August 2019

VOL. 23 ISSUE 1 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019

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here is no single reason one gets denied, accepted, deferred or waitlisted from any specific college. Whether it be that one question missed on a standardized test, the lack of athletics on your activity list or a B- in a fast-paced class, countless factors go into an admissions decision. However, the College Board felt it was necessary to add one more: the adversity score.

Formally known as the Environmental Context Dashboard, the adversity score takes into account 31 different factors regarding a student’s life, mainly drawing from census information about a student’s school and neighborhood. Each factor receives a numerical ranking from one to 100, where a higher number indicates a student has faced more adversity.

The adversity score does not take into account individual factors, such as parents present in a household, and purposely omits anything regarding race and ethnicity. According to David Coleman, College Board CEO, the purpose of the adversity score is to “see how well students do in challenging environments.”

In reality, the adversity score serves as College Board’s attempt to re-legitimize the SAT. With more schools making themselves “test-optional,” College Board had to find a way to salvage its main source of profit.

Sources such as The New York Times support the claim that the SAT tends to reflect how well a student prepares for the test rather than how thorough an understanding a student has of the material.

Most commonly, this means students with more resources (such as tutors and test prep programs), opportunities and (usually) means have a deeper understanding of what test writers are looking for, rather than atually grasping the process of getting to that answer.

The adversity score somewhat disregards months of hard work students put into preparing for SATs simply because they are provided with the chance to do so.

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a contextual framework for their test to make it valid, then maybe the test is the issue, not the admissions panel and students preparing for it.

The adversity score was created with good intentions, but the concept itself proposes a multitude of issues. While many advocate for omitting race as an admissions factor, “not having that information is a true oversight if you really are interested in understanding adversity,” according to Georgetown law professor Sheryll Cashin.

This past academic school year, Yale University used the adversity score during their admissions process. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan noted that Yale already looked at students in the context of their school prior to the adversity score and that this mechanism simply streamlined this process.

However, Mr. Quinlan agreed that sometimes the adversity score was not enough to replace the consideration of race.

It is not the role of the College Board to ensure that admissions are being fair in their choices.

Furthermore, the adversity score does little for the middle-class.

Many middle-class families make intense sacrifices to send their children to a good high school.

Take Heritage as an example. Many parents work hard to pay for the annual tuition because they want to provide their children with a college-prep education.

The new adversity score gives the impression that maybe their children could be better off in a less competitive, less expensive public school, where their opportunities are limited, but the adversity score will show that they rose “above their struggles” and made do with what they had available.

The adversity score may be what some call a “step forward” in the flawed college admissions process, but has more issues than meets the eye. What happens in private schools, where median family income may not be accessible information? What about the schools that offer fewer AP courses and more IB classes? What about kids who take the ACT instead of the SAT? Not every school and every student is on the same page when it comes to what they submit to their prospective universities; maybe it’s time College Board takes a look at who’s on their page.

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and their own society. Another example in China is its heavy social media control.

The Chinese government majorly censors the population’s online presence by controlling the nation’s largest social media platform, WeChat.

According to BBC news, “ China’s WeChat is a site for social interaction, a form of currency, a dating app, a tool for sporting teams and deliverer of news: Twitter, Facebook, Google Maps, Tinder and Apple Pay all rolled into one. But it is also an ever more powerful weapon of social control for the Chinese government.” nvkfnvkdnfvjdnvkjndfvnnvfnkvdfnvnvdfkjvndfvnnv An app that controls most of a citizen’s lifestyle is regulated and controlled by the government, which can really impair a user’s knowledge. This abuse of censorship in the media adversely affects global communication as a whole. If citizens of one country are dumbfounded by the events and reality of life in the rest of the world, it creates a disconnect culturally between these suppressed countries and the rest of the world. This leads to a domino effect that will just harm the lives of so many in the long run.

China’s extreme example shows what censorship can become without checks and balances on government power as technology progresses. Thankfully, we live in a vndkjvndnvkv nation whose citizens’ freedom are guaranteed and protected.

Our freedom of speech should never degrade to the point where government censorship becomes a norm.

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hen living in a free country, the line between basic human rights and government granted rights can become blurred. As our nvcndkc society rapidly changes, questions arise on the correct adaptations. One pressing dilemma in this evolving world is censorship and its need for boundaries. Our media’s power has held a great responsibility throughout the decades, and the further it develops, the more questions arise.

However, the ever growing “filter” of what we see on the news is an issue that needs to be addressed. Free speech is largely ncvndkvndjkv regarded as an inherent right in the United States, merely guaranteed protection from government interference by the First Amendment, which covers freedom of speech, the press, religion, assembly and to petition the government.

Nevertheless, not every country grants its citizens this much liberty, meaning censorship levels vary greatly from nation to nation. The only government censorship in the U.S. applies to speech inciting violence, supporting terrorism, defamation, or speech infringing on intellectual property.

Unfortunately, other nations can suffer from limited press due to their governments arbitrarily censoring topics.

