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NEWS

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School assembly embraces importance of Black History with poetry, song, dance

Clockwise from left: Pashion Jones-Ware sings Beyonce’s “I was Here”; Dancers Kiara Williams, Amara Nolan, Alonna Gomez, and Sydney Lettau dance to John Legend’s “Glory”; Ellexis Samon and Saniah Giles recite a spoken word poem. The Black History Month assembly was the first in a few years. Organizers say they would like to keep the tradition alive.

Josiah Thao Photo/Graphics Editor On Friday, February 23, there was an assembly for Black History Month where people sang, danced and did slam poetry.

New Tech Biology teacher Klaudia Burton organized this assembly with Restorative Justice counselor Darion Brown. Burton said she was pleased the event came off the way it did.

“I thought that the assembly went as planned,” said Burton.

This was the first presentation of this kind that Everett has had in awhile.

“This was the first Black History Month assembly that we have had in the past four years,” said Burton.

During the fifth hour assembly, people with C lunch left to go to lunch. Some people though it was rude and disruptive but Burton knew it was going to happen.

“It was a little problem for us but they left when no one was performing,” said Burton.

Burton said that they hope to do it again next year and have more time to practice.

“I would’ve given myself more time to plan it and given the dancers more time to rehearse,” said Burton.

Senior Oliver Williams said that it wasn’t what he was expecting.

“It was fun and it was a different experi-

ence,” said Williams If you went to the assembly, you saw Brown hosting it all and introducing the acts.

He thought that the assembly went very well and went as planned and had fun hosting it.

“It was a very impactful event; I thought people liked it and enjoyed it, I myself enjoyed it I had fun and I felt like everybody was feeling it,” said Brown.

He thought that we should have another one next year and change a few things.

“I think we should have another one next year,” said Brown. “We should center it towards Black History a little more.”

Sophomore Joseph Hernandez said that it was a good assembly and thought it was amazing.

“It was moving, and I thought it was something new and important for us students to attend. We should do it again next year,” said Hernandez.

NEWS

CHAD SANDERS

Junior company offers middle school dance opportunities

JV Dance Company practices in the dance room after school. Students from the high school dance company help them learn new moves.

Recently, Dance Director Clara Martinez decided to form a junior dance company for middle schoolers. “[Middle school] students brought up in the fall that they were interested in having more opportunity for 7th and 8th graders,” said Martinez. “It’s 3rd hour and it’s my biggest class.”

Martinez prepared events before to spread the word around to persuade students

into joining the junior dance company. Without the students’ voice this wouldn’t have happened, she said.

“I did some surveys in the fall and asked people. I also put on extra events like a dance open house, [where] I had a pizza party and asked the students what do you all want out of this program,” said Martinez.

People really wanted to have a middle school dance company; they didn’t want to wait until they were 10th or 11th graders to join.

“7th graders have been meeting after

school on Wednesdays and Thursdays; I see some of them in class throughout the day,” said Martinez. “What I really appreciate about the middle schoolers is that they came to me and asked [for it].”

Many students attended the audition and brought their talents to the dance floor.

“I got about 35 people to audition and I took 26,” said Martinez.

Martinez has students help her after school to create new dance choreography.

“I love working with these kids,” said junior Zakari Williams. “I have made one

dance with them, and I am working on their second dance five to six convos to practice at home.”

Williams is one of her students who loves spending her time creating new dances.

“I wanted to help them because I love kids and working with them is so fresh, exciting, new, and fun,” said Williams. “It’s entertaining watching them do moves they haven’t done before.”

Williams has danced since she was a little girl, and has never stopped loving to dance.

“I love to dance. I starting dancing when

I was five in weddings and in quinceaneras, said Williams. “That really influenced me to become a better dancer, to teach dance, and love dance.”

Want to audition for the dance company but don’t know how? Your chance is getting close to audition for next year. “[To get into dance company] you have to do an audition,” said Martinez. “I’m having a workshop; you have to sign up for an interview spot and then you would have to come the day of the audition.”

things, both teachers met up in order to complete it.

“We had to submit a proposal about what the environmental and journalism class would be doing specifically in the project, what our role would be as teachers in facilitating the project, and what the actual science project would be about,” said Environmental Science teacher Klaudia Burton.

The environmental portion of the grant will consist of water quality and accessibility.

“The students will be learning how water is not accessible in multiple parts in the world and how that’s a great issue we need to care about,” said Burton. “Their job is to [also] research, test out methods of ways we can make water more accessible and engineer

a plan and design in order to make water more accessible.”

The journalism part will be reporting and writing about the findings.

The journalism class will cover the day to day progress on the project and creating a chronological timeline from beginning to end.

Coverage will consist of photos, videos, interviewing and writing.

Both classes will be using their money for different things. The science class will be purchasing supplies they need to actually do the labs and will be going on field trips such as to MSU to visit engineering labs and the wastewater facilities located in East Lansing.

“I do have some materials but just some things need to be replenished; also, it costs us

to go on field trips. We have to pay for subs and bussing and student lunches if it’s an allday thing. So those are things it’ll go toward, as well as their final presentation... posters and for things to be printed,” said Burton.

As for The Voice staff, their money will be spent on one thing: ink and paper.

“We struggle to raise enough money to print the paper,” said Sanders. “This grant guarantees that our coverage of the environmental science project will get out to people. $1,000 is enough to help us print three issues; bake sales and other work will help us print the rest.”

Burton said she would have done the project either way, but the grant gives her students opportunities they would not have had.

“This is just at a benefit that I can increase and elevate some things that I wanted to do in the project because I now have this money,” said Burton.

At the end of the project, Sanders and Burton’s students will present their findings to people at MSU. Burton’s hope is that her students understand how important the issue is and how it’s affecting people other than themselves.

“I want them to understand their project is something that can help our environment very greatly,” said Burton. “Water quality and accessibility is not something that a lot of people think about it because it’s so accessible right now. But they don’t think in terms of the future and what it could actually look like.”

