots of new people, while having the opportunity to view a different culture firsthand.

“We went on a lot of adventures,” Smith said. “We hiked the Great Wall, and that was beautiful. We saw many Buddhist temples, and I thought the food was great because it was all authentic Chinese food.”

The trip to China allowed kids to get outside of “the bubble” and their comfort zone, Pascoe said. Many people are not exposed to cultures of other countries in the world, and are only used to the american lifestyle, according to Pascoe.

“I think this trip really helps open the eyes of people and give them a new experience,” Pascoe said. “It shows them that it’s not just Grosse Pointe, there is more to the world than that.”

Students enjoyed sights rich with history on their trip to China this past Midwinter Break, including The Forbidden City (left and right) and The Great Wall of China (middle).

PHOTO COURTESY OF GABI SMITH ‘18

How the GPPS plans to deal with the deficit IAN DEWEY ‘18 | Staff Writer loss to the school system isn’t because of a natural In the past few months, it has come to the atten- economic reason; in a natural market, such as in a tion of the School Board that the GPPSS is currently private school for instance, a decrease in students at running under of a deficit of $1.5 million, according a certain point leads to more revenue. But in a public school, grants awarded by the state are directly to Deputy Superintendent, Jon Dean.

According to Dean, the school board first be- related to enrollment in that district, Hamka said.

“You have, let’s say, 100 kids less than you expect,” came aware of the problem when they were writing Hamka said. “Well, each student represents about up the budget speculations for nine or 10 this school year. thousand “So each school year, by dollars of law, each school district has to state fundpropose a budget that would ing. Over include their revenues,” Dean the last said. “Every year you have couple of this budget and for this school years, we’ve year we sit in, 16-17, we beJON DEAN come in a lieve we’re going to miss our Deputy Superintendent little under budget target by approximatewhere we’ve ly $1.5-1.8 million.”

According to Principal Moussa Hamka, infer- projected to be, and enrollment does fluctuate; so ences on the origin of the deficit seem to be popu- whenever enrollment dips, you feel the pain.”

Hamka isn’t the only one who thinks that delation based.

“What I know is that we’ve had some decrease clining enrollment is the main cause of the deficit. in enrollment over the last couple of years,” Ham- Dean also believes that the correlation between enka said. “When you have a student population that rollment and the debt may be valid.

Not only that, but Dean also believes rising costs comes under the projected numbers, you will incur a deficit, and you’ll need to make some adjust- have played a factor in the district’s debt.

During the Board of Education meeting on ments.”

The reason why a lack of enrollment incurs a Monday, Feb. 27, school board member Lisa Abbey

“Our current fund equity right now is about 7.8 percent, or about 7.8 million dollars”

said enrollment in the school district is expected to incur a shortage of about 75 students in the upcoming school year, so it would be inferred that state funding will probably decrease in the next year.

But not all is to blame on the district miscalculating the amount of enrollment decline in the past years. According to Hamka, another perhaps larger factor is the amount of funding the schools receive from the state in general.

“I think the biggest piece for us to understand is that we have not received the necessary state funding and increases that we should’ve over the years,” Hamka said. “The reality right now is that Grosse Pointe Public Schools, and almost every other school district in Michigan, receives less today than they did ten years ago.”

When it comes to scaling back this deficit, the school board hasn’t come to any conclusions about what to do yet, according to Hamka.

“So what the district is looking at is what are our expenditures, what areas or programs do we need to cut back on, I think the school board is working through some of those parameters: class size, programming, staffing levels, and looking for opportunities in the budget to close that deficit gap,” Hamka said.

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Mr. Roberts’ Neighborhood: Students and faculty reflect on the life of a beloved substitute teacher

ARIANA CHENGGES ‘17 | Pulse EIC “I remember when I would tell “Don’t take me out of context my students I would be taking a kids,” is the most memorable saying day off, they always asked if they students will never forget from the could have Mr. Roberts and at first I most familiar substitute teacher in the got very suspicious about why they Grosse Pointe Public School System, would want a particular sub,” physics Jack Roberts, according to Addison teacher, Matt McGuire said.

According to McGuire, he Enders ’17.

Many students would be enamored perceived Mr. Roberts would always upon walking into their classroom talk to the students, not at them and and seeing the one and only substitute that is what kept them engaged.

As a reward to his students teacher to put a smile on their faces, sometimes, McGuire would get Mr. Enders said.

Roberts as a substitute for the day because his kids loved him.

“Whenever I would come back after a day of him subbing, nothing was ever broken and everything was intact,” McGuire said. “He would just keep them at full attention which was really nice.”

He was extremely nice to all the teachers in the school, according to McGuire.

“I always knew it would be a good period if Mr. Roberts was subbing

because he was always energetic and a wonderful person overall,” Jon Rogowski ’17 said.

According to the Wujek-Calcaterra tributes website, Roberts died on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at the age of 89.

“He was always upbeat and whenever I looked at him, I would think, ‘that how I want to look when I grow up,’” McGuire said. “That is how I will forever remember him.”

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LAUREN THOM ‘18 | Photo Editor Last month, President Donald Trump’s administration reversed former president Barack Obama administration’s policy that permitted transgender students to use the restroom that corresponds to their identified gender in public schools. It is now in the hands of the states and local school districts to decide if sex discrimination laws apply to gender identity.

Harry Susalla ’18, the Gay Straight Alliance Club (GSA) Vice-President, disagrees with this policy change and said he can understand the other sides opinion, given that there isn’t a strict definition when it comes to gender identity, and that gray area can cause confusion.

“The only thing (Obama’s policy) was doing was helping so many transgender students feel comfortable and safe in their school,” Susalla said. “And I know there’s transgender students at South, which a lot of people don’t know.”

Susalla said that President Trump not supporting transgender students is a large step backwards for the entire LGBTQ+ community.

“He’s not fighting for transgendered youth, he’s allowing others to fight for them because he doesn’t think it’s an important issue, which it totally is,” Susalla said. “I can only imagine the trauma of transgendered youth that feel they aren’t safe in their school and that the top of the government doesn’t fight for them.”

Because the school district now has the power to set policies, Susalla said he has faith in South’s administration to be open-minded and allow transgendered students to use their preferred bathroom.

In order to raise awareness of this issue, Susalla said there needs to be a dialogue that allows everyone to voice their opinion. Without this, he believes there will be no progress.

Oliver Lardner ’17, GSA President, said she was very disappointed after hearing about the policy change and believes it is an unnecessary step back.

“You’re taking a right away from (the students), ultimately, and I understand why. Maybe they think it’s a safety precaution to prevent people from lying and going into another bathroom, but people can do it anyway,” Lardner said.

“With every pro there’s going to be some cons.”

Lardner said this policy change makes students feel invalidated, herself included.

