Reality Check

from 2019-2020 LLA Mirror Issue 8

Dancers at LLA

18 Reality Check

At Loma Linda Academy, there are many extracurriculars and clubs. One of them is Reality Check.

Reality Check works to provide LLA students with skits and plays that have a valuable meaning in them. Reality Check also happens in the elementary side of campus.

The directors are Josefine Garcia and Lauren Jones. Krystal Checo, a writer, said in previous years Reality Check taught drama to the other schools on our campus. They were planning to continue that tradition this year, but, it was derailed by the Corona virus pandemic.

Jasmine Garcia, a Reality check director, said Reality Check as an art form. “Reality Check is in my opinion, very artistic. We are all artists using the stage as a platform to share our voice.

It’s something that takes a lot of time and practice and every actor pours their heart and soul into what they do and it shows. We have actors practice the art of theatre and drama, and scriptwriters that practice the

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art of writing and supply us with their beautiful creations that make our show.

We work like a machine together but we’re also all very different.” Jasmine Garcia is heavily inspired by her peers in Reality Check. “I’ve been acting professionally since I was five years old and I’ve always wanted to act in school plays. When I heard that the high school had a drama group I knew I had to join. I loved my first year as an actor so when I heard I was being made one of the directors I flipped. It’s my passion project. Working alongside two very creative minds, Lauren Jones as my co-director and Noah Hernandez as our head writer, pushes me to my creative limits and makes me want to go beyond that. In my mind, they’re a huge inspiration for what we’re about and what we do.”

For those looking to possibly get involved next year speak to a Reality Check leader. As well as follow them on Instagram at Reality check for updates.

• The SA virtual talent show is an interactive and unique way to bring back the spark and liveliness to the student body during these unprecedented times. The talent show is now on Instagram, starting yesterday, May 1. There are six submissions and they will be played through the rest of the week. Voting will take place this Sunday may 10. A monetary prize will be given to the winners.

• As of 5 May 2020, worldwide COVID-19 cases count 3,723,969 and deaths count 257,983, and 1,239,488 have recovered, according to Worldometers. Among the countries with most cases, daily confirmed cases have been following a downward trend in Italy, France, Germany, Iran, and Turkey.

• Over the past week, thousands gathered in “Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina and Utah” to protest lock down orders due to COVID-19, according to CNN. com.

Briefs

HS and JH Spring Week of Prayer is happening May 4-7 at 2.30. Watch live at llaministry.org/chapel

Campus Ministries Life Groups Online is an opportunity for you to connect with other students and talk about life, the future, and everything in between. This happens every week on Fridays at 3:30PM. Link to the Zoom room is on llaministry.org/zoom.

According to CBS News, a continuation of worldwide lock downs may lead to the largest yearly global decline ever in carbon dioxide emission. Several before and after pictures of cities around the world -- Los Angeles, Jakarta, New Delhi, Barcelona, Milan, Moscow, and London -- show significant improvement in air quality.

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April Birthdays

25 Scavenger Hunt Photography

By Melissa Gomez Competition Rules:

Step 1. Find an object that fits the category of the certain day. (i.e. a glass of water on Monday) Step 2. Photograph the object. Examples provided below. Step 3. Upload the photograph to your Instagram story and tag the Mirror (@lla.mirror). The Mirror will be posting some of the photos, so be sure to tag us.