Newspaper, science classes awarded environmental journalism grant Briana Vazquez Editor-In-Chief Two teachers in search of funding for two different things tag teamed in order to receive a grant from an MSU department.

One day this fall, journalism teacher Chad Sanders received an email from MSU about a grant opportunity.

“They were looking for staffs to partner with an environmental science class,” said Sanders. “I talked to Burton, and she was all in. I’m excited about our partnership.”

Everett was one of three schools to receive the $2,000 scholarship; each class will receive $1,000 each.

The application consisted of different

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Arianna Orta Reporter

OPINION

7 classes a day will not address student failures Next year’s seven-class school day will put more stress on students. Students will have one additional class each day, there will be an immense amount of overall class time lost (especially with Advanced Placement classes), there is the possibility that it this might not even help the dropout rate (and could instead further increase it), and the collaboration period for teachers could simple be a waste of time. Rethink this plan; don’t make things worse.

School days will not be longer, as anywhere from nine to 13 minutes (depending on the course) will be taken out of each of the six current classes in order to form the seventh class. Teachers will not have to teach a seventh class, but instead will have one of those seven periods be a collaboration period in which teachers would be paired with other teachers to collaborate on projects and improve their lessons and overall teaching.

There will be no change in the credit requirement needed to graduate, meaning students will be able to graduate high school with 28 credits even though they still only need 22 credits to graduate. It’s true that the dropout rate is an important issue that needs to be given attention but going to this extent to solve it isn’t the right way of doing things, as it will hurt students more than help them.

time learning in each class. Now if you consider students in Advanced Placement classes, they’re losing around 25 hours of class time to study for the AP exam, which can reward the student with college credits toward that class and essentially allow the student not be required to take that class in college if they score high enough on the exam. Teachers who teach these classes already have to use time wisely to properly prepare students to pass the exam, and now with this substantial amount of class time being lost, it will be even harder for those teachers to make sure their students are well prepared and educat-

moved as a priority school. We should focus on the things that are already proving to be effective instead of trying something new.

It’s also true that a lot of students are genuinely trying pretty hard in their classes and still having a

but

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Added Stress

Many students already stress over the six classes they’re currently expected to keep up with, whether general or advanced classes, so throwing a seventh class at them would be a mistake. It’s understandable that giving students a seventh class can be seen as beneficial, since it gives them an opportunity to earn more credits, essentially either getting ahead on their credits or not having to worry too much about failing a class or even a few.

However, if students are already struggling with maintaining good grades in their current six classes, then it’s not likely they’re going to do any better, or even as well, if they’re given a seventh class to focus on. General classes aren’t typically that hard, but having one or more honors or Advanced Placement (AP) classes on your schedule isn’t usually too easy.

It’s a struggle to keep up with those classes in addition to the rest of your classes. Having a seventh class thrown at students, one that they might not even need, will probably just stress them out even more.

AP Struggles

In order to form this seventh class, nine minutes will need to be taken out of each of the six classes currently on students’ schedules. After doing some very simple math, it was found that students would be losing around about 30 hours (six weeks) of class time each year with this being put into effect.

That’s 30 less hours that students will be able to spend in class learning material, getting help from a teacher with their work, and overall less

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ed to pass the exam. Enrolling in AP classes is highly encouraged since college credits can be earned, but now it’s going to be a struggle to even pass the exam with a three (the lowest score to pass) if AP students are losing 25 hours of class time to study for the exam and ask their teacher(s) questions about specific topics.

Dropout Help Not Guaranteed

Ultimately, the main reason that this change is being considered, and will most likely go into effect, is because the dropout rate is a pretty significant concern of the school and the district. It’s in their best interest to make sure that students do well in their classes, pass their classes and get enough credits to graduate, and then continue on to college or somewhere else to live a successful life. However, it’s not guaranteed that rolling this into effect will even be effective and give the district the expected results. Many, and possibly even a majority, of the students who are failing most or all of their classes are students that don’t care. It’s true; there’s a lot of students that just don’t care about school one bit. The school is already working hard towards improving the dropout rates, such as having teachers stay after school and helping students with APEX (credit recovery) and a Read 180 class. With these classes, the school has recently been re-

hard time learning the material. Even though this isn’t the best way to look at it, it’s the best way to explain it: if students aren’t passing six classes, then adding a seventh class on their schedule will give them a seventh class to fail.

For the case with students who are actually trying but struggling, now they’re having one additional class to struggle with and possibly fail because they simply don’t get what’s being taught or need some extra help. With less class time for teachers to answer individual questions or help those who need it, students who are struggling will struggle even more.

Collab. Time Could Be Extra Hassle

Even though the teachers’ collaboration period is meant to be beneficial to them, it can very possibly end up being a waste of time if executed poorly. Having teachers paired up with other teachers in their department or teachers with related classes would work out great; however, it’s a possibility that teachers will be paired up with teachers not related to their class at all, such as a math teacher being paired with a gym teacher. Along with that, this period could give teachers more work because they will be required to keep track of what they did each time, which would pile on top of the papers they need to grade and their classes they need to plan. It can be beneficial,

like the rest of the effects, the bad outweighs the good.

Even if it ends up being executed effectively, this will just give teachers more work due to them being required to document it each time, saying what they did and who they collaborated with.

Rethink 7 Hours

It’s understandable that the district wants to decrease dropout rates, because who doesn’t? Everyone who makes an effort deserves to graduate high school, possibly head to college, and work towards living a good life.

Dropouts rates do need to decrease so more students can graduate and do just that, but this major change isn’t the correct way to do it. There are other ways to fix the dropout rate number, and maybe the district just needs to dig a bit deeper instead of trying to implement this troublesome solution.

It’s unacceptable that the school administration and the district are willing to put this change into effect, understanding these negative effects that can come from it. Overwhelmed students, lost class time, and the possibility of no to worse effect on the dropout rate are all reasons to rethink this plan and work on the things that are already in place.

