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During labs students sometimes don’t pay attention with directions and don’t dispose the chemicals correctly. Science teacher Ms. Turner said “students come in, play around with the chemicals. Students aren’t awareness and don’t realize the chemicals they are dealing with can be very dangerous if not properly taken care of, Ms. Turner has a saying she likes to remind students of when disposing of the chemicals. “First Rinse, Retain, Next down the drain.” This reminds students that you cannot just throw toxic chemicals down the drain; they need to be properly disposed. Teachers are sometimes held ac- countable when the underground tanks become polluted, but it is not necessar- ily the teacher’s fault. Students throwing chemicals down the drain should be held more accountable. The underground tanks here at Fremont have recentlybeen cleaned, that is what the big black barrels near the science depart- ments were for. The pollutants were then tak- en to a place called “Level 1” which is where toxic pollutants are taken. To clean these underground tanks it costs about $10,000. To help prevent the pollutions the sci- ence teachers have made new stickers and placed them at lab tables to help reinsure students know the proper procedure when disposing chemicals. Teachers also want more Lab assistants to help with the dispos- ing of chemicals. Some effects of drinking polluted water include: constipation, Diarrhea, infections to the intestine, skin disorders and vomiting. More serious effects can lead to neurological infections and even cancer. To help with this problem, students should take it upon themselves to follow directions completely and dispose of chemi- cals. First rinse, retain, next down the drain. 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A typical day at the Naval Academy? “Get up at 5:30, work out, eat break- fast, go to all your classes and have lunch, then at 3:30 there’s mandatory sports practices for everyone,” Swanson said. “At 7:30 you start homework, and 11:30 is bedtime. They take away all your personal belongings; they give you a uniform and cut your hair. For the first ten weeks, you’re not allowed to use phones, iPods, or any other personal gadgets.” Perhaps as gruel- ing is the process Melissa Kaufman-Gomez, senior, must undergo to apply to universities as a dance major. Kaufman-Gomez, who has been dancing since the age of 3, submits the same application as all other students in addi- tion to essays about why she’s interested in the dance program, a resume, pictures and even videos of her senior solo, which she choreographed herself and has been rehearsing since July. If selected in this pre- liminary process, she must audition in front of a panel of faculty to be admitted to the university. For Kaufman-Gomez, the audition is the most stressful part of the process. “It all depends on one day,” she said. “Of course I have to get into the school, so that’s stressful, but the audition is really critical because they’re just seeing a snapshot of what I can do. Finding that middle ground of taking risks and showing who I am as a dancer and as a person, while also exhibit- ing my technical abilities, is a lot of pressure on one day.” While Kaufman-Gomez dreams of dancing, the ma- jority of star athletes dream of recruitment. Someday, they hope, all those end- less practices, overpriced equipment purchases and exhausting games will lead to a chance of playing at the collegiate level. However, less than 10 percent of all high school athletes get to play their giv- en sport at an NCAA-mem- ber institution – and just one-third of those athletes receive an athletic scholar- ship. Perhaps this is due to the long process of recruit- ment. Student athletes are required to register with the NCAA, create a video of themselves showing dozens of highlighted plays from their athletic career and Justin Hawthorne | The Phoenix STUDENTS enter the career center to ask College and Career Coun- selor Lorena Villagomez for help. contact university coaches and increase exposure at a university camp. If you’re an over- whelmed senior, whether you dream of playing a college-level sport, dancing at a university, serving in the navy, or simply attend- ing your dream school, what can you do to ease the procedure? “Use Naviance, go see your counselors, sit down and talk to your teachers,” Villagomez said. “Don’t just let it all haunt you for the next month. If you use your resources, you can get a better sense of what you can do.” For seniors beginning the college search process now, it may be late – but it’s not too late. “My biggest advice would be to lay it all out,” Villagomez said. “Start off with, ‘what do I want? Where do I want to go?’ If all you know is your major or a specific school, you can go from there. If you base it off of that, everything else comes with it. That way, there’s a reason behind it, and you avoid the stress that comes from the uncer- tainty.” Best Buddies: Building friendships integrate and be a better part of the community, all are encouraged to drop by and visit. “People are always welcome,” Quillinan said. “That’s why the door is always open.” Beyond interaction in the clubroom, Best Buddies members do other events, such as dances, monthly outings and hanging out with their buddy outside of school. The club also hopes to repeat the End the R-Word campaign that they held school last year. The End the R-Word campaign encourages others to stop using the word ‘retarded’ as a substitute for ‘stupid’ or ‘dumb’, for it is extremely offensive to those with IDD. “Best Buddies contributes to the community by connecting a person with disabilities to important people in the community through friendship,” Quillinan said. Individuals with IDD are usually isolated from society because of their differences and peoples’ lack of knowledge about IDD. “Disability is a natural part of being human just as IDD is a natural occurring phenomenon,” Quillinan said. “They are people too. Everyone’s different.” Being in Best Buddies, members not only learn about their buddies, but about themselves, too. “I personally think that Best Buddies has done a variety of different things to impact the way I am today,” Santos said. “It’s really opened my eyes to how people treat one another and how important it is to create a world where people with IDD were truly equal and included in the lives of those without disabilities.” Because individuals with IDD don’t have the certain skills to defend themselves, there is much room for social injustice. “I feel that it’s my job to advocate my students or those with disabilities who can’t advocate for themselves,” Quillinan said. This act of kindness provides hope for the future for those with IDD and people who support awareness for it. Best Buddies is meaningful to its students because the club makes them feel good about themselves and gives them confidence to integrate with people in their community and largely, to the world. “This club shows directly and indirectly that our students matter and are valued,” Quillinan said. “I am a firm believer that in order to be successful and independent, you must know your com- munity, feel valued and respect yourself.” Best Buddies goes on to communicate to Fremont and the world that everybody should be accepted in society. “Just because you have disabili- ties, doesn’t mean you are less,” Quillinan said. The club meets every Wednesday at lunch in room 6. Continued from page 1 Senioritis: An epidemic is on the horizon others say it’s simply be- cause they have gotten lazy in school. “I think senioritis makes seniors absent often and less caring about school,” Anna Boling, senior, said. “I’ve started getting lazy, because I only have two important classes but senioritis has taken its toll and set me back a bit. I’m procrastinating a lot and now I’m going to office hours every Friday.” Seniors aren’t the only people cutting back on school. Even freshmen have the urge to stop car- ing. For those that choose to put their work aside, it could be the beginning of a very long and frustrating road through high school. Throughout the four years, a student attends school without doing anything, worsening bad habits until it turns into full-blown senioritis. Once students hit their last year at school, they begin to question graduation. Then, Continued from page 1 they are forced to attend night school because they don’t have enough credits. Freshmen can contract senioritis early during their first year. But even though they have three years to make up work it can have an effect on their future. “I’m not trying my hardest because it’s my first year,” Mikayla Monaghan, freshman said. “I have three more years to redo and catch up on my work. I still focus on my important classes because I want to be able to partici- pate in afterschool sports.” The reason why fresh- men decide to throw off their work and only focus on the fun is because they think they have all the time in the world. Senioritis has already consumed the lives of many students at Fremont. However, students have come up with methods to fight against the disease. They prioritize school by putting aside social dis- tractions, such as Facebook or TV. They study harder, more attentively than before and get their tasks done early. Kicking back and having fun may sound great, but senioritis can impact the op- portunities to go to college or even graduate. Although many students give up on school, they have a reason to keep trying. Whether it’s for sports, making your family proud or walking the stage, every stu- dent at Fremont has the spirit that helps them to get back on track to succeed. I'm procrastinating a lot and now I'm going to office hours every Friday. senior Anna Boling
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During labs students sometimes don’t pay attention with directions and don’t dispose the chemicals correctly. Science teacher Ms. Turner said “students come in, play around with the chemicals.
