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March 5, 2019
Debate heading to TFA state page 2
THE LOOP
Volume 17, Issue 3
A recap on Black History Month celebration page 8
Baseball to host Lewisville-Hebron Tournament page 3
SPOTLIGHT Community Engagement - page 4-5
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 11-15: Spring Break March 19-20: Senior Cap & Gown Delivery April 16-18: Theater Spring Show - 7 p.m. April 19-22: Student Holiday May 1: Mr. Hebron - 7 p.m.
TEACHER SPOTLIGHT: Librarian Liz Harrison
Librarian Liz Harrison has been content with her life since childhood. Although she grew up in a family with four other siblings with struggles for money, she was the first to attend college. “We were very poor,” Harrison said. “But we didn’t know we were poor. My mother did everything. She was a great bargain shopper, so we had a lot of toys under the tree [for Christmas]. Everyone in our neighborhood was in the same boat as us, so we didn’t think we were poor.” Harrison said she has a good work ethic because of her mother. “[My mother] was very task-oriented,” Harrison said. “So we always had chores to do. Even though there were five of us, my mother could find a job for all of us. She would tell us that we could talk and work at the same time. Sometimes I’ll hear that in myself.” This work ethic reflected in her education by allowing her to live a easier lifestyle than her other friends from her childhood. “I think the value of education is freedom and choice,” Harrison said. “I know someone my age [who] went to high school and didn’t go to college. We meet up every couple of years, and the differences in our lives are so different. [Comparing our lives], my life is so much easier.” After getting married, Harrison has noticed she raised her son in the opposite method of the way her parents raised her because she didn’t want her son to struggle. “My son is an only child,” Harrison said. “When I was growing up, anytime we wanted to do something, my mom would make us do an extra chore. I always hated it. When my son came along, I didn’t want him to work to get what he wanted.” After hearing Liz Murray, the author of “Homeless to Harvard,” speak, Harrison said she agreed with the author’s viewpoint because it reflected on her childhood as well. “She said one of the worst things you could do is to tell poor children that it’s OK not to do this or that because you’re poor,” Harrison said. “She said that was a disservice. When I was a kid, we were held accountable for everything we did, but we didn’t know that we were poor. Our world wasn’t that big.”
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NEWS Studio Movie Grill provides jobs to students with special needs YASMIN HAQ NEWS EDITOR
Twenty-two year-old Stephen Mentesana likes his job. He likes rolling the silverware, he likes refilling the ice for the soda machine and he definitely likes the free movies that come with the job. Mentesana is one of the students with special needs employed by the Studio Movie Grill in the Colony. The Colony Studio Movie Grill coordinates with Focus on the Future, the LISD transition service for students with special needs who have earned all their high school credits. Studio Movie Grill also works with programs from other districts to allow adults with special needs or students get into the work field. “We feel as though it’s important that the theater receives some recognition in the sense that it’s OK to hire young adults with disabilities because they do add value to your business,” Focus on the Future lead teacher Karrie Barnes said. According to Barnes, Studio Movie Grill manager Mike
Dingess has been instrumental to the program by hiring students such as Mentesana. “For us, whether you’re a teenager with special needs or a teenager without special needs is kind of all the same,” Dingess said. “We have so many different roles here that I think it’s unique.” Because Studio Movie Grill is both a theater and restaurant, it provides opportunities to work on social and technical skills. Also, the variety of roles allows employees with special needs to have more flexibility in their work. “A lot of times [for students with special needs the struggle is] getting out of that shell and getting comfortable being around strangers on a consistent basis,” Dingess said. “And working in a movie theater, especially one for us, we’ll have 80-plus people working at one time. You’re around a lot of people and it really kind of takes you out of that little shell that you confine yourself in.” Dingess said having employees with special needs not only impacts those specific employees, but the coworkers and community around them. For example,
Dingess said Flower Mound High School graduate Gabriella Medina has influenced the community that goes to the Lewisville location. “Gabriella has been a host at Lewisville for nine years, and she was brought on from LISD [and she’s just worked out so well,” Dingess said. “Not only because she’s a great employee, she just brings such a smile to people’s faces.” As a company, Studio Movie Grill has made its theaters more friendly to individuals with special needs by offering sensory-friendly screenings of movies and by supporting Autism Speaks, an organization dedicated to providing guidance on autism and funding research. “Studio Movie Grill in general makes a huge effort in [supporting special needs],” Mentesana’s mother, Sharon Mentesana said. “In fact, when [Stephen’s] day group goes to the movies, they go to the one in Dallas [where] they treat those kids during the day to free movies. [Studio Movie Grill] goes out of its way to really do good things for the special needs community.”
