Senior Clayshawn Brown dunks in the boys basketball team’s season opener against Monarch on Nov. 28. The boys won 57-49, and Brown led the team with 25 points. PHOTO BY BRODY BERRIOS
Gordon boosts security By Brooke Butler, News/Opinion Editor
Assistant Principal Derek Gordon reviewed school security as the calendar year headed toward its end. “The biggest security issues this year have been with the threats (from early October),” Gordon said. “Luckily they weren’t credible and likely just foolish students trying to disrupt the school day.” Besides handling bigger security issues, Gordon said smaller goals will be implemented within this school year or the next. Gordon shared one security procedure he felt was most important to students. “We’re working on training students to know where to go in the event of a lockdown if they aren’t in a classroom,” Gordon said. Students in the cafeteria or courtyard during lunch, for example, can go to the loading dock or media center. Other designated safe spaces outside the classroom include the gym and auditorium. Both Gordon and head of security, Medford McLemore emphasized the importance of student participation in security. “Students should always take an active role in security,” McLemore said. “Not everything may manifest into a security concern, but given all the events that have taken place, look at how many times we failed to report something only to go back later and say all the signs were there.”
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December 12-16. Spirit Week 14. Exam Exemtion form due 14. Boys and girls soccer @ CS Charter 19-23. Mid-term Exam Week Dec 24- Jan 9. Winter Break
Read the whole story on thetornadotimes.org Music plans performances through February By Regan Dorval, Junior News Editor
The Interact Club poses to promote their devotion to community service. PHOTO BY MAYRA SANCHEZ
Although both chorus and band have been limited to after school programs, that has not stopped them, and they are organizing upcoming performances, at the Magnet Open House on Dec. 14, at the International Summit in January, and at a folk festival at Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie in February, according to music director Anthony Alfano.
Summit returns Jan. 19-28 By Cali Jade Berrios, Junior News Editor
Freshman Natalia Roque logs down sorted items while freshman Arlinzon Garcia Rojas helps sort donations for the food and clothing drive. PHOTO BY BRODY MCCLAINE
The biennial International Summit returns to school Jan. 19-28, bringing over 100 students and their teachers from around the world to this school to collaborate and interact for one week.
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