Lit by Design presents The New Design Times
December Issue / Vol. 1.1
Principal Dr. Scott Conti’s game face!
INSIDE STORIES!
Hot Lunch Spots: “Gems of Chinatown” p. 2
Top Holiday Flicks, p. 3
Fall Sports Review, p. 4
The Lit Interview:
LEXY YANOS: What does the future hold for New Design?
The future of New Design… wow [gobsmacked noise all the hard work we’re doing now will help New Design become more noticed as a great school for kids, and those noticings will provide things like… more students will wanna go to school here. We’ll attract more resources. We’ll attract high quality teachers. So I’m hoping we get some recognition, and then we’ll become one of those little gems in the city and people will talk about us.
True Confessions!
“I storm eat!”
“Shout outs to Edwin & Mike, omg!”
“Open mic at lunch is hot!”
LY: What was the scariest moment for you in all your years of running New Design?
Scariest moment…. I got caught on the street breaking up a fight that ended up with 10, 15 kids involved (only 1 was from NDHS). And one of the security agents got punched in the face. I remember at that moment feeling like, “Wow. I’m kind of in the wrong place at the wrong time. I also got a death threat once, left on my phone by someone I didn’t know, it was scary.”
LY: What is the point of DFL?
Oh, well thank you. Uhh [clears throat]... New Design’s always had a focus on social emotional growth. We used to have an advisory program that taught social emotional learning [SEL] skills. But we realized it’s actually hard teaching SEL, just like it’s hard to teach math! So we created the Design For Life program to replace our old advisory programs and then to help kids grow socially and emotionally. It’s actually a course at Stanford University, where they take design principles and apply it for how to live a happy life. And there’s a book called Design for Life, if you kiddies wanna read it.
LY: Do you have any specific plans to stop people from coming to class super late from lunch?
“School is mad stressful ”
I mean, we cut lunch by 5 minutes and I think people are struggling to get back on time. Especially because McDonalds is super crowded and also people just wanna relax. We are having more staff at the front greeting people, to process them and why they’re late. We’re hoping those conversations would help, so you’ll start seeing those people.
(Continued on back page)
Gems of Chinatown
By: Xin Ping Chen
Did you know that New Design High School is in Chinatown? If you haven’t noticed, Chinatown is a HUGE place for foodies! Offerings include dumplings, sushi, rice rolls, milk tea (boba), ramen, and many others! Sounds delicious, don’t you agree? Let me, Xin Ping Chen,showyoufourchoicesforlunch!
118A Eldridge St.
Vanessa’s and KingDumplings sell delectable dumplings. Both are less than 5 blocks away from our school. They also have sesame pancake bread, noodles, boiled and fried dumplings, as well as frozen dumplings to cook at home. Vanessa’s offers dumplings with warm well-filled pork. King Dumplings offers cheap prices with 10 delicious varieties!
74 Hester St.
YukiSushi is a family-run restaurant offering sushi, sashimi, ramen, appetizers, and more! Personally, all of their food is exquisite to devour and eye-catching. You may even start craving sushi… they’re that good! The prices are fair and affordable. Yuki Sushi is a 5-minute walk from our school. Better start learning your way through Chinatown! Who knows how many places you’re missing out on? I do!
67A Eldridge St
37 Allen St.
NuanXinRiceRoll
selling rice rolls and beverages such as milk tea, fruit juice, and sea salt tea. There are many varieties of flavor options, some may sound bizarre but I assure you, they will exceed your expectations! Unsurprisingly, this is 5 minutes away from our location and orders are affordable. I heard their rolls are made with forbidden rice!
2. How the Grinch Stole 1. Elf Christmas (2000)
Released films in December:
Violent Night
Scrooge (Dec. 2 (Dec. 2) only on Netflix)
John’s personal recommendation:
Holiday Movie Recommendations by Maya Gomez
7. Klaus 6. The Polar Express Train
5. The Night Before Christmas
4. Spirited (only on Apple TV+)
3. Home Alone
Fall Sports Review
By Sherlynn Flores Guevara
Girls Tennis
Head Coach: Robin Rivadeneira
Lost 5 matches, and won 4, which was enough to go to playoffs. They sadly lost on the first match against Springfield Gardens 0-5
Girls Volleyball
Head Coach: Sofia Colon
Lost 7 matches, and won 3, which was sadly not enough to make playoffs.
Girls Bowling
Head Coach: William Ulrich
Lost 1 match and, won 9, which was enough to make playoffs. They sadly lost on the first match to Petrides due to forfeiting.
Boys Badminton
Head Coach: Mitsuru Kakuda
Lost 2 matches and, won 8, which was enough to make playoffs. They sadly lost on the first match against Townsend Harns 0-5
Boys Bowling
Head Coach: Vincent Cartagena
Lost 0 matches, and won 9, which was enough to make playoffs. They lost on the first match to Fort Hamilton 1-2
Girls Swimming
Head Coach: Gregory Craig Co-Coach Miles Dijan
Lost 8 matches, and won 0, which was was sadly not enough to make playoffs.
The Lit Interview with Dr Scott Conti (continued from page 1)
LY: How do you feel about people going to Dunkin’ Donuts during fire drills? Is it a problem you want to do anything about?
Listen, they’re not supposed to. I kinda don’t care. I’m kinda going to look the other way as long as they’re getting back in the building on time. Sometimes you’ll kinda let things go, as long as people are nice to the Dunkin’ Donuts and people can get in and out because they’re too crowded. You know what I’m saying?
The Best of “Lit by Design” (from Vol. 2, no. 1, 2021)
Snow In my winter bed Blankets of white snow. Why am I still cold?
THE LIT TEAM
Xin Ping Chen / Nain Chiriboga / Maya Gomez / Sherlynn Flores Guevara / Kris Jaquez / Roo Sookoo / Lexy Yanos
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