By Bijaya Thapa John is a senior at East High School. He was blissfully excited for graduation. He was so thrilled for his graduation that he bought his cap and gown with his picture and his name on it. He didn’t think not having enough community service hours would affect his graduation. He went to his graduation with his family and friends, with his sparkling graduation clothes and the shoes that he bought just for graduation. Names started being called and as time passed, John didn’t hear his name. He burst into tears when he realized that he won’t be graduating because of the lack of community service hours. Community service hours is required in New York State to graduate high school. Everybody who graduates has to have at least 20 hours of community service hours. Lynn Girven, an expert on community service hours and a teacher of Participation in Government (PIG) class believes that community service hours is the most important thing for seniors. She says, “Not only because you can’t graduate without enough community service hours, but it also gives students opportunities to become a successful member of the community.” Community service hours can prepare you for college and can also help you become a great leader in the community. So if you don’t have your hours done, make it a priority so you don’t miss important opportunities.
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By Anthony Fuentes Senioritis is a “condition” that is an affliction for many students in their final year of high school. It is characterized by a decline in motivation or performance. If a student’s wardrobe turns to sweats, skipping class is their new routine, and homework is no longer being done then they might have a case of senioritis. The reason as to why senioritis matters so much is because it can hurt the students’ academic record and potentially affect their future. Chemistry teacher Mr. Neal says, “I had senioritis really bad when I went here, everyone gets senioritis.” Senioritis is not something that was recently discovered; it’s been around for quite some time. Some solutions to this “condition” are to enjoy their senior experience but responsibly, possibly by committing to an internship or career focused job and maintain a rigorous course schedule. Teaching assistant Ms. Washington says, “Students deal with Senioritis their own way and usually get themselves back on track before it’s too late.” Senior Tailor Davis states, “It’s real.” Senior Jaden Brown agrees and says, “I’m stressed.” If you’re feeling overwhelmed or stressed by your senior year, talk to your guidance counselor, social worker, or trusted teacher. You’re in the home stretch and don’t want to lose it all now. By Robin Kettles At East High School we have a major problem with the amount of usage with students’ cell phones. Last year East High School a new cell phone policy to try and stop cell phone usage in the classrooms. According to this policy, the school will have a red zone and green zone. When students are inside of a classroom and it’s a red zone it means you cannot be on your phone at all during the class period. If the classroom is on green zone then students can be on their phones but the problem is that students do not go by these rules. If students do not follow the cell phone policy there will be consequences. These consequences go in steps. Step 1 is a verbal warning and if that doesn’t work than you go to step 2 which is confiscation by the period just for one period, and if that still doesn’t work then step 3 which is confiscation of the whole day. If a student still refuses to be responsible with his or her phone, it’s still a confiscation and parent or guardian must come and pick up the cell phone from the school and the student might have detention with an administrator. Students being on their phone in school is taking away from learning and education which doesn’t make any sense because you won’t be able to take in everything your teacher is teaching because you don’t know how to get off of your phone. The other problem is when a teacher asks a student to get off of their phone the student will ignore the teacher and continue doing what they are doing on their phone and won’t get their education. Also, while the teacher is telling a student to get off of their phone in the middle of class it’s taking away from everybody else learning and education because of one student who doesn’t know how to stay off of their phone. If students can use their phones responsibly, then everyone learns more and the school won’t have to take more drastic measures like taking everyone’s phones when they enter the building, like they do in many schools. So students, if you want to have your cell phone for the day, keep it silent and invisible in class. |
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