This can create a serious issue when a disconnect occurs between a population’s knowledge versus the reality of current events. One prime example of a nation that practices “extreme filtering” is China. ncdkjnkdnvjksndvsnvjnvdjnvksdnvjksdvnsnvvnvndkvn According to The Guardian, “On the Chinese internet, you would be unable to find information about politically sensitive topics such as the Tiananmen Square protests, embarrassing information about the Chinese political leadership, the Tibetan rights movement and the Dalai Lama, or content related to human rights, political reform or sovereignty issues.” To any Chinese citizen, this censorship experience is barely noticed. Thus, the population lives unaware of events impacting the world

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HOSA Nationals

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embers of Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) traveled to Orlando to participate in the national competition formally known as the International Leadership Conference (ILC) June 1923. Students competed in a variety of categories including Biochemistry, Human Heredity and Medical Spelling, and received 35 awards and instances of special recognition in total. “It was a really rewarding experience because I got to see our hard work from this year pay off,� junior Angelina Kinney, current HOSA president, said.

ON A ROLL: Members of HOSA and adviser Dr. Sood gather in front of the Coronado Springs Resort after the final award ceremony.

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he Summer Institute introduced new courses to the curriculum for the 2019 summer sessions, including the Abnormal Psychology course. Ms. Krisynda Cicos, a licensed Mental Health Counselor and Advanced Placement Psychology teacher, led the specialized class that can also serve as a prerequisite for AP Psychology. The class itself took place from 8 a.m. to noon during the second session of the Summer Institute (July 1- July 19) and differed from the general Psychology Honors course offered during the year because it provided a more in-depth review of a specific branch of psychology rather than the subject as a whole.

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u Alpha Theta competitors made the journey to Las Vegas to participate in the 49th national convention from July 13 - 19. Students took practice tests at home and school in addition to meeting every Saturday during the summer leading up to the competition. The competition included several different math subjects such as geometry, precalculus and calculus, and the Heritage team came in second place overall.

DO THE MATH: Members of Mu Alpha Theta pose with advisers after receiving individual awards throughout the six day-long national competition.

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TASSEL Cambodia

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tudents involved in TASSEL, a club focused on teaching underprivileged Cambodian children English, embarked on the annual trip to Battambang, Cambodia. The trip took place June 25 to July 9 and provided students with hands-on experience as opposed to the online lessons taught during the school year. The organization also provides food, medical aid and emotional care to children suffering from trauma related to the devastating genocide in the country.

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READY TO GO: Members of the TASSEL Florida chapter prepare supplies and care packages for their students in Cambodia. (Photo submitted by Claire Tyler)

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EMBARKING ON EXOTIC EXCURSIONS Joanne Haner | Online Editor-In-Chief pl184941@ahschool.com

before, but, according to Mrs. Joseph, there was never enough student engagement to secure a roster. ost of the time, studying abroad “I feel like [studying abroad] is such an is an experience reserved for col- important opportunity, especially since [it] lege. However, Heritage students is becoming much more popular at the colhad the opportunity to taste such an experi- lege level, and students sometimes don’t ence in high school. Thirteen students had understand the magnitude of what studythat experience by traveling to Greece, Ita- ing abroad can bring. But I think [this ly and Switzerland July 3-15 to learn about trip] entices them to want to study abroad various cultures and attend the Education for an entire semester if they’re just doFirst (EF) Global Leadership Summit. ing two weeks away in high school,” Although Mrs. Ludy Joseph was un- Mrs. Joseph said. able to attend the trip herself, she began About two years ago, Mrs. Joseph researching and organizing the details sent out a mass email to students in for attending the conference in fall 2017 grades 9-11 asking for interested stu- ON TOP OF THE and was in charge of most of the plan- dents to attend the Leadership Summit, ens behind them, WORLD: With the scenery of Athsenior ning. Mrs. Joseph is always searching for which was themed around communica- Bennett, kneeling in fro Alex Nazareth and junior Illiana nt of se nior Rosemarie leadership initiatives, so it was no surprise tion. She then had those interested stu- and juniors Daniela Dom Goldstein inguez when high school principal Mrs. Elise dents send in a video response about bastian Figueredo pause to ca , Melina Marin and Septure tr Blum approached her about a trip with why he or she wanted to attend this ip really pushed me out of my sh the moment. “This learn so much ell and allowed about cultures me to the EF organization after meeting with an trip and what it would mean for them I ne I had adored an ver knew abou d al so ones t,” N EF representative. azareth said. (P to have this leadership experience and by Alexander hoto submitted Nazareth) The idea of taking students for a sum- study abroad. After selecting which mer abroad experience had circulated students would be a part of this experience, around administration Mrs. Joseph, Mrs. Blum and other administration members worked with the EF program to organize each aspect of overseas. “Sorrento was easily my favorite because it was so peacefully rural and the excursion.

Fast forward two years and the time tucked away, unlike some of the other busy had arrived. Beginning with an arrival cities we saw,” she said. “I actually got to in Athens, students toured sights such meet a lot of locals my age just by hangas the Acropolis and the Olympic Sta- ing out around the hotel, and my fondest dium before flying to Rome, where memories with our group in general were they visited the Colosseum, Roman in Sorrento.”

Once in Davos, students explored the Forum, Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain and took a food tour. Stu- Swiss city and settled into the convention dents then traveled to Vatican City facilities. The convention, centered around to see the Sistine Chapel and St. the power of communication, required students to invent a device that would deal Peter’s Basilica.

