“I’m not here to make friends with you. I’m here to tell you a story,” said Jim Bertolini. Bertolini’s story is about living with AIDS. As a part of Social Psychology, social studies teacher Tony Boerger arranged for Bertolini to speak to students who have taken the class during the school year about about how [...]
Archive for June 5th, 2010
5 Questions with…Mrs. Neville!
1.) Choosing between the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo or violet, what would you dye your hair if you had to? I think blue because it would be the closest to a normal color. If you get in the sunlight, it would look black, if it is dark enough. It is the least [...]
The Rundown earns four stars
Action-packed and hilarious, 2003′s The Rundown is about Beck (Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock) who goes to the Amazon to chase down his mobster boss’s son, Travis, and bring him back to Los Angeles. Beck arrives at the Amazon in a broken and duct-taped plane driven by a scottish man named Declan (Ewen [...]
App Review: We Rule
One day, I was playing with my iPod Touch and I decided to go to the App Store. The first thing I found while in the App Store was a free game called We Rule. I decided to check it out, since it was free and all. We Rule is a newly-developed game for the [...]
Students are talking: About Glee!
Since spring of last year, a new show has been sweeping the nation–and the high school. It’s full of singing, dancing and drama, all based in the fictional William McKinley High School in Ohio. It’s on every Tuesday and is on the same channel as American Idol. Give up yet? The show is Glee. Glee [...]
Seniors reflect as graduation nears
As the days in high school dwindle down, seniors have neared a point in their lives where they will not be in the comfort zone and have to enter the unknown “real” world. The days of mom and dad taking care of them and endless free time are coming to an end. Whether students are [...]
The Last Good Book I Read: “What My Mother Doesn’t Know” by Sonya Sones
Sophie is a high school girl who is very talented at art. She has such a passion for art that it helps her meet the guy of her dreams. However, what she doesn’t know is that her new man turns out to be the most unpopular guy in school. Also, since everyone knows she is [...]
Cook eyes FCCLA national officer spot
Imagine giving a three-minute speech in front of thousands of people who you need to impress in order to achieve your goal. For junior Elizabeth Cook, this is just one of the many hurdles she needs to jump to get a spot on the FCCLA National Executive Council. Cook has been in FCCLA since her [...]
Mrs. Franko: Former Bodybuilder
When they were kindergarteners, many students believed that teachers lived in the school and never left. However, as they got older, students realized that some teachers did the unexpected. Well, at least what students consider to be the unexpected. After her fifth child was born, special education teacher Ghislaine Franko felt the need for some [...]
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