ATTENTION!!!!!
Eads takes the helID
Have you noticed · something missing from your PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE school newspaper? Yep, you guessed it: it's the title. That's The Mast Academy docked Sept. right, your school newspapet 10, 1991 on Virgina Key with 255 doesn't have a title. Fortunately, enthusiastic students and 48 dynamic staff you can change that. All you have members. After a brief port of call at to do is submit your suggestion for Ponce de Leon Middle School, crew and a newspaper title to ·Ms. Fairchild passengers celebrated the joy of being in our own facility... even if it wasn't in room 9. If your title is selected, completely finished. it will not only be the permanent In 1984 the idea of a marine name of the newspaper, but will be theme school was proposed to the Dade printed next to your picture in the County School Board as a "Dream,• and a possible outcome of the Inner City next issue. Good Luck!!
INSIDE ... Student activities - See page 2 Student clubs for the year are geared up. Student Council is elected.
Environment. - See page 2
Features - See page 4 Mascott is needed for our school. Personals.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Marine Project. From Sept. 1984 through June 1991, the Inner City Marine Project students, predominantly minorities and females, proved students only need to be given an opportunity to excel. Students enrolled in summer school classes involving science research, swimming, sailing, canoeing, and camping, all with a curriculum focus to read, write and speak about the t. Students from Carol City, Edison, Central, Jackson, Northwestern, and some schools in the south end of the county, were placed in science internships and maritime related jobs over the summers. Their success rate was so positive that employers would call for their paid services throughout the school year. In fact, two high school graduates are still employed at Royal Caribbean Cruises while attending college. These students, "set the course" for the present students to navigate and explore new adventures. The lofty goals of the MAST Academy focus on restructuring education.
Treasurer Tulia Levy and Principal Linda Eads discuss plans for-MAST Academy with newspaper students.
Graduates of the MAST will exemplify the academically prepared student that major universities will actively seek. Through the many social and athletic activities planned, students will develop their social and interpersonal relationships as young adults in a competitive society. Students can expect • rough seas• for the first semester at the school simply because the faculty is not completed, and all student events are not in place yet. However, a newly elected student government should bring new activities and spirit to the school. Many activities have already started.
Newspaper Staff Page Editors/ Reporters : Jamie McCaugban Ann Marie Ritchie · Beth Seidle Jeaaica Sick David Whitling .Jenica Zelman
Layout: Glen Hyman John Knost ~ymondLuc
Advertising: Ann Marie Ritchie Liu Bailey Cyndiia Herrmann Mike Weodachuh Graphic Artist: Kevin Brady Contributors: Nathan Bates Wagner Brenes Mike Hunt forge Camacho Patty Moyer
Advisors: ,Barbara Fairchild Debbie Carbone
Photographers: Lisa Bailey Ryan Fisher
The MAST is the official student edited newspaper of the MAST Academy. ;Opinions expressed i11 the The MAST are those of ithe editors and writers and do not necessarily :reflect viewpoints or official policies of the tchool. The lancer welcomes readers' opinions -0n •ll topics. Letters to the editor must bear the writer's full name and fifth pefiod room number. frhe editor reserves the right to reject, edit or orten letters. All letters should be turned into a. Fairchild's mailbox or in room 9. All letters ,must be signed.
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other things: small class size, personaliz.ed attention, a professional staff that cares, a CHOICE period, and the latest technological equipment. students can already proudly reflect on many accomplishments including the following: An overall attendance rate at MAST of 97.4 percent, with perfect attendance for 120 students.
A military JROTC first
Worth the wait JORGE CAMACHO CONTRIBUTOR
ANN MARIE RITCHIE REPORTER
With the first nine weeks of the school year over and the arrival of fall, the student body turns its attention to the construction surrounding the school. Many students are wondering when the other part of the school will be opened, and when the pool, locker room, and boat house facilities will be finished. Presently, students occupy only 40 percent of the actual school. Although the school was scheduled to be finished by Sept. 4, 1991, setbacks have slowed down the progress of construction. Unique lighthouse welcomea all to Mast Academy
The only good thing about construction is the budget cuts will have very little impact on the rate of construction. Because the money is being drawn from bond resources, not operations.
As you cross over the causeway in the morning and see the sun peaking out through the blue sky- remember to count your blessings. You attended a one-of-akind school in a county that offers among
*Dec. 1991- Submit Phase II plans to DCPS (plan includes: locker and weight rooms, pool, and boat house) *Jan. !992- Move into newly completed buildings •Jan. 1992- Phase II completed
. The Mast Academy is the first high school in the nation to have a JROTC program. Approximately 172 students are enrolled in the program, said U. Cubbon, public affairs officer for the Miami Coast Guard station. "Students who are in JROTC have a 100 percent chance of getting a scholarship in both military and JROTC colleges,• said U . Cmdr. Robert Cammuchio, commander of MAST's JROTC Unit. "It will influence different students in different ways. They will be more able to meet the needs of colleges.• JROTC 's goal for the year is to set new precedents for other JROTC units. U. Cmdr. Cammuchio plans to accomplish this through the drill team and color guards. Once everything is
See MILITARY page 4