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SteinmetzVolume 84, Number 5, May-June 2019 Star www.steinmetzstar.com Millie Martinez and Jay Ann Perez share #1 spot in class rank Congratulations, Class of 2019 Marek Wojtkielewicz Millie Martinez, Jay Ann Perez he Steinmetz Class of 2019 includes more than 200 valuable students. The TStar features of many of these students begin with the top students in the class. Validictorians Millie Martinez and Jay Ann Perez earned the highest grade point averages in the class, followed by Lara Banez, Hector Perez, Abdulkabir Yahya, Marek Wojtkiele- wicz, Mariusz Doroz, Erika Carrasco, Micahel Sanchez, Gilberto Torres and Frank Cabrera. Erika Carrasco, Millie Martinez, Lara Banez Frank Cabrerra See Star Seniors, pages 4 - 8 • Hector Perez, Mariusz Doroz, Abdulkabir Yahya, Michael Sanchz, Gilberto Torres Standout juniors and freshman among ones Steinmetz Star faculty adviser to watch in academics, arts and athletics stepping down By Sharon Schmidt, teacher fter10 years of teaching journalism and advising the Star, I decided to Apass on the job to someone else. I enjoyed being part of Steinmetz’ 84-year tradition of publishing a student paper. In addition to teaching English at Stein- metz, I will be working more on Substance, Senior Tamara Johnson, a Star a newspaper covering education in Chicago co-editor, and Ms. Schmidt, that my husband George Schmidt founded.• editor of www.substancenews.net Contest winner Bell schedule Juniors Dayna Dayson and Derek Baldwin and freshman Vivian Gutierrez earned recognition this spring. will be earlier ayna Dayson won cash erek Baldwin scored a ivian Gutierrez was featured eginning Sept. 3, the first prizes and award certi- 1560 on the SAT in April, in a page one Chicago Tri- day of the 2019-20 school Dficaes from CPS, Mc- Da near-perfect score that Vbune story on April 12. The Byear, classes will start at 7:45 Graw Hill and the American places him in the 99th percentile freshman who works out at Unani- and 8th period will end at 2:56. Nuclear Society for her research of test takers nationwide. mous Boxing in Logan Square, is Three years ago CPS directed in microbiology that she pre- Before transferring here junior ranked 10th in the nation for the Steinmetz and a few other high sented at the Chicago Student year, Derek lived in California and 125-pound, female class. avion White, pictured with schools to have the the late sched- STEM exhibition. spent the summers studying phys- The Tribune article reported on poetry slam team coach James ule to consolidate CPS bus routes. Teacher Dorota Ochwat ics at Stanford. As his math knowl- a fight she had in Las Vegas, her win DSloan, won the Steinmetz Star The 4 p.m. dismissal delayed said, “Dayna is a very ambitious edge is advanced, he takes online by default in the Golden Gloves and poetry contest held in April in honor afterschool jobs and activities, and student, hard working, com- courses from MIT, the Massachu- her preperation for the National of National Poetry Month. Davion’s forced atheletes to miss 8th period mitted and determined.” • setts Institute of Technology.• Junior Olympics in June.• poem is at www.steinmetzstar.com.• classes to get to away games.• In this issue News: 2-12, 16 Senior shout outs and All-City Art; orchestra Arts & Entertainment,17 Sports: 18-20 photo opinion: 3, 13-15 collaboration: 10-11 What will you miss about Steinmetz? What are some of Junior Giovanni Carmona Volleyball, water polo, track, College Decision Day your favorite memories? performs in ‘Footloose’ soccer, softball and baseball 2 Star News Star reporters win awards Steinmetz Star Steinmetz College Prep High School Principal Jaime Jaramillo 3030 N. Mobile, Chicago IL 60634 773-534-3030 Website: www.steinmetzstar.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @steinmetzstar The Steinmetz Star is the student print and online newspaper of Steinmetz College Prep High School. Our goal is to serve the Steinmetz community by informing and entertaining students. The opinions expressed in our articles are not necessarily those shared by the Star newspa- per staff or the Steinmetz faculty and administration. Anyone in the Steinmetz community is welcome to send letters to the editor, submit corrections or write articles for publication. Co-editors-in-chief: Erika Carrasco and Tamara Johnson Reporters and photographers: Maurice Abrigunda, Shawronda Anderson, Yannally Alvarenga, Angel Antunez, teinmetz Star Alyssa Avilez, Lara Banez, Diamond Bass, Frank Cabrera, reporters and Justin Carrillo, David Colon, Eva Delgado, Victoria Del- Sphotogra- gado, Mercedez Escanio, America Flores, Dayanna Garcia, phers again received Jenny Garcia, Perla Gonzalez, Daniel Hassan, Adrienne recognition that they Henry, Brandon Hernandez, Luis Huerta, Valeriia Lytvak, are among the best in Edandre Macahidhid, Mia Marrero, Aliyah Martinez, Mil- Chicago. lie Martinez, Vonndria Monroe, Nelida Navarro, Jay Ann In its 10th year of Perez, Jason Ramirez, Kevin Rodriguez, Alyssa Smith, Jose entering the Scholastic Sanchez, Joseph Torres, Roxana Urizar, Angelina Villarreal, Press Association com- Alyssa Smith holds the Star’s Overall Newspaper award as her reporting contributed much to the Raychel Vician, Abdulkabir Yahya Nov.