Resh Off the Press! Welcome the New Year with the Nevada State
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Vol. 1 Issue 4 January 2021 Edition resh off the press! Welcome the new year with the Nevada State Herald in 2021’s first issue! We asked our NSHS classmates and staff what they are looking forward to in the new year in a New Year’s resolution interview. Articles like the travel feature and social point recap are making a comeback as well! This issue includes a special Renegade Rec featuring a novel written by a familiar NSHS staff member and the Herald’s advisor. Read below to see what the Herald has prepared to help you start this year off right! NETFLIX DEPARTURES AND NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS INTERVIEW CRISTAL VICTORIA ARRIVALS "ESCAPADES" Writers: Taylor Ward ‘22, Lukas Hu ‘22 Writer: Rylee Harrison ‘21 Editor: Michaella Gazala ‘21 Writer: Jordan-Sky Magee 21’ Editor: Chayil Benoit ‘21 As we embrace 2021 with open arms, Herald writers Editor: Chayil Benoit ‘21 Happy New Year from queried Nevada State High School The book world was Netflix, Renegades! With the students and educators about their blessed when Cristal new year, contracts Netflix has resolutions for 2021. Summerlin Victoria, an administrator at with various movies and TV educator Ms. Cornia states, “I don't our very own Nevada State shows unfortunately come to an believe in making resolutions specific High School, released her end. On the bright side, new to the new year because you should be captivating novel, contracts are made, and Netflix Escapades. This story able to create new goals during any users are exposed to a fresh time of the year and not have it be incorporates romance among world of entertainment. dependent on a specific day. Want to other significant themes such break a bad habit? Exercise more? as friendship, adventures, Make friends? Travel? Start now!” and navigating the last year Which is genuinely inspirational. Summerlin junior, Jade of “teenagedom.” The novel Ramirez-Barraza, offers a candid heart-warming confession: narrates the life of an “This year is going to be my last year as a minor. It’s kind of aspiring baker, Dawn Tey scary because adult life is stressful, and Cabrera, New to Netflix and starring Zac I’m going to miss being able to freeload and her Efron, the movie “17 Again” is off my parents. So my new year's hardships about a man serving as both a resolutions are my goals to set myself up and husband and a father who feels for adulthood. I want to learn a trade so successes he is a failure with how his life that I won’t find myself unemployed or throughout turned out. He is given an working for minimum wage. I want to her senior opportunity to change the save up to 20k so that I can afford a year in high course of his life when down payment on a house when I turn school. everything rewinds back to age 18. I want to Readers get to view Dawn’s seventeen, which is when he have fun be- life, her friendship with her made the decisions that led him cause I don’t want to get so caught up in best friend, Seb, and all their to the “failed” future he was trying to grow up too soon.” For some, wonderful escapades living. This movie is comedic, their resolution is to try new things, like together. I cannot wait to see light-hearted, and a good one to Northwest campus Senior and Presi- how this series will evolve in watch with family (maybe not dent, Arsalaan Khan, who stated his the future and how all the the little ones though)! resolution was “to learn to play guitar characters develop and grow A Netflix original TV because I took guitar lessons for a long into adult life. series introduced this year time.” In contrast, some Renegades just This is a truly amazing “Tiny Pretty Things,” is a want to keep it manageable, such as coming-of-age novel that will fictional drama involving a Karina Luna, who wants to “eat healthier get anyone excited and ballet school and the food, workout for at least three times a day, organize and absorbed into the book. It is mysterious attack of a top an absolute page-turner, student. This series has plan out my days every week, especially for with a mass amount of pop certainly piqued my interest. A school, apply for scholarships and grants, culture references that add a surprising aspect of this series and wake up earlier.” Melissa Flores reflects “je ne sais quoi” factor that, is that the actors are real on the essential things, describing her without a doubt, captivated dancers, and all of the dancing resolution is “to live to the fullest. By