Students aren’t awareness and don’t realize the chemicals they are dealing with can be very dangerous if not properly taken care of, Ms. Turner has a saying she likes to remind students of when disposing of the chemicals. “First Rinse, Retain, Next down the drain.” This reminds students that you cannot just throw toxic chemicals down the drain; they need to be properly disposed.
Teachers are sometimes held ac-countable when the underground tanks become polluted, but it is not necessar-ily the teacher’s fault. Students throwing chemicals down the drain should be held
more accountable.The underground tanks here at Fremont have recentlybeen cleaned, that is what the big black barrels near the science depart-ments were for. The pollutants were then tak-en to a place called “Level 1” which is where toxic pollutants are taken. To clean these underground tanks it costs about $10,000.
To help prevent the pollutions the sci-ence teachers have made new stickers and placed them at lab tables to help reinsure students know the proper procedure when disposing chemicals. Teachers also want more Lab assistants to help with the dispos-ing of chemicals.
Some effects of drinking polluted water include: constipation, Diarrhea, infections to the intestine, skin disorders and vomiting. More serious effects can lead to neurological infections and even cancer.
To help with this problem, students should take it upon themselves to follow directions completely and dispose of chemi-cals. First rinse, retain, next down the drain.
News 4 Nov. 6, 2012
Chemicals: Safety in disposing syntheticsContinued from page 1
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• Study/Organizational Skills
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College: Planning your futureContinued from page 1
extracurriculars, especially athletics and leadership po-sitions, than other schools do.
“They also test you on how many sit-ups and pull-ups you can do, and on how fast you run the mile,” Swanson said.
A typical day at the Naval Academy? “Get up at 5:30, work out, eat break-fast, go to all your classes and have lunch, then at 3:30 there’s mandatory sports practices for everyone,” Swanson said. “At 7:30 you start homework, and 11:30 is bedtime. They take away all your personal belongings; they give you a uniform and cut your hair. For the first ten weeks, you’re not allowed to use phones, iPods, or any other personal gadgets.”
Perhaps as gruel-ing is the process Melissa Kaufman-Gomez, senior, must undergo to apply to universities as a dance major. Kaufman-Gomez, who has been dancing since the age of 3, submits the same application as all other students in addi-tion to essays about why she’s interested in the dance program, a resume, pictures and even videos of her senior solo, which she choreographed herself and has been rehearsing since July. If selected in this pre-liminary process, she must audition in front of a panel of faculty to be admitted to the university.
For Kaufman-Gomez, the audition is the most stressful part of the process.
“It all depends on one day,” she said. “Of course I have to get into the school, so that’s stressful, but the audition is really critical because they’re just seeing a snapshot of what I can do. Finding that middle ground of taking risks and showing who I am as a dancer and as a person, while also exhibit-ing my technical abilities, is a lot of pressure on one day.”
While Kaufman-Gomez dreams of dancing, the ma-jority of star athletes dream of recruitment. Someday, they hope, all those end-less practices, overpriced equipment purchases and exhausting games will lead to a chance of playing at the collegiate level.
However, less than 10 percent of all high school athletes get to play their giv-en sport at an NCAA-mem-ber institution – and just one-third of those athletes receive an athletic scholar-ship. Perhaps this is due to the long process of recruit-ment. Student athletes are required to register with the NCAA, create a video of themselves showing dozens of highlighted plays from their athletic career and
Justin Hawthorne | The PhoenixSTUDENTS enter the career center to ask College and Career Coun-selor Lorena Villagomez for help.
contact university coaches and increase exposure at a university camp.
If you’re an over-whelmed senior, whether you dream of playing a college-level sport, dancing at a university, serving in the navy, or simply attend-ing your dream school, what can you do to ease the procedure?
“Use Naviance, go see your counselors, sit down and talk to your teachers,” Villagomez said. “Don’t just let it all haunt you for the next month. If you use your resources, you can get a better sense of what you can do.”
