VETERANS ON CAMPUS REFLECT ON LEGACY OF SERVICE
Zayna Sheikh, Reporter
November 12, 2018
Filed under Current Events
Every year, Veteran's Day is set apart to honor those who protect the freedoms that this country promises. Little else embodies patriotism like offering service and risking death in the name of preserving rights and livelihoods. Though some may not know it, men and women who have done exactly that can ...
THE STUDENT’S GUIDE TO VOTING IN THE 2018 ELECTIONS
Andrea Rivera-Maldonado, Photographer
October 30, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
As we approach November, households across Florida are being bombarded with flyers, TV and radio ads about the various candidates and the issues they care about. It can be a lot to process, which is why The Seminole compiled a quick reference guide summarizing who is running, which party they represe...
NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN TO BE IMPLEMENTED MONDAY
Malavika Kannan, Zyva Sheikh, and Serra Sowers
October 19, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
Due to the Ninth Grade Center (NGC), more students are riding buses than ever before. In order to alleviate problems caused by the NGC, Seminole High School has implemented a new traffic pattern. This pattern, to be implemented on Oct. 22, will change the location of the bus route loop and elimina...
VOTER REGISTRATION SPARKS POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT
Zayna Sheikh, Reporter
September 24, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Top Stories
It has been over seven months since the Parkland shooting, but its impact is still felt among students today. Despite student protests, including Seminole High School's walkout, gun control policies have remained unchanged. Therefore, student activists are focusing on the upcoming midterm elections ...
STUDENTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST BACK TO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
Michelle Arshad, Reporter
September 4, 2018
Filed under Current Events, Editorials, Top Stories
As students shop for pens, pencils, and paper, a new item has been added to their list: bullet proof vests in case of school shootings. In the recent years, school shootings have become a tragic phenomenon in our country. This makes it easy to forget the real problem--that the students of America are b...
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,...