December 2012
Valley Park Go Green Project
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STUDENTS WALK OUT
Students leave class to protest the loss of extracurricular activites at Queen’s Park
Is Study Hall Too Loud? A scientific analysis
by LILY SONG
by PETER WEN
“Vote for the Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field!” Whether it’s slurred over morning announcements or offered with chocolate bars, students at Garneau have been told to vote for our neighbouring middle school’s project on the Aviva Community Fund competition for over a week. On Monday, Aviva announced that the Go Green project was not a finalist in the competition. The project, however, has not been stopped by this news. The Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field is a lot more than a neighbourhood cricket oval. It’s a development project that hopes to unite the Thorncliffe and Flemington community. “Each community has their own special, huge arena, like Leaside,” said Hamza Khan, a grade 12 student from Marc Garneau. “[The Go Green Project] would become the centre of the community where everyone can come and enjoy.” The project calls for an amphitheatre, a butterfly meadow, a wetland marsh, and a multi-sports field on school and Hydro One property behind Valley Park Public School. Student athletes rejoice: once complete, the field will include a baseball cage, basketball courts, soccer fields, and a running track in addition to the namesake cricket oval. $1.1 million has been raised to date, enough to begin construction for the project. Completion of the amphitheatre and multi-sports field is scheduled for summer 2013.
“Welcome to study hall. Ladies and gentlemen, please engage in a quiet activity.” Our study hall is suitable for anything but studying. It’s great for an energetic game of poker, sharing scandalous gossip, and watching funny videos on Youtube (if you don’t need to be able to hear them). Our cafeteria is very loud during our spare periods. Last year at this time, only grade 12 students had spares. However, due to our school’s overpopulation issue, action was taken to put science classes in science labs and up to two gym classes in the gym at one time instead of three or four. Many students were excited by this change. For some, it meant that they could sleep in longer. For others, the schedule changes meant a two hour lunch break. . Certainly, nobody complained about the early dismissal on Fridays. But what do you do with the fifth of the student population who have no classes? Our solution was to create a study hall. It was a great idea in theory. The problem is, if you put nearly 400 teenagers in a single room with one adult supervising in a corner, it will take supernatural powers to keep the room quiet. We already know it’s too loud to study for most people, but The Reckoner wanted to know: is it so loud as to damage our hearing?
Students protesting at Queen’s Park
by RIGERS RUKAJ “Kill Bill 115!” High school students across Toronto walked out of their classes this past Thursday at 1:00 pm to demonstrate in solidarity at Queen’s Park. Students protested the loss of their extracurricular activities to union-mandated strike action. Clubs, teams, and extra help have ceased as a result of the teacher work-to-rule initiated last Monday. The work-to-rule is the latest in a series of retaliatory steps taken by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) against Bill 115, which freezes wages and allows the government to cut teachers’ sick days and block strikes in an attempt to control the $14.8 billion provincial deficit.
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The protest was organized through a Facebook event—over two thousand students signed up to attend online. However, only a few hundred students showed up to demonstrate at Queen’s Park throughout the day. A line of policemen stood ready to moderate the protest or defend the entrance to provincial parliament. The demonstration ran peacefully as planned and was free of violence or illegal activity. Students gathered around as event organizers gave speeches on the importance of student activism and political participation in maintaining accessible and equitable education for all Canadians. Although many students showed support for teachers’ rights, organizers de-
scribed the event as officially unaligned. “We have to create awareness so a solution is found quickly,” said Kourosh Houshmand, vice-president of the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association. “That’s all that we want: we want the speed of the process.” Others, however, are deeply concerned that students may be acting without considering the bigger picture. While the loss of extracurricular activities is a serious issue, the precedent set by Bill 115 in labour relations is even more profound. Some believe students are taking sides without being fully informed. “There’s nobody in Queen’s Park! Parliament is prorogued!” said one student. “Whom are you protesting to?”
