HONOR GRAD SEASON SWEEPS SEMINOLE
Kayla DeLotte, Business/Social Media Manager
April 2, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Student Life
The season for awarding honor graduates has arrived, filling Seminole High School with sentimentality and excitement. Honor Grad, as it is colloquially known, is a coveted title that relates to a student’s GPA. There are three different levels to graduating with honors: Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and...
GOLDEN NOLES CREATE CONTROVERSY
March 30, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
In the past years, the tradition of the "Golden Noles” has evolved into a rivalry among the senior class. This annual superlative contest involves students voting for seniors to win a variety of characterized awards, such as “Best Smile,” “Best Dressed,” “Class Clown,” or “Most Likely to ...
SEMINOLE FOCUSES ON CAMPUS SECURITY
Serra Sowers, Photographer
March 15, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Student Life
In 2018 alone, there have been 18 incidents in which a gun was discharged on a school campus. However, it was the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in which 17 students lost their lives to an active shooter, that raised the overall concern of the safety of public schools around the...
SEMINOLE FACES LAKE MARY IN STUDENT DEBATE
Zoya Wazir and Mansoor Esfandieyar
March 12, 2018
Filed under Current Events
Seminole High School’s Young Politicians club hosted a Seminole vs. Lake Mary debate on Friday, March 9. The debate was open to both SHS and LMHS students, bringing the two rival schools together in hopes of finally answering the age-old question: which school is better? This debate teams were comprised of prominen...
SEMINOLE WALKS OUT FOR CHANGE
Serra Sowers, Zyva Sheikh, Malavika Kannan, and Leyton Dudley
March 2, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
The students of Seminole High School have had enough. Today at 12:30 p.m., they staged a walkout protest to demand gun reform from their legislators. “This walkout at SHS is being done to stand in solidarity with those lost and those survivors at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) shooting and all...
SEMINOLE CROWNS NEW MISS SHS
Jillian Kindy, Editor
March 1, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
Grace, poise, and beauty are generally the focus of pageants, but Seminole High School’s annual Miss SHS scholarship competition focuses on academic merit, skills, and talent. After weeks of preparation, the new 2018-19 Miss SHS was crowned last night: IB junior and our very own junior editor-in-c...
WINTER OLYMPICS ENCOURAGE KOREAN HARMONY
Serra Sowers, Photographer
February 22, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
Olympic fever has taken Seminole by storm, with the symbolic Olympic torch becoming reignited after two years in the dark. Located in PyeongChang, South Korea, 91 countries are represented in over 15 events. Since the opening ceremony on Feb. 9, these Games have been making history. For example,...
BPA TAKES ON STATES
Gwyneth Katker, Photographer
February 13, 2018
Filed under Current Events
Seminole High School’s Business Professionals of America club has been hard at work preparing for their upcoming State competition, which was held from Feb. 10-11. Every year, SHS sends BPA competitors to Regionals, some of whom earn the chance to compete at States. This year 68 percent of Seminol...
TIME’S UP: AWARENESS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BEGINS NEW MOVEMENT
Serra Sowers, Photographer
February 12, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
Reports of sexual harassment and abuse cases have become more prevalent in 2018, with more women sharing their stories and demanding justice. Sexual harassment is defined as unwanted sexual behavior or remarks in the workplace. In 2017 alone, over 50 cases of sexual harassment and abuse cases have...
NINTH GRADE CENTER: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Malavika Kannan and Shafana Mohammad
February 6, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Student Life, Top Stories
The long-awaited Ninth Grade Center (NGC) will finally be ready for incoming freshmen in the 2018–19 school year. This center will be located at Millenium Middle School’s current campus and will house around 1,200 freshmen, including the International Baccalaureate, Health Academy, and Traditional...
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: RENEGADE EDITION
January 31, 2018
Filed under Current Events
While the Seminole High School campus has always been a place of outlandish events, many of the school’s eccentric － and often unfortunate － occurrences seem to be concentrated in one location: Renegade Hall. From the bathroom fires and firecrackers to the mysterious phone thieves, Renegade has s...
NEW ID POLICY STRUGGLES FOR ACCEPTANCE
Gwyneth Katker, Photographer
December 20, 2017
Filed under Current Events, Editorials, Top Stories
The new Tardy Hero system that SHS implemented has met opposition from several students. Although the administration intends to improve school security and streamline the processing of student tardies, the challenge so far has been to get students to comply to the new policy by wearing their student...
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