Originally, Mentesana received the job at Studio Movie Grill through Barnes and the help of Focus on the Future after he left Hebron. Mentesana works mostly in the kitchen and has learned how to clock-in, clock-out, clean tables and work together with his coworkers. “There hasn’t been, whenever it comes to bringing on anyone as part of these programs, there hasn’t been a negative to it at all,” Dingess said. “Like whether it takes coaching or a little bit more follow through sometimes, the payoff is always worth it.” Mentesana has been working at Studio Movie Grill for three years. He works every Tuesday and Thursday, and he plans to continue working at Studio Movie Grill even once he graduates from Focus on the Future this year. “We live way in Farmers Branch now and Ms. Barnes and the Texas Workforce Agency have offered to help us set up a job location closer to us and we said no,” Sharon said. “We will come all the way out here because he wants to work at this Studio Movie Grill.”
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‘Digital Divas’ sends 17 students to computer science competition SYDNEY SHINKLE REPORTER
This year, Hebron brought 17 girls to the Digital Divas computer science competition held on Feb. 2, more than any other year. This all-girls competition is designed to promote young women to pursue a STEM related field and introduce girls to computer science by allowing them to compete in different divisions and participate in workshops. “We won our first award at the Digital Divas earlier this month,” computer science teacher Jared Stites said. “Now we’ve grown, and this is unheard of, especially in an industry where the computer science percentage of women is 18 percent, so we’re talking one out of 10. Usually, there’s only one or two girls. We brought 17.” Stites attributes the team’s growing numbers and success to the passion girls have developed for computer science and their hard work to excel in it. “A lot of these girls came into computer programing as just an elective,” Stites said. “A number
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Senior Sanjana Yadav works on a code that connects the program to a database. Yadev and senior Tanya Jagan are creating a tool for the school administration.
of them, three of them really, Sanjana Yadav, Mya Mahaley and Tanya Jagan, have really latched onto it and kind of enjoyed it. They started doing a lot more and growing and getting better at it, and then their senior year they became some of our top competitors.” Senior Mya Mahaley is one of the many female students who have been impacted by Digital
Divas and has been inspired to take her computer science skills out of the classroom. “Digital Divas exposed me to a lot more of what computer science would feel like because prior to this year, I was very unsure of what life would be like if I pursued something in the STEM field,” Mahaley said. “It served as a source of motivation towards majoring in this field and pursuing
a career. We’re using some of the knowledge that we’ve gathered throughout these competitions in order to put it into a program that can be used within Hebron.” Outside of competitions, Mahaley, Yadav and Jagan have worked on growing their program and using the skills they’ve learned throughout the years to strengthen their knowledge and learn more about computer science.
“This is one event, but they’ve been doing a number of other things, like cyber security,” Stites said. “They’ve been great as far as recruiting and growing the program. The website - digitaldivas. rocks - they built that website. It’s amazing going from an ‘oh, this is just an elective’ to ‘oh my gosh, this is what I’m going to do with my life’ and getting good and getting to the point where they’re actually doing things like building the infrastructure, winning awards, and building software for the school right now.” Digital Divas is, according to Mahaley, a source of comfort and a safe haven for many young girls pursuing computer science. “I definitely think Digital Divas has changed me just because it made me feel like I wasn’t alone in this,” Mahaley said. “I’ve had other girls in the club to resonate with and share our struggles of having to deal with all boys when going to competitions. When you’re in an environment surrounded by all girls doing the same thing as you, it serves as a source of comfort and motivation and hope for your future.”
Debate advances to TFA One Act Play to compete at zone level and make you see the play to each character and doing state March 14-16 HARPER LEE like it’s the first time.” extensive research on charREPORTER
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Juniors Sameer Haq and Krish Patel prepare for their next tournament. Both Haq and Patel will be heading to TFA state on March 14-16. MRUNMAYI SATHAYE FEATURE EDITOR
Debate will go to the Texas Forensic Association’s (TFA) Annual State Tournament March 14-16 at Alief High School in Houston, Texas. This year, the team will be sending the largest number of people it has ever sent. Seniors Zoha Rizvi, Sunil Krish, Grant Shamblin, Evan Williams and Alyshu Lalani, along with juniors Philip Ng, Aashir Sanjrani, Gavin Loyd, Sameer Haq, Krish Patel, Xain Bhagwandin and Joseph Kirk will be participating in the tournament. To qualify for the tournament, one must earn 12 state points, which are obtained by participating in and reaching the elimination rounds at debate tournaments.