From the Editor
An Appeal to Students and Adults Alike Let’s Have
a Chat A refreshing talk with David Li. See P2
ART WORK
Drawings and paintings by Ananna Rafa and Frieda Rong. See P2
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TO BEE or NOT TO BEE by MARA GAGIU and FELIPE GONZALEZ
Illustration by Susie Liu. After all this talk of “putting students first”, “caring about the students”, and “keeping the students out of it”, I am here to say: we are the students, and we are upset. We are upset because we are confused, and we are confused because we feel betrayed from all sides. When the government introduced Bill 115, they called it the “Putting Students First” act. But everyone could see that freezing teacher wages and cutting collective bargaining rights had nothing to do with us at all. Now, as the teachers’ union responds by putting an end to field trips and extracurricular activities, many of us feel that we have been taken hostage as part of someone else’s conflict. The time has sadly come for us to realize that neither the union executive nor the government is on our side. This problem is bigger than any of us had originally imagined. It goes beyond our extracurricular activities. It even goes beyond the teachers’ struggle. The conflict we have been dragged into will shape the fundamental values of our province for years to come. Yes, everything from soccer teams to drama clubs to after school help sessions has been taken from us. But it’s time we stop thinking of ourselves only as students of a school, but also as citizens of a province, and of a nation. Yelling at the government and at the union to give us
back our extracurricular activities simply isn’t going to work. If we want to have a voice in this matter, we’ve got to understand the bigger picture. The government says that the bill was introduced because of Ontario’s $14.8 billion deficit. And while it isn’t difficult to find an adult who agrees that teachers are overpaid, the bill doesn’t just introduce a wage freeze. In fact, the teachers unions have repeatedly stated that they are willing to negotiate a wage freeze. This isn’t the problem. Among other things, Bill 115 takes collective bargaining rights from the teachers, and gives the Minister of Education the power to end any strike at will. If the government succeeds and the bill stands, the situation may act as definitive case law for all future public sector conflicts. In other words, the government will gain the de facto right to take the collective bargaining rights of any public profession at will. I digress. These are hypothetical outcomes, but one thing will certainly be lost if today’s situation is not resolved: goodwill. The teachers have demonstrated that when people feel disrespected, they lose the desire to go above and beyond. We live in a province where all children can choose to play sports because there are people willing to organize it. We live in a province where all students can afford to get extra help because there are teachers willing to give it. We live in
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a province where all people can follow a dream because there are fellow citizens willing to support it. We live in a province that defends these tenets, and a province that is rightfully proud of them. Today, all of these values are jeopardized. I appeal to the students: our only hope of being heard lies in raising an informed voice. This situation has affected us deeply, and so we are called upon to represent ourselves, and make known that which we have lost. Today it is up to the adults to decide, but soon it will be up to us. Each of us needs to carefully consider the kind of province in which we want to live. I appeal to the teachers: students are nothing but grateful for the extra work you have done over the years. Please, through this entire ordeal, try to keep sight of what made you go into teaching. Don’t let this damage the professional relationships you have built throughout your careers. And finally, I appeal to those adults involved in negotiations: the damage of a generation of students raised in a system lacking goodwill will cripple the province to a degree far greater than the threat of a deficit. Keep this in mind, and when working towards a decision, treat each other with respect.
Mahan Nekoui Editor in Chief
Literacy provides a gateway to success. It’s a vital part of modern society, not to mention a prerequisite for most jobs. Yet current results from the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) aren’t promising. The failure rate—nearly twenty percent— is something of a provincial tragedy. Moreover, few organizations exist to improve weak literacy skills among young people. However, one club is stepping up to take action. Garneau’s Spelling Bee Literacy initiative (Sp.LIT, for short) aims to promote literacy awareness by encouraging high school students to participate in spelling bees. Sp.LIT has organized two spelling bees at Marc Garneau so far, with the next one scheduled to take place February 2013. Last year, Sp.LIT organized the TDSB’s first annual Multi-High School Spelling Bee Championship in the TDSB last year, with 20 finalists across 7 high schools participating. Garneau senior Christian Muller took home the title of Multi-High Champion. Sp.LIT plans on expanding its multi-high bee this year, with aims to promote the importance of literacy in the real world. “I really do think that literacy is the key to success,” said Yang Chen, founder and president of Sp.LIT. See BEE on P4
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LIFE SEPARATION by ANANNA RAFA
PAID ADVERTISEMENT December 19, 2012 To the Students of Marc Garneau CI, Extracurriculars are done on a teacher’s personal time and goodwill. The withdraw of extracurriculars and voluntary activities are not aimed at you. It is to protest the Ontario government’s Bill 115. Teachers think Bill 115 is unfair, undemocratic and illegal. Since teachers believe that the government is not treating them with basic respect we are using the only option left that the Ontario government cannot control. I thank you for your understanding. J. Jan OSSTF D12 Branch President
Let’s Have A Chat by DAVID LI
RESONATION byFRIEDARONG
Hey. How are you doing? I hope you aren’t too busy for a little chat. I know it’s your senior year, but it won’t take long. I promise. So sit down, grab a cup of coffee, and get comfortable. How’s life? Are your courses treating you okay? I know you’re worried about your marks. They seem to really matter now that you need them in a couple months. Well, I suppose that gap is rapidly closing in on you. Deadlines seem to be coming like trains, all the time while the teachers just pile one test after the other, one unsatisfactory mark after the other. But you’ll be fine. You’ll see. Once you step into a brand new campus and proudly call yourself a freshman at your dream school, you’ll see. It’ll all be worth it—those sleepless nights, the constant cramming, chasing after letters from teachers that scare you—all of it. Are you applying to the states? Have you finished your early applications? I suppose that’s more unnecessary work for any poor sap willing to take it.
