Volume 1, Issue 3 Trojan Times Dec 2018 -Mar 2019

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Tips for Passing Second Semester Girls 2 by Devin Mitchell Yondr Pouches 2 Senior Year 4 appropriate to get at The second semester is Snow Days 6 finally here and maybe least 8-12 hours of sleep. you didn't do so well or Sleeping allows your Staff Interviews 7 completely failed the brain to rest and sort all Job Shadows 9 first semester. Don’t of the information you’ve worry, these tips might gathered in one day. Birthdays 12 help you out to pass if Staying awake for long you decide to actually periods of time can affect use them. how you function during your daily life, that’s why the class and want to First, DO THE WORK it’s important to stay well teach you the subject so WHEN IT'S GIVEN TO rested. you understand it fully. YOU!!! This is most Sometimes you may important step. Make The third and final step is need tutoring and that’s sure you immediately do simple, get help. I cannot fine, it doesn’t mean the work and you won´t stress this step enough. you’re not as smart as TROJAN need to worry about If there is a subject everyone else. It just finishing it later and you’re completely means that subject isn’t TIMES forgetting to turn it in terrible at, swallow your your strongest and you STAFF: later. It's always better to pride and get help. If you need to work on it more. turn in work as soon as find the right teacher, • Telliono Brookins you finish it. he/she will explain how Remember that school, to solve the problem and life as a whole, is as • Michielia Boone The second step, go to you’re on or teach you hard as you make it. sleep on time. You step by step until you • Michiele Boone function better when you know exactly what you’re go to bed at a decent doing. Teachers actually • Senethea Frazier time. You can't focus well want to watch you pass when you're tired so it’s • My’Eisha Lee After-school Tutoring by Diamond Walker • Devin Mitchell

Students, if you are failing Ms. Baker is there to Tutoring takes place in • Diamond Walker or in need of extra help in assist students on the media center after • Advisor: Ms. Baker any of your core subject Thursday. school at 2:50 pm to classes, after school 3:50 pm. You will need tutoring is available every Ms. Knieper is available to sign in and out at Monday, Wednesday, on Monday. If you need the entrance to the and Thursday. math help, Ms. Ahlers is media center. available on Wednesday. Page 2 Volume 1, Issue 3 Girls Basketball Season by My’Eisha Lee

The girls basketball season was After becoming a leader of the really appreciated it. The team amazing. The Lady Trojans team, it was mandatory for tried and fought hard. Some played very well but not as senior My’Eisha Lee to be a games they won and some well as they should have. The good role model. She did her games they lost, but overall it season brought smiles and best to show sportsmanship and was a fun season. tears, especially for the six to be supportive of her senior girls on the team. They teammates. Let’s give a big shout out to the came to fight, but not every six senior girls for a good season game went as planned. The The team had a lot of help in on the Saginaw High Lady teams they played were good the gym from Tim Prince, a SHS Trojans Varsity Girls Team: but not invincible. The Lady alumni. Coach Prince showed Detriona Whitley, My’Eisha Lee, Trojans all tried their best and the players a lot of key pointers Aliyah Perry, Ta’Marya Lain, Asia tried to make their coach and some players even admit he Greene, and Shavonne Barnes. happy. taught them so much more than they already knew. The players

Yondr Pouches by Senethea Frazier and Devin Mitchell

As of Wednesday February, 20th scores, and maybe even to Hight says, “A student must be Yondr pouches have been in improve behavior. interested and willing to really place at Saginaw High, Arthur pay attention and absorb Hill, SASA, and Zilwaukee. The People have become so information.” Yondr pouch is a magnetically attached to their phones that locked pouch that locks the most people can’t live or The effectiveness of the students phone away for the function properly without them. pouches remains to be seen, but school day and can be unlocked Academic Interventionist Mrs. hopefully students will see the at the door after school ends. Green, says “I think the pouches advantages of having some time are great, because phones are a away from their devices. If you lose or damage your major distraction.” pouch, there is a $20 fee in or- der to get a new one. Tenth grader Marquay Farris believes otherwise, he said “I The company ¨Yondr” was don’t like the pouches because founded in 2014 by Graham we can’t listen to music, and Dugoni. Comedians, musicians, music helps me focus.” On the court houses, and even schools other hand, sophomore Antia have started using the pouches Johnson says that not having it to help avoid the distraction for a few hours isn’t a big deal that phones can be. The pouch for her. is designed to get people to ¨live in the moment.¨ As for the dis- Geometry teacher Mr.Holzhei trict, it’s to cut down on phone says that the Yondr pouches will usage among the student body force students to focus more. and to increase grades, test Conversely, history teacher Mr. Trojan Times Page 3