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“When I first found out I qualified for TFA state, I was excited because it is the first time I’ve qualified for state and the first time my partner has qualified for state,” Patel said. “It was very exciting for me and my partner to find out we got 12 state points.” The topic that the team is focusing on is immigration reform, and currently, the members are working to prepare different arguments against different schools. “There is a lot of intensive prep and research about our current topic of immigration because we want to be really good [in the tournament],” Patel said. ”Our goal is to make it to elimination rounds, and we really want for the Hebron Debate team as a whole to win the entirety of TFA State.”
The company consists of seniors Caitlin Kresta, Joseph Hoffman, Maddie McPherson, Samantha Herndon, Makenna Chamberlain, Andrew Hardaway, Hayley Parham, Olivia Kahny, Harper Lee, Jillian Piccolo, Maddie Edwards
acter backgrounds. “One Act really bonds Hawk Theatre Company people together,” senior Makenna Chamberlain, will compete with its one act play “Mary Shelley” at the who plays Mrs. Godwin, zone level of the UIL One said. “Everyone works realAct Play competition on ly hard, and everything that March 20. everyone does is important. “We wanted to do a show It’s not just the actors. It’s all that fits our company,” of the research the ensenior Joseph Hofftire company does. It’s “‘Mary Shelley’ is a beautiful story, man, playing Percy the amount of work the Shelley, said. “We felt We’re focusing on what influenced directors have put into very passionate about her to write Frankenstein, her most the show. It’s the set and ‘Mary Shelley.’ It just the lights and costumes well-known novel.” felt right.” and makeup and sound. Zone is the first level It’s everything coming -Senior Caitlin Kresta of the competition. If together to make somethe cast and crew are thing incredible.” selected as one of the three and Dalton Currey, juniors The cast and crew have advancing schools, they will Remy Ammor, Krishna Nair already attended their first move onto the district level and Tatyonna Belcher, and clinic, which was on Feb. taking place on March 22. sophomores Michelle Dalir- 22. They will attend another “Mary Shelley” is a five- ifar, Meagan Majors, Macy clinic on March 5. During act play that the company Newman, Meredith Hendrix the clinic, renowned state has cut down to 40 minutes and Shae Duggan. director Demond Wilson about the life of Mary Shel“‘Mary Shelley’ is a beau- and Fine Arts coordinator ley, her romance with Percy tiful story,” senior Caitlin Missey Head review and criShelley and her relationship Kresta, playing Mary Shel- tique the One Act Play that with her sisters, all of which ley, said. “We’re focusing on the school presents to them. drove her to write “Franken- what influenced her to write “We learned a lot at clinic,” stein.” Frankenstein, her most well- senior Samantha Herndon, “I loved the research of known novel. Not a lot of who plays Jane, said. “We the show,” sophomore Shae people know this story, and have a lot of work to do, but Duggan, who plays one of we hope it bring it to life in a we have a lot of good matethe shadows, said. “You new light.” rial to work with. Whenever don’t notice it the first readThe actors began by doing people come see the show, through, but once you’ve background research about we want them to really see done your research, some- the themes of the show, the relationships of the charthing new will stand out to breaking up the play into acters on stage and how conyou when you read it again sections, assigning motives nected they all are.”
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Baseball to host tournament March 7-9 YASMIN HAQ
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Baseball will host and compete in the Lewisville-Hebron Tournament March 7-9. “We’re hosting a third tournament here and we’ll play five games and that really will be the final tuneup before our district begins,” baseball coach Stephen Stone said. After rain caused the baseball team to miss a tournament in Houston last weekend, the team competed in a local tournament. “[Out of town tournaments] really serve two purposes,” Stone said. “It helps us get prepared for district, but it also kind of helps us bond as a team because we get spend more time with each other on the bus and the hotel and then at the game, so it’s always a good weekend for us to get prepared for the season and also to bond.” Although both of these tournaments count on the record,
UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS
MARCH 5:
• Softball at Nimitz - 7 p.m. • Girls soccer v. MacArthur at home - 7:30 p.m. • Boys soccer at MacArthur 7:30 p.m.