Still, I hear it’s a whole other experience going to school across the border. I’m sure seeing the world and going to class with the smartest in it will do you wonders. But you dislike the application? You dislike all the applications? I don’t blame you. Just think, over the span of a couple of months, you have tried your hardest to compile yourself as a human being into one tiny application. Several sheets of printed pages, which will be seen by no more than twenty people, who maybe each read it for about 5 minutes. And then a judgement is made, one that can affect who you become forever. College is a special time. It’s when we are at our best. And yet a package of papers barely revealing the outermost extremities of your being will be all that adcom considers as they decide whether to admit you. It isn’t fair. I know. Don’t forget, though, that your peers are going through this too.You are not alone. Your friend
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is probably just as stressed out. And anyone you know that has already gone through this process is still alive. No one has it easy. And yet so many are living their lives, finding their own happiness, and forging their own path on this world. I’m certain you’ll be just fine. Do your best to be who you are, and somewhere along the way, someone will open a door. You will walk into that door, and wonder why exactly you have been in any other place but there. You’ll see. Done your coffee? Good. I suppose you must be one your way now, back into that busy life of yours. Drop by again some other time. Everyone needs their relaxation time. It’s good to just sit and chat away for a while: to take your mind off of matters. Just relish in the present – a good cup of coffee, a friend to talk to, and all the time in the world.
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EDITORIAL COMING OUT AT GARNEAU by ALIE TEACHMAN with contributions from CONNOR ADAIR and KHADIJA AZIZ
Many students still feel unable to come out. LGBTQ youth face many challenges in support from the guidance office. She kicked out, and still coming to terms our community. Coming out is always a was disappointed by the advice that with herself. The culturally ignorant adprocess; no one comes out to everyone she received. “When I told my guidance vice from guidance did little to help. Of at once. First you come out to yourself, counselor that I was queer she told me, course she couldn’t go to Church and then maybe your friends or your fam- ‘You should go check out Church and Wellesley and hit up gay bars—she had ily and finally, when you’re ready, the Wellesley! You should out yourself!’” to be home by 4! Having tried her luck with guidance, world. However, Thorncliffe’s tight-knit said Aisha. “She didn’t even consider the community makes it difficult for teens to fact that I was Muslim, that I was poor— Aisha turned to Garneau’s QSA. The Queer Straight Alliance has been an exdo this. Youth want to find a space where that I wasn’t ready to come out yet.” Aisha was facing a unique set of chal- traordinary resource within the school: they can be accepted, but they don’t know where to look—it seems as soon as lenges that guidance failed to take into it aims to educate students on LGBTQ account. And there are many people in issues and bring them together. One stuone person knows, everybody knows. It’s no surprise, that youth search her situation: unaccepted by historically dent says that QSA has changed her life. within our school to find a safe space. homophobic Muslim culture, econom- “The GSA-QSA is the only place where I Garneau alumnus Aisha Wahig sought ically unable to take the risk of being can be myself,” she said. “I can stand in
front of the room and say, ‘Hey, guess what? I’m gay!’ and no one will react badly.” It’s helped her realize that despite all of her hardships, “being gay is just fabulous.” A club like QSA is able to make a difference in many students’ lives, but it’s not always enough. Every student is different, and a safe space can only do so much—LGBTQ students need a community. They may feel accepted within the walls of room 339, but it’s not always the same elsewhere in the building. This isn’t something that we can demand from the administration. This is something that students need to create themselves. We have to ask ourselves why this hasn’t happened. Is it possible that students feel too threatened, even with QSA and regular social equity workshops? The answer is yes. For every teen who is finding acceptance, there are many more who still don’t feel safe enough to come out. “Being in a conservative high school [like Garneau] that reflects my cultural beliefs has made me feel inhuman, guilty, and unwanted, “ said one student, who preferred to remain anonymous. Problems with home life compound difficulties at school. “My family would regret my existence,” he said. “They would hate me. Homosexuality to
