OVERPOPULATION AT SEMINOLE
Ritika Vonguru, Reporter
February 21, 2020
The average size of a high school in America is around 800 students. Seminole High has a population over 4000. With the school expanding due to the institution of the freshman center, it is only certain that Seminole’s population will grow. Seminole High has great ratings, with many AP classes availa...
PARKING ON CAMPUS
Julio Roman, Reporter
February 13, 2020
With a new school year comes a new parking situation. Parking on campus is a privilege, as it allows students of different situations such as OJT (on the job training), dual enrollment, and virtual to leave school when they need to. With parking being so beneficial, there are a few caveats to the system...
THE 92ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS
Ritika Vonguru, Reporter
February 8, 2020
For nearly 92 years, the Academy Awards, or “Oscars” has been a decorated platform, celebrating film. The Oscars are the most prestigious awards in film, highlighting acclaimed performances, screenplays, directing, soundtrack, costume design, special effects, etc. From best-adapted screenplay, c...
Breast Cancer October
Anusha Sikand, Reporter
October 31, 2019
Breast Cancer Awareness month is a time for people to come together to increase awareness for breast cancer. It serves as a means of bringing the community together to raise funds, provide support, recognize those who have lost their battle with cancer, and hear the inspiring stories of those who survived. ...
BREAKING THE STIGMA AROUND WOMEN IN STEM
Michelle Arshad, Reporter
April 28, 2019
Over the past couple of weeks, a group of international astronomers have captured the first ever digital image of a black hole. The discovery not only holds a major historical momentum among the scientific community here in the U.S., but worldwide as well. It has highlighted the importance of females in ST...
NEW BEGINNINGS FOR THE OSCARS AWARD SHOW
Michelle Arshad, Reporter
March 9, 2019
One of the most prestigious awards world wide that a filmmaker and crew or a noble actor or actress, the Oscars is a yearly award show premiered to recognize exceptional works of cinema on a public stage. The 2019 Oscars Award Show was no less stunning than the last, but what set it apart from the prev...
ONE YEAR LATER: THE LASTING IMPACT OF THE MSD SHOOTING
February 14, 2019
While students nationwide are celebrating a day of love and happiness, for many, today is also a day of remembrance. Today is the day we remember the 17 lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year . 24 school shootings, 114 injured, 35 killed. In 2018, the number of mass shootin...
OP-ED: DEBUNKING GENERATION Z STEREOTYPES
Jessica Ty, Photographer
January 18, 2019
Our generation, Generation Z, has been labeled with many stereotypes, the most common being that we're lazy and technology dependent. However, as society advances, we are learning to adapt with these developments. Our generation should not be classified as “phone-addicted,” nor lazy. “Even though ou...
UNIFORMS CAUSE DISUNION AMONGST ATHLETES
Zayna Sheikh, Editor
December 3, 2018
Sports uniforms are meant to establish a standard of unity amongst athletes on a team. However, in certain situations, they can inadvertently exclude groups of students. Among these are minority students, including Muslims, who maintain a more modest principle of fashion due to personal choice or relig...
POWWOW: IS SOCIAL MEDIA HELPING OR HARMING OUR GENERATION?
Samantha Flaute and Suhaib Hasan
November 2, 2018
In this issue of "POWWOW"--The Seminole Newspaper's debate forum--reporters Samantha Flaute and Suhaib Hasan discuss the merits of social media. "Social Media Develops a False Sense of Reality" For many high schoolers, social media is a major part of life, taking up much of her free time. With it...
DEAR FRESHMAN ME (Volume II)
Malavika Kannan, Editor-in-Chief
September 13, 2018
Editor’s Note: This is the latest installment in The Seminole’s annual tradition of obligatorily cheesy senior self-reflection. To read last year’s Dear Freshman Me by Kayla DeLotte, click here. Dear Freshman Me (and all the other freshmen out there), Right now, you’re scared. It’s the secon...
STUDENTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST BACK TO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
Michelle Arshad, Reporter
September 4, 2018
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...