MARCH 11:
• Softball v. Marcus at home - 7 p.m. Senior Drake Boggan readies himself for the pitch. Hebron was playing against Arlington Martin on Feb 21. they do not factor into determining whether the team gets to playoffs. To get into playoffs, the team has to rank in the top four in district, which starts on March 12. “Our goal is to get to the playoffs, and once we get there, to do a little damage,” Stone said. Baseball missed the playoffs the last two years, but before that, they had made it four times consecutively. Junior first baseman
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and pitcher Casey De- out in the long run.” Nimitz, Coppell, MarLoach said the team Once district starts, cus, MacArthur, Flowhas a better chance of baseball will com- er Mound and Irving making it to High School. the playoffs “For me, I this year. just definite“From what “Our goal is to get to the playoffs, ly want the I saw last year, and once we get there, to do a team to go to I think we’re playoffs and little damage.” definitely on a go far,” senior better track,” pitcher and DeLoach said. outfielder Aid-Stephen Stone, head baseball coach “We definitely en Davis said. have a better “But most imteam than we did last pete every Thursday portantly, we just want year. We have a lot of and Friday until they to have fun and have young talent this year. play each team twice. a good year with our A lot of good young There are eight teams friends. They’re pretty talent that can help us in district including, much our family.”
Girls wrestling wraps up first official season
Juniors Natalia Sanchez and Sariah Dawson demonstrate a tight waist chop during practice. This season was the first official one for the girls wrestling team.
YUSRA WARIS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Following the makings of the school’s first female wrestling team last year, the team concluded its first season with two wrestlers qualifying for Regionals. “[This season was] good as far as the membership,” wrestling coach David Rozanski said. “We started with three back in September and now
we have seven girls that are wrestling, so that’s been a positive. It’s just the beginnings of a program and getting them to experience and realize what wrestling is.” Since the girls didn’t have their own coach to train with them, they mainly learned through observing the boys team’s practice. “It was just kind of difficult because we didn’t have as much hands-on learning,” junior Aniyah Nelson said. “It was more of a watching and
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trying to see how we would do it.” Rozanski said there have been some challenges in getting familiar with and learning the weight classes, going out to compete and understanding the sport. “It’s just been sometimes overwhelming for them,” Rozanski said. “It’s just getting over those hurdles and taking hopefully the next step [so] that they understand the sport and what needs to be done to get better. They took
a chance by trying it, and they went through the every day training and that’s what wrestling teaches you: hard work.” Among the opportunities joining the girls wrestling team has offered, junior Sariah Dawson said she had the chance to prove people wrong. “People doubted me because I was so small and I turned out to be good,” Dawson said. “I think it’s very important to show that girls can be just as tough as guys because a lot of people think that girls are weak, but actually we are stronger than they think.” Regional qualifier junior Natalia Sanchez said she hopes the team’s achievements this season will encourage more girls to join next year. “It’s definitely going to open up a lot more doors for people,” Sanchez said. “We’ve definitely been talking about it more. It’s definitely going to allow girls that have always been interested in something like this to join next year and the years to come because they know that girls have done it and we’ve made it pretty far.”
MARCH 12:
• Softball at Marcus - 7 p.m. • Baseball at Nimitz - 7 p.m.
MARCH 19:
• Softball v. MacArthur at home - 7 p.m. • Girls soccer at Lewisville 7:30 p.m. • Boys soccer v. Lewisville at home - 7:30 p.m.
MARCH 22:
• Softball at Lewisville - 7 p.m. • Baseball at Coppell - 7:30 p.m. • Girls soccer v. Irving at home - 7:30 p.m. • Boys soccer at Irving - 7:30 p.m.
MARCH 26:
• Softball v. Irving at home 7 p.m. • Baseball v. Marcus at home - 7 p.m.
MARCH 29:
• Baseball at Marcus - 7 p.m. • Softball v. Nimitz at home - 7 p.m.
APRIL 2:
• Softball at Coppell - 7 p.m.
APRIL 5:
• Softball at Marcus - 7 p.m. • Baseball v. Flower Mound at home - 7 p.m.
APRIL 6:
• Baseball at Bell - 11 a.m.
APRIL 12:
• Softball at MacArthur - 7 p.m.