“My parents loved the Vati- with communication and solve a problem.

“I enjoyed working with my team the can, and it is an important place for Christians with the paintings most out of our time at the conference. s, of Genesis and Judgment Day by It was nice to bounce ideas off each other in Athen cropolis A k e e re th G p t to n A ie Michelangelo and St. Peter’s Ca- and build on each other’s visions to create c : n S a D t bou GO learned a ans “high (in alO THE T e c n T thedral,” senior Alexander Naz- something new,” Egbarin said. “The trip a X d n E e N me att s Acropoli t “acro” udents in areth said. “It was so beautiful really showed me how insulated my life is the 13 st . The Greek roo ity.” Therefore, rocky nts eans “c ted on a a m c and how little I’ve seen of the world comlo monume and did not disappoint.” s” . li ly o g rs fittin

by M and “p y,” and is (Photo submitted it titude)” c pared to how much is actually out there.”

After leaving Vatican City, h ig h s to “ thens. translate city of A e Heritage plans to organize more trips students went to Sorrento to th e v o b outcrop a erra) to study abroad in the future. In another attend a pizza-making class and visc e Melissa B it a buffalo mozzarella farm followed by a program with EF, advanced French classlemon grove. Senior Chelsea Egbarin was es will be attending a conference in France one of the 13 students to attend the trip next summer.

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This is ZERO HOUR Joanne Haner | Online Editor-in-Chief pl118941@ahschool.com

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n an era where political activism is prevalent in today’s youth, new events to spark action and awareness are constantly arising.

The Zero Hour movement, originally created

by Baltimore-born Nadia Nazar and Seattle native Jamie Margolin when both were 16 years old, works to encourage the younger population to take action against climate change.

As part of this effort, Zero Hour held a youth climate summit at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Miami July 12-14.

The event began the night of July 12 at the coffee shop Tea & Poets, where attendees could experience an open mic night complete with local performers and panels about youth activism. Over the next two days, the summit consisted of a variety of speakers, presentations and breakout sessions, each highlighting different aspects of the climate crisis and providing training and education for climate activism.

Class of 2018 Heritage alumnus Faith Ward worked closely in organizing the Miami summit, acting as part of the Zero Hour Operations and Logistics team. Ward worked to set the event schedule, research venues and negotiate contracts, and flew to San Francisco to attend an environmental conference and connect with potential donors.

“My mom is Costa Rican, and one of the cultural values she taught me growing up was caring for the world around us,” Ward said.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: “It was a very enriching experience to see such energetic activists working to restore green areas by planting trees,” Mitre said. (Photo/Paula Mitre)

THIS IS ACTIVISM: Part of the summit included protesters walking to a peaceful strike at Miami City Hall. Zero Hour had a variety of sponsor organizations that provided some of the signs, including Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and Sunrise Movement. (Photo/Paula Mitre)

“This cause matters to me not just because I care deeply for the natural world, but also because I believe that we can use the fight for climate justice to remedy many other social issues at the same time.”

While Zero Hour is not a Florida organization, there will soon be a South Florida chapter of the movement in the upcoming months.

More information can be found on its official website, www.thisiszerohour.org.

Building for the future Alyssa Herzbrun | Co-Assistant Editor pl231251@ahschool.com

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fter years of growth, the massive construction projects currently underway may be the last, according to Mr. William Laurie, as every inch of the property has been maximized.

The debut of American Heritage’s newest addition, the 2500 building, should take place by the start of 2020. The first floor will feature a new gym with courts for basketball and volleyball, a lobby, offices for the athletic director and other staff members, training areas with hot tubs and training tables, and restrooms for people to use during home games.

The gym should be finished by December.

It will be able to seat 2,400, which will be more convenient for pep rallies and other events.

The second floor has eight classrooms for English teachers to relocate. The third floor includes seven classrooms and three large labs for communications classes.

A building to house robotics and batting cages will commence construction in January.

A new cafeteria will be constructed near the basketball and tennis courts.

The bottom level will include offices for coaches and locker rooms. The current office for the coaches will become the summer camp office. The second and third floors will include a kitchen and dining hall for students. In the afternoon, the third floor can convert into meeting rooms for larger clubs to meet.

In the field closest to the building, an Olympic-sized pool will be added. Additionally, more outside lunch spaces covered by umbrellas and tents will pop up around campus. “There are a lot of boys and girls that don’t like to eat in a cooped up cafeteria and like to relax with their friends outside, so we are keeping those areas open for them,” Mr. Laurie said.

The current clinic will be expanded, and the tutoring room will be remodeled. The weight room, previously in the 2000 building, was relocated and replaced by three classrooms that are now in use. The front of the new weight room will include a large meeting room.

Heritage has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a small tutoring and reading center. The school is now renowned for its 40-acre campus, which only becomes better with age.

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Following the Media A look into the relationship between students and the media Zoe Persaud | News Editor pl238511@ahschool.com

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he stress of balancing classes, among students. As videos drone on in the extracurriculars and community background and students scroll through service leaves students drained and their timelines, the recurring trends and exhausted. Social media can provide popular jokes provide entertaina sense of relaxation and ment through mostly humor. downtime from constant According to a study conactivity as students scroll ducted by the Amerthrough Instagram ican Psychology posts or watch YouTube Association, videos. However, this humor “downtime” greatly affects student behavior regarding social and academic performance.