them is disgusting and unnatural.” Cultural and religious values pose a huge barrier for many queer youth— faith, for example, plays a huge part in many people’s lives. Queer youth face internal religious pressures in addition to external ones from friends and family. Questioning teens worry that their sexuality comes at the expense of their religion: confidence in their sexuality represents a necessary loss of faith. It takes time to realize that there are accepting people in every religion. They may be difficult to find, but they exist. Finding places to feel accepted is never easy—for anyone, really. Being LGBTQ at Garneau is a terrifying prospect for some. Even within Garneau’s relatively small community, every experience is radically different. Some students struggle with guidance to find the answers, others seek refuge in QSA, and many others keep their secret to themselves. Teens just want a safe, comfortable environment to talk—to be told they’re not crazy for thinking differently than everyone else. For some queer youth, it’s as easy as calling up a friend or sitting down with a favourite teacher. For many students at Garneau, however, this is an impossible dream.
“STUDY HALL” NOISE
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To find out, I borrowed an analog sound meter probe from the science department and took some measurements. Measurements were made each day during period 4 spare from five locations: the four corners and the center of the cafeteria. The device was placed on a table with the sensor always facing the center of the room. Figure 1 shows the localized sound levels. It is interesting to see the quietest section of the study hall is in the southeast
Figure 1 corner—the corner usually under direct view of an angry vice-principal. Opposite in the northwest corner is the loudest location in the room, the data shows. Figure 2 shows the average sound levels of all five locations from each day of the week: It appears the cafeteria is loudest on Fridays—no surprise there. Thursday and Tuesday have lower readings likely because they were the 27th and 29th respectively. This meant that period 4
spare was the last period of the day, resulting in noticeably fewer students in the cafeteria at this time. According to the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety, in Ontario the maximum permitted exposure level for 8 hours is 85 dB. The average sound level of the cafeteria during period 4 spare this week was (78 ±4) dB. This is actually a safe volume of sound to be exposed to; we are not in the cafeteria for such a long duration and the average
Figure 2 sound level is not quite high enough to be a health concern. For the noise exposure to be a health risk for the one hour and fifteen minute spare duration, the noise level would have to be in excess of 100 dB, the same as the volume of a chainsaw from a meter away. Since sound levels are logarithmically scaled, this is about 20 times louder than our current exposure. Fortunately, we are not likely to acquire hearing loss from being in the cafeteria
during spare. Regardless, you will probably find it too loud to study in peace. For the study keen, there is unfortunately no quiet space available in the school. But to reduce noise levels, one thing which may help is putting the vice-principal’s desk in the center of the cafeteria. This would allow the vice-principal to hear more of the cafeteria than from just one corner.
CLEAN UP OUR WASHROOMS by DAVID LI To the Toronto District School Board: Garneau is a growing community. We have over 1800 students and that number isn’t going to drop any time soon. As with any community, there are bound to be issues. Not stupid issues invented by politicians to get more votes, but real, close-to-home, high school problems. I’m sure you’ve heard of our primary one—overcrowding. But there is another problem. To many members of the student body, it’s a big deal, and hasn’t really been touched on. I’m talking about hygiene. If you walk into the school at 8 o’clock, you see Garneau at its best. The washrooms are open and inviting, dry and spotless, replenished with toilet paper. Walk in again after lunch. If you find an unlocked washroom, the floors are covered with liquids and any toilet paper left is clogging the urinals or
the toilets. With such a large population, there will be spills and litter. And those are manageable. But there’s a limit between manageable and serious. You will find certain washrooms locked before the end of the day. Garneau has a staff of janitors who clean wherever they’re needed. But there’s a limit to what they can do. If they are already preoccupied, how can they clean the sea of slosh that’s created once in a while in a washroom? They can’t, so they lock the doors and get to it when they can. While the doors are closed, students are forced to go to a different floor. And if this happens during a test, or if the student is having stomach problems, extra time could mean a lot to that student. In the washrooms themselves, if there is a little bit of water around the base of the sink and dryers, it would be fine.
