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Statesman’s Senior Quotes
And So We Leave
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-Christie Lee
-Benjamin Bowler
“From outta pocket to outta atmosphere”
-Emily Kang
“And in that moment, I swear we were infnite.”
-Cheryl Chen
-Emily Lu
“Dylan who? Don’t worry, I’ve heard it all.”
-Dylan Hu
A DAY OF APPRECIATION Stevenson students and faculty honored Sodexo employees at the annual luncheon N ew teachers, classes, and people —the beginning of every school year can seem both exciting and overwhelming. Amidst the initial school jitters is an event that brings unity within the school and the community, Spirit Fest.
Preparation starts months before the actual Spirit Fest. At the end of the previous school year, NHS members listen to representatives of selected charities and vote for their top favorites. Near the end of the selection process, the new NHS executive board selects a charity from the top ten.
“This year, we had lots of options like Bernie’s Book Bank, Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center, and the Hydrocephalus Association. We got input from NHS member Megan Rivkin whose younger brother, Brady, was diagnosed with hydrocephalus,” NHS President Tifany Sheu ’16 said.
According to the Hydrocephalus Association, an estimated one to two of every 1,000 babies are born with hydrocephalus, an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fuid in the ventricles of the brain, making it as common as Down syndrome. It is also the most common reason for children to get brain surgery.
“Brady had a brain bleed when he was born,” Megan Rivkin ’16 said. “After, there was scar tissue there and it blocked of his fourth ventricle from normally draining. That’s not how everyone’s is, but that’s Brady’s case. ”
The most common treatment is a surgically inserted shunt, a tube that drains the cerebrospinal fuid from the ventricle in the brain to t “When I was younger, I use to watch him go through constant pain,” Rivkin said. “His body would convulse —just the memories, it’s painful. It was very frustrating for me to watch him go through that.”
The average lifespan of a shunt is two years, meaning someone with hydrocephalus would need to get surgery every two years. Rivkin said Brady had about nine surgeries and hasn’t. here and it blocked of his fourth ventricle from normally draining. That’s not how everyone’s is, but that’s Brady’s case. ”
The most common treatment is a surgically inserted shunt, a tube that drains the cerebrospinal fuid from the ventricle in the brain to the stomach which then becomes a part of the body fuids again. The shunt, however.
The most common treatment is a surgically inserted shunt, a tube that drains the cerebrospinal fuid from the ventricle in the brain to t “When I was younger, I use to watch him go through constant pain,” Rivkin said. “His body would surgeries and hasn’t.
“This year, we had lots of options These two students dressed up for their countries. Remember kids, dressing up as a different race is NOT okay. Photo from d125.org
WRITTEN BY: CEELO GREEN DESIGNED BY: CEELO GREEN & CEELO GREEN 20 September 2019 - Sports “Life is like a sandwich; no matter how you fip it, the bread always comes frst.” -Anjini Grover “There is an idea of an Alexandra Gergova, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel fesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I am simply not there.” -Alexandra Gergova "I peaked when I got the headline ‘Listen Hear’ published." -Ayla Dursun "Even though I'm Trasha I can still do great things. It's called garbage can, not garbage cannot." -Trisha Patel
“I would agree with you... but then we’d both be wrong.” -Caimin Xi “I regret stepping on the Patriot now.” -Ellen Maloney “There are some fowers you only see when you take detours.” -Janice Lee You W ith This
