By: Elizabeth Farias
Everyday is a great day to be a Sundevil, especially in student council, for they were named the winners of the Southern Star Award. This is awarded to student councils in southern Nevada who have met all the necessary requirements. For Guadalupe Mercado, 11, a student council representative, the award represents a reassurance that they were doing their job. Since the beginning of the year, student council has been documenting it's events in a scrapbook. These scrapbooks are what they have to turn in to the NASC. Student Body President Daniel Petersen, 12, said, “Homecoming has been the most memorable [event] so far transforming our gym into something amazing.” They were presented with their award on December 8th during the Southern Region zone conference in front of other schools. However, the Southern Star Award is only the beginning for student council. Their goal is to win the Silver Star Award—which is awarded to schools statewide—it is the highest award given by the NASC. To win this award, student councils have to show that they have worked hard throughout the school year to improve their school. The reason behind them wanting to take part in the award is to prove that students in this area are more than capable to win. Mrs. Stott, one of the student council teachers, explained, “Because we are in the east side we are typically looked down on, we are proving that we can win the awards such as these.” Not only is it proving to others that schools in the east side are capable, it also has improved the work ethic of the council as they now have goals in mind to keep them pushing themselves more, and challenging themselves. Students have the ability to help student council by taking part in all their events, such as the book drive and fall carnival as these events are part of the criteria in order for them to win the Silver Star Award. This year, student council has been doing a lot of hard at work, now it's time for the school to show student council their support in their goal for the Silver Star Award.
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By: Amore Scranton, Damaso Rosales and Sports Editor Brennan Robison
Shooting right into the new year with girls’ Basketball, Coach Shaw is making a mark on Eldorado. He attended Sam Houston State University were he played football; a sport he had played since the age of 6. While playing college football his team won two national championships in 2011 and 2012. Before moving to Las Vegas, Shaw was Networking and coaching basketball in San Antonio, Texas. A good friend of his reached out to him and he applied for a Lifetime Sports teacher. After coming to Eldorado he became the girls basketball coach. “ I love being the girls head coach, I coach with my heart and passion,” he says. He brings a lot of guidance to the kids and the basketball girls at Eldorado.“I'm big on self elevation, Nobody’s perfect but you have to push yourself to do better. I'm doing good but I can do better.”He pushes his girls to do better just as he does. His guidance doesn’t just stay on the court he expects the best from his girls in the classroom. “I don’t allow D’s as passing. For me, Bad grades=Conditioning. The punishment is running for positivity.” Coach Shaw is what he is now because he was self motivated. He moved to Las Vegas because he saw a big opportunity for himself. He took a chance and believed in himself and then he passed this on to his basketball girls and his Lifetime Sports classes. Through all the moving around, Shaw has finally found his place in Eldorado. Building his self elevation, he's taking a strong role in our school. Him being the girls basketball coach shows that he wants to be apart of our school and show some school spirit! By: Alexandra Martinez and Elizabeth Farias
While some students are quick to write off the new policy, it has been put into place to protect them. Regardless of the school having over 30 doors, there have been incidents of students allowing people who don't attend Eldo into the school. Vice Principal Butler had this to say about the issue, “Generally speaking, when they’re here [on campus] and they don’t belong here, they’re not here for good reasons.” He went on to explain that having students wear their ID’s will help administration find those who should not be on campus leave to keep students safe. Complimentary lanyards will be distributed to students at a later date. Each grade level will have to wear a lanyard with their assigned color: 9th grade will wear gold, 10th will wear gray, 11th will wear maroon, and 12th graders will wear black. Though students must wear the assigned color of their grade level, they will be able to customize their lanyards as long as administration is still able to see the original color of the lanyard. However, if a student decides not to wear their lanyard, Vice Principal Mr. Butler advises, “It will be handled [with] basic, simple disciplinary at first… but if they absolutely refuse to wear it, it will be progressive discipline just like everything else.” Students who have lost their ID card will now be able to get a replacement for five dollars from Eldorado’s new and personal ID card printer. “It seems a bit odd, but honestly, it is for our safety.” While many might see this as an unnecessary policy, it's meant to protect. By ensuring only registered students of Eldorado are on campus, staff and administration can give their full attention to things that demand it. |
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