The RegisterRegister ForumForum Established 1891 Vol. 130, No. 4 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School December 2017 Teachers of Color at CRLS: Community Continues Discussion of an ongoing discussion at CRLS. By President of the Cambridge Educa- Isabelle Agee-Jacobson tion Association Dan Monahan told Contributing Writer the Register Forum, “I wouldn’t As CPS diversity development say that anything in our schools program manager Ramon DeJesus has necessarily changed to make it sees it, “In our society, it is impor- more of an issue. I think it’s been an tant for all of our students—regard- issue for a while.” less of ethnicity or race—to be able However, Monahan noted that to see underrepresented groups staff diversity is important to Ken- in leadership roles.” DeJesus was neth Salim, Cambridge’s super- hired to this new position for the intendent since last year, and that district this year. Many would say some teachers who left CRLS at this position couldn’t have come at the end of last year were very vocal a better time as the hiring and reten- about the issue. According to Mo- tion of teachers of color continue to nahan, both of these factors played be topics of conversation at CRLS. a part in raising awareness about the issue. The Broader Context Pictured: Photo teacher Archy LaSalle teaching Photo 1; the quote on his board reads: Senior Elaina Wolfson, who According to Massachusetts De- “Silence does not help to bring positive change in a society.” identifies as a student of color, says Photo Credit: Grace Ramsdell partment of Elementary and Sec- she thinks the mindset of those in ondary Education data for the is 39% white, 30% African Ameri- of principals are African American, Cambridge is part of the problem. 2016-2017 school year, CRLS’staff can, 14% Hispanic, and 12% Asian. Hispanic, or Latino. “I’ve noticed in Cambridge that is 76% white, 14% African Ameri- In the district, 50% of vice princi- Because of this breakdown, Cantabrigians [don’t think] they are can, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. pals and deans are African Ameri- the hiring and retention of teach- In contrast, the CRLS student body can, Hispanic, or Latino, and 33% ers of color has been the subject Continued on pages 4 & 5 Singin’ in the Snow: A Cappella Jam Entertains School Committee CRLS’ “Girls Next Door” to the stage. GND By Addresses AV Policy Sophie Harrington kicked off the night with soloists Hanna Nor- Contributing Writer ris ‘18 and Honor O’Shaughnessy ‘19 singing By Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put Your Records On.” Honor O’Shaughnessy On the snowy evening of Saturday, De- Both Norris and O’Shaughnessy performed Contributing Writer cember 9th, the Fitzgerald Theatre was packed with grace, adding charm to the neo-soul hit. The On Tuesday, December 5th, the School for the annual group then per- Committee held a meeting to discuss the up- CRLS Win- formed “Love dated attendance violation (AV) policy. Student ter A Cappella on the Brain” government members, CRLS administration Jam at 7:00 by Rihanna, and staff, interested CRLS students, and anyone PM. The stage with senior who was concerned or interested about the new was graced Maggie La- guidelines attended the meeting. with singers Master taking Through the collaboration of the Cambridge from all six of a command- Youth Council and CRLS’ administration, a new CRLS’ a cap- ing solo, and attendance violation policy was put in place for pella groups, they concluded the 2017-2018 school year that seems to please the “Pitch their set with a many students and staff members. According to Pipes” from Jason Derulo the new policy, once students have four unex- Arlington medley. As se- cused absences or twelve unexcused tardies, ten High School, nior Lila Lifton points will be deducted from whatever classes and the “Vocal said on stage, they have missed that amount of school in. Suspects” from “Who doesn’t At the meeting, administration made it UMASS Am- love Jason De- clear that they do not seek to punish students. herst. Nat Ruiz ‘18, Anya Harp ‘19, and Abby Jarcho ‘21 sang in Girls Next Door. rulo?” Photo Credit: Lucy Messineo-Witt However, attendance must be monitored in order To kick Follow- to prepare students for life after high school. To off the night, students, faculty, and parents alike ing the GND were the “Pitch Pipes,” an all-male make the AV policy more fair, students can “buy were welcomed to the show by two of CRLS’ group. They sang a Mumford and Sons medley, senior track stars, Pilli Cruz-deJesus and Jef- Continued on page 6 frey Chen. After a few jokes, the pair welcomed Continued on page 7 INSIDE THIS EDITION UNSUNG HEROES BEST MOVIES ‘17 TO DO IN BOSTON FREE SPEECH WINTER SPORTS Join CRLS in recognizing This winter