Contents Taking a Page from the Stage * * * by Sarah Finfrock ◊ Hunting at Goodwill
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Volume 21, Issue 5 Lake Highland Preparatory School, 901 Highland Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32803 March 2021 Contents Taking a Page From the Stage * * * By Sarah Finfrock ◊ Hunting At Goodwill... Lights. Camera. Action. streak with Little Women this spring. on their journey towards woman- By Lauren Shang Pg. 2 Coming to you live, for the first Little Women follows the drama and hood. The story begins following the time since the Coronavirus struck, romance of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Civil War, where the sisters are faced ◊ Florida’s Farming Gems, Hiding in Plain Lake Highland’s musical theater Beth, and Amy March, who embark with many challenges in their young Sight... will be perform- adult lives. Sis- By Sarah Finfrock & Rebecca Reif Pg. 8-9 ing in the Harri- ters Amy and ett Coleman Jo are caught * * * Center for the in a love tri- ◊ Jack of All Trades, Bound By None... Arts (HCCA). angle with By Ethan Leckie Pg. 3 COVID-19 their childhood was not able friend, Theo- ◊ Pixar Paves Way for Appreciation and to stop this en- dore. To add Profits... during team more turbu- By Zeal Patel Pg. 4 of Middle and lence, the sec- Upper School ond youngest, Highlanders. Beth, develops ◊ A Territory in Crisis Pushes For Statehood... This fall, they a life-threaten- By Luis Roldan Pg. 5 performed Pe- ing illness. To ter and the see how these Starcatch- hurdles will ◊ N e w C lub K n i t s C a m p u s To g e t h e r. er. However, pan out, one By Sophie Geraghty Pg. 6 it was only can watch the streamed virtu- play on March (Above) Cast member Sofia Minutoli, grade 10, reciprocrates the same excitement ◊ Founder Forges New Transport... ally with no live as Avery Johnson, grade 10, by saying, “We’re all really excited to be doing the 11-13, live in By Rebecca Reif Pg. 7 performances. craft we love.” She also adds the importance of performing this, “Art we love the HCCA. They will be safely, during these unprecedented times...When the world needs it most.” The Further- ◊ Lollipops, Unicorns, and Rainbows... continuing their department also successful performed Peter and the Star Catcher earlier this more, every year. Photo courtesy of Sophia-Bella Carrasquillo. By Kaia James Pg. 10 performance audience Taking a Page From the Stage, Continued on Page 12... ◊ Luck of the Irish Sweeps The Campus... By Staff Pg. 11 Technology Saves the School Year ◊ Taking a Page From the Stage... By Alexandra Cabarallo By Sarah Finfrock Pg. 12 onsidering everything that thing and everything that involves smoothly as possible, especially has Chappened within these past few technology. This team provides the with a large portion of this and last ◊ Technology Saves the School Year... months, I can confidently say that entire school, faculty, and students school year being digital. The Di- By Alexandra Cabarallo Pg. 12 this school year has been more diffi- with all of the resources to allow rector of Technology, Ms. Jennifer cult than most for both the students technology to run as Baselice, achieves the goal of com- and staff at Lake Highland Prepara- bining education and technology. ◊ Local Eateries Lift The Curtain... tory School. In such a short amount This allowed Lake Highland to ful- By Santiago Calderon Pg. 13 of time, our school has had to adapt fill its mission of creating students to challenges and completely re- of academic excellence and pre- ◊ “We Are the Light”... form the structure of our learning paring them for the future. Ms. By Sarah Finfrock Pg. 14 environment. Teachers have had Baselice and Lake Highland’s to learn how to educate students Instructional Technology and from a screen, online students Design Team collaborate close- ◊ Athletes Score College Recruit... have had to focus on their ed- ly together to support all facul- By Santiago Calderon Pg. 15 ucation while surrounded by ty and students, whether or not distractions within their home, they are on-campus or digital. and we’ve all been trying our best The truth is, this shift to- to make the most out of this more wards a more online style of educa- ◊ M u s i n g s F rom t h e Wa i t i n g R o o m . than unusual year. The only reason tion began long before the challeng- By Ethan Leckie Pg. 16 that this year has been somewhat es of this school year. As early as the successful is due to the diligent (Above) During the first week of fall of 2019, a program was proposed * * * technology team here at Lake High- distributing MacBooks, over 300 which stated that school issued land. From providing teachers with laptops were handed out to Upper MacBooks should be distributed to laptops to running across campus School students. In addition to the grades seven