-Dec.2018 issue. Adrienne Henry, Alyssa Avilez and Nelly Navarro won individiual awards. petition, the Star again finished in the top five of all public and private Alyssa Avilez, Adrienne Henry and Nelly Navarro Star content decisions are made by student editors and re- Chicago high schools for the most print and online received individual honors. Dozens of journalism porters, with advice from the faculty sponsor, Ms. Sharon media awards. students and Newspaper Club students contributed Schmidt. Steinmetz beat Taft, Whitney Young, Pritzker to the Star staff editorial and the Nov.-Dec. 2018 Charter, Phoenix Military, Marist, Mother McAuley issue, which won “Overall Newspaper.” Free speech: The Illinois Speech Rights of Student Jour- and other Chicago high schools, finishing behind Many schools have dropped print newspapers nalists Act, signed into law on July 29, 2016, affirms stu- only Jones, Lane, and Payton. to cut costs, but Steinmetz continues to realize the dents’ right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press Steinmetz students received Excellent and Su- benefits of a publication created by and for students, in school-sponsored media. The law states: perior awards for their special coverage of seniors, who treasure the papers in which they’ve appeared. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a student sports reporting, feature writing, column writing, For the past ten years, the Star has been consid- journalist has the right to exercise freedom of speech and of staff editorial, layout and overall newspaper. ered a Superior paper for its coverage of important the press in school-sponsored media, regardless of whether the Co-editors-in-chief Tamara Johnson and Erika issues like uniforms, bell schedules, CPS spending media is supported financially by the school district or by use Carrasco contributed stories to the special coverage and violence in Chicago, along with student accom- of school facilities or produced in conjunction with a class in of 2018 graduates that received an award. plishments in academics, athletics and the arts. which the student is enrolled. Subject to Exceptions of this Act, • the appropriate student journalist is responsible for determin- ing the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs school-sponsored media. This shall not be construed to prevent a student media adviser from teaching professional standards at Steinmetz at end of 7-week strike of English and journalism to student journalists. There shall be no prior restraint of material prepared for official school publications except insofar as it violates Exceptions of this Act. School officials shall have the burden of showing justification without undue delay prior to a limita- tion of student expression under this Act. Exceptions. This Act does not authorize or protect expression by a student journalist that: (1) is libelous, slanderous, or obscene; (2) constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy; Senior Aliyah Martinez and teacher Beth Zaluba support the (3) violates federal or State law; or striking musicians on their picket line in March. (4) incites students to commit an unlawful act, to violate policies of the school district, or to materially and substantially hanks to teacher and professional musician The concert was a swan song for Ms. Zaluba disrupt the orderly operation of the school. Beth Zaluba, who has contacts with the Chi- Although not yet retirement age, she has chosen to Liability. No expression made by students in the Tcago Symphony Orchestra and was a strong leave teaching in CPS at the end of this school year. exercise of freedom of speech or freedom of the press shall be supporter of the CSO musicians’ March-April Besides teaching music, one of her many important deemed to be an expression of school policy, and no school strike over pay and retirement benefits, the CSO contributions to Steinmetz was the dedication she district or employee or parent, legal guardian, or official of the performed a free concert at Steinmetz on April 30. gave to the students in the Gay Straight Alliance. school district shall be held liable in any civil or criminal ac- • tion for any expression made or published by students, except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct. (http://www.ilga. NHS inducts 25 new members gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3723&ChapterID=17) The 2019 NHS inductees are By Erika Carresco, NHS Yannely Alvarenga, Abdel Aw- Membership: Scholastic Press Association of Chicago president wad, Alicia Figueroa, Trinity Gar- cia. Antwanette Gates, Alex Her- Printing: The Star is printed at Topweb LLC, 5450 N. North- wenty-five students nandez, Heidi Hernandez, Bart west Highway, Chicago. were inducted into Jaworowski, Micayla Malasique, Tthe National Honor Mia Marrero, Carina Mauricio, Back Issues: More than 60 issues of the Star, going back to Society on June 4.