By Kailah Conway
The month of February is Black History Month, which celebrates the importance of heritage, culture, and diversity. I’ve always been taught to be happy about who I am, what I am, and what I stand for, and this month especially is a time to help others feel the same. Although there are people who say black history month doesn’t matter and we should move past what happened to us over 100 years ago, they couldn’t be more wrong. They also don't take into consideration African-Americans still have a lot of battles to fight till this day. I feel as though Black History Month is a way to tell African-Americans sorry for the things that occurred throughout history. As a young black woman myself, I feel as though we deserve much more. Paige Howard shared similar views about the month, “I think Black History Month is a great month to celebrate our heritage. I feel as though we don’t have enough time. Being that it is the shortest month of the year. When I wake up and look in the mirror I see a black face so to me black history month is everyday.” As the month comes to an end consider what Black history represents and what it means to you.
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By: Jessica Reese and Amore Scranton On the 2nd Of January, The Sun Devils had a rare experience working with the elite equipment from the Army. The truck was located in the Eldorado parking lot for students to participate in the activities. Not many people know alot about this branch of the Military, but they travel across the country giving students the chance to experience technology that shows visualizations involving fight and war. Students in all grades were welcome into the army truck. It consisted of lots of games that were built to be realistically immersive to make it seem like the student is really part of the Army. Iyana Lavender, 12, says, “The experience was really fun, and we all walked out with some more knowledge about the Military that you wouldn't see everyday!” This is the second year that this Army truck has been to Eldorado to show students the wonders of being in the army. They will continue to drive around the country showing students around the nation some cool perks of being in the army. Sun Devils are grateful to experience what the truck had to offer and hope the truck will come next year to show more students at the school. By: Amore Scranton and Alan Guerrero
Lunch is quite different this school year. Freshmen have come to Eldorado during a time where our principal Ms. Triana graciously provided the cafeteria with fun new activities! Up for a game of foosball? Maybe a friendly game of table tennis? Ms. Triana has you covered. That’s not all, more games are planning on popping up all throughout the school year! Lunch time is usually just a time to sit down and socialize with friends, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but entertainment was usually limited to some music playing in the cafeteria/quad. Now, students can line up to play a game of foosball or table tennis, with more activities to come! With this gift that the lunch periods have been granted, rules are in place to preserve this privilege. The usual rules apply: no vandalism, no theft, in the event that students break something on accident it will be replaced. This is no excuse to start being rough with the equipment, use it only in an appropriate manner. Although, for the students who do end up breaking it on purpose or roughhousing involving the activity this will result in the activity being taken away and depending on the severity of the event, temporarily or permanently. With those rules out of the way, go give the games a try! Don’t be shy, and if someone is hogging the game with their groups of friends, let an admin know and they should be able to help out. There are currently no time limit rules, but common courtesy should tell students to let other people play because we want everyone to be able to enjoy these fantastic games here at Eldorado. By Jazmin Louise Antinew
Do you want to make a change for the school? Perhaps you want to be the voice of Eldorado? If yes, then you’re on the right track! Ms. Triana, the school principal, has established a diverse student inter-council known as the Principal's Inter Council where students will be meeting the principal once every month. They will talk about what is happening in the school and would be discussing things such as district initiative and how it will be implemented at Eldorado.The council was made to get more student input on what is going on in the school. Everyone who has the care for change and a dream to see Eldorado become a better version is able to participate. “Just different kids- all diverse kids. I want kids from fine-arts, sport kids, kids who just want to play chess, I want kids that bowl and just all kinds of kids!” Ms. Triana replied with excitement. Applications can be seen on the school website and are available at the front desk. Students who want to apply are required to give two teacher recommendations. Applications and recommendations are due on February 7, 2020. Interested? Did it sound like a ring to your ears? Then snatch the opportunity! You can become the future voice of Eldorado! |
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