through twelve as well Upper School, the Middle School has Scan this QR Code to help with technical issues, the also already received 400 MacBooks. as transitioning teachers towards a, Technology Department is a crucial In the Lower School, all of the “2:1” teaching platform according to using your phone’s component to the success that we student’s iPads have been upgraded Ms. Baselice. The Middle School was Camera App to have experienced this school year. with a Logitech Crayon, a digital pen scheduled to first receive the school that allows students to interact with access our online At Lake Highland, the tech- information. Photo courtesy of Mrs. laptops in the fall of 2020. Through edition. nology department oversees any- Kelsey Madison. this platform, the technology team Technology Saves the School Year, Continued on Page 12... (Above) During the first week of distributing MacBooks, over 300 laptops were distributed to High School students. In addi- tion to the High School, the Middle School has also already received 400 MacBooks. In the Lower School, all of the student’s iP- ads have been upgraded with a Logitech Crayon, a digital pen that allows students to interact with information. Photo courtesy of Kelsey Madison. Page 2 Twice-Told Tale Hunting at Goodwill By Lauren Shang Thanks to the rise of capitalism and wealth The biggest benefit that accompanies thrift- to shop at thrift stores. Some are saying that those who around the world, everyone wants the latest, greatest, ing is, without a doubt, its cheap cost. Because thrifted make enough money should leave the thrift stores alone. and probably most expensive piece of clothing avail- clothing has been worn and used, so many items in a This is so the people who actually need clothes and items able on the market. Some of the brands that meet this local Goodwill store could be offered for a small frac- from thrift stores, due to economic reasons, can shop demand are Nike, Zara, and Gucci. Currently, we live in tion of its original selling price. This is especially true without the fear of their precious items being taken away a world where, “Fast Fashion” is how big retail brands for people who earn less than minimum wage. Thrifting from them just because it has become the latest trend. make the most profit from their clothes with the least could be a solution for finding clothing that won’t break Do I think people in a higher socioeconomic amount of work. The name holds true to its meaning; the bank. In the beginning of the century, when students bracket should stop thrifting because it takes away from most of these fashion items are only shown in stores for would be embarrassed or subjected to humiliation for the resources upon which others depend? My answer is a very limited amount of time. Many of these brands wearing used clothing, secondhand clothes are now complicated. My heart goes out to people who need to own international sweatshops that notoriously overwork seen as trendy. This may not seem like a big deal in the thrift as a necessity. I would be very angry too if I found and underpay their employees who constantly produce long run, but it helps those who feel embarrassed about out that others were taking advantage of shopping at new types of clothing. What’s even more angering their income have one less thing to worry about in life. cheaper prices and taking away items from which they is that stores usually place the most popular or trendy More teenagers have also started thrifting not previously harassed others for wearing. But whether we items in season on their racks and then toss them for the just because of sustainability reasons, but also because like it or not, that is how society is with trends and fashion. next shipment of different styles just a few months later. of the new trend that has come to take over the Inter- Just a few years ago, people made fun of the According to Abigail Beall of BBC Future and net. Thanks to apps like TikTok and Instagram, the new 90s tracksuits and fashion. Now, sweater vests and the several recycling sites such as RoadRunner Smarter Re- look that people are becoming obsessed with is, “Indie” 90s aesthetic is taking the fashion world by storm once cycling, only ten or fifteen percent of all clothing actually and “Alternative.” This aesthetic is largely focused on again. Furthermore, thrifting is a hobby for people and a ends up in dis- way for them count stores to express like Ross or themselves in Marshalls. whatever way The rest of they can. With the clothing big brands gets shipped always cre- overseas to ating trendy be dumped clothes, some into landfills, people with a leading to so vintage taste much clothing in style can being wast- only buy their ed and never own specific being used, a type of clothes careless mis- in local allocation of thrift stores resources.