School Newspaper SSUE OLUME DISPATCH I IV, V 46 HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL OAKWOOD AND MCKAY ROADS HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 INSIDE THIS May 2017 ISSUE: PAGE 8 PAGE 12 PAGE 15 MAGNA FORTUNA! LATIN’S ALIVE EVERYDAY WITH MRS. FORTUNATO French, or Italian. BY In 2012 however, the Latin NASSAU BRIANNA BURKE program was revived. Many students flocked to explore this so called A few years ago, the Latin program “dead language” teeming with curi- at Huntington High School was in osity. And to think, all of this was COLISEUM decline. Many students thought Lat- in part to one teacher: Mrs. Kristin in was a dead language that had no Fortunato. use, and would rather have taken a Mrs. Fortunato came into language that is frequently spoken Huntington High School with a plan REOPENS in today’s world, such as Spanish, to expand the Latin program and in- The Nassau Coliseum recently re- crease its recognition amongst stu- opened on April 5, 2017, following dents. Today, Latin in Huntington a long and extensive renovation. High School district thrives. Many The Coliseum, located in Union- students choose to take Latin be- dale, was opened in 1972 as a sport- cause of Mrs. Fortunato’s motiva- ing and entertainment venue. tional teaching style and incredible According to a 1972 New sense of enthusiasm. York Times article, the Coliseum Mrs. Fortunato grew up in La- cost about 25 million dollars to fayette Hill, Pennsylvania, a western suburb of Philadelphia. As a teenager she had many hobbies and took part in activities including soccer, cross country, field hockey, and softball. She also had an artistic side, which included painting, crocheting, knit- ting, guitar and writing poetry. Since the age of 12, Mrs. For- PERSONALITY PROFILE CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 Index WANT TO SEND 2-3 School News 4-5 Las Páginas in Español SOMETHING IN? 6-7 Music SUBMIT ANONYMOUS ADVICE QUESTIONS TO ROOM 252 8-9 Op-Ed 10-11 Art Section TWITTER REMIND 12-13 Science 14-15 Entertainment @HHSDISPATCH TEXT @HDISP TO 81010 16-17 Announcements 18-19 Puzzles 20 Sports | Español FACEBOOK GROUP EMAIL @HHSDISPATCH [email protected] The Dispatch 2 May 26 Dispatch MONDAY MORNING BLUES tive connotation. Other cultures BY ROCÍO RIVAS-LIZAMA simply don’t experience the same pessimism--the same lack of pro- ductivity, of motivation and of It’s seven o’clock in the morn- creativity. In Ancient Greece, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ing. An escaping ray of sunlight Monday was seen as the day of passes through the glass of every the moon. The moon carried MAX ROBINS uncovered window until, finally, it much more significance in those passes into a pair of eyes follow- COPY EDITORS times; its mystical power to main- ing the day’s first blink. At first SABRINA FLORO, tain gravity and control tides was five, then ten, and before long it’s JACOB FULLER, extended to impact our emotions been more than twenty minutes- AND STEVE YEH as well. In astrology, the moon is -you realize that you’re running SPANISH EDITOR connected to our emotions and late, and school’s about to start. ARIANA StrIEB personality when developing the It’s Monday morning. SECRETARY ability to adapt to new places and You can probably relate NICOLE ARENTH people. with this scenario; this is the typi- If in some obscure anti-chro- cal situation most students find CONTRIBUTING STAFF nism we were stuck in the weekend themselves in everyday, especially TAZZ AKBER, EMANUEL ANASTOS, JONAH forever, everything would lose its on those unwanted monday morn- ANASTOS, ALYSSA BAILEY, ALYSSA BEFUMO, essence. Friday would be hardly ings. SONIA CHEMERISOV, DANNY COLLINS, CHRIS- as exciting as it is normally, after TIAN BELLISSIMO, KATY DARA, HALLEY DEON- When the weekend is ush- we’ve worked through the entire ARINE, LUKE FARRELL, WILSON GARAY, JULIA ered in by an end to the school week to get to it and the weekend GILES, MAGGIE GILES, CRAIG HASS, CHLOE week, most can finally break that that follows. Friday would no lon- LIEPA, ANA LUNA-MANCIA, ILSI MARTINEZ, stressful routine and relax. When ILDRED ARTINEZ FRODITI OUNTANOS ger be the break from work that M M , A M , the weekend ends though--when LAUREN MCGLONE, MARILYN MENJIVAR, ALEX we long for, as the work is no lon- it’s all over--Monday arrives with MULLER, INGRID OLIVA, NOLAN PICCOLA, BEN ger there. RIBANDO, ROCÍO RIVAS, ISABELLA SCARPATI, its unique way of making you com- Although it’s difficult to AND LINDSAY SAGINAW plain, making you wish it was Fri- wake up early every Monday morn- day again. Isn’t it funny, that just ing, we should view the