SAT Info by Devin Mitchell

Taking the SAT is very You earn points for your correct because of how it is important, because the SAT answers so it’s important to never worded so read the helps determine what colleges leave a question blank, especially question carefully. you’re able to get into and some on the multiple choice portion. scholarships that you will be One senior said of his SAT eligible for. The higher your It’s important to take this test experience last year, “I score the better of a chance you seriously. It requires a serious kept stopping and have of getting into a decent amount of time and energy. It’s rereading and falling college, if community colleges very important to get extra asleep”. Make sure this or trades schools aren’t your studying in, a full 12 hours of doesn’t happen to you by thing. sleep, and a nice breakfast in the being rested and in the morning. Keeping calm can also right frame of mind. Score The SAT is a huge part of your increase your chances of scoring high and happy testing! high school career, that is taken high on the SAT. in April of your junior year. The test contains four multiple Look at the questions and answer choice tests (two math tests, a the ones you know first. Some of reading test, a grammar test) the questions may seem difficult and an essay portion.

Winter Music Program by Devin Mitchell and Diamond Walker

The Saginaw High School Music Mrs. Hillman, the new choir Department hosted is winter teacher, did an outstanding concert on December 20th. The job getting the choir ready. band played several Christmas favorites including Jingle Bells, Up The Christmas song on the Rooftop, and Feliz Navidad. selections includedRide On The band also performed some King Jesus by Moses Hogan, traditional marching band music Melodies from Heaven by played so the audience Kirk Franklin, Silent Night, experienced the best of both and This Christmas by Chris worlds. Brown.

The program closed with a The Saginaw High Soul Choir performance by past brought energy to the auditorium Saginaw High’s choir alumni with several rousing numbers. and present choir students. The solo vocalists included Together both groups joined Hurlette Reed, Destiny Keller, and sang Silent Night. Amaya Jackson, Andrew Walker and Dyterrius Ford. Trojan Times Page 4 Tips for Senior Year by My’Eisha Lee

Being a senior is not what become more focused on what scholarships are due. If you miss everyone makes it out to be. My you have going on with colleges a deadline, you miss out on first semester of senior year and the SAT. Those things money! wasn’t bad but it wasn’t easy determine where you will be in either. One thing you will have the long run after college. If you One last tip is to make sure your to do is work for what you want did not do well on your SAT grades are passing. Once exams being a senior. This year is junior year, you will need to come and you fail, it will be hard nothing like the previous years retake it so you will have a to recover to get back on track you have experienced. better chance at being accepted to graduate. You also don’t by more colleges. want to scramble to try to take One tip for senior year first Plato classes to recover your semester is to make sure you Scholarships are something you credits either. stay on top of everything that should be looking at as well. The you are assigned. You don’t Senior Seminar Classroom will Just stay on track and stay want to be left behind when it’s have scholarships listed, but you focused so your senior year will time to order those CAPS & need to pay attention to what’s be less stressful. GOWNS. Another tip is to being posted and when