“I know it makes them feel alone and invalid, and it’s up to GSA and other people to make them feel like they’re welcomed again,” Lardner said. “(GSA) is definitely open to anybody who wants to seek any type of counseling; we’re emotionally supportive.”

Stephanie Samuel ’89, LGBTQ+ Chair of Welcoming Everyone Grosse Pointe (WE GP), said she believes this policy change is terrible because all students should feel safe and supported in their schools and with their current condition, they do not and will not unless comprehensive changes are made.

She said she thinks there is a fear of the unknown, and some people simply don’t understand what makes an individual transgender, which could make them transphobic.

“I just hope that all South students can feel comfortable because they deserve that, and nobody is less than,” Samuel said. “If they feel less than, not only me as the Chair, but the entire WE GP has their back because we feel that equality is due to every single person no matter what.”

The new Grosse Pointe Public School System Diversity Plan is being launched and the first meeting will be held on March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Pierce Middle School auditorium. Their goal is to address a variety of diversity issues and answer any questions that people in the community may have, whoever they may be in order to create a more understanding, inclusive environment for the students of South.

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Adequate infrastructure is crucial for a healthy student body Wallpaper is peeling. Ceilings are leaking. Tiles are missing. While South’s infrastructure is falling apart, some elementary schools in the district are enjoying newly designed 21st century style classrooms.

We believe that the district should abridge the gap between the Grosse Pointe schools by fixing simple repairs before implementing advanced styled classrooms at elementary schools.

Recently, the school board discovered that the GPPSS has a $1.5 million structural deficit from the 2016-2017 school year. Because of this, the school board is working diligently to evaluate the budget and make necessary changes to raise fund equity.

The most beneficial way to do this is by cutting unnecessary funds and to avoid cutting back on infrastructure, repairs and staff budgets.

There must be a balance between fixing the deficit in a way that does not negatively affect students and staff while fixing improvements within the school.

As discussed in the Jan. 9 school board meeting, District Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations Lisa Abbey stated the plan is to raise fund equity from 8.5 percent to 10 percent.

The proposed budget for next year plans for a $2 million reduction, but an addition of $3.1 million from the Wayne County Enhancement Millage, which is an added tax revenue to the school district.

What has been brought up in meetings, and what our ultimate goal is, is to have the enhancement budget strictly cover capital improvements. Even just using $1 million or $2 million of this fund; plus $2.56 million from the sinking fund, a fund specifically used for repairs and improvements, would double the amount for capital improvements.

Emergency repairs are not planned. Prioritizing funds is necessary so when a roof, pipe, or wall needs replacing, the funds for the project will be ready. Once the funds are secured, it is up the district to begin

projects to follow up on repairs that have not yet been fixed in the schools.

In fact, there has been a water leak in the IA building stairs for over five years, according to Board member Ahmed Ismat. During the Feb. 13 board meeting, Abbey proposed a bid to fix the longstanding issue. She asked for an approval of $118,000 to begin the project this upcoming summer. It is this improvement and others, like the remodeling of the bathroom in the main building, that show strategic utilization of spendings and we hope to see more plans for improvements in the upcoming budget.

These types of issues should be the budgets first priority, rather than the addition of 21st century classrooms. Although Kerby, Mason and Maire have said good reviews about the these classrooms in the Oct. 10 board meeting, this addition is a bit premature to incorporate as the district deals with infrastructure issues. So far it has costed $58,358, yet it only affects a small amount of students and staff in the district.

Students, teachers and staff are the ones being directly affected by the distribution of the budget. They are the ones who have to sit in classrooms with leaky ceilings and tiles missing above them.

They have to alter their routes around the building when sections of the school are blocked off because of flooding. Given all the time and effort put in at school, a nice and clean environment should be guaranteed to everyone in the building.

Government teacher Mike Rennell put it perfectly during the Jan. 23 school board meeting when he said, “It is the teachers, staff, administration, kids, parents and community members that make this a great district...let us not forget that they are the backbone to this school district.”

OUR VIEW// EDITORIAL

CARTOON BY RILEY LYNCH ‘18

True meaning of International Women’s Day Today is International Women’s Day. Don’t worry, guys, it is not another hallmark holiday you need to by chocolates and teddy bears for. International Women’s Day, first celebrated in 1911, is about recognizing the achievements of women and advocating for gender equality worldwide. And while you don’t need to buy a gift but for this occasion, you might consider doing just this one simple thing for the women in your life today: become a feminist.

Feminism is not for people who hate men, it is not a bunch of lesbians who never shave or shower, it is not any of these stereotypes so commonly bandied about. Feminism is simply equality. It is equality for men and women.

For women, it ends chauvinist oppression. It allows us to leave behind the pedestal of femininity we are never expected to leave. It gets us equally pay and opportunity. It gets women halfway across the globe the freedom to go to school and learn to read. It gives women here at home the hope of becoming a scientist, a CEO, and even the president.

And if you think as women you don’t need feminism because you don’t feel oppressed or that all the men in your life are wonderful or any other reason, consider that there are so many other women in the world that do need feminism and need you to be a feminist.

These women need worldwide support from feminists

to help gain socioeconomic equality or at the bare minimum end female genital mutilation in their country. There are women who are thought of as objects, and who are bought and sold, or raped and beaten. There are women, who because they are thought of as fragile, are not allowed to pursue their passions or even permitted outside the home.

For these women, become a feminist. For yourself, become a feminist. For equality, become a feminist.

And if you think, as man, you don’t need feminism, please reconsider. Feminism is for men as much as it is for women. It is to allow room in the rigid principles of masculinity for individuality and vulnerability. It is to allow men to be the one at home taking care of and raising the children without being emasculated. It is to allow men who were raped or assaulted or abused to speak out without being laughed at.

And if you think, as a man, you don’t need feminism, think of your mother and aunts and grandmothers and sisters and nieces and daughters and friends and wives and girlfriends and simply every other woman in this world, and on this International Women’s day, become a feminist for them.

Feminism is equality for men and women. That’s it.

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Men are not beROESKE ’18 Staff Writer ing put down in order for women to rise up. It is simply getting rid of privilege and in its place leaving a fair and even playing field for the everyone. That’s it.

You are alive right now, no matter your gender, because a woman carried you for nine months and at the end of it all pushed you -roughly the size of a melon- out from her. And once that was done, she held you to her bosom and promised to love and care for you. That woman is seen by society as lesser, as weaker, as an object, as subservient, as unworthy, as unequal. Do not let that be how she is seen. Change society, change the world, change for her, simply by changing your mind about being a feminist. There is no need for cheesy Hallmark cards today.

iPhone taking over everyday life I got my first cell phone at 12 years old. It was small and red, with a sliding keyboard and limited memory. I could make texts and phone calls, but I couldn’t listen to music, play games or use the KATHLEEN internet. I didn’t use it that much. Maybe a half CARROLL ’19 hour or so every day to text a few people or call WEB EDITOR my mom to tell her I’d be home late, but nothing more than that.