For seniors beginning the college search process now, it may be late – but it’s not too late. “My biggest advice would be to lay it all out,” Villagomez said. “Start off with, ‘what do I want? Where do I want to go?’ If all you know is your major or a specific school, you can go from there. If you base it off of that, everything else comes with it. That way, there’s a reason behind it, and you avoid the stress that comes from the uncer-tainty.”
Best Buddies: Building friendships
integrate and be a better part of the community, all are encouraged to drop by and visit. “People are always welcome,” Quillinan said. “That’s why the door is always open.”Beyond interaction in the clubroom, Best Buddies members do other events, such
as dances, monthly outings and hanging out with their buddy outside of school. The club also hopes to repeat the End the R-Word campaign that they held school last year.
The End the R-Word campaign encourages others to stop using the word ‘retarded’ as a substitute for ‘stupid’ or ‘dumb’, for it is extremely offensive to those with IDD.
“Best Buddies contributes to the community by connecting a person with disabilities to important people in the community through friendship,” Quillinan said.
Individuals with IDD are usually isolated from society because of their differences and peoples’ lack of knowledge about IDD. “Disability is a natural part of being human just as IDD is a natural occurring phenomenon,” Quillinan said. “They are people too. Everyone’s different.”
Being in Best Buddies, members not only learn about their buddies, but about themselves, too. “I personally think that Best Buddies has done a variety of different things to impact the way I am today,” Santos said. “It’s really opened my eyes to how people treat one another and how important it is to create a world where people with IDD were truly equal and included in the lives of those without disabilities.”
Because individuals with IDD don’t have the certain skills to defend themselves, there is much room for social injustice.
“I feel that it’s my job to advocate my students or those with disabilities who can’t advocate for themselves,” Quillinan said.
This act of kindness provides hope for the future for those with IDD and people who support awareness for it.
Best Buddies is meaningful to its students because the club makes them feel good about themselves and gives them confidence to integrate with people in their community and largely, to the world.
“This club shows directly and indirectly that our students matter and are valued,” Quillinan said. “I am a firm believer that in order to be successful and independent, you must know your com-munity, feel valued and respect yourself.”
Best Buddies goes on to communicate to Fremont and the world that everybody should be accepted in society. “Just because you have disabili-ties, doesn’t mean you are less,” Quillinan said.
The club meets every Wednesday at lunch in room 6.
Continued from page 1
Senioritis: An epidemic is on the horizon
others say it’s simply be-cause they have gotten lazy in school.
“I think senioritis makes seniors absent often and less caring about school,” Anna Boling, senior, said. “I’ve started getting lazy, because I only have two important classes but senioritis has taken its toll and set me back a bit. I’m procrastinating a lot and now I’m going to office hours every Friday.”
Seniors aren’t the only people cutting back on school. Even freshmen have the urge to stop car-ing. For those that choose to put their work aside, it could be the beginning of a very long and frustrating road through high school.
Throughout the four years, a student attends school without doing anything, worsening bad habits until it turns into full-blown senioritis. Once students hit their last year at school, they begin to question graduation. Then,
Continued from page 1
they are forced to attend night school because they don’t have enough credits.
Freshmen can contract senioritis early during their first year. But even though they have three years to make up work it can have an effect on their future.
“I’m not trying my hardest because it’s my first year,” Mikayla Monaghan, freshman said. “I have three more years to redo and catch up on my work. I still focus on my important classes because I want to be able to partici-pate in afterschool sports.”
The reason why fresh-men decide to throw off their work and only focus on the fun is because they think they have all the time in the world.
Senioritis has already consumed the lives of
many students at Fremont. However, students have come up with methods to fight against the disease. They prioritize school by putting aside social dis-tractions, such as Facebook or TV. They study harder, more attentively than before and get their tasks done early.
Kicking back and having fun may sound great, but senioritis can impact the op-portunities to go to college or even graduate.
Although many students give up on school, they have a reason to keep trying. Whether it’s for sports, making your family proud or walking the stage, every stu-dent at Fremont has the spirit that helps them to get back on track to succeed.
I'm procrastinating a lot and now I'm going to office hours every Friday.
senior Anna Boling