According to a study conducted by “Stop Procrastinating,” an app intended to block online distractions to boost user productivity, 51% of students admitted to losing at least an hour of productivity daily to social media and internet distraction.

Even worse, about 44% of those polled were worried about the overall quality of their work due to procrastination through use of the internet. can (Graphic/Emma Remudo) The more attention given to help facilisocial media platforms such as YouTube tate positive emotions, and Twitter, the less time spent on studygain intimacy with others and buffer stress. ing for exams or completing homework.

Cyber “inside-jokes” lead to regular usage Social media also consumes students’ of related slang. free time during the summer and leaves Merriam-Webster defines “slang” less time for community service and as “language peculiar to a particular recreational activities. group.” The parameters of what makes a Social media platforms and the content group “particular” can vary from people consumed through these platforms also born in a specific decade to viewers of a greatly influences behavior and culture certain entertainer.

The constant use of these terms tend to naturally bleed into conversation that 10 Features require specific experiences to understand

such as “90s kid culture” of Tamagotchi pets and Beanie Babies. Slang itself changes the way people use language and shows the evolution of speech throughout time with terms such as “groovy” (coined in 1968) and “sick” (coined in 2006) both describing something as “great” despite the nearly 40year difference. Major influencers on social media sites (i.e. YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) have cemented their place in the lives of viewers with staple phrases invading everyday conversation. Use of social media as a method of procrastination further envelopes a student into the subculture of jokes and trends that cause slang and in-person references to flourish but also has detrimental effects on academic performance and personal responsibilities because of the misuse of time.

To avoid falling victim to the temptation of social media and the internet, students can schedule time away from devices in order to focus on assignments and learn to balance responsibilities and leisure.

As procrastination and slang continue to serve as staples in the new age of internet culture, the positive and negative behaviors associated with social media persist throughout the student body.

My Senior Bucket List . . .

Kristen Quesada| Co-Editor-in-Chief pl208162@ahschool.com

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hether you have attended Heritage for four years or 10, senior year is what all students look forward to. To avoid missing out on the full AHS experience, here are some activities:

Go to at least one game of each sport (football, soccer, lacrosse, basketbal and baseball/softball) If you have directed your focus on just one sport’s games (or no sport’s games for that matter) for all of high school, switch it up this year and see what all sports have to offer. Go to at least one game for each sport to show your school spirit.

Go to the Open Mic Night If you are literary-minded, check out the English Honor Society’s semesterly Open Mic Night. Read something important to you, go up and sing a song, or just sit in the audience and snap your fingers. Regardless of what you do, it will be a fun night to enjoy with your friends.

Take at least 50 pictures during your senior year Set a picture goal for yourself. Senior year is your last year of high school, so take a picture with friends or of your daily high school life for your future self to reminisce upon fondly.

Go to both the fall and spring musicals Don’t neglect the fine arts; check out both of the annual theater productions before leaving Heritage.

Go to the student talent show Head to Student Government’s annual student talent show second semester to see your friends perform. Or, since you have nothing to lose as a senior, perform something yourself.

Powder Puff (watch or participate) Show spirit for the senior team by joining powder puff as either a cheerleader (guys) or football player (girls). Make it even more fun by doing it with friends.

Go to your last homecoming Regardless of whether you have gone to previous years’ homecoming dances, make this year the most memorable and go with your friends or a date.

Put effort into dressing up for homecoming weekGo big or go home for your senior year. Instead of taking the easy way out and slapping on a T-shirt and pants vaguely related to the day’s theme, put some thought into your “Through the decades� outfits and have fun with it.

Prompose/get promposed to In addition to actually going to prom, make your date feel special with a cute promposal. Whether it be a sign related to something they like or a flash mob designed to ask them out, your date will be sure to appreciate the thought.

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Say no to stress

Starting off the school year may seem daunting, but it is crucial for succcess of the mind and the self to go in with a level-head.

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fter a little less than three months of unstructured time, it’s time to get the clock under control. A few upperclassmen stepped up to discuss how everyone can have a successful school year in 2019-2020.

“Since elementary school, my parents have always pushed me and put me in good schools to give me the opportunities to find success in the classroom, senior onathan ipping said. e recommends that to find success in our high school years, to push yourself to improve. “Success is not getting all A’s or being the best musician or being number one in anything or everything. There is no definite standard for success. I believe success is becoming, ever da , a little bit better than you were before. Morally, academically, artistically, in sports, everything. hat s what I push m self toward, I want to be a better person, student, friend, classmate, follower and listener. hat, in the end is what trul matters.

Let’s take a closer look into stress. There are three forms: acute, episodic acute and chronic acute. Each refer to the frequency; acute simply means that it is due to anticipation of an event, episodic happens frequently and chronic is never-ending. School can sometimes be seen as a high-stakes environment but going into the ear anticipating the worst is far from beneficial.