At 13, I got my first smartphone -- an iPhone 5S. I still didn’t use it a lot. I left it in my locker during classes, and it rarely distracted me from my homework. But it slowly began to eat up more of my time. I’d spend my lunch period every once in a while scrolling through Instagram, or I’d use up my data on Snapchat while I was walking home from school. I spent a lot of time on my phone, but I still scoffed at the idea of spending more than one or two hours on it every day. It was a communication tool -- not a necessity.

Starting in high school, I began to feel uneasy if I didn’t have my phone with me. I stopped leaving it in my locker. Occasionally I’d check it in class, and it became a bigger distraction from my homework. It started to feel weird to not have my phone with me; it was difficult to control the urge to check it rather than reading Frankenstein in the middle of English, or taking notes during math.

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My calendar is on my phone. I set reminders on my phone. I record my homework each night in my notes app. I get updates from Tower through Facebook. I look at examples for math and check my chemistry homework on Google Classroom. I use Snapchat to talk to most of my friends. My phone has become so intertwined with my life that I can’t stand the feeling of putting it down. Setting my phone down for 20 minutes to do my math homework or work on my term sheet for AP U.S. is difficult, and sometimes nearly impossible. It’s not unheard of for me to spend three hours on my phone rather than completing a homework assignment that would have taken me 45 minutes.

Aside from organization and schoolwork, I’m also dependent on my phone in most social situations. I’m not an outgoing person, and I’m pretty shy the first time I meet most people. Being able to take out my phone and scroll through an email or reply to a few text messages is a welcome break from being nervous.

While there are better things that I could be doing with my time, my phone has become a huge part of my life. It’s not just a vessel for the most vital communication anymore; it’s the cornerstone of my organizational system for school, and my social life as well.

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South welcomes interim Vice Principal ELENA RAUCH ‘18 | Page Editor On Friday, Feb. 10, Assistant Principal Terry Flint alerted his coworkers that he would be taking a medical leave.

“Mr. Flint has been here for a long time; he has a lot of institutional and working knowledge of the building, and has a lot of great relationships with students and families,” Principal Moussa Hamka said. “Everyone knows Mr. Flint, so you know we’re sad.”

Although he will be missed, Hamka said his primary concern is Flint’s health. In the meantime, an interim assistant principal has been hired to carry on Flint’s duties.

“We wanted to make sure that whatever solution we came up with was least impactful to the classroom,” Hamka said.

Thankfully, Hamka said, they came across Cindy Parravano.

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recently moved back to Grosse Pointe from Arizona to assist her motivated,” Parravano said. “I wanted to give that back to kids just like aging parents, and because of her previous administrative experience, my teachers gave that to me.” everything worked out, Hamka said.

Although a new assistant principal has been hired, Hamka said a “When Mr. Flint went on leave, [administrators] wanted to look at rough transition should not be expected, since Parravano has been the best avenue as not to disrupt the school,” Parravano said. “They working in the education system for years and her work has closely could’ve taken a teacher out the classroom, but that would’ve disrupted resembled Flint’s. learning.”

“Ms. Parravano, in her previous administrative experience, was Parravano’s family members helped this process along even pretty much doing the exact same thing that Mr. Flint was doing,” faster.

Hamka said. “She oversaw student testing, “She happens to be the sister of Carolyn she oversaw graduation, she oversaw student Gross, the vocal music teacher at Brownell, I knew that South is a very activities.” and sister-in-law of Mr. James Gross, our high achieving school.

Parravano said she isn’t here to change things orchestra teacher,” Hamka said. “They up, but to continue the work Flint had been doing. introduced us. One thing led to another, Students are driven here to When Hamka asked how she would approach this and we just felt it was a really good fit.” be successful in academics job, she used a water bottle as a metaphor.

Hamka is confident Parravano “I feel like I’m the cap,” Parravano said. “You and go onto excel in many is going to hit the ground running guys have an opening so things don’t spill out; I’m because of her skill set. She lived different areas. just here to fill in and pick up the extra slack. I’m in Arizona for 15 years working as CINDY PARRAVANO here to continue what South has been doing, not a teacher, coach, dean of students, Interim Vice Principal here to change anything.” athletic director, assistant principal and Despite being new to the job, Parravano said principal. she’s familiar with South because her sister and However, Parravano said she brother-in-law work in the district. She said she’s hasn’t always been aware of her interest in education approaching this job with no preconceptions about South, a blank and administration. slate.

“I was probably one of those students that “I knew that South is a very high achieving school,” Parravano said. didn’t know what I wanted to do, so I have “Students are driven here to be successful in academics and go onto four different degrees,” Parravano said. excel in many different areas.”

Eventually, her desire to When Gross heard Parravano got the job, he said he was not only stay involved with athletics excited for her, but South as well. prompted her to get her “I know Mrs. Parravano as both my sister-in-law and I also know education degree. her as the aunt to my three children,” Gross said. “I see how she “I knew that for interacts and treats my own children, with love and care and kindness, me, sports was and I think she’ll do the same for South students.” an avenue to Hamka said he’s confident in the school’s ability to adjust, and he keep me in wants to remind students that the administration is here to help no school and matter what. keep me “We are still here for [students],” Hamka said. “They can still see any one of us, whether that’s Mrs. Parravano, myself, Mr. Hawkins, or Mr. Wolfe. We are all here to help advocate and to help serve our students and our community.”

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Diversity initiative unveiled at board meeting JOHN FRANCIS ‘18 | Supervising Editor PHOTO BY JOHN FRANCIS ’18 Still emerging from its developmental steps, the members of Grosse Pointe Public Schools (GPPS) are working to launch a plan to promote diversity in the school setting.

Two faculty members of GPPS who are at the forefront of this plan are Director of Pre-K and Elementary Instruction Keith Howell and Director of Secondary Education Maureen Bur. Bur and Howell discussed their plan to the school board at the monthly school board meeting on Monday, Feb. 13 at Brownell Middle School.

“We’ve been putting this together for well over a year now,” Howell said at the meeting. “We’ve been having conversations with staff, administration and also with the cabinet team at Grosse Pointe South. We really want to start everything with understanding that we focus on our strategic plan to guide our practice. As you know, our focus in One GP is that everyone learn every day.”

The mission of the diversity plan is to promote diversity in order to maximize the potential of student by embracing the community, Bur said.

The goal is to embrace not only the community of Grosse Pointe, Harper Woods and the surrounding area, but also the global community as well.