There’s bound to be a bit of splashing when you wash. But when the entire floor is covered with water, there is a problem. When students see liquid inside a washroom, from underneath a stall or pooling around the urinals, it’s hard to tell the difference between water and urine. It also becomes a safety concern if a student were to slip. There aren’t many solutions for the water on the floor. But perhaps the renovation of the shower facilities could help mitigate that. This requires significant funding, and may not be possible in the near future, but having a designated area for washing up instead of having students crowd around in the already non -too-large washrooms would be more sustainable for everyone. Sometimes toilets clog. This not only limits the number of usable toilets based on plumbing, but also based on sanitary
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concerns, since clogged toilets tend to have various other substances in them as well. If students want, there is nothing to stop them from pulling an entire roll of toilet paper out and clogging a toilet with it. This is made possible by our dispensers, which are not only easy to open, but also easy to rip off completely. However, just by paying a bit more, lockable toilet paper dispensers can be installed. With these, it will be much more difficult to steal or misuse rolls of toilet paper. Even using the soap from the washrooms could make things less sanitary. Students have been seen spitting into the soap dispensers, and all sorts of other things go into those less-thanglamourous boxes, including last year’s champion, fruit flies. Students that care about cleaning their hands are forced to purchase their own hand sanitizer. That
shouldn’t be the case in a public school. Some of the hazardous substances that can enter the soap boxes are causes of concern for health and safety, but there is a simple way to prevent anything other than soap from entering the boxes. A lockable soap dispenser can purchased for just $21.95. That and the cost of installation are worth the extra security. That would ensure that when students wash their hands, they wash only with soap. Hygiene is important. Students shouldn’t have to worry about dirtying their hands every time they go to wash their hands. Simple measures can do a lot for our facilities, and will hopefully decrease the frequency of washrooms so dirty that they need to be locked up.
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LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
SPELLING BEE BEE
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GO GREEN
Continued from P1 door sports lighting, a digital score board, and field equipment (soccer posts, for example) for the multi-sports field. Wednesday, December 12 the Go Green Project became an Aviva Community Fund semifinalist. That’s where the votes went—to support the Go Green Project’s $120 Students plant trees on Hydro One land this Septem- 000 bid for Phase Two. Although the Go Green Project ber. Go green! did not qualify as an Aviva If there’s enough money for construcFinalist, Thorncliffe and Flemingdon tion, why apply for even more funding? Park residents can expect Phase One to Phase One is all set, but Phase Two of be complete summer 2013. the Go Green Project brings it all toThe Go Green Project has much to ofgether. The second phase calls for outfer Garneau. When complete, the field
will host a diverse variety of community and wildlife conservation programs, providing Garneau students with plenty of mentorship opportunities. The multi-sports field will allow Marc Garneau to finally hold home games—soccer, basketball, baseball, and cricket. “When I used to play for my [cricket] team, we had to travel all the way to Sunnybrook to practice, and we’d have to pay so much money just to play,” said Ifthikar Safi, grade 12 student and project volunteer. “I think it’d be really good for the community if we can have a home ground, so that other people can come by and play.” Remi Hossain contirbuted to this article.
CORRECTION
An editorial published in the November issue claimed that the patties sold in the servery are not Halal. Since then, Milliken Meat Products has released a statement assuring the school that the patties do in fact comply with Halal standards.
“Everyone really needs to be aware that literacy is very important and that there are students out there struggling.” Sp.LIT also promotes the spelling bee as a source of competitive fun. “Sp.LIT is about literacy, but spelling bees really give words a chance to shine,” said MJ Chen, co-creator of the multi-high word list. “When spellers get to the third or fourth round, they get a taste
of just how malicious the English language can be.” Audience members love the thrill factor. “I was surprised by how engaged everyone was”, said Yang Chen. “They were trying to spell the words themselves, they cheered on the spellers, they were just so excited.” Meanwhile, the Sp.LIT hive is buzzing with activity. Posters, announcements, and a Facebook page—the students are busy getting started early on the 2013 Multi-High School Spelling Bee Championship. In addition to the multi-high bee, Sp.LIT also runs a national essay contest to further promote literacy awareness. Garneau students interested in participating in the school spelling bee can register online at qr.net/ spellingbee.