Page 5 Volume 1, Issue 3 Snow Days by Senethea Frazier

Snow Days...don’t you just love longer for any upcoming test or time with her son.” them? Everyone loves snow to complete assignments.” days. Some kids even pray for Schools only get six snow days, them, especially when the On the other hand it could so districts have to be careful to forecast is predicting a snow affect students in a negative use them only when absolutely storm. Students and some way. Many students don’t want necessary. teachers cross their fingers and to come back to school after a anticipate that announcement day off. This could also be an on the news or that post on the issue for students who school’s Facebook page. participate in sports or extracurricular activities, Snow days can be good for both because meetings, practices, teachers and students. Snow and games will be canceled. days gives students and Junior Bevonity Cain says a con teachers a break from school, of snow days is, “We miss out which is sometimes needed. It’s on school work and get behind also an opportunity for students schedule.” to catch up on homework or any missing work they may have. Many people use snow days as a break. “I used my snow days to For teachers, it’s an opportunity do what I love, which is make to get their lesson plans dance videos,” says sophomore together or grade papers. Some Antia Johnson.“ I used my snow students may even pick up an days to play my game,” says extra shift at work. Long term sophomore Veonta Tatum. One sub Mr. Ham says, “snow days of Saginaw High’s newest are good because they give English teachers, Ms. Eiland students the chance to study used her snow days to, “spend

Boys by Diamond Walker

This year Saginaw High’s Wrestling matches took place year was 10-5. Wrestling Team was a every Wednesday and combination of both Saginaw tournaments were every Laster said he enjoyed traveling High and Arthur Hill students. Saturday. They faced several with the team. He thought it The students practiced at Arthur schools including Heritage, was good to combine both Hill and the home matches were Grand Blanc, Lapeer, Chesaning, school teams so people who held there as well. Mr. Angel and Birch Run. were interested could still Rodriguez coached the team. wrestle. Saginaw High School student,

Traveon Laster was a member The season began in December of the 2018-2019 school years and ended in February. wrestling team. His record this Page 6 Volume 1, Issue 3

Robotics by Senethea Frazier

the “spaceship”, and then Saginaw High’s Robotics Club is Lyndon Nelson, a Saginaw High release them. Previous Trobot sponsored by Mr. Wyatt. This is graduate and Valedictorian, member and President, Na’Kyah his second year but the club helps with the engineering Caple says, she enjoyed being a started in 2012. This year’s aspects of the club. Trobots includes seven part of the Robotics Club, members. The Robotics Club The club participates in because they travel. Current meets three to four days a week competitions, which gives them member Dakendric Goodman after school and on Saturday’s the opportunity to work with says he enjoys being able to from 11am-3pm. STEM. The Trobots actually have become more knowledgeable their first competition in Midland every day. Students either work on and their second is in Grand learning more about how to Rapids. Every year the group There are up to $90 million in construct the robot or are focuses on one specific theme, robotic scholarships that go un- actually building it. Being a part this year’s theme is “Deep claimed every year, so if you’re of Robotics teaches you many Space.” The object of the robot is interested in robotics this may skills including math, science, to be able to successfully pick up be the club for you. technology, and engineering. items, carry them to a hatch or

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Ms. A. Burnell by My’Eisha Lee

Anitra Burnell is a Chemistry and teaches and the students in Physics teacher at Saginaw High them. Ms. Burnell’s goal as a School. She has been a teacher teacher is to help all for 14 years in total and 4 years students become self at the High. She grew up right supporting individuals. here in Saginaw on the east side. Ms. Burnell attended Ms.Burnell feel that the Oakland University, Saginaw High has improved because Valley State, and Concordia of the students that are University. attending and the addition of new staff members. A Before becoming a teacher, Ms. piece of advice she wants to Burnell was an industrial health give is always have a “Plan and safety engineer and she B.” If your first choice in life worked in the automotive doesn’t work, always have a industry. Her favorite thing BACK UP. about the High is the classes she Coach Durrett by Devin Mitchell

Coach Donald Durrett AKA His favorite thing about the High “Coach D” is behavior is the community and the interventionist at the High. He parents. He's noticed that the grew up in Flint, MI and later halls and the kids are much graduated from Albion College. more cleaner than they’ve been in the last few years. He started working at Saginaw High in 1984. As a teacher he Coach D. has been a “Trojan’s has taught public speaking, Trojan” since the day he first drama, and physical education. stepped foot into the school. He was also a principal and an He’s one of the many things that assistant principal before makes Saginaw High, Saginaw taking his present position. High.

Anyone who has been in trouble and has had to go see Coach D has heard the famous phrase ¨3 days!!¨.