Howell discussed at the meeting that the goals of the diversity plan would be met by using guiding principles that include collaboration, compassion, embracing diversity, innovation, integrity, global awareness and perseverance.

“When we look at diversity and acceptance, we’re looking at celebrating the unique backgrounds of students and staff so that we can better understand THE BOARD AT BROWNELL | The school board met at Brownell on Feb. 14 with newly elected officials. One of the topics of diswhat they are bringing to the classroom so that we cussion was the district diversity plan, which would partner with the University of Michigan. can maximize their potential,” Bur said.

GPPS aims to achieve unity through diversity through its partnership with the University of Michigan. Through the combination, the expertise from U of M professionals, as well as student leadership groups of eight to nine students from both Grosse We have the power to Pointe North and South high school, influence the culture of our the initiative aims to meet and work classrooms,” Howell said. together to survey what the community needs in terms of embracing diversity, “It starts with us. It starts Bur said. with our community, it starts “This is a very important issue for our district and it’s great to see we’re with our teachers to build starting this,” Brian Summerfield, that environment of unity and president of the school board, said. acceptance.

School board vice president Margaret Weertz was a part of the KEITH HOWELL strategic committee of 45 people that Director of Pre-K and Elementary Instruction originally suggested the diversity plan.

“It came from our committee,” Weertz said. “And I just wanted to underscore that I’m so happy that you’re getting on with this, and that we have a plan.”

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Prom is consistently 50 dollars a ticket a year. Miss Mitzel says they do this to try to keep it fair and evenly priced for all years.

SENIOR SPIRIT DAY The senior spirit pack is 35 dollars which is slightly more expensive because of the long sleeve white shirt they can buy.

YEARBOOK AND SENIOR SPREAD

The seniors cap and gown are 30 dollars plus tax.

HOMECOMING tickets range from 10-15 dollars depending on what day you buy your ticket, and if you’re taking a date, a corsage or boutonniere is an additional charge

ALL NIGHT PARTY A very fun event for all seniors this All Nighter cost 70 dollars and offers a hypnotists, raffles, games and more.

The yearbook is 75 dollars plus the senior page spread. A senior can order a quarter page half page or a full page also opting for color or non color.

AP TESTS

AP tests can be taken by all grades but is still a part of senior costs. All AP tests cost 92 dollars for each test.

COLLEGE APPS Many seniors go through the hard and stressful process of applying to colleges. College aps can be free but most range from as low as 25 dollars to as much as 90 dollars with an average around 40.

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JACK HOLME ‘17 | Associate Editor

What made you become a teacher?

I love kids. I love reading and it was kind of something that I always knew in my head I wanted to do. When I was a kid I was playing school with my brothers and my friends. And it was kind of like a no-brainer, it was something that I was always interested in.

Do you have to like kids to teach at this level or in general?

Oh yeah, you have to like kids in general. You have to be able to build a rapport with them, you have to be able to relate to them. If they don’t like you or if they think you don’t care about them, they’re not going to want to learn from you. They’re not going to want to listen to you.

What are some of the things that “sold you” on being a teacher?

Honestly, being able to be with kids all day. Being able to be around books all day, read to kids. Summer vacation is always a plus. As a parent I get to be home with my kids during summer and their winter breaks. I have a lot of evenings where I’m busy working. It’s a trade-off, I don’t get to go to their school things because I’m here but then I get to be with them on their time off.

What are some of the things that you wish you knew before becoming a teacher?

I’ve learned a lot about teaching to all levels it’s not just stand in front of a class and here’s the lesson. You’ve got the kids who need something more challenging, you’ve got the kids who need the extra support. Until you’re actually in the classroom you don’t realize the multi-levels of the students so that you can teach best to everybody.

What is the hardest thing about being a teacher?

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Making sure you’re giving everybody what they need to making sure that you give everybody the attention that they need and making sure that nobody slips through the cracks. Making sure that somebody needs something more challenging that they get something more challenging. And just dealing with behavior problems:. ‘Can I just teach this lesson without telling you to sit down and you to be quiet and you to start sharpening your pencil’.

What is the most rewarding part of being a teacher?

At this grade level: the hugs, the notes, the, ‘I like you so much’. Even after I’ve spent all day, even I’ve been saying ‘sit down’ 15 times and ‘do your work’ and ‘this is going to be homework if it’s not done’. And at the end of the day, they like me-- love me. They’re still at the age where they love their teacher and getting to know them and their personal life. This one just got a dog and this one is going to Disney next week and getting to know all of them and their exciting details.

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Finding ways to get in touch with professional careers SARAH STEVENSON ‘19 | Staff Writer Although South has historically been known as a college preparatory high school, it does lack professional programs that are offered to students as a way to gain experience and understand more about a certain work field, according to Principal Moussa Hamka.

This not only applies to professional programs that are designed for students looking for early experience in the medical, law, or the education field after graduating college, but also for professional programs that are created for students looking to advance into the workforce after graduating high school and not planning on attending college.

According to Hamka, the main reason for the lack of professional programs for students planning on not attending college is funding, space available, and the number of students wanting to take that path.

“To fund the equipment and to get all of the space, what would be the cost benefit. For the most part, most of our students want to go onto a four-year college, even community colleges are not an avenue that they would pursue,” Hamka said.

The decrease in the number of students wanting to go into skilled-trade jobs was caused by less demand of those types of workers, according to Hamka.

“There was this huge push for more college prep programs, especially in 2008 when the market really tanked. There became less of a demand for skilled-trait persons as factories shut down and jobs became more scarce. There was less need for that, less jobs were available, so less students went into that and colleges and high schools adjusted,” Hamka said.

Funding and space available that can be used also applies to professional programs for students wanting to get early experience with a potential work field after college.

According to Allison Frazer ’19, she would be interested in taking a professional program if they were offered on South’s campus.

“I would take things related to the medical profession because I think I want to go into medicine, but I don’t have a lot of hands on

experience with it,” Frazer said.

Even though South doesn’t offer any professional programs, it does offer classes that are similar to those programs and will eventually become Career and Technical Educational Programs (CTE programs) where students will get preparation for both college and careers, according to Hamka.

“TV production did go through the process of becoming a state approved CTE program...we also have our Commercial Foods program that is becoming a state certified program which will allow students, post-high school, to gain employment,” Hamka said.

There’s different options in South’s business program, where you can take business classes AJA PERALES | Counselor

According to counselor Aja Perales, there are also classes such as Investigations in Medicine offered at South that expose students to the medical field.

“There’s different options in South’s business program, where you can take business classes and there’s also Co-op, which allows for the opportunity to get hands on experience and get high school credit,” Perales said.

In addition to classes offered at South, there are programs at other high schools, such as Warren Woods Tower High School, according to Perales.