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Community Service Often times, society seems fragmented with different opinions and perspectives clashing together. However, in the midst of this chaos, there are avenues of hope. Some of that hope can be found in students pursuing community service. Despite the negativity, the school has plenty of examples of students who choose to spend their time not looking to their own interest, but instead looking for ways to better the lives of those around them.
Scout’s Honor Senior builds blocks and puzzles for Guatemalan orphans with special needs
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MRUNMAYI SATHAYE FEATURE EDITOR
Eleven years ago, Luke Deatherage’s journey began: stemming from his father’s desire for his son to become more involved in his community, Luke transformed from an apprehensive young cub to a proud eagle. Over the course of his time in Boy Scouts, Luke not only earned over 21 badges and climbed up the ranks, but he also learned how to be independent by
working with other Scouts. Years of his hard work culminated to him obtaining the Eagle Scout rank - the highest rank in Boy Scouts - after completing a project that benefited the community. “I made wooden puzzles and blocks for dozens of kids in an orphanage in Guatemala [who had Down Syndrome],” Luke said. “I got my friends together and some people from school to help out in making and painting the blocks.” The project was for an organization called Orphan Outreach which supports an orphanage in Guatemala for children with Down Syndrome, and they
requested wooden toys and puzzles so the kids could work on fine motor skills. Luke’s father, Blake Deatherage, encouraged Luke to pursue this project dedicated to orphans. “Since Luke was born in Ukraine and lived in an orphanage for his first two years, I thought it was important for him to give back to kids who are currently living in an orphanage,” Blake said. “I have a friend who works with the orphanage, and she was able to get a project for Luke to complete.” To earn the Eagle Scout rank after he completed the project, Luke had to schedule a meeting with the Board of Review who would determine whether or not he would earn this rank. “The [Board] reviewed Luke’s application to make sure it was complete,” Blake said “Then, the adults asked him a series of questions such as, ‘How was your scouting experience? What was your Eagle project? What went good or bad during the project? What are your plans once finishing Scouts? How do you plan to give back to scouting?’ Luke [was not nervous]. He was excited.” Luke had to finish the project and submit his application before May to be considered for the award because everything needs to be complete before a Scout turns 18. In June 2018, he earned Eagle Scout.
“I felt super proud that I got the award, and I felt so happy all over,” Luke said. “My dad said ‘I feel proud’ and ‘we got this done.’” With the project, Scouting helps develop leadership. Blake said that Luke has grown with this project. “Luke was the one in charge on the days of work,” Blake said. “He coordinated Scouts and adults who were there to help. Luke was definitely
to lead the project, not work kept all volunteers on their tasks. He would not let any stand around. Luke was defin one in charge.”
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the one in charge for all the activities. [From] measuring wood to cut, cutting the wood, burning the alphabet letters on the wood blocks, painting everything, Luke was responsible for assigning everyone their job. The Eagle Scout candidate is supposed
Green thumb, Gold Award Senior grows herbs to facilitate nutritious diet for low-income families YUSRA WARIS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Sporting a bright sun dress, 7-yearold Raiya Shah joins her dad at their brick-rimmed garden, eager to assist him as they plant and care for the seeds that would soon produce watermelons and pomegranates. Together, they refresh the soil, bury the new seeds and seedlings and periodically water the plants as they grow. Although she was engulfed by the summer heat and at a risk for ruining her favorite dress, Raiya was unbothered; nothing b e a t
herbs to foster a nutritious diet in homes around the Dallas Metroplex - also known as Seed Revolution. This project stemmed out of Raiya’s path to earning a Girl’s Scout’s Gold Award, the highest distinction in the program. Now, with her Gold Award patch in hand, Raiya continues to grow with each planting season as she furthers her bond with her community and childhood. “Those were special memories close to my
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heart,” Raiya said. “When I was volunteering at Metrocrest, I realized [how some people] had creative ideas on how they could use food to become more nutritious, but a lot of them didn’t really know how to imple-
ment it and how to incorporate nutrition fully into their lifestyle on their low income. So I decided to grow and pot fresh herbs [like] cilantro and basil to bring to them.” Before she could implement her project, Raiya spent around four to six weeks crafting a project, proposal, timeline and budget, going to meetings and doing a Q&A with the Girl Scouts Panel to receive approval for her idea. Raiya’s mother, Sejal Shah, said she has seen her grow in her communication and leadership style through this project. “She had a lot of meetings [at Metrocrest] in the beginning when she first started the project,” Sejal said. “[In] the first meeting, she wasn’t very organized and didn’t have everything together but she saw how the first one went and then figured out what to ask and how to organize herself. By the time we were rolling out the project, she was having meetings with everyone and knew what to do and what to say.” Upon completing the necessary paperwork and receiving the clearance for her proposal, Raiya sought out Calloway’s for discounts on the