once-a- ADVISORS as a week begins you’re already week occurrence as a new oppor- MS. AIMEE ANTORINO, MR. EDWARD FLOREA, AND wishing it to be over? Those, are tunity. If it gets late and you get MR. STEVEN KROLL the Monday Morning Blues. a little stressed out, don’t panic. But why is it blue? The day Don’t spend the rest of the day is described as “blue” by most The Dispatch is Huntington High School’s official stu- complaining, procrastinating, or dent publication. Written for over 1200 students at- people, as blue tends to refer to tending HHS, The Dispatch is distributed to all stu- not being productive. The sooner sadness and loneliness. Accord- dents, staff and school community members at the you finish what you need to, the school free of charge. ing to many “pseudo-studies,” the closer you’ll be to the weekend. color blue can either calm or de- The Editorial Board is the newspaper’s decision-mak- Don’t regard being blue as ing body, organizing and directing its operation. The press people. Although most peo- solemn--redefine the word. Be op- Dispatch staff has adopted the following editorial pol- ple tend to describe their Mon- icy to express the rights, responsibilities and philoso- timistic, productive, creative and phy of the newspaper for the 2016-2017 school year. days with this title, a case of the motivated. Rest assured, you’ll Monday Morning Blues is really The Dispatch of Huntington High School is a public fo- have Friday to look forward to- rum, with its student editorial board making all deci- not as bad as it sounds. -it’s never more than a few days sions concerning its content. Unsigned editorials ex- It’s actually only in Amer- press the views of the majority of the editorial board. away. ica that Monday carries its nega- Letters to the editor are welcomed and will be pub- lished as space allows. Letters are preferred signed, but may be published by request. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and clari- ty, and all letters are subject to laws governing obscen- ity, libel, privacy, and disruption of the school process, as are all contents of the paper. Questions, comments, and letters to the editor should be sent electronically to [email protected] or submitted to The Dispatch mailbox located in the main office. Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, nor should any opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as the opinion of the administration, unless so attributed. The Dispatch’s goal is to provide readers with inter- esting content in a wide variety of areas. Such areas include the news coverage of school and community events, as well as features on relevent topics. In addi- tion, The Dispatch will provide opinionated editorials on controversial topics, as well as provide previews and reviews for upcoming school and professional sports seasons and other forms of entertainment. The Dispatch would like to specifically thank Erica Vazquez for the handwork she put into making the fli- ers in this issue. The Dispatch also welcomes Mr. Steven Kroll to the ad- visory board. The Dispatch May 26 3 MAGNA FORTUNA! LATIN’S ALIVE EVERYDAY WITH MRS. FORTUNATO BY BRIANNA BURKE CONTINUED FROM grades six-twelve. a special connection FRONT PAGE. One would imagine with my students, and tunato knew that that being the only be there throughout she wanted to be a Latin teacher within their entire Latin ex- teacher. Her favor- the Huntington dis- perience.” ite subjects in school trict demands much The hardest were World Lan- responsibility, and part of Mrs. Fortuna- is additionally very to’s career is having guage, English, and I’ve done my job.” other teachers is History. Before even stressful. Not to Mrs. to constantly defend Fortunato, however! her profession. “Any Latin is a very that “she is very pas- turning sixteen, she special class; close sionate about what decided she wanted According to her, time I introduce my- it’s not nearly as bad self to a new person relationships are de- she teaches, and she to become a Latin veloped amongst makes sure all her teacher. Why did she as people think—she and tell them what I enjoys being in dif- do, I usually have to the students. For ex- students are enjoying want to pursue such ample, Latin 5 Hon- what they are learn- an obscure language? ferent schools, as go into a long expla- it breaks up the day nation that yes, Latin ors consists of nine ing.” Simply, because it seniors that have Overall, what was a combination of and makes it “fly is still taught. No, it’s by.” Currently she not dead. And yes, been together for a makes Mrs. Fortu- all three of her favor- very long time, and nato the outstanding ite subjects.