This change should not be put into effect and other options of decreasing the dropout rate should be discussed and considered.

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OPINION Our Voice

Walkouts need additional organization to be effective

Students shouldn’t fear school, staff can help them prepare Emylie Gillette Features Editor Parents should not be in fear of child’s safety when sending them to school to get their education.

By now you may be aware of the school shootings that are going on all over the world.

These school shootings can affect parents and students emotionally and physically.

Parents might start to become scared to take their kids to school, and would do anything to keep their children safe.

After parents hear of a shooting, they worry about the safety of their child.

Students can become terrified to go to school because they don’t want to die and be in danger.

Students need to know about these

events and need to know how to handle it and remain calm. Students need to figure out what to do in these scary situations, and how to help themselves and others. School shootings are terrible and should not be happening.

The aftermath of school shootings and other events like these are full of sadness and grief. There are parents and classmates crying over lost loved ones.

If someone has to go as far as to killing other people, they obviously have issues with themselves.

At the time of the shooting the students at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida feared for their lives. Schools should provide classes and teach students about these events and what to do.

Students shouldn’t have to be scared, but if they know how to protect themselves they

would know what to do in that situation and feel safer.

School shootings should not happen and no one should be in that kind of situation.

We have public safety officers to help prevent things like this from happening, and keep the students safe from any kind of danger.

Also the staff should try their best to help out students in any way as well, that’s why they educate us on what to do if something bad happens.

So when a student is not following directions the teacher should talk to them to see what is going on.

Schools are supposed to be a safe place where students come to learn. Students should not have to be afraid and worried about what might happen during the school day.

for it. How come school is teaching students how to do everything except how to be human beings?

Schools should bring more freedom to our lives. Allowing us to speak our minds is one way to support our freedom. Students should stand up for what they believe.

“I feel that for the right cause, it’s the most students can do to get their mind across and it’s how they stand up. It’s good for them to not be afraid to stand up in what they believe in. That’s what I teach in my class,” said Sociology Teacher Ben Billings.

Another way to allow students to feel

like human beings is to bring back things that make kids want to be here. Schools can make the environment feel more welcoming by having open campuses, more hands-on activities, and clubs and groups that open up to more opportunities to college visits, gaming clubs, meeting new people, or whatever is appealing to the students.

Also, teachers should try hard to be more connected with students. All of these things lead to a better experience and better future.

It will make the kids feel more comfortable, which leads to better grades.

Seventeen minutes for seventeen lives taken. Hundreds of students walked out of the school the second the clock turned to 10:00 a.m. and flooded out of the school and made their way to the track. Some students were afraid to walk out in fear there would be consequences, but most teachers were fine with it and reassured them that it was their right to do so.

This walkout was a reaction to the most recent tragic school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were shot and killed by a student armed with an AR-15. Walkouts happened throughout the nation, with students protesting and standing up against our nation’s weak and neglected gun laws. Students are sick of hearing about school shootings so often, and there hasn’t been anything done to prevent them. They felt it was up to them to speak up and demand change.

Compared to other schools’ protests around the nation and even in the district, Everett’s walkout wasn’t as organized or moving. It was a bit disappointing, but it still went pretty well. A 17 minute walkout symbolic of the 17 lives taken at Stoneman Douglas. Students walked around the track for those 17 minutes to honor those students and their families who dealt with this tragic loss.

It could be argued that some students who walked out did it just to get out of class, but it was cold outside.

Students gave up comfort to make a statement. Some students did just stand there and talk with friends, which was pointless and disrespectful, but that was a small minority of the total students participating in the walkout.

Our walkout didn’t send a strong enough message.

There could’ve been more done.

There could’ve been signs. Walking

around a track isn’t doing much to show our support. We can’t expect to be heard if all we’re doing is walking, and even worse, talking as well. Imagine the power of hundreds of students walking in silence.

This wasn’t a one time thing, it’s just the beginning for a movement.

Next time, and there will be a next time, Everett needs to stand taller and our message stronger. We need to show that we mean it. This isn’t something minor.

This is a serious topic that’s important but sadly neglected. Something needs to be changed, and if the government won’t do anything about it, it’s up to us to push for change.

Next time, this protest needs to be student led. We need to stand up and be leaders. We are the future of this nation so let’s build the future. Wednesday’s walkout was allowed by the administration and orchestrated for seventeen minutes. We need to do this whether it’s allowed or not.

We can’t be held back from making a difference. Protests demand change.

Protests show how much the change is needed.

Our government is suggesting arming our teachers as a solution, but that’s like patching a wound up with a small bandage when it requires stitches.

It’s not going to help.

On April 20, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, there will be another national school walkout to show that our lives matter, as it’s our lives the government’s putting at risk when choosing to neglect finding an actual solution.

Lansing students need to stand united this time. We need to have our voice be heard. There’s still a month until this protest, so let’s get busy!

Limiting student freedoms isn’t helping anything Enrique Limon Reporter At noon on February 21, 300 Patriot High School students in Prince William County, Virginia walked out of class to demand gun control. Not caring about the grades and absences that are affecting their record, they’re standing for what they care about. Suspensions have been issued to some students at Patriot High School.

School officials are shaming students for standing up and bringing their grades down

Recently, students and teachers from Kalamazoo Central, Grand Ledge, and LCC were rallying on the Capitol grounds to protest the idea that teachers should carry firearms for “protection.” One teacher from Grand Ledge said “I can’t even find my lipstick in my purse. I don’t want to have a gun in the classroom.”

Asking teachers to carry guns is not making students feel like human beings. School already feels like a prison; having armed teachers won’t help that feeling.

Administration may not want things like open campus. They may think kids will take

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advantage of the open campus and skip, but, kids just need the freedom to be a kid. We would just need that little bit of freedom to be able to sit down in a classroom for the next three hours of the day. If kids skip, they can be punished. Most students will go enjoy their lunch and come back happier.

High school is supposed to be the best years of our lives. We’re being taught to go into the adult world. We shouldn’t feel unsafe or unwanted at a place we’re required to go.

