September 2016 - Volume 48 Issue 1
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Cardozo High School 57-00 223 Street Bayside, New York 11364
Remembering Mr. Lee and Mr. Vincent ..........................................2 S.O. Club Fair Austin Fan S.O. President speaks out Food Drive October 24-28 Deajah Stevens , class of 13, and Dalilah Muhammad, class of 08, come home to Cardozo to celebrate their success.
Meet Principal Meagan Colby
Veteran Teachers Give Advice to New Teachers ..........................................4 High School Horror Stories ..........................................5
Two Cardozo Olympians Making Us Proud ..........................................6 Out and About Schafer Farm ..........................................7 New Samsung Phone Explosion ..........................................8 Marvel Movies ..........................................9
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Presidental Canidates ........................................10
Many may not know her quite well, but soon you're about to. Principal Meagan Colby has recently taken the place of our former principal, Gerald Martori. Who is Meagan Colby? Before she was principal of Cardozo, she was a science teacher in another school in Queens, and was also the dean of the school, as well. Then, in 2007, she became the AP of security and special education at Cardozo. She did this job until 2014. For the last two years, she left the New York city school system and became the director of science for a district in Suffolk County, Long Island. She says she is thrilled to be back at Cardozo. Principal Colby is the first woman principal of Cardozo. She says that she is proud even as being the interim acting principal. Colby explains that being the first woman in this role doesn't necessarily add any extra weight, but she just wants to be a person who can “do a great job and uphold the excellence”. Principal Colby has a lot of ideas. However she believes that it’s important though to get a feel for what’s here before you change it. She points out
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Principal Meagan Colby.
that, “ We are underrated in the eyes of people who don't know what is going on here”. She also states “ Perhaps we don't do a good job of communicating all of the great things that happen here”. Her main goal is to “ showcase the talent and get the word out that Cardozo is the place that it always was.” “A place where people are excited to come to”. One thing is certain, she wants to stay competitive and to make sure we remain at the top.
Principal Colby seems to mention a lot about pride. She said, “When someone says they're a student at Cardozo, I hope that they say that, and the rest of the world understand what that means, that means , that student has expectations, academic expectations, behavioral expectations, well above what other NYC high schools have”. “ This place is truly a special place with high expectations for all students”.
New Weight Training Room By Sylvia Perera
As a new school year rolls in, it comes with new teachers, classes, and new goals. This year, at Cardozo, there is one more exciting new change, the new weight training room, located in B61. With the help and votes from the local community, our school received a grant from participatory budgeting for school funding. Approximately $175,000 was allocated to renovate the facility that was falling apart. It granted to the school by the Department of Education. A million dollars in grants was split between a few NYC high schools. The top three schools with the highest
amount of votes received a portion of the grant. Two of these schools included Queens high schools Martin Van Buren and Cardozo. The allotment was mainly given to renovate the schools’ gyms or weight rooms. The weight training room now has brand new equipment and with something for every student to try. It is mainly used for the nine weight training classes that go on throughout the school day and the school teams after school. Students and athletes must be under the supervision of an adult while working out. The renovation was a project that Photo By Sylvia Perera
What To Expect At Cardozo ........................................11 Captain’s Call ........................................12 New Weight Room in B61.
required two years of work and arrangement. It was made possible by school officials and alumni. “Members of the school and students who went here did a really good job with the help of the school leadership team,” said Physical Education teacher Danny Scarola. The room was repainted during the summer and all the equipment has been replaced. The endowment paid for new flooring, work out machines, equipment, electric for air conditioning, paint and all the labor for the restoration. New equipment include 16 Cybex Machines some are; bench press and shoulder press machines, 10 skating Schwin Bikes, and two cable cross over trainers that multiple people can work on at a time. “It's not finished, we would like to add a few more things to the room,” said Scarola, “We are very happy with the outcome.” Numerous students were also very excited to hear about the new weight room. “Everything works smoother and the equipment isn't tempered with. It gives me the ability to do what I have to do”, said senior Max Rodriguez. The room is expected to last a good twenty years.
Terror Attempts in NYC By ANISHA HALDER At 7:45 a.m., Monday, Sept. 19, Cardozo’s classrooms are filled with the sounds of hundreds of iPhones as an Emergency Alert is sent out that states, “WANTED: Ahmad Khan 45 Rahami, 28-yr-old male.” The previous Saturday, Sept. 17, news of a bombing in Chelsea, Manhattan was announced. One Cardozo senior, Brandon Ramírez, was in Greenwich Village at the time, celebrating his 18th birthday with some friends. At around 8:30 p.m., one of Ramírez’s guests received a phone call from her dad and spread the news to the group: there was an explosion on 23rd Street in Chelsea. All attendees immediately assumed that the explosion was a bomb, and it was later confirmed that it was in fact, a pipe bomb. By 10 p.m., the party’s attendants knew that the bomb was found in a dumpster, and 26 were injured. At 11:07 p.m., Junior Paige Kenis received the following message from her mother: “The first bomb was found in a dumpster and a second device may have been found on 27th Street.” At 4 a.m. Ramírez and Kenis found a few police officers and asked them where to get the 7 train, because the F wasn’t running. The police officers allowed Ramírez and Kenis to go over the police tape to walk to the 7 train. They had to walk over 20 blocks from their previous location to Times Square to get the train because several streets were blocked off. The reason for all the commotion, they were told, was another bomb that was found and disabled. The parents of senior, Alec Goldman, were also in the city at the time. They were dining at a restaurant on 18th and 8th, only four blocks away from the explosion, while their car was parked half a block away. They had an outside table, so they heard a very large “boom”. At first thought, they imagined the sound to be a car backfiring. “Our car was parked a half-block away. As we walked back, we saw fire engines and police cars close to where I was parked. As we approached the car, I asked people what was going on,” said Phyllis Goldman. “I thought right away, ‘I hope I'll have no problems getting to my car’ and ‘I hope the car is okay’.” When they did find out it was a bomb, they weren't phased by it. “Having been a few blocks away from 9/11 when it occurred, this won't affect us. I'm always determined not to let criminals dictate how I'm gonna live my life,” said Phyllis Goldman.