NYU found that “School work, college applications, extracurricular activities, and parental e pectations all contribute to teenagers stress, but our mindset impacts this as well. r to start off the ear with an open mind to the challenges ahead. on t worr though, there are plent of wa s to prevent stress. he first is music. You can use Patriot Post’s calming Spotify playlist to take a moment to de-stress. Beyond this, listening to music from video games can help with productivity. Also try to reverse your stress response using breathing techniques.

Professors from Stanford and Villanova found that students should not spend more than four hours a day or 20 hours a week on extracurricular activities.

When working more than these hours, students experience “emotional problems, less sleep and more stress. o, be careful not to spread ourself thin this ear.

While it’s tempting to try each of the 86 clubs and 16 sports on campus, instead focus on a few activities so you can give them your all and make the most of our time at school. In the end, achievements can t be properl felt if ou don t have a stable emotional or mental health. “We should really focus toward mental success and emotional success, senior uliette e es said as she recounted that these forms of success were the hardest to accomplish in her junior year. “Try to balance out our life, putting ourself first and reali ing at the end of the da , what ou do in high school will not define ou for the rest of our life. Guidance counselors host a Stress and Anxiety Prevention group meeting via referral monthly if you feel the need to talk in a group. Counselors can also give you a referral to a mental health provider if you feel the need for one-on-one help.

So, make the most of this year, focus on your mental health, help the environment and manage your time. Don’t forget to enjoy yourself as a teenager. chedule time to go cra for homecoming week and no matter what grade you’re in, go to the dance. Feel school spirit and go to a sports game one night.

Maybe watch a movie or two one weekend. Be yourself and live life as you want to. s eritage alumnus Isaac hamberlain once said, alm down this is high school.

Tips to succeed

For the Homework Make sure you get the Planbook app so you can log in and see all your homework in a condensed location.

If you want to go above and beyond, you can get a list-making app or use a notebook to write down your homework. For example, I use “Wunderlist” to write down all my homework. Apps like “Wunderlist” allow you to set due dates for each of your items to do so you can get reminders and separate your activities into multiple lists.

For the Sleep One of the most tasking responsibilities a Heritage student has is sleeping. In order to make sure you get the amount of sleep you need or at least feel like it, you can use “sleepyti.me” This website calculates when to go to sleep in order to wake up at a specific time at the end of your sleep cycle. This means that you should feel less tired when you wake up because you won’t be interrupting your sleep cycle. It also allows you to look up when to wake up after going to sleep at a certain time.

For the World Make sure to invest in a reusable water bottle this year. Heritage is starting this year with a new green initiative. You can even search for reusable straws and utensils. Try to get them as bamboo or another compostable material in order to expound on not harming the environment. If you have any suggestions for the school to go more green, then consider joining the Green Initiative Board or joining eco-sensitive clubs such as Black, Gold and Green, Key Club and the Climate Change Club.

For the Future You can use Naviance to begin planning for your college and career. Once you log onto the portal, Naviance is linked to the icon to the right of MyBackpack. You can use Naviance to make a resume, search for college information and look into different jobs.

For more one-on-one advice, you can schedule a meeting with your guidance counselor. You can schedule a meeting by going under the “Guidance” tab in the portal. From that screen click your counselor’s name and sign up for a meeting on the Google Calendar.

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When They Were Us:

Dean Natalie Cashman (Photos submitted by Natalie Cashman)

Have you ever wondered what your teachers were like in high school? In our monthly faculty profile, we take a trip back to the past and explore what teachers were like ‘When They Were Us’ (WTWU).

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nergetic and super fun” does not quite paint the picture of a serious student. However, Dean Natalie Cashman embodied this duality during her time at St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Her simultaneous lighthearted and studious personality made for a perfect balance.

“I was a crazy intense student, kind of like I am now. I had to have things done that day and done well. I would stay up all night studying if I had to,” she said.

As a Plantation native, Dean Cashman has seen the changes her beloved city has undergone over the last several decades.

Plantation doubled in size, growing from approximately 40,000 residents 30 years ago to more than 90,000 today.

“Because Plantation was smaller, we all knew each other. It was kind of nice actually,” Dean Cashman said. The smaller city size led to her abundance of friendships with students from schools throughout Broward County, including Heritage and Cardinal Gibbons.

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Although Dean Cashman exhibited typical teenager traits and interests, she was unlike most other teens in her steadfast devotion to service. Dean Cashman was most passionate about homelessness and underprivileged youth.

“I think these issues are so important. In high school, I focused a lot on that with my service,” she said.

Considering she is currently the Heritage Key I loved high school, and I work to Club adviser, her passion service has not run out. give you guys the same kind of great for “I believe in service, and I think that you have to model experience that I had. it for students. You just have to continue doing service in the community. There’s no teacher. They were both big-time social such thing as ‘too little service’; every little studies teachers and were very involved bit counts,” she said. with everything to do with school,” she said.

Dean Cashman looks back on high “Their tests were incredibly difficult, but I school with only fond memories. “You wanted to do anything I could to please know how some people don’t like to come them, I wanted to be just like them.” to school?

I can’t even imagine that. I loved And like them she is. Dean Cashman’s being in school all the time in high school, high school interests ranged from soccer and now I love being here every day as an and cheer to academics and Key Club. adult,” she said.