Some simple changes that make students feel more welcome could go a long way.

OPINION

Juniors attending prom isn’t a big deal Mrs. Cheadle made the announcement that juniors would be able to partake in the prom coming up this May. Usually, Everett is a seniors-only prom but this year the school has allowed juniors to attend. Some are upset with this decision, but juniors should be allowed at prom.

Most of us don’t really see the big problem with this decision. Half of the time, seniors are dating underclassmen anyway.

Allowing juniors means more ticket sales, which would mean more money, which results in a bigger venue that can fit all the students, and money for the materials and decorations that can make the night even more memorable than what it is already.

With the prom staying only a senior prom, it could be memorable and a good time, because it's the last time these students will be in the same vicinity outside of school. But without the financial help of juniors buying tickets then do we know how much better it could be?

Senior Marcus Gilkie doesn’t have a problem with sharing prom with juniors.

“They’re putting money into it. They deserve to go. Plus my girlfriend is a junior

CHAD SANDERS

Rico Limon Reporter

Students at Everett High School are sounding off on whether junior class members should be welcome at the senior prom every year. and obviously I plan on taking her.”

Another reason that a combination prom is a good ideas is because under some circumstances, the students that maybe don’t have the required credits to be consid-

ered a senior would still have the ability to graduate the same year. But with the title of “junior” they wouldn’t be able to attend the prom. Also students that have all their required credits but are juniors, they have the ability to graduate their junior year but they

would miss their prom. Yes I get that seniors want it to be just a senior prom because it's their last year and they didn’t get to attend two proms during high school, but that also means more money to support your class.

When asked, the student body president

Delvonz Flamand said that he doesn’t mind if the juniors come, but he just hopes that a lot don’t come. Some seniors think that juniors are irresponsible and or immature, but it’s not like we're opening up the prom to all the grades.

should be taken so more students are aware of the event going on, such as making regular updates about the event known, and having people spread the word before the event where it will be seen, such as on social media or in their classes.

Another issue from the event was a lack of understanding what the event stood for.

In addition to the above mention of students not knowing that people were walking out and why, a lot of people didn’t understand the point of walking out.

The entire point of the event was that people walk out and protest how the issue of gun violence is handled in America, with 50 percent of the school mass shootings in the world between 2000 and 2010, with the number rising each year.

Many of the people walking out had no idea that such a heavy topic was the reasoning behind the event, and were only walking as a reason to get out of class.

The easiest way to fix this is that along with notifying more people of the event, people should also be made aware of the point of the event beforehand.

Finally, there was a massive lack of interest in the events going on throughout the day, and that’s what really caused the event to flop.

Throughout the Day of Kindness, one of the big themes of the event was that anyone who wished to participate would commit

to 17 acts of kindness, one for each of the children whose lives were lost at the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting on February 14 in Parkland, Florida.

The event theme didn’t really stick, however, with most people not bothering to do the acts of kindness at all.

The reason behind the lack of participation was the lack of interest, because nothing happening on that day was really tailored to Everett High School students or what we care about.

If steps were taken to increase student involvement for an event, such as student surveying or even just having a simple online poll or suggestion forum available, the event would become more successful in terms of student feedback, support, and participation.

The event that happened on March 14 was incredibly well-intentioned but fell apart rather quickly.

If Everett does choose to do this event next year, or a memorial of the Columbine High School Shooting next month, they can create an event that everyone throughout the school can enjoy.

If they can notify more people, spread the message to give a deeper understanding, and push to create a 100% student-organized event, the end result will be able to properly spread the message, as well as get nearly 2,000 students to participate in making a difference.

Help end hallway Disappointing walkout clutter, messiness Robert Miller Online Editor

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Robert Miller Online Editor The hallways at Everett High School are awful. They’re small, overcrowded, and always smell disgusting. Something needs to be done to make them more manageable and navigable for students and staff.

One way to help the halls is to clear obstructions. The hallways at Everett are only 12 feet wide and are constantly filled with random things that keep people from easily getting to class on time. Things such as random buckets, trash bins, and the stray wet floor sign where there is no water are commonplace, and become just another obstacle keeping students from going to their classes on time. Obviously, there’s not a way to make the halls bigger, but if the hallways were kept free of obstacles, more people will be able to make it to their classes on time.

Students can help, too. At Everett, there is a severe overpopulation issue. As of 2018, there are about 1,700 students attending at Everett. With narrow hallways and too many students, the hallways are always in disarray, and no one can get to their classes easily, with everyone having to push through over 1,000

people just to go to their classes before the late bell. If people within the hallways became more organized in getting to their classes on time, such as having people go straight to their classes, more people would be able to get there, and the hallways would become more manageable. Another solution to this issue would be having less people at Everett Finally, the hallways at Everett tend to have the worst smells, no matter where in the building you are. Whether you are in the basement or on the top floor, the hallways are never smelling nice. While quite a few hallways are used for athletics teams for conditioning and practice, over 1,700 people romp down the hallways five days a week, so the hallways always smell like over 1,700 pairs of feet all the time. If more care were taken to keep the hallways smelling good, such as keeping them clean all the time, the hallways wouldn’t be nearly as bad.

The hallways at Everett have multiple issues that could be fixed and made better.

Everyone should take care to keep pointless obstructions out of the way, make sure everyone can easily get to their classes, and keep the hallways clean and fresh.

Kindness.

On Wednesday, March 14, Everett High School had a day of kindness in memory of the people who died at Parkland High School in Parkland, Florida.

The effort was meant to be a day where kindness and safety were spread throughout the school. However, the event as a whole was rather underwhelming, with a lack of participation, due in part to a lack of communication, understanding, and interest.

This event had good intentions and, if Everett High School participates in this remembrance next year, could be changed to have the majority of the school actively participating.

The biggest overlying issue to this event was a severe lack of communication. When asked about the national walkout that Everett participated in, the majority of students said that they had no idea why everyone was leaving class, and just went because that’s what everyone else was doing at the time.