“At Warren Woods Tower High School, they have a Cosmetology program and we’ve had some students who have done that program so they have some of their classes here in the morning or afternoon,

and then go (to Warren Woods) to do that program,” Perales said.

According to Hamka, there are other programs as well that provide a similar experience for the student.

“Students can visit TechShop Detroit and it’s a huge 21st Century tech shop. It basically has every piece of equipment from every trait that you can think of,” Hamka said. “They offer classes, but they also rent the space...instead of purchasing all of this equipment, there is a monthly fee.”

Community colleges such as Henry Ford and Macomb also offer the same types of classes for students looking to investigate in a certain field, according to Hamka.

Perales believes that they are many advantages of professional programs, and offer students different experiences.

“I always think it’s a good thing to go out and try something because then you have the opportunity to see what it’s like...I think for some kids, that’s really affirming and like ‘okay, this is exactly right’,” Perales said. “That sort of hands on experience and an environment that allows you to learn and grow is helpful.”

According to Frazer, there would be many advantages if South did offer on campus professional programs for students planning on attending college.

“I think it would be nice for high schoolers to get the feel of a career before they choose a major in college or they pick a college based on the majors that it offers” Frazer said. “Kids would have a better idea of what kind of career they want to pursue and would just give them more experience overall before college.”

To get started with exploring student’s options for professional programs, they would need to start with their counselor.

“I would encourage you to talk to your counselor, maybe do a few site visits. See if you can get some employment in that field” Hamka said. “I would also encourage you to visit some of our local resources. “““We have tremendous high education institutions… go out, see what it’s like, see if it peaks your interest.”

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SUNSHINE & SCIENCE: Group of students study marine biology in the Florida Keys LAUREN THOM & KAITLIN NEMEH BOTH ‘18 | Photo Editor & Staff Writer While some students may have sat on the couch over mid-winter break or relaxed on the beach, several dedicated science students from both North and South studied marine biology in the Florida Keys.

There were 13 total students that went on the trip, seven from South and six from North. Each student was required to have either currently or previously been enrolled in Environmental Science, AP Environmental Science or AP Biology.

AP Biology student Allison Frazer ’19 said she thought this trip sounded interesting because she had never studied marine biology before and wanted to try something new.

Maria Troscinski ’17 heard about this trip through Shelly Rothenbuhler, AP Biology teacher, and became interested in it after doing some research about the types of organisms she would see in the Florida Keys.

Each day consisted of waking up early with three classes throughout the day in between meals, along with small periods of free time. Students were able to do different labs and collect organisms while snorkeling in the ocean, Frazer said.

“I learned a lot of things that I didn’t know before and it expanded, in my mind, the complexity of all those things,” Frazer said. “We did this lab about algae and at first I just thought algae was this slimy green stuff on top of the water but there’s so much to it, so many creatures living in it.”

Troscinski said the topics the students learned about at SeaCamp were completely different than what students are able to learn in school because students are limited to certain topics in a classroom setting.

“It was really interesting to see how the different animals and plants that lived in the ocean differed from plants and animals that live on land, and how they can be related in ways you wouldn’t have even considered before hand,” Troscinski said.

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Adriana Agosta ’19 said the students were able to have a really personal experience because everything was handson, and they were able to see the animal they were studying right in front of them.

“Even when we were just collecting data you were out in the ocean with all the marine life and you got to look around and really see what you’re talking about, which I thought was super interesting and made it a lot more memorable than if you were just talking about it in a science class,” Agosta said.

Shawn McNamara, AP Environmental Science teacher, chaperoned the trip and said the students studied a wide range of topics including near-shore and coral reef ecologies, sponges, seagrasses, algae, shark biology, hermit crabs, jellyfish, a mapping technique called transecting, nocturnal animals with bioluminescence, etc..

“We studied everything, I mean it was marine biology to the extreme,” McNamara said. “There was always a lot of hands on labs; it wasn’t a lecture opportunity.”

McNamara said this trip was beneficial to students because they were able to collect and study live specimens rather than study them from a textbook.

This is the first time in over a decade that either high school has organized this trip. McNamara said that for himself and Chris Skowronski, North AP Environmental science teacher, this was brand new and he said it was an amazing trip.

McNamara said he enjoyed snorkeling in the coral reef, but from a teacher’s perspective his favorite experience was watching all the students doing and loving science each day.

“There really wasn’t a moment when you saw someone sitting there looking at their watch or taking out their phone, they were doing science till 10 o’clock at night and they loved it,” McNamara said. “They were finding things they’d never seen before, and things they had read about but never thought they’d have a chance to see.”

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How to pass your driving test: WILL MUAWAD ‘17 | Staff Writer

JACK ROMA ‘17 | Staff Writer

Get a good night sleep the night before. At least eight hours. Also, make sure to get your driver’s test appointment at least 10-15 minutes early.

Make sure to eat something with protein before the test, like a piece of toast with peanut butter.

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I went to New York to see the rest of my family.

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I went to Rhode Island.

Practice driving on the driver’s test route and practice parking before you arrive at the appointment.

LIAM CUNNANE ‘20 Be confident during all aspects of the test. Being a confident driver on the road and in the parking lot is key.

Wear comfortable clothing and comfortable shoes.

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Focus on the road, driving, and making sound decisions. Don’t worry about the examiner. Keep your eyes on the road and focus on what you have the ability to control.

Always be on the lookout for signs on the side of the road, especially speed limit signs.

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Tweeting or chirping: how students use social media as a bullying platform CLAIRE KOEPPEN ’19 | Copy Editor Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter and more are apps that teenagers commonly use mindlessly and harmlessly. However, sometimes these accounts can turn more dangerous and more harmful when used incorrectly.

According to the Cyberbullying Research Center, 34 percent of students had experienced cyberbullying in their lifetime, 34 percent of students said that they had experienced cyberbullying before and 64 percent of students who had been cyberbullied said that they were impacted negatively at school and felt less safe.

Anonymous accounts, subtweets and other uses of Twitter have been used against the students of South in the past, such as Twitter polls anonymously used against students last year. However, when tweets turn more serious, it can start to pose questions on cyberbullying and more serious topics.

Lisa Khoury, school psychologist, said that most of the students she sees being bullied are bullied online.

“Students have a variety of reasons to say something nasty about another on social media. Most often, I find that students don’t intend to be really mean,” Khoury said.

“I don’t think that students fully understand the complete impact of words on another, unless they have been on the receiving end. Sometimes additional students ‘like’ or ‘retweet’ nasty comments because they don’t want to stand up to the student doing the bullying.”

Lowell Levine, CEO of the Stop Bullying Now Foundation, said that Twitter is part of the problem for students being bullied online.

“Twitter is part of social media as long as it is forwarded on the internet. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are avenues where children can be badly bullied and harmed,” Levine said.