“I loved high school, and “I most fondly remember being super inI work to give you guys the same kind of volved. I had a lot of friends and loved begreat experience that I had.” ing in school all the time,” she reminisced. dean during the school year and as co-principal of the Summer Institute during the summer started with her as a history teacher, a passion that stemmed from high school and led to her college major in history.

“I had two teachers in high school: Mr. Heller, a history teacher and big Student Government person, and Mrs. Jones, the cheerleading coach and AP Econ

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JACOB BENNEtT We are on a mission: to prove to you, our reader, that everyone, and we do mean everyone, has a story within them, both unique and interesting. Cue our bi-monthly feature EHAS: Everyone Has A Story, where two Patriot Post staffers set off on a quest to find and extensively interview a Heritage student at random to prove that everyone does, in fact, have a story.

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hile students enjoyed their last weeks of summer vacation, Kristen and I decided that it would be a fun idea to pick this year’s first EHAS student feature through a trivia contest on the iPatriotPost Instagram page, featuring questions about American Heritage’s history. It was no surprise when, after sorting through hundreds of responses, our winner, sophomore Jacob Bennett, revealed himself as a “Heritage native.”

Having attended American Heritage for 10 years and as one of Mrs. Bennett’s (the high school International Guidance Counselor) sons, Bennett knows the campus like the back of his hand. However, he has not had to brave these last 10 years alone. Bennett’s twin, Austin

Bennett, has also attended Heritage since an early age. “I am very thankful that [Austin] is in my life as my first friend and someone that I can always talk to about anything,” Jacob said.

Being this familiar with the campus and its programs, Bennett quickly found interests all over the school. From sports, to Robotics, to music and multimedia, Bennett’s interests are diverse, to say the least. Although he is not enrolled in an official pre-professional track, Bennett recognizes the multimedia course as one that “has really shaped me as a person,” he said.

Since his junior high years when he joined JH News, he knew he wanted to participate in sports broadcasting for the rest of his high school career. Because he had learned how to film and edit, Bennett figured that putting these skills into action would be a good way to confirm that this was something he wanted to pursue. Over the summer, he worked as the videographer for the Robotics camp at Heritage.

Other than being involved in the multimedia department with WAHS, Bennett also has a strong passion for sports. From baseball, football and soccer to track and cross country, he has fully dedicated himself to athletics of all kinds.

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cord by finishing the 3.1 mile endeavor in 20 minutes and 30 seconds. This year, Bennett is working to break his record again, hopefully completing the race in under 19 minutes.

When asked about what advice he would give his younger self, Bennett said he would have liked to devote more time to each activity.

Like other students, Bennett’s after-school routine revolves around practice.

“That’s something I currently struggle with because I don’t usually have a lot of time to do important things. cross country practice ends at six, which means I don’t get home until 6:30, and I don’t usually finish eating dinner until 7:30. This doesn’t leave much time to practice guitar, do homework and go to sleep at a reasonable time,” he said.

Bennett hopes to continue his education in multimedia as well as his participation in cross country. However focused on his work he may seem to be, he still keeps his work ethic in check and believes that success isn’t defined by achievements but by your impact on others.

“I like to live in the moment; when I do have free time, I don’t like to dwell on the past. I try to be friendly and respectful to everyone, and treat people like I want them to treat me,” he said. “I feel that if I treat people nicely, people will treat me nicely.”

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ollywood has long symbolized the entertainment industry, which, despite strides in achieving true diversity, remains a male-dominated industry with 88% of the top 250 films of 2017 having no female directors and 83% with no female writers according to San Diego State University. It tells of the inequality behind the camera, but what about on-screen? According to USC Annenberg’s Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative, “Only 30.2% of the 30,835 speaking characters evaluated were female across the 700 top‐grossing films from 2007 to 2014.” This proves a gross under-representation of women in film as, statistically, women did not comprise many speaking roles in the time from 2007 to 2014, much less the lead roles in these films.

Movies that had leading women with unique narratives like “Lady Bird” (2017) or “La La Land” (2016) were some of the highest-grossing films of their respective years, so why are female-led movies still under-estimated in terms of success? Shockingly, only 31% of protagonists in films of 2018 were women, achieving a record-high and increasing from 2017’s 24% according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. While the number of female leads in blockbuster movies spanning from dramas to sci-fi has become much higher since the times of Old Hollywood, for a modern audience, this simply is not enough.

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Despite the commonality of male leads in film, numerous female-led films became major blockbusters in recent years. the MPAA’s Theme Report, women accounted for 51% of movie-goers in 2018. Not including complex women in these fictional worlds marginalizes women and makes them see themselves as less “socially important” than men.

The majority of non-leading female characters in movies are subject to what is termed as “the male gaze” where they are only shown on

the benefit of having female leads beyond this stereotype. It disservices the female audience to only see themselves on-screen as a character lacking the most basic level of depth that is always awarded to any male character.

Increasing the number of female leads and even non-leading, complex female characters in the films of the future would be a great stride in diversifying cinema and shattering the male-ego of Hollywood that makes so many narratives and movies male-dominated. With this year having a remarkable amount of blockbuster films (such as “Us” and “Mary, Queen of Scots”) with strong female leads, the roles of women in Hollywood, more specifically the leading woman, will continue to grow and redefine the male-dominated entertainment industry.

