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Senior Eric Campbell breaks away from the Monarch defense in the football team’s 21-14 victory on Sept. 1. PHOTO BY DYLAN JOHNSON
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Hoco: Mystery no more Homecoming, to be held in the gym on Saturday, Oct. 8, is themed “Midnight in the Mystical Gardens.” “A lot of forest aspects to it, like wood, vines, that’s kind of what we’re building off of,” said Alex Saclayan, SGA second vice president. “We chose midnight because we wanted it to be a darker ambience.” Student can vote for Homecoming court on Oct. 3, 4 and 6. Oct. 3-6 is spirit week, with Music Monday, where you dress up as a musical artist; Gru’s-day (Tuesday), dress up as a minion or as the infamous Gru; and Color Wars on Thursday. Freshmen wear black, sophomores white, juniors blue, and seniors gold. The Homecoming pep rally will be after school in the gym on Oct. 6, and the football game will be on Oct. 7. Tickets for the dance will close on Oct. 7.
New principal: New goals, new mindset, new ideas After 26 years in education, 19 in leadership, Lisa Spencer is the school’s new “proud principal.” “I believe I have built the strength to be the leader this school needs,” Spencer said. Before becoming principal, Spencer was the assistant principal at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines. She joined this school in 2018 and served previously as ....
Prinicpal Lisa Spencer speaks to new freshmen at orientation in August.
PHOTO BY BRODY BERRIOS
What’s happening October 3. Music Monday 4. Rise of Gru day 5. No school: Yom Kippur 6. Color Wars Cross Country BCAA Championship Golf vs. Gibbons Swim vs. Gibbons, Nova (Senior Night) 7. Football vs. Hollywood Hills 8. Homecoming dance
District develops new codes, random bag searches The district’s Safety, Security and Emergency Preparedness department has put two new policies in place to start the 2022-23 school year: plain language security codes and random bag searches. Assistant principal Derek Gordon said that the district will choose ....
Opinion: One step forward, two steps back
CARTOON BY ELISE ROTHENBURG
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Bathroom passes are wildly unpopular among students, and while they have some pros, their cons outweigh them. The passes were changed from online QR codes back to big plastic passes. For us, the bathroom passes are unhygienic. They are too big to put anywhere in the bathroom ....
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