For an event on a scale as large as this, the fact that there were a large group of people who didn’t even know why something was going on is unacceptable, and should not happen for an event such as this. If Everett does an event like this next year, big steps

FEATURES

Everett grad lives her dream

Everett grad Jaimie Bozack poses with Conan O’Brien at a holiday party. Bozack spent her summer internship the Conan O’Brien Show, pursuing her dream of one day working as a comedy writer.

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After taking newspaper in high school, Jaimie Bozack decided that journalism was her passion. As she worked her way through college, she never believed it would lead to the fulfillment of a childhood dream, a chance to write for the Conan O’Brien show.

When she was a little girl, Bozack always enjoyed Conan O’Brien and his funny skits on TV. Her love for Conan stayed with her into high school, where in her senior year she took up newspaper. Being in newspaper filled her with excitement, and regret for not joining any sooner.

“I had no idea that I was interested in writing or journalism. For some reason, Mr. Sanders decided to believe in me right when I needed it most. He made me a features editor almost immediately; I had to learn leadership, learn to take risks and hone my writing skills very quickly. Mr. Sanders is the reason I took the path I did, which is one meaningful and giant sentence but it’s true and I’m grateful for him,” said Bozack.

By the time she left high school, she was all about being a journalist. She headed off to LCC to save up some money for MSU. While at LCC, she took journalism classes, and wrote for The Lookout, the student newspaper.

“I was at LCC for three years, which in my opinion felt too long. It was always my dream to attend MSU and so when I had the opportunity to apply I did. MSU is incredible and without the people at MSU I wouldn’t have been able to get the internship,” said Bozack.

During her time at MSU, she took a field trip to LA for spring break. While everybody else was sightseeing, Jaimie was in search of her job in comedy. Jamie looked for internships anywhere she could. When Jaimie got back home, she got a call from Conan’s agents: they would like to hire her as an intern for the show.

“Working or interning for Conan has been my dream for years. Everyone who knew me knew my obsession with Conan O’Brien.

I told myself years ago that someday I’d figure out a way to work for him, even if that meant giving up a lot to get there...or sneaking into the lot like a madwoman someday,” said Bozack.

The internship lasted spring semester, but Jaimie plans to go back to LA this summer for a second internship. She does coffee runs, behind-the-scenes work and sitting in rehearsal.

Jaimie has no idea what is in her future but she hopes one day to get an official job at Conan.

“I wish I could tell you what will be in my future. I have a dream idea, and that is to get an official job offer at CONAN. But in reality I know that for that to actually happen is incredibly rare. So I guess I hope that in the future I am doing something I love, with people I love and that I keep creating content forever,” said Bozack.

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Marvel’s Black Panther is already setting records. It has earned over $1 billion globally.

All kinds of people went to see the movie.

From Marvel fanatics, all the way to people who’ve never seen a Marvel movie in their life.

“I loved it. It was amazing. I especially loved seeing black people being portrayed,” said sophomore Olivia Hodge.

Some black people were so excited that they dressed up in traditional African garments or in all black to get in the spirit.

While some people thought Black Panther was only a typical superhero movie, it addressed many bigger issues, including the divide between continental Africans and African-Americans.

In the movie, when Killmonger arrived on the Wakandan soil, the Wakandans questioned him because he was not deemed one of them.

Just like in the real world, some Africans refuse to accept blacks in the diaspora because, in their eyes, they’re not “African” enough.

In the film there’s a feud between the people of Wakanda, a fictional African country and Erik Killmonger (N’jadaka), played by Michael B. Jordan. Killmonger holds a grudge against the Wakandans because his father was forced to work for the villain Klaue and was exiled to America. His father was later killed,

ocean with my ancestors that jumped from ships because they knew death was better than bondage.” He’s been abandoned for so long that he claims the slaves as more of his ancestors than those of Wakanda.

The divide is so huge that some African-Americans prefer being called “Black Americans” because they don’t feel comfortable identifying with their African side.

They don’t want to identify with something they don’t know about.

“I prefer to be called a Black American because I don’t know anything about my African side and you can be black and not have an African background,” said sophomore Makayla Smith.

At the end of the movie, the people of Wakanda learned to recognize and understand other people from different countries. They realize that in order to ensure peace and security, they need to do was learn from and accept other cultures.

Africans and AfricanAmericans have many differences and similarities that should be celebrated. “ W e should try to talk to each other more and understand each other because we come from the same place,” said Osman.

Currie. “Every door was really good.”

Christi McGonigal Cross’ first hour class took first place, and will be receiving donuts.

The winner was announced on March 15. “[My students] made it about mockingbirds; mockingbirds are symbolic for being people who don’t harm anybody else when harm comes to them,” said Cross. “So they brainstormed people in our society who have had harm come to them. One of their main ones was the shooting that happened in February in Florida.”

The 17 students who died in the school shooting were represented as mockingbirds.

“They had those victims as mockingbirds and then there were a few other mocking birds that I have never heard of; I researched them

and [said] Yes! They are right, they are mocking birds.”

Cross said the Mockingbird door project was a chance for students to apply what they are learning in class to the real world.

Freshmen students in her class worked together to decorate the first place door.

“I was happy for them,” said Cross.

“They had [other doors to choose from] and they were beautiful. I’m glad they appreciated what our class did, too.”

Cross’s students took about two days to finish the project. “[It took] about two days, one day cutting up everything they needed and one day to assemble everything,”said Cross.

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and he was abandoned in America with no father and no identity.

Killmonger feels like he was robbed of his culture and what was supposed to be his way of life. This could pertain to the unrecognized disagreement between some Africans and African-Americans Like Killmonger, African-Americans were stolen from their home, stripped of their culture, and forsaken.

“Maybe it’s just in schools but there is some tension between Africans and AfricanAmericans… sometimes subconsciously,” said Hodge.

Hodge mainly sees the tension at school, but it is far beyond that.

There are some prejudices between the two groups, mainly based on stereotypes, experiences or ancient grudges.

