Southfield-Lathrup`s Official Student Voice

Charger Chronicle
Volume 2 Issue 4
February 2015
Southfield-Lathrup’s Official Student Voice
Photo by Karin Johnson
Painting with a Charger—
page 4
Photo by LevQual Robinson
Boys’ swim team makes great strides—See page 12
Photo by Lauren Bentley
You make the call– boys
basketball versus girls basketball– who is taking to the
hole? - see pages 6-7
What are the next steps for
you in college preparation?
See page 11
Affordable private college?
See page 5
Photos by Lauren Bentley
Interact club makes impact– page 2
Michigan changes state testing—page 3
Student and staff features– pages 8-9
IB and AP testing just around the corner—page 3
Young Democrats form at S-L—page 4
Remembering ESPN Sports Reporter– page 5
Valentine’s Day Date ideas see page 11
Charger Chronicle
Page 2
February 2015
Interact Club helps less fortunate
Community service
available to students
By
Kayla Hatcher
Editor
The Interact Club is a
Community Service club
that’s been around Lathrup
for a few years now. In the
club, students help local
organizations.
Most recently, the club is
helping South Oakland
Shelter, a transitional
homeless shelter that houses the homeless for one
week in between long-term
houses.
The Club donated $105
to the organization last
month.
“Back in October we actually stood outside in the
rain to raise that money, we
don't really have a set value
for the amount of money
we give, we just do whatever we can,” said club
president Bria Myers.
The club also did the
Box City Fundraiser for
South Oakland Shelter .
Around Christmas time
last year the club involved
the rest of Lathrup in their
charity work by encouraging students to bring travel
size objects such as lotion
and deodorant for care
packages that the club donated to Cross Road Soup
Kitchen.
Right now the club is
working on making blankets which they will be donating to neonatal babies.
Anyone can join the In-
teract club any time of year.
The club does community
service year round. Meetings are once a month and a
community service activity
is at least twice a month.
The Interact Club is an
opportunity for students to
get involved with their community. For more info contact Senior Bria Myers.
Photos by Kayla Hatcher
Club member Senior Ashli Rutledge at the
Pavilion where the club made snowflakes for children
Interact Club at a Toy Chest event where they
wrapped gifts for child cancer patients
Promotion for the Club’s box fundraiser for the South
Oakland Shelter
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February 2015
Page 3
Changes to the Michigan’s testing boot ACT
By
Kahlah Anderson
Staff Writer
The Michigan Department of Education announced that is will be
switching to the SAT as
the state’s new required
high school exam as stated
by the Detroit Free Press.
This will end high school
juniors having to take the
ACT as a required exam.
Students who want to
take the ACT will have to
pay for it themselves instead of having the school
provide test taking materials.
The official announce-
ment was made by both the
Department of Technology
and the MDE. They said the
SAT won a three-year competitively bid contract that
will cost $17.1 million dollars.
The state will continue to
give ACT separate Work
key exams.
“When I first took the
ACT, it was hard, and not in
like the sense of everything
was difficult but more on the
lines of I kind of went into it
partially prepared and the
reason for that is I kind of
did it half heartedly, and I
didn’t really want to study
for it. I wanted to go into it
blind just so I could know
what is was like and if I really wanted to study for it.
When I came out of it I was
like, yea, I’m goanna need to
study for it,” said Senior
Donovan Thorpe.
Southfield-Lathrup High
School secretary Mrs.
Koonce said, “Back then, we
didn’t get a lot of information and practice tests.
We couldn’t come in and get
a booklet, or have a practice
booklet online. The students
now are really fortunate to
be able to do practice tests
and retakes.”
The newly revised state
exam will include a version
of the SAT very similar to
the ACT and will also have
a more closely aligned structure to the state’s new common core curriculum which
is being implemented in
many districts across the
country.
This decision was met
with much criticism and a
a lawsuit from ACT.
AP and IB testing require money and intense study
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By
Ryan Pinkston
Staff writer
Don’t miss out. Although the registration for
the IB tests have already
passed, according to testing coordinator Deniescha
Graham the registration for
the AP tests begins around
February.
IB diploma students are
required to take all tests
and complete Internal Assessments (IA’s) for each
of their courses. The IB
classes
(left) Senior Bria
are only
Myers attended the
available
IB Boot Camp this
to seniors
summer and Myers
and junis a candidate for
the IB diploma this iors and
are twospring.
year
courses. The testing will
take place in late April into
early May and will act as the
final exam for the students
taking the IB courses.