Dan Reidenberg, executive director for the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, managing director of the National Council for Suicide Prevention and U.S. representative for the International GRAPHIC BY JD STANDISH ’18 Association of Suicide Prevention, said that Twitter can also be used in a positive way, but some students will use it negatively.

“For some, (Twitter) is really useful to communicate. For others, it can be used inappropriately to try and hurt others. What is important to remember is that it is not the platform (Twitter) that is causing the problem, it is those using the platform who are causing the problem,” Reidenberg said. “Students range from enjoying being more connected and the opportunity to engage with others all the way to being hurt by others using social media. Students have also been impacted by social media merely in terms of volume of use.”

Hannah Thompson ’19 said that though the bullying often times doesn’t take place in the school day, it is still inappropriate to bully students online.

“Even though it’s outside of school and people are entitled to their own opinions through freedom of speech, there’s still a line that’s being crossed because it’s still a form of bullying. It isn’t a good thing,” Thompson said.

Levine also said that the meaning of the image or text can come in many different forms, but all can have the same effect on the student.

“It depends on the message the bullies are sending. It could be a naked picture taken in the locker room at school and pasted all over the social media,” Levine said. “It could be nasty words written describing something about the child being bullied. Social media is an open ended method to destroy someone.”

Khoury said that if a student is being cyberbullied, it is important for them to understand what they can do about it. She also said that it is important to not be a cyberbully and to prevent others from being bullied.

“Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted about (and) don’t tweet mean things, ever,” Khoury said.

“Don’t respond to mean tweets, and if you see your friends using Twitter in a mean way, call them out in person, not on Twitter. Reach out in person and in private to those who are targets. Let them know you are not a part of the meanness. Be an upstander, not a bystander.”

Levine said that a person who is bullied should let their family and other adults know, and also understand that Twitter can be used in a more positive manner than bullying.

“Students must speak up to adults, especially parents,” Lowell said. “They should never hide anything and must be specific. Twitter should be used to say positive things or up to date information.”

Thompson said that choosing to use social media for more positive reasons is a better way to use social media in general.

“Share people’s positivity and post what makes you happy for yourself rather than the enjoyment for bringing others down,” Thompson said.

Thompson also said that spreading positive messages is a good way to use social media.

“People should share (positive posts) instead of sharing the ones that bring a negative energy,” Thompson said.

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Student-directed One Acts performed Thursday, Friday in the auditorium

RAY HASANAJ ’18 | Supervising Editor “You have to schedule around everyone’s schedule so that everyone “It’s rarely original, it should be published because they’ve got The South One Acts took place at South this past Thursday and can make it,” Manning said. “You have to pick your play and have enough work to do without also writing a play, but if someone had Friday, March 2 and 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

Mrs. Dunham sign off on it. So if you pick one she doesn’t like, you created an original work, we would consider it,” Dunham said.

A One Act is like a play, but only 10 to 30 minutes long, according have to read another one that she’ll like. It’s pretty big, but it’s not Dunham said overall, the students do a really nice job and have a to Luke Bove ’17, one of the directors. overpowering.” really intense experience creating the One Acts. She said that the show “Shows are two acts, so usually it’s one act from a show, and most of In addition to organizing the One Acts, Manning said another dif- provides a shorter and less serious alternative to traditional theatre. them are comedic, the ones that we do,” Bove said ficulty that comes with the job is drawing the line between being a “If you don’t want to go and see two and half hours of really intense Bove said this is also a reason why people should attend the acts, director and being a friend. theatre, the choices this year are all comedies. They are really light and because of it’s comedic essence, in addition to the student involvement “I’m in choir, and most of the people that audition are from choir. really fun, and it’s often a little more light-hearted and a little more in them.

I’m friends with all of them so it was hard for me at first to give them zany than the fall play or the musical,” Dunham said.

“All of them are funny and they are student-run, which is cool be- direction without sounding mean,” Manning said. “I had to really get Manning said that students should go and watch the One Acts not cause you get to see what students are doing,” Bove said. out of that mindset and realize, okay, I’m trying to help them so they only to see their peers but also because they’re funny.

The performances are sponsored by the can give a good performance, and not be their friend at “They are all comedies this year, so you’re gonna leave with a smile Pointe Players, a theatre organization at the time.” on your face. And you’re probably going to know someone in it, so you South, according to Meaghan Dunham, the Dunham said she agrees with Manning that there is should come support your friends,” Manning said. advisor of the acts. a great deal of Shows are two Dunham said her job is to select and to work that goes acts, so usually work with the four seniors who get to diinto the One it’s one act from a rect the show. In order to be a director, the Acts, dating seniors must have accumulated the most back several show, and most of amount of Thespian Points, which they can months. them are comedic, do in a variety of ways.

“They’ve “Points for being in shows, for workbeen rehearsing the ones that we ing in shows, for being officers, attending since December, do. workshops and state festival, those are the probably two LUKE BOVE ’17 students who we announce at the end of the to three miniyear who get to direct a One Act,” Dunham mum hours of said. work outside According to Jerome Manning ’17, one of the directors of the One of school. And then this Acts, along with Mary Reinman, Abbey Schuetze, and Bove, all ’17 past week we have spent 15 said he got into theatre and play when he was in the fifth grade. hours putting the show to“I saw a play at Peirce, and from that moment I was like ‘Oh I’m gether as a whole. It’s a big going to audition for the play at Pierce,’” Manning said. “So my next commitment, but it’s worth year when I was in sixth grade I auditioned for “A Christmas Carol,” it,” Dunham said. and I was casted as Marley, and from then I really liked it and just kept As to how the acts are going with it.” chosen, Dunham said that Being a director comes with its commitments, Manning said. The it’s the students’ choice of director picks the cast, sets up rehearsal, the programs, and where to what they are going to per- ACTS AND LAUGHS | Jack Campau ’17, Sean Gates ’19 and John O’Dell ’19 perform rehearse. form.

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RACHEL HARRIS ’18 | Supervising Editor Trudging through her school day, Susie Moesta ’18 struggles to keep her eyes open. By the time fourth hour rolls around, Moesta has almost fallen asleep during class. Not only does she feel tired, she also feels shaky and sick.

Today, Moesta forgot to grab her coffee mug.

“If I don’t have coffee, then I usually feel sick during the day, but it goes away after a while,” Moesta said.

Moesta is not alone. According to the American Dietetic Association, the number of teenagers who have turned to this caffeinated beverage has tripled since the 1970s.

South health teacher, Nicole Westfall, attributes this rapid increase of young coffee-addicts to the availability of coffee drinks teenagers have access to today. According to Westfall, all caffeine is definitely addictive.

“Caffeine is so easily available with Starbucks everywhere,” Westfall said. “I think that is a huge thing with our society. Twenty years ago, Starbucks wasn’t everywhere.”