“The ones [stereotype] I’ve heard at school are they’re [Africans] too dark, smell bad, and people talk about the way they speak and dress,” said junior Sumeya Osman.

“Growing up I was told African Americans were loud and didn’t care about anything.”

Sometimes the media portrays Africans as “poor” and “primitive” and African-Americans as “untrustworthy” and “ghetto.”

The two groups then create derogatory terms to refer to each other.

When the two hear and see these things about each other it allows for a wall of misunderstanding and division to be built.

Freshman Ephraim Nedziwe believes that the divide is merely caused by ignorance. “[Growing up] I didn’t learn much about Africa,” said Nedziwe.

Towards the end of the movie, when Killmonger is dying he says “Bury me in the

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In celebration of March Is Reading Month, students were given a chance to decorate their first hour classroom door, with the winning class receiving donuts.

The theme for the decorations could have been about a book, movie or more. “[The reason why we do the door decorating] is due to March Is Reading Month,” said librarian Joy Currie. March is a month in schools where students get a chance in their English class to read.

This year, 11 classrooms participated in the contest and gave out their best effort.

“It was very hard to pick a winner,” said

(Left) The winning door from Christi McGonigal Cross’ English class, based on the book To Kill a Mockingbird. The tree includes the name of every student in the class. (Right) Deaf/HI teacher Suzanne Juip’s Wonder Struck class door was one of the three honorable mentions. The title is made from aluminum foil.

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but in a fun way.

“It’s good for kids with reading; it’s very basic and a lot of them have very good messages to go along with it,” said Colbry.

Murphy lets her children read Dr. Seuss so she can encourage her kids to enjoy reading.

“They can figure out the story using the pictures and they memorize the book and I can become the audience,” said Murphy.

Seuss’s books aren’t your average story book; they are eye-catching and imaginative.

“I think the way they rhymed

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but as I got older I was able to interpret and it helped me see,” said Dawson.

The moral of some stories are the basic things in life like the Golden Rule. “[I like] the Star Belly Sneetches because it shows how to treat others,” said Currie.

While children’s books often end up being given away when kids grow up, many parents save Dr. Seuss books to keep passing them on.

“Of course my mom kept all of them so when I have kids I can give it to them,” said Colbry.

Dawson likes that Dr. Seuss books introduce literary words at a early age, in a way that is fun.

“It helped with reading and had simple words which introduce reading concepts at an early age,” said Dawson.

His books help children learn the basics,

and the colors, everything was bright; it wasn’t through wording it was through art,” said Dawson.

Looking at Seuss’s books could spark the artistic side of your inner child.

“First I think the art is interesting and it’s great to introduce kids to art early on and I like that his books are fun for kids and yet there learning something about life,” said Currie.

Dr. Seuss’s books are still relevant today, and can help people resolve problems.

“They still speak to use today and that they are things we are dealing with in our society that we will always deal with and his books do that along with the fun and the silliness,” said Currie.

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This year, two new and fairly nostalgic Disney movies are being released. Christopher Robin will be released on August 3 and Mary Poppins Returns is set to open on Christmas.

Christopher Robin revolves around Winnie-The-Pooh reuniting with Christopher Robin, who has grown into a full adult.

Mary Poppins Returns is about

Mary Poppins reuniting with Michael and Jane Banks in London in the 1930s.

Many students have watched a lot of Disney movies.

“I’ve pretty much watched all of the Cars movies,” said freshman William Fike.

The most recent Winnie The Pooh was a movie released in 2011. The original Mary Poppins movie was released in late August in 1964.

Disney movies have been a lot in people’s lives, mostly the original ones.

“I watched a lot of Finding Nemo when I

was younger, along with Mulan and Aladdin,” said freshman Desdemona Prince.

Disney was founded on October 16, 1923 in Los Angeles, California and has most definitely evolved over the years.

Some students never really thought that the new movies would come out.

“I didn’t think they would continue Mary Poppins,” said freshman Heather Conklin. “It was made so long ago.”

The two new Disney movies have lots of people excited and looking forward to a hit of nostalgia later this year.

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The hit film Black Panther has been a huge excitement for many. The fact that it’s the first big African-American superhero movie is part of the excitement.

Another reason is that it is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leading up to this summer’s hotly anticipated Avengers: Infinity War. But how does the Black Panther fit into the Marvel Universe? Let’s find out.

Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four #52, in 1996.

“He is one of the more known superheroes,” said junior Tyler Brown.

According to marvel.com, Black Panther is “a brilliant tactician, strategist, scientist, tracker” so he has a lot of abilities. “He’s a master planner who always thinks ahead.”

Black Panther is the king of Wakanda, a fictional African country. He is also known as T’Challa, and Black Panther is his superhero identity.

Wakanda is ran by vibranium, a substance that can be found throughout the Marvel Universe.

“It’s only in the Marvel Universe.

It’s what makes up Captain America’s shield,” said New Tech secretary Candace Filonczuk.

Vibranium is nearly indestructible, and Black Panther’s bullet-proof suit is made from it. Marvel movies fit in a larger plot that leads up to Avengers: Infinity War, which comes out in April. Black Panther will be fighting alongside The Avengers in that movie This year, students and staff were very excited for Black Panther.

“It was a good movie; it was different than the comics,” said junior Elanna Mckinstry.

Officer Kenneth Frazier and the assistant principal were asked how they felt about the movie.

“They were able to have such a vast array of stars to play in the movie.

You could definitely tell they had fun making the movie,” said Frazier.

“Great cast, good message. A movie everybody needs to see,” said Assistant Principal Anthony Foster.

Infinity War hits theaters April 27. Black Panther and Shuri, the sister of T’Challa, will be in the upcoming Avengers movie. Black Panther is currently playing in theaters.

Students remember reading many many books in March since kindergarten, because of “March is Reading Month.” Students probably never knew why March was the reading month, though.

Beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss was born March 2, and Reading Month kicks off celebrating his birthday.