The AP exams are open to
all students and all students
currently enrolled in an AP
courses are encouraged to
take the exam for their respective courses. However
there are only four AP classes available at SouthfieldLathrup this year. The classes are AP English Language, AP English Literature, AP United States Government, and AP World History.
“I was upset when I found
out that there were (only)
four AP classes this year,”
said Graham.
These are no simple ex-
ams. Many of them require
answers written in the form
of essays. They also require
an above average understanding of the subject.
Studying for these exams
can be even harder and one
of the best things to do
would be to look over the
things learned in the class
even after the class moved
on.
Another strategy is to
look online; many people
have uploaded past exams
online and while in some
cases it might unethical, using all of your resources to
their fullest can’t hurt. Finally, cramming is not your
friend. Remember make
sure you get a good night’s
rest the night before and eat
a good breakfast.
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February 2015
“Painting with a Charger” brings out creativity
Ms. Johnson’s
class created masterful representations of snowmen
By
Ryan Pinkston
Staff Writer
There is a hidden gem
tucked inside room E103 at
Southfield Lathrup. Ms. Karin Johnson has been at S-L
for ten years teaching all
subjects including life skills
such as cooking and cleaning.
Johnson also tries to find a
way to give her students a
Christmas present and this
December she gave her students Painting with a
Charger.
This activity was set to
help with the student’s lis-
Each student
was equipped
with an easel, a
canvas, paint
brushes and
paint. They all
worked to create the snowmen like the
painting pictured below.
Photos by Karin
Johnson
Johnson’s students followed a step-by-step process to create their masterpiece as Mrs. Amy Gibson instructed them.
tening and motor skills because with this activity the
students followed step by
step instructions to all paint
the same picture.
The paintings were on display for a period in December but don’t worry if you
missed them because the
students responded very
well to the activity and
Johnson plans to do this
again sometime in the
spring.
Her class has done many
other activities in the past
Completely finished painting
such as making paper, ice
cream, thank you cards, bird
houses, and blankets.
“We do a variety of activities that are not only fun but
help students motor skills,”
says Johnson.
Chargers Changing the school one step at a time
Students try to
change the district through democratic process
BY
Rueben Hodges
Free Lance Writer
The Young Democrats of
Michigan are seeking to
change the school policies.
The field director for the former Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence Sam Pernick
and Senior Jameel Gilbert
are working together in a
newly formed organization to initiate
change through the
democratic process.
They are working hard
with their group to
bring about change in
Michigan’s public
schools.
The majority of people
don’t like the dress code
their schools have, according
to students who attended the
meeting on Wednesday, January 28. The Young Democrats are seeking to allow
students to wear jeans.
Gilbert says “We will try
to implement a
new
dress
code.”
The
Young
Democrats also seek to change more in the
future besides just dress code.
They talk about politics and
stay up to date with current
events in government. They
want to bring about change to
ensure students are getting the
best experience from their educations.
Junior Dupree Davis said
“We are the only school in
Oakland County that has
dress code.”
The Young Democrats
plan to go to Cobo Hall
where they will experience
many debates and issues
with Michigan. They are
also planning to talk about
voters registration.
The Young Democrats
plan to continue to next
year. The club is setting
many new goals for themselves. they will present to S
-L Principal Mr. Spryszak
how things should change in
school.
The Cobo Hall talks
about issues that happen in
the district, the state, and
even the country sometimes.
They are planning to go to
the hall to hear one of the
issues happening in Michigan some time on a Sunday.
Mr. Michael from the
14th District Congressional
Party came to speak at the
meeting. The 14th District
talks about issues in Pontiac, the Grosse Pointes, and
more.
Charger Chronicle
February 2015
Page 5
Remembering Stuart Scott in Black History Month
By
Jacob Williams
Staff Writer
Stuart Scott was an African American sportscaster for ESPN. He was an
inspiring person that peo-
ple wanted to be.
Born July 19,1965
in Chicago, Illinois
but a short time
later moved to
North Carolina
where he spent the
rest of his childhood.
He went to the
University of
North Carolina
where he was a part of the
student-run radio station
WXYC. He graduated from
North Carolina with a
Bachelor of Arts in speech
communication.
After college Scott
worked as a weekend sports
anchor at WPDE –TV in
South Carolina, then
worked as a news reporter.
After leaving two other
news shows Scott joined
ESPN in 1993. Scott was
one of the first African
American personalities to
work as a reporter and anchor on ESPN who was not
a former professional athlete
Scott was first placed on
ESPN2 on the SportsNight
Show. After that he joined
Sportscenter as a regular on
the show.