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ince the young age of 2, senior Zahra Willis-Cox has had a passion for the performing arts. One of her earliest memories is of her father’s office party where a group of hula dancers inspired her to make her way to the stage to dance along with them.

“My mom said that was the moment she knew that I was supposed to be a performer,” she said.

She attributes her involvement and passion for the arts to her Jamaican heritage and the many cultural events that she participated in and watched. She grew up dancing and singing due to performing arts serving a key role in her culture.

Willis-Cox has participated in various performances since then. This past school year, she was a part of the cast in performances such as the junior/senior fall play “Tartuffe” as Madame Pernelle, the senior high play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as Puck and the spring musical “Chicago” as an ensemble news reporter.

“Puck was probably the most difficult role that I have played. The role was very physically challenging . . . almost like a Peter Pan as a creature of the woods,” she said

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explaining that Puck was her favorite role so far in her fine arts career.

“During the first semester, my class studied Shakespeare, putting what we learned about the cadence and other aspects of speech that are individual to Shakespeare into action, [which] helped to cement our understanding and appreciation for how it affects performance,” Willis-Cox explained.

Aside from her roles on stage, she also recognizes her performance at this past year’s Districts Thespians competition last December as one of her biggest accomplishments.

“I did a solo pantomime, received Critic’s Choice and was awarded the Charlie Cinnamon Theater Scholarship (a $1,000 grant). That was something that really stuck with me this year. Whenever I was having an off day, I would think to myself, ‘Wow, I did that.’ ” Willis-Cox said.

She has begun branching out onto different platforms as well. This past year she performed as an extra on the Nickelodeon television show “I am Frankie” and participated in her local cafe’s, Gigi’s Café, “sing-off” night where she was the youngest contestant on stage. “[My audition experience] was actually pretty nice because normally you just go in, do your lines and leave, but the casting director actually picked up on the fact that I have Jamaican heritage based on how I pronounced a word. I introduced myself, and they asked ‘Are you Jamaican?”

Willis-Cox said.

She does not plan on stopping her fine arts career. She performed a cover of Adele’s “When We Were Young” as a part of the pre-show act at a concert for Vick-

BREAK A LEG: In the 2018 junior/senior high fall musical “Tartuffe,” Willis-Cox played the role of Madame Pernelle. “A performance can only be as good as you are to yourself,” Willis-Cox said.

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SHOWSTOPPER: In spring of 2019, Willis-Cox performed as Puck, the mischievous fairy of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The play divides action amongst several characters but Puck is often considered the closest to a protagonist.

ie Winans, an American Gospel recording artist July 26 at a “dinner and show” event held at Miami’s Casablanca on The Bay. “Performing has brought me a lot of self-awareness. I believe that to go into another character you have to first neutralize yourself, and to be able to do that I think you have to be able to understand yourself. And I’m still learning — I’ll always be learning—but I think it is that process of being aware of yourself and being aware of the energy around you,” she said.

Besides the performing arts, Willis-Cox also has an interest in international relations, explaining that she has been impacted by the Mandarin classes she took freshman and sophomore year. She plans on double majoring in college in International Relations with a possible emphasis on Asian culture and acting.

As a message to her fellow musical theater and acting peers (and all students) Willis-Cox stresses that you have to take care of yourself because an emphasis in performance can lead to a busy and demanding life.

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he world around us always changes: our lifestyles, ways of communication and the rapidity of getting what we want, when we want it. This can apply to most aspects of our lives, including what we see online, where we shop or how we listen to music.

As a changing generation the youth is generally expected to discover the undiscovered while paying homage to our roots. That is one of the many aspects that Amber Bain, otherwise known as The Japanese House, acknowledged when writing her music. The 23-year-old, London-based artist has released four EPs over the past three years as well as a full length album, Good At Falling, March 1.

When coming up with an alternative name for her brand, Bain thought back to her early childhood when she travelled to Devon, England with her family, during which they stayed in a small cottage called “The Japanese

House.” This trip changed her perspective on how she viewed herself, which ultimately motivated her androgynous stage persona. “I pretended to be a boy for a week. I wore dungarees and my hair up under my backwards cap,” Bain told i-D in an interview. Much like many soulful singers, Bain sings not only about her highs but also her lows in everyday life. In her most recent tracks, Bain packs all her emotions into powerful lyrics which makes performing some of her songs especially difficult.

Her past relationship with musician Marika Hackman most influenced her songwriting.

Their relationship appears in the majority of her songs, but is most heartbreakingly evident in her single “Lilo.” Bain began composing it at the beginning of their relationship and completed it after their split, which makes it one of her most difficult songs to sing live. However, she has since performed it numerous times and now embraces the feelings.

Bain will continue to create her soulful and melodic music, playing with all types of instruments, basses and synthesizers as well as her voice and passionate lyrics. The Japanese House continues to find meaning in everyday life after her heartbreak, but she has also arrived at a very important lesson: “I think when you’re performing shows, when you sing to a crowd of people and they’re all singing back at you, that instantly gives you purpose.”

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rganic, freshly served food alongside contemporary furnishing used to exist only as a luxury for citygoers. However, when Ovlo Eats opened on 7626 Peters Road in Plantation, it brought wholesome, healthy meals to the suburbs.