break, make As a new season of sports students from each grade sure to head into Boston for begins, the Register Forum and LC who stand out in the lots of festive activities in is bringing you a preview of student body. the city. winter athletics. Around School, p. 6 A&E, p. 9 Metro, p. 10 Opinion, p. 11 Sports, p. 16 Page 2 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL December 2017 Register Forum Behind the Scenes at CRLS Established in 1891 as the C.M.T.S Register Meet the Main Office Clerks: Yemisi & Sandy By Editor-in-Chief Grace Ramsdell Editor-in-Chief Grace Ramsdell ‘18 Editorial Note: “Behind the Scenes” is a new Reg- Managing Editors ister Forum feature meant Cecilia Barron ‘19 Sun-Jung Yum ‘19 to spotlight members of the CRLS staff who students Contributing Writers might not interact with di- Isabelle Agee-Jacobson ‘20, Oscar Berry ‘19, Jaret Berman rectly. This is our first “Be- ‘19, Miles Gilmore ‘21, Alva Fureman ‘18, Freddie Gould ‘18, hind the Scenes” article. Sophie Harrington ‘18, Abby Jarcho ‘21, Julian Knight ‘19, “It’s not just typing, Marc Leroux-Parra ‘18, Jennifer Louis-Juste ‘18, Tommy Ma- it’s not just administrative cArthur ‘20, Andrew Mello ‘21, Louisa Monahan ‘20, Honor O’Shaughnessy ‘19, Maeve Reilly ‘19, Shuvom Sadhuka ‘18, work—I’ve always done Robert Shapiro ‘18, Josie Weissburg ‘19, Aviv Yaacobi ‘20, that kind of work,” began Youssef Zerbouaa ‘18 main office clerk Yemisi Oluwole ‘85. “You’re talk- Photographers ing to people, you’re coun- Isabelle Agee-Jacobsen ‘20, Stella Engel-Werman ‘19, Sophie seling people, you’re run- Yemisi Oluwole (left) is in her fourth year at Rindge; Sandy Stone Harrington ‘18, Jennifer Louis-Juste ‘18, ning around trying to make (right) is in her third year. Lucy Messineo-Witt ‘19, Zeus Mondol ‘19, things happen, you’re using Photo Credit: Grace Ramsdell Vera Targoff ‘19, Juliana Vandermark ‘20 technology in a way that to get the work done regard- of unpleasant behavior, you’ve never used it any- less [is important], because they always strive to be that’s the nature of the job.” professional and friendly. Cartoonists where else, you’re talking to all kinds of people from Senior Leonardo Es- Vice-Principal Tynes de- Lara Garay ‘20, Megan Kelliher ‘19, Teymura Landsverk ‘19 all over the world repre- cobar, one of the morning scribed Oluwole and Stone senting all cultures and re- announcers, observed that as “dependable,” “profes- ligions and everything,” she Oluwole and Stone are “al- sional,” and “very skilled.” Layout Designers explained. ways very on top of every- He commented, “They’re a Isabelle Agee-Jacobson ‘20, Stella Engel-Werman ‘19 Fellow main office thing” and noted that they great team. … They’re al- Lucy Messineo-Witt ‘19, constantly look at “how to ways willing to do whatever Honor O’Shaughnessy ‘19, Vera Targoff ‘19 clerk Sandy Stone chimed in, “You’re trying to help improve the system.” Esco- it takes to make things run everybody as much as you bar concluded that because smoothly,” adding that they Copyeditors can.” there is so little time for take responsibility for be- Jesse Blumenthal ‘21, Eli Carengelo ‘21, Weileen Chen ‘18, morning announcements, ing the face of the school Maryam Dar ‘20, Katie Green ‘20, Alon Jacobson ‘21, Abby This is Oluwole’s Jarcho ‘21, Andrew Mello ‘21, Honor O’Shaughnessy ‘19, fourth year working at the organization that the when they answer calls and Dina Pfeffer ‘21, Miles Taylor ‘18 CRLS and Stone’s third. main office clerks bring is interact with visitors. “They Both retired from other ca- crucial. never complain,” Tynes reers before coming to work Oluwole and Stone concluded. Faculty Advisor in the main office, and both also noted that being dis- Oluwole noted, “We Steven Matteo were brought here by fam- creet is essential to their may not be the principal, ily—Oluwole by her sister role, because they deal with we may not be an educator, a lot of information. As Olu- but we need to understand Cambridge Rindge and Latin School who works at the Fletch- 459 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 er Maynard wole explained, “We want what is going on and how [email protected] Academy things work, and that’s registerforum.org and Stone by “We may not be the principal, we may not her husband what makes us who works at be an educator, but we need to understand a really good CRLS. what is going on and how things work.” resource—be- Accord- cause we’re Ugly Sweater Contest ing to Olu- supposed to As you no doubt have noticed, it is December once again. wole and Stone, the job de- to make sure that that repu- know a lot of things, a lot of The holidays mean time with family, big meals, presents, and tation [of confidentiality] is different things.” of course the most important part: ugly holiday sweaters.