plants she would distribute to her Raiya’s endeavor through Seed first clients. Revolution has also earned her rec“The lady [at Calloway’s] ognition from all around the country, thought I should grow them on my among them including the White own to realHouse, Senate, ly understand Marines and the process,” the state. Raiya said. “We didn’t “So she gave know any of me 50 seeds that was going to turn into to happen,” seedlings and Sejal said. I started there. “We started After that, we getting awards did a combiand letters in nation of seeds the mail and and seedlings it was really Photo provided by Raiya Shah exciting that and whichever came out the best we distributed.” people knew what she was working So far, Raiya has put in about 300 on and they care about it and they hours into her three distributions of shared her enthusiasm about it.” fresh herbs to her clients at MetroLooking back at her involvement crest, all accompanied by an instruc- in her community, Raiya said the tional pamphlet and YouTube video. projects made her realize the pas“Some of the challenges I faced sion she has for humanitarian projwere unpredictability with the grow- ects and have made a difference in ing of plants,” Raiya said. “During her life as well as others. distribution, there were language “I really think a lot of it is barriers and educating people on about leadership and voice,” the importance of fresh foods. The Raiya said. “Of course you founder of Girl Scouts said she care, but the challenge is to started the program to unite girls by make everyone else care as ideals, and I feel like this project let much as you do. So, that’s me connect with people of all back- been a really rewarding grounds in our community through thing to learn how to our shared goals and ideals.” do.”
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A word of hope Senior uses voice to give back to community SYDNEY SHINKLE REPORTER
For many students, volunteering begins sophomore year. They get into clubs that require service hours in order to remain in the club. Volunteering hours are typically something students see as an obligation or a chore that intrudes on their own time; however, senior Hope Word is an exception. Word began volunteering when she was young, focusing on giving back to her community and helping those in need. “I guess it started when I was in Junior Catholic Daughters,” Word said. “Basically, that was the way that we would contribute to the community.” Word’s mother, Bernadette Bergeron, volunteers with her nearly every weekend. Bergeron has personally noticed how volunteering has impacted Word and the passion she has for it. “Maybe 10-plus years ago, when we were going through tough times, a lot of friends and people from church helped us, so Hope and I starting volunteering a lot,” Bergeron said. “It was mine and Hope’s way of paying it forward. Having witnessed [the impact it has had on Hope] myself, I believe [the experience] touched Hope’s heart. I believe seeing how just a little kindness in volunteering can make such an impact on people’s lives.” Word volunteers with a variety of organizations, such as singing the national anthem for 5k races and regularly volunteering at nursing homes and food pantries. Word attributes the origins of her volunteering to running concessions stands for community basketball games in south Dallas. “We met [the coach] a couple of years ago and he was having trouble with people stealing from the con-
cessions,” Word said. “My mom and I just kind of stepped in and we [said], ‘yeah, we can do the concessions.’ It’s just kind of blossomed from there.” Throughout high school alone, Word has completed more than 400 volunteer hours. Word has met different people of various circumstances, many of whom have made an impact on Photo her life. “When I was 12 or so, we went to downtown Dallas,” Word said. “We were giving out sandwiches that we made for the homeless people. There was this old man, and I [asked him if he would like a sandwich, and then he said] ‘thank you so much. Nobody ever cares about us. I’ve never seen anybody come down here and do this.’ Then he asked me to write my name in his little book of all the people that he thinks have impacted him and he only had a couple. He said, ‘I’m going to remember your name for the rest of my life.’ I hope that he’s still alive and that he’s doing OK. It was just really nice to see how I actually helped somebody and that’s one of the things that has made me want to keep helping people.” Both Word and Bergeron have made close connections and developed relationships with the agencies and organizations they volunteer for. “We also have a saying in our family,” Bergeron said. “God put us on this planet for one reason – to serve Him by serving others; so I pretty much always set up volunteering opportunities for us. In fact, we have some agencies that think of us as family.” Volunteering has also helped Hope find her true passion and has played a
big factor in helping her decide what she wants to pursue in the future. “I have personally watched how taking the time to help and care and understand others has grown Hope into the person that she is,” Bergeron said. “She wants to continue in this vein by studying psychology in college, as well as studying the positive impact of singing on cognitive skills.” Word feels volunprovided by Hope Word teering has shaped her to become the person she is today and encourages others to give back to their community. “I think a lot of people don’t like doing community service because they think, ‘oh my goodness, I just want some me time. I want to relax. I want to watch Netflix during
the weekend,’” Word said. “But hona social life and to give back a little time for be lazy if I want of the time I there are peomore of your You shouldn’t give up an hour help someone to someone in because most of get visitors. about you.”