Scott’s style of news re-
porting was a mixture of hip
hop and sports. He used
some rap lyrics in his news
reporting to bring a sense of
realness to the show. Scott
also used catchphrases like
“Boo-Yah”, “As cool as the
other side of the pillow,”
and “Hallah.”
Throughout Stuart Scott’s
years at ESPN he hosted
many of the shows on
ESPN. He interviewed everyone from Michael Jordan
to Barack Obama.
In 2007, after feeling sick
at a Monday night football
game, Stuart Scott was diagnosed with cancer. He
battled cancer two more
times after that.
On July 16, 2014 Stuart
Scott was awarded with the
Jimmy V award for his ongoing fight against cancer.
When presented with the
award Stuart Scott said a
memorable quote when given
the award. “When you die,
that does not mean that you
lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you lived, why
you lived and in the manner
in which you lived.”
On January 4, 2015 Stuart
Scott died at the age of 49
from his long fight with cancer.
Embrace the Difference experiences
resurgence of excitement in new year
Cultural awareness and diversity is a focal point
for student club
By
Audrey Meadows
Staff Writer
One of the old school
clubs is coming back for
2015- Embrace the Difference. It is opened up for
the school year.
“It’s really exciting to
open the club back up;
we’ve had a lot of fun
times there,” said Senior
Jordan Carter, president of
Embrace the Difference.
Embrace the Difference
is a club celebrating cultural diversity in the school
and around Metro Detroit.
“This school is predominately black, so students
only get to experience the
black culture,” Carter said.
“This gives students a
chance to experience a different culture than their
used to and learn acceptance”
The Embrace the Difference club goes out to different restaurants, museums and different cultural
functions around Metro
Detroit that are culturally
different. “We’re also trying to do a student exchange with different
schools around the area, to
get a feel of other schools”
They are also planning a
summer trip to New York
City, known as a melting pot
of culture.
The group plans to fundraise in order to help make
ventures like this possible.
“Last year we sold ice
cream during both lunches
and made a lot of money
from it,” senior KeAndra
Jones-Thompson, a member
of the club said. “More members would definitely help,
especially ones of different
ethnicities.”
Meetings will be held every other Friday of each
month after school. The
room number will be determined soon. Interested students should see Jordan
Carter.
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Staff Writer
A private college that
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Tempe, AZ .
UAT is a private college
that cost no more than a traditional university.
Vincent P. , a student at
UAT, said “The program-
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comprehensive and the atmosphere is designed for
innovative thinking which is
important in our rapidly
evolving culture.”
UAT helps students with
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Boys’ Varsity
Date
Opponent
Result
12/15
Southfield Christian
66-56—Loss
12/18
@Athens
69-52—Loss
12/26
12/28
@Mumford
Eastern (Toronto, Ontario)
61-50—Loss
65-57—Loss
01/06
01/09
Oak Park
@Rochester
65-50—Loss
59-39—Win
01/15
01/23
Lake Orion
North Farmington
53-46—Win
48-45—Loss
01/27
@Detroit Country Day
66-61—Win
1/30
@Clarkston
83-38—Loss
Boys’ Basketball photos by LevQual Robinson
Boys versus girl
etball
ls varsity basketball
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Girls’ Varsity
Date
Opponent
Result
12/06
12/13
12/19
12/26
12/29
01/08
01/09
01/13
Cass Tech
Rogers
@Renaissance
Crete-Monee
East Chicago Central
Avondale
@Arbor Prep
@Bloomfield Hills
57-35—Win
48-46—Loss
48-40—Win
52-46—Win
51-33—Win
59-21—Win
60-55—Win
80-49—Win
01/16
Clarkston
57-47—Win
1/20
1/27
1/30
Southfield
@Stony Creek
@Harrison
55-39—Win
49-44—Win
55-36—Win
S-L girls’ basketball team currently has
a excellent record of 11-1 for the season, with a league record of 3-0. In the
January 30 win against Harrison Senior
Courtney Lucas scored 15 points with
5 rebounds, Sophomore Deja Church
scored 13 points with 8 rebounds, Junior Antionette Miller completed 11
points with 8 assists, and Junior Kehinde Bello had 6 rebounds and 2
blocks.
Girls’ Basketball photos by Lauren Bentley
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February 2015
Teacher comes to S-L with passion and experience
New teacher
from Detroit’s
Renaissance
comes to S-L
By
Brione Clay
Staff Writer
At Southfield-Lathrup a
lot of teachers have come
and gone, making it difficult for students to understand lesson plans as well
as getting to know their
instructors.
However, one teacher is
becoming fairly popular at
Southfield-Lathrup.
Mrs. Ahna Felix-Brown
came to SouthfieldLathrup in the fall of 2014.
