St. Amant Takes on Esports BY: BRAYDEN BOURGEOIS Their Career on Their High School Team
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St. Amant High Spring 2018 April 2018 Something Flashing Back With The Senior Class wicked this way BY: JASON BARTLETT Gata Data Reporter Around this time of year, everything is wrap- ping up for senior students, including those at St. comes on page 4 Amant High School. FAFSA’s are being completed, scholarships are being applied to, senior pictures being are taken and invitations to graduation are sent. That being said, this can be an emotional time for many, especially when taking a moment to look back at the last few years that have been spent mak- ing memories. As most people know, the seniors’ final day is May 2. Most of them have left their mark on this school in some way or another, whether it is on the teachers they had or the things they did. St. Amant High School Senior Eric Delhaye said, “My favorite memory of high school is going to showcase and getting top 10. I also made drum- line my sophomore year, and drum captain my sen- ior year.” According to Delhaye, he has been a member of the band since fifth grade and will miss the routine Gata Data photo by Jason Bartlett of high school and the feeling that the band is one big family. Seniors Emma Lawless and Julia Roubique show off their senior shirts which When asked what he would change if was able say "Bye Felicia" and "So The Adventure Begins". Check out the For- to go back in time, Delhaye said, “I would go back in time to make sure that I applied myself more and parade, they were not like anything else.” to go back in time, Gardner said she would have took more Honors courses.” Gardner is a member of many organizations here made herself try harder in her math classes from day St. Amant Senior Victoria Gardner said, “My fa- on campus including Thespian Society, Student one. eign Exchange vorite memories of high school are being on stage Council, Gator Rally and Gator-2-Gator. When These high school stories will be remembered as during To Kill a Mockingbird and the homecoming asked what she would change if she got the chance a piece of St. Amant History. story on page 6. Student Wins Art Award BY: MARISSA STATHAM Gata Data Reporter St. Amant student Dane Shaw recently won an art contest for his portrait of LSU football player Darrius Guice. Shaw says that his favorite things to See how Mu Alpha draw are outdoors, sports figures, and Gata Data Photo by Marissa Statham sports scenes because he is fond of them. Self taught artist Dane Shaw sketches his newest piece. Shaw started drawing when he was about four years old and progressively tecture or graphic design when he gets “Art is also a big stress reliever for Theta convention got better as he continued. out of college. me as well,” shaw said. “Art is important to me because I am Shaw says he won this award because Shaw says he can improve by learn- able to express the way I feel and express of the realism of his art compared to the ing to more accurately depict proportions went on page 2! my love for sports and some of my hob- pictures he bases his art off of. due to his in his drawings. bies,” Shaw said. methods. Index Shaw plans to practice either archi- Front Page 1 St. Amant Takes on Esports BY: BRAYDEN BOURGEOIS their career on their high school team. The majority of students nationwide started “This is a growing field and will not be going playing video games when they were little kids Academic 2 Gata Data Reporter away anytime soon, and being we’re the first from different influence like their friends, par- Major sports like football, baseball, soccer public school in Louisiana we will have the ad- ents, or influences. Ad Page 3 and basketball have been around for approxi- vantage of getting prizes and benefits,” Teacher This leads to them being good at video games mately 150 years now. Esports have been up- and Gaming Club Sponsor Randon Gilmore said. and them striving to compete for what they are Student Life 4 coming in the most recent years due to the Not only do Esports provide good prizes but good at. The HSEL now gives them this oppor- massive amounts of publicity it’s getting with it also offers social benefits with the amount of tunity especially being Gilmore implemented Ad Page 5 celebrities playing video games by pro gamers or communication, coordination, and strategy that here at St. Amant High School. streamers who stream the game. is put into every game. The HSEL is a unconventional way for stu- Feature 6-7 People throughout schools nationwide use to “I’ve been wanting to play on a team for the dents to compete for their school. Many students look at video games and Esports as being nerdy school. I played football my freshmen year but I have school spirit and have no way to express it, and pretty disliked, but now it is a very popular really wanted to play something i’d get recog- but this is another new opportunity to do so. Sports 8 thing to do. nized for and something that is just making it way “This is a way to keep them motivated to keep The High School Esports League has recently to highschools,” Junior Overwatch Team Captain competing for things in life if they aren’t ath- Activity 9-10 been introduced to St. Amant High School and Brock Forsyth said. The official HSEL started letes,” Gilmore said. Not only do Esports help offers some very good prizes for winning or sim- on April 2 and will be finishing on May 20. with economic and social benefits, but it also Editorial 11 ply participating. The HSEL provides college “I always played games when I was a kid. My gives students a way to prove themselves to the scholarships for teams that go far in tournaments dad got me started on Call of Duty and ever since school and anyone else watching. Staff Listing 12 or students that individually do well throughout then i’ve loved video games,” Forsyth said. April 2018 ACADEMIC Page 2 LSU DE Introduced at STA BY: REACE DEDON leges. “LSU credits also look really good under Mu Alpha Theta someone’s credentials whether it be when ap- Gata Data Reporter plying to other colleges or jobs,” Murphy said. St. Amant plans to introduce its first LSU The course is $300 a semester, and the cred- DE course, English IV DE, to the curriculum its can even follow a student to an out-of-state in the coming school year. college. Murphy believes the course will be Goes to Convention The course will be only one semester long more beneficial to students because they will compared to the usual year be allowed more one BY: MARISSA STATHAM the club is engaging. long course on an A/B on one time with her throughout the semes- Gata Data Reporter schedule. Karen Murphy “My favorite part was being who currently teaches Ac- ter. “We will be This past month,the St. able to organize all of it and set ademic English IV and Al- mainly focusing on ar- up the dance; it was really fun,” lied Health and who gumentative and re- Amant Mu Alpha Theta team taught DE classes previ- searched based writing went to state convention which Delhaye said. ously will be in charge of which is different from According to Delhaye, being the new course. the usual English was held in Baton Rouge. “I’m very excited to classes we offer,” Mur- Mu Alpha Theta is an honors able to organize this shows just teach this class because phy said Murphy said how much she has come to love I’m very passionate about she is hopeful that the club where students challenge this, and I think the stu- new class will be a themselves and get to meet new the subject. dents will really excel in success because it will people through competitions. “It really applies to my fu- it,” Murphy said. Students be something different are required to have a min- for students. “I think “State con- ture and for other students it can imum score of a 26 on the Gata Staff Photo by Marissa Statham the kids will really enjoy it because it will vention is be a sort of outlet ACT English portion and Gata Data Reporter for them to come have a sum of 53 when be such a close envi- where schools "The convention adding the English and Reace Dedon ronment. It’s definitely from Louisiana and do some- Composite score. different from what thing that they The LSU DE class will be different from they’re used to.” get together is not just testing, other DE classes, provided by Southeastern Anyone who is interested in taking the and work to- enjoy with other University, already offered at St. Amant be- course can see Mrs. Knott in room 207 or Mrs. Murphy in room 825. gether to form it is also a lot of people,” Delhaye cause the credits may carry over to more col- new friend- said. ships,” said Mu fun activities." On the last Alpha Theta day of the con- President Lau- - Lauren Delhaye vention, there ren Delhaye. was a scavenger At the convention they have hunt but the clues were math things such as karaoke, board problems that they had to solve games, a t-shirt competition and in order to get to where “x a dance at the end of the con- marks the spot”.