this, I me before I even finished the in the show is done by them. mean to be grateful for every moment and first page. The This feature adds to the every opportunity that comes world-building, character authenticity of the show and to me. I want to be thankful development, and overall makes it more interesting. every day of my life, take plot of the story were Additional arrivals to challenges, exercise more, fantastic. I definitely would Netflix include “Prom,” “Sweet and find a job to help my parents out.” For recommend this to any avid Home,” “excuse me, i love you,” others, a resolution calls for both big and YA reader or to anyone “Bridgerton,” the new season of small tasks. As Skylar Brown looking to experience a “Chilling Adventures of states, “This year, my New masterfully crafted world Sabrina,” and more. Year's resolutions [are]... to with the most amazing and Get ready to explore more TV take a trip by myself — I just fascinating characters. shows and movies on Netflix moved here from out-of-state, so taking a with the new year, Renegades! trip back home will be a little safer — and GINGERBREAD HOUSE take three pictures a day of something that SOCIAL POINT EVENT MYSTERIOUS MONOLITHS makes me happy... something small, something manageable.” Author: Jay Lundberg ‘22 Editor: Baylie Bybee ‘22 Author: Jay Lundberg ‘22 Educator Cristal James states how her big goal that she Editor: Michaella Gazala ‘21 wants to achieve is “70% on my mbs [mind, body, and soul]. Out of all the things to So affirmations, reading self-help books, come out of 2020, who could working out, yoga, [and] meditating for have anticipated an 8 foot tall, at least 70% of the year.” Along with those, reflective monolith that seemed she would like to “read 24 books this year to randomly teleport around and cross ten things off my bucket the world? The structure in list.” Whether it is traveling or hoping to question was first spotted by keep your grades afloat, readers, it is I participated in the pilots who were flying over delightful to see so many Renegades with gingerbread house making Utah. There was no way to positive and nurturing goals. social event with my estimate how boyfriend, Wade, and his long it had other partner, Alana. The been there, but EXPLORING THE GLOBE three of us organized a time guesses range for the two of them to come as far back as Writer: Jamie English ‘21 to my house (we’re already in 50 years Ruiz). Editor: Chayil Benoit ‘21 the same germ bubble), and A random art Long grass tickles my legs as I saunter through the jungle Wade picked up the kit. We installation in behind my grandparents house. Within the first five minutes sat down, got some holiday the middle of the of exploring, I have already come across the fresh pineapple, drinks, and got to work. desert is pretty titillating on its taro, breadfruit, and lychee that my grandfather fostered. It Setting up the structure of own, but even more so when is an everyday occurance for people in Samoa to grow and the house quickly dashed any seemingly as fast as it was hunt their own food, except on hopes I had of an easy time. discovered, the obelisk Sabbath. Sabbath is a day meant It seemed that as soon as we disappeared (Thespencerowen). to be kept sacred with no hard got close to having the walls After this, the obelisk seemed to labor. This is the day we praise in the correct orientation, be teleporting across the world God and feast with family and something slid. After with sightings in Poland, friends; in Samoan this large struggling with the structure, Romania, and eventually, Las meal is known as “to'ona'i”. In we went to work on Vegas (Wikipedia Samoa, family means everything. decorating. Wade and Alana Contributors)! I had the Your mother and father raise you to grow strong worked on glopping the icing pleasure of seeing the obelisk in and healthy, and you must provide the same as they grow into the eves and the house’s person and it was a site to old and frail. Samoans make sure to take care and respect roof while I worked on the behold. I hope this phenomena everyone who is superior in age. This is the Fa’a Samoa way. smaller details. However, the goes down in history as an structural struggles weren’t unsolved enigma of our Guam is another island where you must highly respect your over, as the decor’s weight generation. elders, and especially the things around you, for the caused the roof to begin to Taotaomo’na is watching. The Taotaomo’na is the spirit of slide apart. Wade had to hold THE BETHLEHEM STAR people living in the ancient world.