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Senior Projects by Michiela Boone

Every year seniors are required project as it is designed for SPS contents, title pages, personal to do a project in order to students is more helpful than the statement, transcripts, test graduate from high school. The senior project her niece scores, two letters of project includes completing a completed. “The senior project recommendation, and two job shadow, learning more for my niece was pointless, they acceptances letters. Students about a career, and completing took DNA and then cooked food can also add certificates they a portfolio. Senior Esmeralda from different countries. have received as well. Lire said, “senior projects help However, what we do is actually prepare you for what you will finding out a lot of real life It is best to start on the project expect for your career and to information which will hopefully early during your senior year, research to know what’s going save the students time, effort, especially with job shadowing on. Job shadowing gives you a and money, ” she said. because it takes time to set it real life experience, including up. When presenting the project the good and bad aspects so This project will be graded on to the judges, Mr. Neering you’re prepared for whatever student’s speaking skills, as well advises students “to practice a happens.” as research and documentation lot. It’s okay to glance at the from their portfolio. The slides but make sure you’re Sharon Knieper, English 12 portfolio will include the making eye contact with the teacher, believes that the senior following: a cover page, table of judges.”

Mrs. T. Green by My’Eisha Lee

Mrs. Torri Green is an Academic and their needs while building Mrs. Green lives by this quote Interventionist at Saginaw High relationships and a positive “It’s nice to be important, but School. She works with Ms. learning environment. it’s more important to be Baker, the 11th grade English nice.” teacher. Before coming to SHS, Mrs. Green said that when Mrs. Green worked at she went to high school things Carrollton Middle School. Mrs. were very fun, but also strict. Green is a graduate from the She said that their dress code High and she thought it would was very strict and also the be rewarding and exciting to phone policy was too. She return to her home school. also stated that there was After being here this year, she DOUBLE the amount of says that her thoughts were students at The High when correct. she went here. Mrs. Green’s favorite subjects are English She has a Bachelor's degree in and Literature; that’s Communication and Sociology probably why she’s an English from Saginaw Valley State Interventionist. She wants the University. She plans to make students to know that she’s this year great by doing her here to do her best to make best to service the students and sure that they do their best. Trojan Times Page 9

Job Shadows by Devin Mitchell

Job Shadows are required to professionally for the job shadow camera 3 around and I zoomed graduate from Saginaw High and make sure to ask plenty of it in and out of the anchor School. While the job shadow questions and show interest. man’s face.” He is interested in should be completed in 10th pursuing a career in film grade, many students wait until Job shadows are used as a means making so having the chance to senior year so they can of finding out if the job you thought work with the cameras gave complete a job shadow in a you wanted is right for you. The him a taste of what his future career they are seriously counselors describe job shadows as career may involve. considering. It is the student’s an experience that will prepare you responsibility to find their own and get you used to that job. It’s Whatever you’re interested in, job shadow, but they may ask important to do a job shadow so make sure that it’s a job you’ll for leads if they are unsure of you don’t end up going to college have fun doing. The point of a places they can go to. and wasting your years trying to get job shadow is to make sure a degree in a field that you thought that you’ll enjoy the career you Students are responsible for you wanted to work in but then picked in the long run. filling out a booklet. Job later find out that you hate your shadows are used to give you a job. taste of what your desired career is like. If you want to be a Michael Sanders, a senior, doctor, nurse, or anything else, completed his job shadow at the a job shadow prepares you for WNEM TV 5 studio where he was the field you’re choosing to able to work camera 3. Sanders work in. Students should dress said, “It was fun. I got to move

Seniors dressed up for Senior Project presentation. Page 10 Volume 1, Issue 3

Ms. Parrish by Devin Mitchell one years. After she left the Ms. Parrish is a secretary at She feels as if Saginaw High’s administration building she went Saginaw High School. She was improvements comes from over to Willie E. Thompson born in Muscle Shoals , Alabama different services available to Middle School for three and a and moved to Saginaw in 1964 students such as the Health half years and she currently at the age of five. She graduated Center, the counselor and works at Saginaw High. social workers. from in 1986 and in 2007 Ms. Parrish became a secretary Her advice to Saginaw High receiving a Degree in Business because at the time she was Administration from both students is “extend your interested in working in business education beyond Saginaw colleges. and it was something she really High to get formal training and enjoyed. Before she became a even try trade school.” She has been a secretary for a secretary she wanted to become total of twenty-seven years. She a teacher. She changed her mind started off working at the work because it was more expensive study program at Great Lakes and she had to be in school way Junior College. Then she started longer than she expected. Ms. working for the city of Saginaw Parrish loves that she graduated as a secretary for three years from the High and it feels like and Saginaw Public for twenty home.