She transferred from Re-
naissance High School in
Detroit, Michigan.
“I had a good transition
from Renaissance to
Lathrup. I came to Lathrup
because I felt like I needed
change. Being here at
Lathrup is more of a challenge for me. I believe that I
am acclimated to Southfield.
Although there are things I
am still getting used to.”
Felix-Brown said she always wanted to be a teacher.
“I just always wanted to
be a teacher. There was
nothing else I wanted to do.
My mom told me when I
was a child I used to set my
dolls up as if they were students in a classroom and
teach them.”
She also stated that, she
always wanted to teach Eng-
lish.
“I love
English and
literature. I
love what
both allows
you to create.”
Not only is
she passionate
about English
and literature,
she also cares
about her students.
FelixBrown also
stated, “I love
that the stuMrs. Ahna Felix-Brown teaches Senior Composition and Literature, creative
dents at
writing, and grammar for college.
Lathrup give
want to encourage my stume more of a challenge. As
dents to pay close attention
a teacher I want to bring the dents to really focus in class
to what is being taught.”
and really motivate my stubest out of my students. I
Senior overcomes obstacles and leads
is involved in
many after school
activities including Student Congress, Class
Board, NHS, and
wheelchair basketball.
He said it was
very difficult for
him managing
Photo by Donovan Johnson all of these acSenior Robert Holmes
tivities at first but since he
By
has been doing it for four
Michael Koger
years, he’s gotten used to it.
“You have to be really orStaff Writer
ganized to do all of this
Senior Robert Holmes
stuff,” said Holmes.
has been through so much
Being disabled, he has
at this school and now is
the time to get into some of trouble doing a lot of things
his years at this school. He like getting around this large
school. He is thankful to
have great friends that help
him out, especially during
the times where he is really
hurting. They always carry
his book bag and sometimes
carry him when it is actually
needed.
Since everyone sees him
with a lot of people all the
time people wonder who really are his closest
friends. He says that he has
a lot of close friends that really care about him. They
always call each other brothers and sisters but, his closest friends have to be Eldrada Meeks, Michael Koger,
John Amos, Jalin Lewis,
Daniel Jones, and Althea
Bullock. He’s known most of
them since middle school and
some through elementary.
They all really care about him
and he feels the same about
them.
There was a little scare this
year about Robert dying. He
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February 2015
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Officer James: More than a hall monitor
BY
Kayla Hatcher
Editor
Everyone knows Officer James, better known
as “OJ.” He’s been the
school’s police officer for
15 years.
OJ was born in Wayne,
Michigan and moved to
Detroit at the age of
9. He grew up in the city,
attending and graduating
from Cooley High
school , which is now
closed, class of 1980.
Right after high school,
James went to Ferris State
and graduated with a masters in Criminal Justice.
“Ever since I was a kid,
I knew I wanted to be a police officer. It’s a very exciting profession. I knew I
didn't want to spend my life
sitting behind a desk,” said
James.
After college, James
went to the police academy
where he graduated in
1985.
From there he went directly to the Detroit Police
Department where he spent
his rookie years.
After 10 years of working for the Detroit PD,
James came to Southfield
where he became Lathrup’s school officer.
“My main goal in coming here was to show the
students a different police,
not the stereotypical things
that young people may see
with the police department. I wanted to show
them that we are very approachable, we’re human
beings, not robots and I just
wanted to show them a different police and I feel like
I have achieved that,” said
James.
Yes, James is the school
liaison officer but he is still
an active member of the
Southfield PD, and he is
constantly on call and will
respond to calls if he is
able.
As a police officer, he’ll
also arrest students if necessary.
“I like being at Lathrup
rather than
being on the
road,” said
James. “Here
I can see the
changes I’ve
made in a
student’s life
over the
years, on the
road, I just
arrest a person or write
them a ticket
and I never
Officer James
works during
several off campus events including the
prom as pictured here.
Officer Kassel James
Photo by LevQual Robinson
Art provides a means of survival and peace
By
Kira Johnson
Staff Writer
From the beginning of
time, many different artists
used highly expressive
paintings to show how the
world is currently behaving in a unique way. Generations upon generations
of future artists soon began to create their own
works of art as inspiration
from the very best.
But there will be some
hardship dealt with while
on the journey such as
death of a relative, balancing work and school, etc.
Fortunately, there is one
fellow member of our
Charger Staff that has been
through the same struggle
as most artists.
Lathrup Staff Member
Dr. Deborah Mills used to
personally judge her own
work and be very critical
about it. Due to her behavioral issues and her timid
nature, motivation became
a struggle from to the
amount of self- hatred she
had given herself.