WORLD VISION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT by ALIE TEACHMAN
Walking through Garneau’s galleria is a risky business. There are always bake sales and button sales and popcorn sales to weave, dodge, and taste your way through. But any student at Garneau will tell you that the biggest landmine of them all isn’t baked goods or petitions, it’s intramurals. Students swarming at the gym doors waiting to be let in. What’s it this time? I always wonder as I’m shoving my way through the crowds. This week I finally took the plunge: I joined the swarming students and watched a basketball game. Garneau’s charity basketball tournament took place this past Wednesday. The student turnout was impressive, to say the least. Spectators filled the gym to get a glimpse of the action. Both games took place in a half court, with teams aiming to score from the same basket. In order to shoot, players had to pass the centre line and double back to the hoop. The games were short, but there was never a dull moment—the limited space sent players crashing into teammates, opponents, and spectators alike. The first game was the junior final.
Teams Default and Ballerz faced off against each other, with Default winning 5-2. The senior final that followed was the main attraction: the Random Mandems versus the Boon Docks. This game was a closer match. The teams played neck-and-neck for most of the game, but a controversial call by Mr. Hillman put the Mandems in the lead during the last couple minutes. The Mandems scored 7-6 victory over the Boon Docks. Both winning teams of the tournament received Cineplex movie passes and a trophy graciously donated by D&G. The event raised over $200 for a World Vision education project in South Darfur, Sudan. The money will go towards new school buildings, school supplies for students, and improvements to local school facilities and school water supplies. But whether it’s intramural sports or building schools, the Garneau charity basketball tournament wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of grade 12 student Zaheed Shivji, Mr. Hillman, and the Marc Garneau Athetic Association.
Mr. Hillman and Zaheed (centre, holding a basketball) pose with the Random Mandems.
A Sleepless Night for Sleeping Children by SABRINA BERTSCH On Friday evening, Garneau’s halls were filled with students eager to help a cause, hang out with friends, and earn volunteer hours by doing so. Over 140 students attended Key Club’s Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW) sleepover. The event raised $3865.25, meant to buy over one hundred bed kits for impoverished children around the world. Key Club arranged a few events for the
evening, but kept the schedule relaxed. There was a movie marathon in the staff room, a midnight dance in the cafeteria, and all-night sports tournaments in the gym. Other students played board games and talked with friends. A few dedicated writers finished up their National Novel-Writing Month project just short of the 11:59 PM deadline. Everyone enjoyed themselves in their own way.
Garneau’s teachers are to thank for SCAW’s success. Many teachers, as well as the principal, willingly sacrificed an evening of peace and quiet to supervise rowdy teens. In years past, there have been concerns regarding the behaviour of students at all-night, in-school events, resulting on a year-long ban on school sleepovers. With the ban lifted this year, SCAW was able to continue, and Mrs.
Goldenberg remarked that “everyone was amazing.” “This has been the most successful SCAW that we’ve had in the past four years,” said Jacqueline Sue, Key Club’s co-president. “We raised $1200 more than ever before! Everyone should be proud of the difference that we’re making and on behalf of Key Club I would to thank everyone that attended and
pledged.” Organizing and executing SCAW left participants and supervisors weary-eyed, but according to Key Club, the knowledge that a hundred children will sleep easier makes it all worthwhile.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MAHAN NEKOUI
PRODUCTION MANAGER SOHEIL KOUSHAN
NEWS MANAGER MJ CHEN
DIRECTOR OF PRINT DEVELOPMENT SUSIE LIU
BUSINESS MANAGER RIGERS RUKAJ
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
LIFE MANAGER
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STAFF MEMBERS ABIGAIL CHAU ALIE TEACHMAN ANANNA RAFA CHRISTINA CHEN CINDY ZENG CLAIRE HAMILTON CONNOR ADAIR DAVID LI FELIPE GONZALEZ
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