For Julia O’Halla ’19, Starbucks was the gateway for the beginning of her coffee consumption.

“That’s how I originally got myself to start liking it, because Starbucks puts in so much sugar and cream, you can barely even taste the coffee,” O’Halla said. “So, that’s how I started. I would get White Chocolate Mochas, and then I progressed to the point where I could have regular, plain coffee at home.”

O’Halla started drinking coffee her second semester of freshman year, she said. Her mom suggested giving coffee a try after she After I started drinking coffee, I felt grew tired during math class in the middle of I could stay awake a lot easier, so it the day.

“I am not one to fall asleep in class ever beactually does help a lot. cause I always have to pay attention,” O’Halla said. “After I started drinking coffee, I felt JULIA O’HALLA ’19 I could stay awake a lot easier, so it actually does help a lot.”

O’Halla said the amount of cups of coffee she drinks a day varies. If she knows she has to stay up late, O’Halla will drink more coffee than she usually does.

“I kind of go through phases, but lately I’ll probably have one in the morning and one when I get home,” O’Halla said. “Sometimes I go a little overboard if I have to stay up late. Definitely, I drink a lot.”

According to Westfall, the healthy amount for adults is between 300 and 400 milligrams (mg) per day.

Teenagers should have less than this amount.

“The thing is, they never tell you what the safe level for caffeine is for teenagers because you’re a teenager,” Westfall said. “They don’t even say 200 mg is okay because you are growing and shouldn’t have caffeine.”

Coffee is a stimulant, according to Westfall. General effects include dehydration and an increased heart rate, including withdrawal symptoms of headaches and irritability.

According to WebMD, people can devel op withdrawal symptoms if they become dependent on coffee. Coffee containing caffeine has side effects of insomnia, nausea, or restlessness. Drinking a large amount of coffee per day may cause anxPeople who regularly consume caffeine iety or agitation. may wake up every morning with cafWestfall said she drinks coffee, so she said it is feine withdrawal. difficult for her to advise teenagers to avoid coffee because she understands students are busy during the school year and need coffee to keep them awake.

In moderate amounts, caffeine has O’Halla said she will occasionally have a headbeen shown to have positive effects on ache if she doesn’t have coffee that day, but she people’s bodies and minds. doesn’t know if it is due to the lack of caffeine.

“For me, it’s kind of routine, so if I don’t have it I feel weird,” O’Halla said. “Otherwise, it’s not too bad.”

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“It’s easier to keep working on homework (if you have coffee),” O’Halla said. “It keeps me awake. Honestly, I haven’t read about how much it affects you in the long run. It probably will not help as a result of growing a higher tolerance to the caffeine, but as of right now it helps.”

If Moesta knows that she is going to have a lot of homework to complete or a lot to do after school, she said she will drink coffee and depend on it to help her get everything done.

“It keeps me more alert; I don’t get drowsy anymore,” Moesta said. “I feel like it (drinking coffee) is kind of bad, but in the long run it is good because it gives me the energy that I need.”

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Grosse Pointe stores offer natural, healthier options BIANCA PUGLIESI ’19 | Copy Editor s they say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

“I think healthy eating is a great thing to get into,” MaryClaire Diamond ’19 said. “It makes you feel so much better not only physically, but mentally.”

Diamond has been following a healthy diet regimen since this past summer. Her diet consists of mainly fruits, vegetables and meats.

“I try to incorporate fruits, vegetables and meat into my everyday meals. I also cut out most dairy, other than yogurt,” Diamond said. “Taking out junk food and processed food has also become a daily.”

Diamond recommends that one should know where a meal is coming from in order to eat healthy.

“Try to eat fresh food or food that you cook yourself,” Diamond said. “Just look up recipes online for meals and snacks. There are some amazing websites out there, one is Blogilates.”

J House Juice is a raw juice store across from South that sells raw juices, smoothies and other food items.

“Our juices are put together fresh daily. We are constantly juicing; we are juicing every day,” J House co-owner Jennifer Callewaert said.

J House emphasizes the true meaning of a healthy diet.

“Eating healthy food in an unhealthy manner isn’t really awesome for you,” J House co-owner Jen Dunbar said. “Sometimes people just come in and throw down a juice just to get it in their system, but we rather you take your time with it, enjoy it and realize you are nourishing yourself.”

Eating healthy is not just about ingredients, Callewaert said. Some tips she has are to eat combinations of food for ideal digestion, to chew in the correct way, to eat in good spirits at the right time of the day, and to adapt eating habits that are suited to someone’s individual lifestyle instead of following a set plan.

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Sprout House is a natural foods market that serves homemade soups, sandwiches and juices. It is owned by Marie Maconochie and her husband, Blake.

“I think that healthy eating is food that has no pesticides, hormones, dyes and synthetics. Everything is covered in chemicals and pesticides, so that to me is number one,” Maconochie said.

Maconochie’s grandparents made all food from scratch when she was growing up.

“I think today, it’s so easy to go and buy all this prepared food everywhere and it’s not all good. A lot of it is sprayed with stuff and you don’t know how many people have touched it,” she said.

According to Maconochie, healthy eating is worth it.

“One thing I want people know about healthy eating is that it does pay off in the long run,” Maconochie said. “Also taking good supplements (is beneficial), whole food supplements, not synthetic. Supplements that are made from food first are really good.”

Maconochie is not a trained chef but learned how to prepare things from cookbooks.

“Now you have the internet, so you can just get whatever you want; there’s no excuse,” Maconochie said. “I tell people to Google it, you have everything at your fingertips.”

Healthy eating is not only good for you, but also has some serious health benefits, according to Maconochie.

“Some people get better once they change their diet, we see it all the time. People that are sickly, diabetic, high blood pressure, we’ve actually seen people get rid of acne and achy joints because they change their diet,” Maconochie said.

Giving the body nutrients is important for any person, Maconochie said.

“Getting good nutrition, you can’t live without it,” Maconochie said. “You have to have nutrition.”

Market Re-do: New owners of local produce store plan on making big renovation plan.

Fairfax Market, located in Grosse Pointe Park for almost “We want our store to be the best it can be, a store involved with the community, that 100 years, has been a landmark for many people in the Grosse Pointe people have a connection with and community.

We want our store to be the feel like it’s their store more than Located on Beaconsfield in best it can be, a store involved mine,” Swanson said.

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by Gus Koupparis. The market is a deli and minchy items. With the Part owner of Fairfax Market known for its fresh produce and new management, the goal was to stay with a real market or a groceries.

This past year, on Sep. 19, Grosse Pointers Mike Swanson, grocery store and away from a convenience or party store, Chase Manikas and Erin Gillas took over Fairfax Market. according to owner, Chase Manikas.