The Everett library hosts events and contests all month to encourage reading. Some students may even decide to check out books from their childhood, like Dr. Seuss.

There are classic Seuss titles that everyone remembers.

“The Cat In The Hat is my all time favorite,” said student support specialist Julia Dawson.

Dr. Seuss books range from silly to pretty serious. One is made up of ridiculous tongue twisters that are fun and are challenging.

“Oh Say Can You Say [is my favorite],” said 9th grade New Tech English teacher Jekeia Murphy, about the Seuss tongue twister collection. “I love that book.”

A few books have been made into movies, which can really complement the books.

“The Lorax [movie] was my favorite because the original was just awesome; the new one added all the songs but it brings the books to life,” said New Tech science teacher Ashly Colbry.

Like The Lorax, other Seuss titles have been made

into movies. “[I like] the original How The Grinch Stole Christmas cartoon, and I’ve seen The Sneetches and The Lorax,” said library media specialist Joy Currie.

Most Dr. Seuss books have a moral; for some, the moral isn’t always immediately clear. “[I liked] Green Eggs and Ham because it had to do with food and I could never understand the green eggs as a child,

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A sight-seeing butterfly exhibit opens at Meijer Gardens

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Some signs of spring include rain showers, rainbows, warmer temperatures, and butterflies. For people who like butterflies, the largest indoor display in the country takes place at Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, beginning March 1. There will be more than 7,000 tropical butterflies brought by the exhibition to the Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory. Every week before and during the show about more than 1,000 pupae are received by Meijer Gardens from around the world.

There are many reasons why people go to the event.

“I think because it will be the nation’s largest display it will be very fun; I may go and I think there will be a lot of people who will come to this entertainment,” said former Everett student Stevan Hermes.

This year’s exhibition highlights the butterflies’ unique journey from butterfly farms around the world to their emergence and release inside the conservatory, where the 85-degree temperature and 70 percent humidity mimics the balmy tropical environment they call home. Some staff members enjoy going to Meijer gardens with their families.

“I enjoyed it, some of butterflies landed on my children,” science teacher Robert Clegg.

Students also look forward to visiting the large display.

“I may go, it’s nice to see the butter-

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Butterflies are blooming at the Fred & Dorothy Fichter exhibition hall at Meijer Gardens. This show runs through April 30. Many families looks forward to this event. Students pricings start at $11 with student ID. For more information you can visit their website at www.meijergardens.org. flies,” said sophomore Noella Vwamahoro.

Vwamahoro isn’t the only one excited about seeing butterflies.

“Really I love butterflies and I will go to see them,” said freshman Hala Alawal.

The show will be scheduled until Monday, April 30. Admission to Meijer Gardens is $11 for students, which includes the butterfly exhibit. 50 species of butterflies are on display. Be prepared to be warm, there is

“The whole thing doesn’t run smoothly if the extras aren’t there,” said junior Julia Tominski.

Getting everyone together at once has been tough. Many students have to figure out how to balance school and family with rehearsal.

“Finding enough time [is a struggle],” said senior Riannon Sanford, who plays Tracy.

Being in a musical takes time, practice, encouragement, and when people are not there to do their part or when there isn’t enough time in the day, it can get challenging.

However, there is joy to making this musical and the students responded what their favorite thing is in doing the musical right now.

“I love being part of a group,” said Sanford. “Inspiring the future audience.”

Co-director Candace Filonczuk has a saying that Tominski loves to use, “it’s a big hot mess until it’s not. It all comes together.”

The challenges the crew face are temporary and when it is all over, they will look back at the all the fun they had.

Choir teacher Chris Chung is working with the music for the play.

“[I like] the eagerness of the students,” said Chung. “They make mistakes but it doesn’t bring them down. They mess up and fix them the next time.” He said he really enjoys teaching his students and what they bring with them when they practice for the show.

Director Rick Dethlefsen said he was a joker back in high school. He got placed in drama class for his behavior and he fell in love. He had a very good teacher, and he’s been acting ever since.

“Theater people are the nicest people you would want to meet and very supportive,” said Dethlefsen. “Being in a play whether on stage or working tech, is a team effort and you make lifelong friends.”

Dethlefsen has directed plays for the Riverwalk Theatre and found the Everett directing position through a friend.

“I enjoy working with high school students,” he said. “I want to help out, like the teacher who helped me out.”

Dethlefsen said he is drawn to Hairspray by “the message of inclusion” and the “fact that you can achieve your dreams despite seemingly overwhelming odds.”

70% humidity in the conservatory.

“I think it will be amazing to see the butterflies and very fun,” said junior Hadel Essa.

Spring is rolling around and after all the snow days we’ve had, a majority of students are beyond excited.

Spring is when the snow begins to clear up, and everyone can finally get their shorts out. Many students love spring since they can get out and do more of what they love.

“Of course [I’m excited about spring],” said freshman Kimberlee Middleton. “It’s the time where I can finally get out and take some photos.”

Spring break offers a chance for a break from school, and some people take that week to catch up on some sleep. “[My plans for spring break are] to sleep… a lot,” said freshman Gabe Menzie.

When spring rolls around, some people’s minds wander toward thinking about “Spring Cleaning.” “[I like spring cleaning because] I get to go into the season with a clean house and a fresh start,” said Middleton.

Some students don’t think spring break is too beneficial.

“We just got off for Christmas break a couple months ago,” said Menzie. “With all of the snow days we’ve had this year, we don’t really need another break.”

Most, though, are ready for a chance to relax for a moment before the rush of tests and activities that come the last two months of school.

“I think [spring break] is beneficial because it gives me a break, and everyone deserves breaks,” said freshman Amare Fuentes.

It’s almost time for the spring musical.

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind that curtain before it opens? Or what the characters face during practice?

Hairspray is an American musical that takes place back in 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland. It is about a teenage girl named Tracy Turnblad who really wants to dance on the Corny Collins Show. Tracy ends up in detention that had African Americans in it and they teach Tracy some of their dance moves.