Neither the homework
nor the criticism from her
mother improved the situation at all. Most of her motivation comes from her
father and behaving like a
self-supported individual
while having a good imagination.
Mills chose to become an artist because
it helps her become
more visually expressive and maintain tranquility while drawing.
Being a sculptural artist
is a favorite pastime.
Mills has a strong preference for traditional
tools because she finds
working with digital
tools complicated.
When it comes to the
world’s perspective on
art as a whole, Mills
thinks that art put a spin on
what people say about
things they are unaware of.
As Mills continues to
teach the basic principles of
art, she gains part of her
teaching methods at C.C.S
(College for Creative Studies) in Detroit. She encourages all students to keep on
practicing and to try new
things every day.
Dr. Mills teaches Visual Arts at SL and coordinates the CAS part
of the International Baccalaureate Program.
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Graduated in 2002 and supervise a world class team
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UAT helps students find
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They also have a senior
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February 2015
Valentine’s Day date ideas
An ideal date may
not be all that expensive after all
By
Ryan Dawson
Staff Writer
L
ove is in the air
this month. With Valentine’s
Day around the corner, couples are on the search for the
perfect date to make this
year’s day of love the best.
To help in the search for
the best Valentine’s Day
date, Junior Alexis Hamilton
sheds some light on what’s
really important when planning a date.
Hamilton describes her
ideal date as an experience
with someone she knows
well enough to be comfortable with, but still has more
to learn about. The combination of nervousness and
intrigue pull you in to keep
the conversation going.
According to Hamilton,
the most important thing to
consider when planning a
date is to keep both parties
interests in mind. Don’t
plan something that only
you would have fun doing.
Base the date off of something that you both enjoy.
“A night of playing
Grand Theft Auto Five with
hot 'n' ready pizza sounds
more like a guy’s night than
a date, and I don’t know any
guys who would want a trip
to the nail salon,” said Hamilton.
Another way to make this
holiday special is by embracing the Valentine’s Day spirit. Buy a cheesy card, get
some chocolates. Use this
day to show your boyfriend
or girlfriend how much you
care about him or her. Do
something outside of the box,
something new. Make sure
you make it a day you can
look back at with fond memories.
Most importantly, couples
should remember that this
isn’t the most important
thing in the world. If your
boyfriend or girlfriend
doesn’t do some grand display of their love, it’s not
the end of the world. Some
people are just more interested in Valentine’s Day
than others, so there’s no
need to fret if the person
you’re in a relationship
with doesn’t do much for
the holiday.
People should also remember that this isn’t a day
that has to be spent solely
with a boyfriend or girlfriend. Valentine’s Day is
about spending time with
people that you care about
and love.
“It can be your best
friend, your sister, your
brother, your cousin or just
a group of people you enjoy being around,” said
Hamilton.
With this Valentine’s
Day being on a Saturday,
it has many opportunities
to be a great one.
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College application process begins early
By
Steven Pitts
Staff Writer
What is FASFA and
why is it important to students? FASFA is free federal student aid and with
the current state of college
affordability, no one can
guarantee that students will
receive a financial aid
package with no cost attached to it.
According to L-Mani
Viney, a financial aid specialist, “ It is important for
you to know upfront that
you are more than likely
looking at a first year tui-
tion bill (cash out of pocket)
of between $7,000-$10,000
(more or less depending on
your income level).”
That is why he stresses
three things: First, complete
the FAFSA form as early as
possible. Secondly, look for
scholarships every week.
This needs to be as mandatory as completing homework. And third, apply early for in state colleges as
they offer the best funding
opportunities for low to
moderate income students.
According to Viney here
are some action items that
should have been completed
and need to be completed.
During
September students
should
have narrowed
down
their college
choices to their top
10. During October they
should take either the SAT or
the ACT, attend college fairs
and revise top school choices.
During November begin
completing your college ap-
plications. You should take
either the SAT or ACT (If
you have
already taken the SAT
in October,
it is strongly recommended
that you
take the
ACT in December). If you have a GPA
of 3.4 or better it is strongly
recommended that you apply
for early action for the
schools of your choice.
During December parents
should begin preparing for
completion of the FAFSA
form. Also students can retake the ACT or SAT, if a
higher score is needed. Begin completing and
finish all college applications
in January, and make sure
parents complete the FAFSA
form.
During the months of February through May review
college acceptances and financial aid packages and
choose your school. It’s never too late. It doesn't matter
what grade you're in it is always good to start
now. Check with your high
school counselors who are
also good resource people.