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WHAT’S ON YOUR DESK: Art teacher Jennifer Russell “[My desk says] that I’m ‘a lot’ which is very accurate, but that I am bright and I am creative. If you’ve ever been around creative people, that’s how they are. This is my work area, not just teaching-wise, but also creating-wise, so I need to have everything at my fingertips.”
Russell collects small knick-knacks from her travels in order to add personality to her classroom.
Russell has colorful patterns on her chairs, bringing in a rainbow theme to her desk.
“This is a rock from [former student] Peyton Lowery. It says ‘You rock.’ It is one of my favorite things from my entire shelf because he literally had to go find a rock. He thought that I would not like it and keep it forever, but I am going to keep it forever because I really like it.”
Russell hangs up her former students’ artwork on her “art board.”
“I started [my student’s art board] when I first got to Hebron. I had one at my old school and I still have some pieces from where I was before, but most of everything is Hebron related: any little notes kids have written me, any drawings, cards, graduation announcements, little Valentine’s, thank you notes, just anything that pertains to my kids is what I put on my board.”
“Umbrella Academy:” A new kind of superhero
Photo copyright Netflix
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If you haven’t noticed, Netflix’s new show, “The Umbrella Academy,” is pretty much everywhere. People all over Twitter are fawning over it and many of my friends have recommended it to me, so I decided to give it a try. “The Umbrella Academy” is based off of Gerard Way’s comic book series that tells the
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story of 43 kids who were born simultaneously out of nowhere. Billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopts seven of the 43 kids and forms a team called the “Umbrella Academy.” It is discovered that each of the seven kids posses a superpower, and throughout their childhood they work under the supervision of their adoptive father to fight crime and become media sensations. The story begins when each of the characters receive the news that Reginald has died, promoting them to reunite with
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one another to honor him. The series then quickly unfolds the hardships that each person faced throughout his or her lifetime and then establishes the family tension and deep hatred some of the characters have for Reginald for not being a supportive parental figure in their lives. I did not initially think I’d like this series. After the first few episodes, the only thing that really kept me returning was the flamboyant and junkie character Klaus, or Number 4, played by Robert Sheehan. Ellen Page also did a fantastic job
as Vanya Hargreeves, or Number 7, but overall, I thought the story was confusing and I didn’t seem to have the energy or interest to stick through it and find out what was going on. But as the series progressed, I found myself beginning to like how everything was playing out. The story also ties in some really cool scenarios, such as the butterfly effect, which studies how altering little events in the past can drastically change the future, and time travel. I think the main reason I began to like this series so much is because it introduces audiences to different kinds of superheroes. There are little to no stereotypical white guys with six packs or extremely voluptuous women fighting “bad guys.” Each character in the series is well-rounded, developed and is really just an ordinary human trying to cope in a confusing and difficult world. The relationships aren’t shallow and the characters are likeable and believable. Ultimately, I found “The Umbrella Academy” to be predictable, just like every other series out there. You know who is “good” and who is “bad,” but even with this, the show is funny and the acting is great, making it an enjoyable watch. The series, with its massive popularity and the fact that it ended on a cliffhanger, is expected to be renewed for a second season.
“I have to have stuff. I can’t just have nothing. So I have pens and markers and tapes and stickers and stamps and colorful paper clips and paper clips in shapes of hearts and my planner. I just need to be encompassed and surrounded by a lot of stuff.”
Russell’s desk includes colorful elements such as a rainbow ice cream artwork on her desk.