Tracy uses those dance moves and gets on the show. Tracy then transforms from a nobody to a star and advocates for racial integration on the show. She gets bullied by some of the crew on the set, but overcomes the bullying and succeeds in her mission to integrate.

The musical is being performed at Everett in April. Doing a musical involves some struggles, but there’s a lot of laughs and smiles that go on behind stage. Let’s get a look at some of the challenges the actors are facing.

Choir teacher Chris Chung prepares students for Hairspray in an after-school rehearsal. The cast has less than a month to prepare for the show, which opens April 27.

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Struggles and smiles of Hairspray

8th grade New Tech student Tasha Gaines practices “We Can’t Stop The Beat,” a song from Hairspray.

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Track and Field gets ready for the season

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Girls’ track runners stretch before they run. Early in the season, runners have to train inside.

at all; most people question what is it when someone says they do track but only the field side of things. Shot put is basically a competition to see who throws a heavy weighted ball the furthest. Male and female balls are weighted differently; Males are 12 pounds and females are eight pounds.

The sport is all about the movement and the power of your whole body. It might sound weird because it looks as if you are only using your arms or upper body, but in all actuality it’s the momentum from you pushing out into the release of the ball.

This is Junior Charisma Ross’s second year throwing shot put.

“Track is going good so far. I’ve gotten stronger and I’m hoping my goal of 30 ft. is accomplished this year,” said Ross. She previously threw a personal record of 26’9”.

Runners may have the hardest job of them all. The way they have to breathe is probably the most difficult thing to do on the track. It’s all about pacing yourself; what

The runners are set, spikes are sharp, and the sweat is on the line.

Track season is here and they’ve finally made a decision on the coach. Varsity basketball Coach K.C. Keyton took the place of Chad Foster after he resigned in November. Track has many events throughout the meets so they are given five coaches. Keyton works with all runners, coach Jacob Wyatt works with the hurdlers, coach T.J. Foster works with long and high jumpers, and coach Brittney Dambro works with distance runners.

Keyton is also the coach for disk and shot put throwers, and is confident of their abilities this season.

“I feel like all throwers will make it to states if they’re determined to do so,” said Keyton.

Shot put is a sport that isn’t really valued

speed should you start at, are you correcting controlling your breathing and when to burst out full speed for the win.

Everyone is trying to get to states and for that to happen, most people have to beat their personal record.

Senior Darrell Allen joined the team last year and did a great job, going all the way to states. He is the only state qualifier from last year’s team returning. His personal record for his 200 meter run is 23 seconds.

“It felt great to go to states. It was an honor to go, and I hope more people come this year along with me,” said Allen.

He hopes to do this season, better since “there wasn’t a coach last year and he just threw me in anywhere.” Being on the basketball team this year, he gained a relationship with the coach and he said he feels that everything will go smoothly.

The first meet is April 12 and these runners and throwers are going to be tough, fierce and ready for the games to begin.

Baseball Players come back for a Volleyball players new season, thinking positively depend on dedicated teammates Volleyball is a very intense and stressful sport. You must be in good shape and have good lungs.

People think all you do is just hit a semi hard ball over a net and score against the opposing team, but it’s much more than that.

And the ones who are truly gifted at the sport will have a chance to play for an Olympic team. ”I like the competition of volleyball. As a team sport, everyone working together is a key aspect,” said Junior Koren King.

“[Winning games] depends on your teammates and how they want to play,” said King.

Parents and students fill stands and the sound of excitement fills gym and hallways.

People play volleyball for something fun and exciting to do. Also, it can keep your body in shape and help you focus on the task.

While others are going home after school, the volleyball team is in the gym for hours practicing and perfecting their craft.

Here at Everett volleyball is a big deal, with more female athletes playing volleyball than any other sport.

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Senior Daniel Bradbury helps the JV team with batting practice in the gym.

Players and coaches are looking forward to being able to get outside for practice.

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Varsity coach Tim Walker tosses the ball to freshman Amare Fuentes while freshman Sergio Visuet-Juarez watches.

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Baseball season has approached, and the players are doing their best to get ready for it.

Baseball conditioning focuses on getting the players in shape and prepared for the season.

“We run a lot and it’s tiring, but it helps you get in shape,” said sophomore Joseph Hernandez.

Students tried out during the second week of March, and even though not everyone got on the team, it was still a great experience for them.

“I think trying out is a good experience for anyone because it gives you a chance to feel what it’s like to play,” said Hernandez.

There’s a lot of new players trying out for the JV team, some of them athletes in other sports.

“I’m excited to work with this different group of people,” said sophomore Abbie DeLoof. “We have a bunch of different athletes coming in from different sports including football and basketball. We get to work with different skill sets and see what we can do to use their talent to the best way possible.”

JV Coach Ben Billings isn’t willing to make predictions yet, but he hopes the new season will go well.

“We don’t know [how the season will go] with the JV team since we have a lot of new players, but varsity has some really good players,” said Billings.

There are some things that the team will need to work on with all the new players.

“I feel like the season is going to go good,” said sophomore Eric Mireles. “Last year we had a good season, actually one of the best, but we still have stuff to work on since there’s a lot of new people coming.”

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The 2017 volleyball team chants before they start their game. Players need to be dedicated to play the intense sport.

PHOTOSTORY Students crowd each other to get on the track during the National Walkout. Students walked around the track for 17 minutes, in memory of the 17 students who died at Stoneman Douglas high school.

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Students in Stephanie Robinson’s biology class stays silent for 17 seconds during a school-wide moment of silence, in memory of the 17 students who were killed in the recent school shooting at Stoneman Douglas high school.

Students walking to the track. Students walked to the track , it was an organized walk.

All day Wednesday, students were encouraged to do 17 acts of kindness.

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Math teacher Moua Yang sits in his empty classroom after his class walked out at 10 a.m. in support of the National Walkout.

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Walking For A Change

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Students leave the building at 10:00, just as students around the country did the same.