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Star Seniors and Alumni
Steinmetz Star
High school: A mixed bag of memories By Michael Amaya, Editor-In-Chief
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igh school is definitely an odd time; some of the best and worst times of our teenage years happen within these four years. Since graduation is upon us, I’ll keep my reminiscence of high school positive. A handful of great friends and some teachers made my time here amazing. But in all honesty I cant wait to see what the future holds. College will be an exciting new chapter for (most of ) us. It’s going to suck saying goodbye and knowing you’ll lose touch with people you’ve seen on a daily basis day for four years. But high school is just a small chunk of our lives and there will be Facebook and Twitter (if those websites are still relevant when we’re older), so this isn’t goodbye. It’s more of a “see you soon” (once the awkward teenage years of our lives are over). Now for the shout-outs: I’m not going to list friends just because I don’t want someone to read this and get mad he or she didn’t get a shout-out even if we only had like three actual conversations during the four years here. Instead I’ll use this as a thank you to the teachers. First and foremost, I can’t thank Ms. Schmidt enough for what she’s helped me with. It’s thanks to her that a shy sophomore bookworm who kept to himself came out of his shell and became a vocal senior who tried things I wouldn’t have imagined. My junior year journalism class is still one of my favorites in all of high school. Ms. Schmidt was one of the first teachers I met who cared about what students had to say and actually listened. She’ll turn this back on me and give me the credit, but thanks to her I received an award and scholarship that’ll go a long way in helping me with college.
Steinmetz College Prep High School 3030 N. Mobile, Chicago IL 60641 773-534-3030, Star office (x) 25241 Email: steinmetzstarnews@gmail.com School website: www.steinmetzac.com “Steinmetz Newspaper” link
Principal: Mr. Stephen Ngo Assistant principals: Mr. Jaime Jaramillo Ms. Cheryl Williams Ms. Ruquiyah Rahman-Aquil
Another special shout-out goes to Ms. S. (Gina Szulkowski). I only met her the start of senior year but she’s already one of my favorite people in the building. She put so much trust and faith in me that a lot people don’t usually give students. She is one of those amazing teachers that works to educate students and has a passion for what they do, it’s not just a job to her. Some quick thank yous to Ms. Russo, Mr. Sutphen (who probably won’t see this), and basically every English teacher I had in my time here. They just got better as the years went on, making for some of my favorite classes (even though all of them strategically had maternity leave during time I had them as teacher: Ms. Perez, Ms. Stubber, and Ms. Walsh). Congrats class of 2014 — these were a weird couple of years.
Budget director: Mr. Paul Chase Star adviser: Ms. Sharon Schmidt Editor-in-chief: Michael Amaya Layout: Mateusz Gasienica Journalism class reporters, Room 333 Luis Avila, Samantha Ayala, Leyla Bazan, Ahrell Cua, Christina Davenport, Ariani DeJesus, Javier Delgado, Monica Frackowiak, Tavonna Howard, Valeria Huerta, Patrycja Jarzabek, Chakiya Jennings, Kamari Joiner, Carissa Knox, Judy Lobello, Zuleyma Martinez, Carmelita Mendez, Daisy Najera, Hailey O’Brien, Valerie Padilla, Erick Panfilo, Elizabeth Pineda, Vicky Rivera, Shay Sanders, Asia Sims, Brandon Smith, Danielle Stencel, Emely Valdez
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Newspaper club reporters: Aida Abarca, Yadira Abarca, Juan Alvarez, Cynthia Arroyo, Maria Barajas, Lissette Barcenas, Kielvin Bariso, Victoria Boccia, Jessbelle Bronski, Alexander Camacho, Joanna Colin, Edmund Dones, Marcos Gabriel, Kala Geralds, Savannah Gonzalez, Serlecia Jones, Ahmad Hamdan, Rikeya Hargrove, Alejandro Hernandez, Anthony Kowalczyk, Anthony Lagunas, Nayeli Martinez, Lupe Medina, Dalia Mena, Karen Nava, Taj Newson, Vivian Palma, David Pravinchandra, Phillip Quezada, Marisha Reynolds, Elianis Rosado, Emily Santiago, Karla Solis, Koya Scott, Jaylon Smith, Rad Stasik, Justyna Szczech, Quijna Walton, Jalan Veal, Brenda Villegas The Newspaper Club meets on Mondays after school in Room 333. The Steinmetz Star welcomes letters to the editor, corrections, comments, and bylined articles from all members of the Steinmetz community. Printing: Mr. Hugh Hefner’s October 2013 donation to the Star covers the costs of printing the paper at NewsWeb Corporation, Chicago.
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Class of 2014: Join the Steinmetz Alumni Association
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ongratulations, seniors. Did you know the Steinmetz Alumni Association is one of the largest, most active high school alumni associations in the United States? We could not have earned that reputation without everyone’s help. Why join? We hope to help continue friendships developed while in school. It costs only $25 for five years or $12 for two years. You will then receive at least three
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newsletters per year which will enable you to keep informed of classmates, alumni activities such as the free annual picnic, notice of class reunions, school activities, e-mail listings and other information in which you may be interested. We also try to assist the reunion committees with the class lists and help in locating addresses of “missing” classmates Check out our web site: steinmetzalumni.
org. You can join via paypal or make check out to the Steinmetz Alumni Association.Mail to: Steinmetz Alumni Association 3030 N Mobile, Chicago, IL 60634 Or just drop your application (name, phone, address, year of graduation) and money off in the office. Any questions? Contact Dan Altobello, 708-567-7709, steinmetz-hs@sbcglobal.net
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