The restaurant’s wooden furnishing and delicate decor creates a refreshing and uplifting atmosphere. The glass doors frame the white lights and green succulents flowing out of wooden containers mounted to the wall. In the right corner, an LED sign with its slogan “food with thought” hangs on the wall.

Outside the restaurant, a waiter greets customers with a menu to bring inside. After ordering at the counter, the food arrives on wooden platters. Housemade beverages like pomegranate iced green tea are shipped from Colorado and have free refills all day long.

The menu ranges from steak and blue cheese to mixed green salads. All food comes organic, and any food that can be made vegetarian or vegan comes vegetarian or vegan. For example, the seasonal vegan carrot cake uses milk alternatives to make vanilla frosting and comes topped with shaved walnuts.

Altogether, Ovlo Eats provided an easy-going environment and pleasant dining experience. The friendly waiters provided quick service and the restaurant was quiet enough to talk at a conversational tone, but not so quiet that neighboring tables could hear. The manager periodically checked on tables, and the food took hardly 10 minutes to arrive.

We ordered the vegetable minestrone, brown rice and quinoa, and fingerling potatoes, which proved to be a both flavorful and filling meal. Like many organic meals, the food at Ovlo Eats comes at a higher price, with salads ranging anywhere from $12 to $16 and sandwiches ranging from $12 to $15. While

the price may deter customers from making Ovlo Eats their new everyday eatery, the aesthetically pleasing restaurant gives customers a taste of homegrown and healthy food.

STUCK ON SAN FRAN: Co-owners Steve Stolberg and Josh Bernstein opened the restaurant April 12, 2019 after visiting California and gaining inspiration from the San Francisco style of dining.

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WARMING UP: Junior WR Vinson Davis practices prior to the Preseason Kickoff Classic. Davis hauled in two touchdowns for Heritage last season.

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ollowing Heritage’s first regular season game versus Monsignor Pace, Friday night lights is officially back.

After finishing the 2018 campaign with a 10-2 record and a loss in the regional finals at the hands of rival Cardinal Gibbons, coach Patrick Surtain will be heading into the upcoming season with high hopes and and one goal for his squad.

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average 146.5 yards per game, just above the national average. Jones was able to rush for 782 yards on 146 carries to complement his six touchdowns on the year while his counterpart, Williams, accounted for 581 yards on 108 carries to go along with his nine scores.

Despite the major losses on offense, though, the Patriots’ passing game should feature a similar look to the 2018 season, starting with senior quarterback Edwin Rhodes III. Rhodes threw for 1,445 yards, rushed for 196 yards and accounted for 12 total touchdowns in his junior season.

The team’s receiving game should also continue to HOT PURSUIT: Seven Patriot defenders charge the Lion’s ball carrier in their matchup in the Preseaon Kickoff operate through senior Douglas Classic. Heritage’s defense the Lion’s to 13 points to secure Emilien and junior Vinson Davis the win. (Photo/Joanne Haner) III. Emilien finished last year with a team-high 602 receiving yards “Our expectations are the same each on 35 receptions; Davis ended and every year,” Coach Surtain said. “We’ve the 2018 campaign second set the bar so high, that going 11-2 is almost on the team a bad year. We expect to win the state chamin receiving pionship each and every year.” yardage with Despite the high expectations, if the Pa354 yards on triots plan to reach the state championship 26 receptions. game, they will have to do so with some The team new faces in the starting lineup. will also look to Heritage lost key offensive confeature an active tributors that helped propel WR Jacolby Spells, who their team to falling just one was limited three games last game short of reaching the year and converted five restate semifinals. ceptions into 112 yards.

Tyler Jones and On the defense, the PaLavelton Williams, triots will be without some lead senior running of the top performers. backs a year ago, Their linebacking group helped push the will be without the Patriot’s Patriots’ running attack to

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total sacks and tackles leader from last season, MLB Dorian Jones. who amassed 122 total tackles, nine sacks, one interception and one fumble recovery in his senior year.

In addition to the loss at the linebacker position, the Patriots will have holes to fill in the secondary following the loss of SS Kamryn Giles, who recorded 53 total tackles in his senior year, and junior FS James Williams, who announced his transfer to Western High School earlier in the offseason.

Finally, on special teams, the Patriots will be looking to fill the void left by top kicker and punter Jimmy Lowery. Lowery went 12 for 17 on field goal attempts and a perfect 31 for 31 on PATs in his senior year.

Regardless of the team’s additions or losses, Coach Surtain plans to address any of the Patriots’ weakness so they can take the next step forward this upcoming season.

“I think we can improve in every area,” Coach Surtain said. “The most important thing is playing with discipline and not turning the ball over, creating more explosive plays on offense. [It’s also] taking the ball away on defense and not giving up the big play, and on special teams we have to be difference makers each week.”

The Patriots will continue to have their sights set on bringing the state championship back to Plantation. With the necessary improvements, Heritage will expect to remain in contention for the state title and come away with the banner.

“Every year is a new year and I live by the motto: ‘We coach who we have.’” Coach Surtain said. “We can’t worry about the guys who are not here; we have to find a way to put another banner on the bricks.

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