“We’re just here for the community. We’re here to take South graduate Graham Geary ’16 started working at care of people and be a part of the community, and that’s Fairfax two months ago and enjoys the people he has met at the market. really what we are all about,” Mankias said.

The new owners have spruced up the store, but are easing “The customers that come in here are a lot more personal into big renovations. So far, the owners of the market have with you, Geary said. “It’s not the same crowd you would added a fresh coat of paint and have opened up the floor get at Kroger or Farms Market.”

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CITY LANDMARK | Fairfax Market in Grosse Pointe Park offers a variety of food and has been around for 100 years.

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The store aims to have an outdoor seating area with food people can trust, hoping to attract to all of the Grosse Pointe communities.

“The goal of Fairfax Market is to be the best small store they can be, which may not happen now, but will happen in the future,” Swanson said.

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Girls Varsity Hockey dominates in impressive win over North

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LIZ BIGHAM ‘18 | Supervising Editor he Girls Hockey team went away with a 10-3 win against North last Thursday, giving the team momentum for States this week.

The team mercied North earlier in the season and were confident in the outcome of the game. However, the game did not start so well for South, Captain Carson Dennis ’17 said.

“In the first and second period we tried to roll some girls in who maybe didn’t get enough ice season, rolling all three lines, plus some extras, and with the defense we had a couple of extra girls; so the first two periods were definitely different that our style of play that we’re used to,” Dennis said.

At the end of the second period the game was tied. Head Coach Chris Booth decided to shorten the bench to two lines.

“You don’t like doing that as a coach-you want to play everybody-- but it worked,” Booth said.

After the second period in the locker room, Booth told the girls how important it was to score the next goal.

“I told the girls it’s really important that we step it up, and we get that momentum,” Booth said. “So I think that once we got that first goal in the third period everyone was like ‘okay’.”

South ended up scoring seven times in the third period, said Booth. The starting line of offense of Carson Dennis ’17, Lauren Kramer ’18 and Erin Brannagan ’18 brought in points

as well as the secondary line of with Shannon McKenna ’17, Madison Ryszewski ’19, and Kelsie Francis ’20. The defense and goalie Bridget Donaldson ’17 only let in three shots.

Francis played her best game all season, Booth said.

“She played a great game yesterday because she was aggressive and she was attacking the net, and holding on to the puck,” Booth said. “That’s the way that we need her to play.”

Addy Hamel ’18 also had an impressive game as brought up the defense and had a goal too, Dennis said.

North came out stronger than they expected, Hamel said.

“I think the defense had a really strong game because North had a lot of three on one breakaways and the defense broke those down really well,” Hamel said.

Booth believes that the team is playing their best hockey right now and that they need to focus on a couple of things to maintain that.

“Number one: getting off to a fast start,” Booth said. “Number two: we need everyone contributing not just our top three players.”

Effort is the most important thing, Booth said.

“I can play offense all day, but when the other team gets the puck, you gotta try and stop them from scoring too,” Booth said.

“That’s the name of the game.”

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SLAPSHOT | Shannon McKenna ’17 winds up for a clapper. This shot was one of many by the Girls Varsity Hockey Team in their impressive 10-3 win over north on Thursday.

PHOTOS BY LIZ BIGHAM ’18

LIFE AT THE RINK: how Shannon Boys Varsity Hockey takes McKenna ’17 developed the love for hockey tough loss to Brother Rice

CUTTING EDGE | Shannon McKenna ’17digs into the ice as she speeds past defenders. She is one of the co-captains of the team.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHANNON MCKENNA ’17

ADAM CERVONE ‘17 | Staff Writer Growing up at the rink with three other siblings and a dad that played as well, Shannon McKenna ‘17 found a love for hockey that forced her onto the ice herself.

“I grew up watching my brothers play and spent so much time at different rinks all over the place and I was very into it, I just ended up developing my own love for it,” McKenna said.

For half a decade, Shannon has been lighting up the lamp and digging her skates into the thick ice. Some of the times that she has laced up the skates that are most fond to her was in her sophomore year when South won the state championship.

“Until then I had never really experienced the concept of having practice lead to success,” McKenna said.

Although her success stands out, there has been a lot

of work when no one was watching, according to Connor Mckenna ‘19, that helped Shannon get to where she is now.

“The top three things hockey has taught me would have to be the value of hard work, commitment, and motivation,” McKenna said. “It took a lot of hard work and commitment to get to where we are now as a team and it has ultimately motivated me to be in the best shape of my life.”

Shannon said that the hardest thing about high school hockey is the unpredictable level of experience the girls that are joining the team have.

“It makes experience so unpredictable as you lose experienced seniors each year and never really know the extent of talent coming in for the

next year,” McKenna said.

As of now, Shannon is going to be attending college with the sole purpose of being a student, “but if the opportunity were to arise at the school that I attend, it would be awesome to be able to keep playing.”

Fans of hockey sometimes like to put labels on girls high school hockey as boring or too slow. However, McKenna believes that women should be treated the same as men when it comes to playing the sport.

“The perception of girls hockey has actually always frustrated me. Like many other sports, people tend to compare girls hockey to boys hockey and label it as boring, but they are very different sports and should not be compared in such a way. In the end, people should try to look at girls hockey from a different perspective and recognize that we really do put in a lot of work.”

OLIVIA MLYNAREK ‘19 | Staff Writer This past Saturday, March 4, the South boys Varsity Hockey team played in the regional championship game against Brother Rice at Oak Park Ice Arena.

“For us to compete as one of the top teams in the state, I mean, what a year we had,” Head Coach Robert McKillop said.

The first period was played intensely by the two teams with both teams wanting to score the first goal. Brother Rice took the lead and by the second period scored another two goals, leaving them in the lead with a total score of 3-0. After the blue devils were down by that much, they kicked it up and scored two consecutive goals back-to-back within 30 seconds of each other.

“We showed some heart coming back from a 3-0 deficit,” player Drew Maccagnone ‘19 said.

After those two goals were scored, the entire atmosphere of the game changed and made the outcome less predictable. By the end of the game, three more goals were scored by Brother Rice, but only one by South.

“They scored that fourth goal to make it 4-2 and change the game,” McKillop said.

Despite the 6-4 loss for South, the players and head coach still thought that they played a good game.

“We worked hard, that’s all you can ask,” Bradley Burdick ’20 said.

Although they lost this game, the team does not think that this game represents how well they did this season.

“We had a great year, we had 21 wins and for us to compete against the top teams in the state, I mean what a year we had,” McKillop said.

FOCUS | Connor McKenna ’19 waits for a pass from a teammate. The team ended up with a 6-3 loss.

CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT The diving team competed at Regionals last Thursday March 2 at the South pool. Grady Eger ’17 moved onto states.

PHOTO BY DONALD MCGLONE ’19