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Editorial: Individual change can help society
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HEBRON HIGH SCHOOL 4207 Plano Parkway Carrollton, TX 75010 469-948-2850
With a negative shift in the social climate, social media and news reports have portrayed an angry society for the past few years, whether it be negative responses to politics or new trends. Having a positive society is the ideal, and in order to achieve that, true change must start from within each individual. Rather than having a hostile attitude toward society, students can change the way they treat other people in order to change the negative environment from society as a whole. In a school with diversity, it is easy to form opinions about groups of people, but rather than forming a permanent opinion, which could turn into a stereotype, being more open-minded will al-
low people to consider every perspective before coming to a conclusion. For example, physical appearance plays a big factor in judging people, so rather than permanently judging someone negatively, try to get to know them to help mitigate the creation of stereotypes. This change in practice will allow people to accept others, rather than revoking them at first glance. Children learn the golden rule early: treat others the way you want to be treated; however, that rule seems to be lost between people’s current understanding of one another. Rather than listening to others, everyone yells louder, expecting whoever they are arguing with to accept everything without taking anything in return. But
this method only causes the chaos which can be seen on social media. Rather than accepting others who are different, people are creating a never-ending cycle of hate or misunderstanding. Putting a stop to this cycle by listening to someone with a different viewpoint can be a step towards positive change. Although this may seem like a problem for the “real world” to handle, high schoolers can make a difference for the future to follow. Treating people with respect and accepting that everyone is different can have an impact on how a society handles negative situations. With high schoolers entering the work field, it is important to discuss respect;
Photo Illustration by Aparnna Manoj without it, one could potentially lose his/her job or reputation. Rather than poking fun at everything, open communication with respect is important in keeping hostility away. This means one is better prepared entering the world after high school having brought in a common respect for other humans. Change is a hard concept to grasp, but if actively pursued, you come out as a better human. With better humans, society as a whole will be able to tolerate different viewpoints, rather than causing commotion that focuses on differences. By bringing respect and empathy into our everyday lives, many people can change positively, and in turn change the social environment.
Change Jar: What does Women’s Month mean to you?
“Essentially feminism, in my mind, means that a woman is supporting her own place in the world. She’s not trying to assert her dominance but assert her place. A lot of times women are looked down upon. Feminism is the way to break those social norms, get more social ties and break free from what society thinks is normal. It’s important to have a month dedicated to women. It increases awareness across the world, especially on March 8. It’ll help spread the message that there is something called feminism.” - Shruti Subramanian, senior
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EDITORS YUSRA WARIS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
APARNNA MANOJ MANAGING EDITOR
YASMIN HAQ NEWS EDITOR
MRUNMAYI SATHAYE FEATURE EDITOR
REPORTERS HARPER LEE LEILA OLUKOGA SYDNEY SHINKLE RIJA WAQAR
“I think that feminism is when women have the same opportunities available to them as anyone else. Because of our past history of women not being afforded the opportunities that others have had, I think it’s important to bring it to awareness. Feminism is not where it needs to be yet. Women still get less pay and less respect, especially in the business industry. It’s still a man’s world. Women have the intelligence, will-power and strength to do whatever we want to do.” - Sandra Lee, assistant principal
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“To me, feminism means equal rights for everyone, making it clear that everyone is equal and at the end of the day, no one is better than anyone else. A month only dedicated to women is needed because in a lot of jobs and government positions, women are always looked down for being too emotional, and I don’t think that’s true because men are very emotional too. I don’t think we should be hurled out for doing the same thing as a man.” - Daniela Barrera, junior
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Photo Gallery: Black History Month celebration A collection of photos from the Black History Month block lunch event on Feb. 22
Juniors Simone Lester, Mariah McCardell and Ava Parker dance to “Lord is Coming” by H.E.R. All three of them are in Silver Wings.
Sophomore McKinley Harbor performs a dramatic recitation. Her act was toward the beginning of the event.
Sophomore Mya Cambell performs “Rise up” for the event. “Rise Up” is by Andra Day.
JROTC starts off the celebration with the national anthem.
Senior Hope Word sings “See You Again” as a slide show with famous African American figures plays.
Juniors Simone Lester, Mariah McCardell and Ava Parker perform to the song “blank.” The theme for the event was “Still Overcoming.”
Senior Anthony Council performs a dramatic recitation. The event took place during B block and into 3rd period.
Guest speaker Donovan Brittian talks about his journey to become a lawyer. He is an LISD alumnus.
Junior Adaah Wysinger plays a jazz piece on her trombone. ALL PHOTOS BY YASMIN HAQ
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