Mr. D. Edwards by My’Eisha Lee

Mr. Duane Edwards is our new Mr. Edwards said his favorite ninth grade English teacher. He thing about the High is the attended both Delta College teamwork and the support and Saginaw Valley State from his co-workers. His University. Most recently, favorite author is Kurt before becoming a teacher he Vonnegut who wrote his worked at Tiffany's Food and favorite book SlaughterHouse 5. Spirit as a waiter. Mr. Edwards also had one of his flash fiction pieces published in He became a teacher in an edition of Saginaw Valley’s Saginaw because he was born literary magazine, Cardinal Sins. here and he also still lives here. He explained that he wants to He said that high school in his teach in a place that will affect era was very strict and really on his own community. He not the best for him. Mr. plans on making the school year Edwards likes all subjects but great by providing good he’s more into theater and structure in and outside of the communication. He eventually classroom and maintaining a would like to start a Drama Club good attitude. or Debate Team. Trojan Times Page 11

Mrs. Carr by Michiele Boone

Mrs. Carr is a ninth and tenth School. In the 2007-2008 school successful like her. Her life grade strategic English teacher. year she came to Saginaw High. She experiences led her into She was born and raised in has taught ninth grade and twelfth education. Saginaw and is a product of grade English, in addition to Saginaw Public Schools. She strategic English. Mrs. Carr's favorite thing about graduated from Saginaw Valley the High is the Trojan Pride and State University in 1997 where Mrs. Carr did not immediately spirit at basketball games, she received her Bachelors. In become a teacher. Before Mrs. Carr football games and 2000 she received her Masters became a teacher, she was not extracurricular activities. She in Education degree from focused on a career. When she believes Saginaw High has Saginaw Valley as well. graduated from high school she improved over the years was expected to graduate and get a through the teachers who are She has been teaching for more good job. She really wanted to get genuine and truly care about than twenty one years. She a good job to take care of her Saginaw High students. There started her career off as a family. are teachers who are equipped kindergarten and first grade with skills and strategies aide in 1990 at Stone Being a single parent and taking needed to support their Elementary and participated in care of her children was really students both academically the Grow Your Own Teacher challenging. She was a cashier for and socially, so they can Program. ten years and was inspired by her become successful. Mrs. Carr’s previous educators to major in goal as a teacher is to always Mrs. Carr was a long term sub education. Her educators thought help kids do well academically, for many years before being she would be an inspiration to so hopefully they can become hired as a teacher for language students who came from the same productive citizens in their arts in 2000 at South Middle background and could be community and help others.

Mr. Demongey by Diamond Walker

Mr. Demongey is the 9th felt like he was helping others. grade biology teacher. He is His favorite thing about Saginaw from Brant, Michigan but High is the staff, and he enjoys grew up and attended working on the freshmen team. schools in St. Charles, MI. He

earned his associates degree at Delta and earned his Mr. Demongey’s goal as a bachelors at Saginaw Valley teacher is to help as many State University. He has been students understand the subject teaching for 10 years. he teaches and give them the skills to succeed in life. His advice to students is “Don’t fall Mr. Demongey didn't always behind because it’s hard to catch want to be a teacher but he up.” Birthday Shout Outs! February March 9th 9th December January DYLAN MOORE ANGELA PATTERSON 9th 9th DOMITILO BORRERO RYAN CLEMONS JASANDRA JACKSON LANASHYA LEE DESMOND WESLEY ELENA OVIEDO DIAMOND BENSON CREEDENCE KNIERIM JAKIRA THOMPSON DWIGHT RODRIQUEZ DAVARION MITCHELL BRENAZA TOWNSEND AMEIL BOOKER ANTANASJA BATTLE LATRICE NELSON DIONTAE LAURY TRAVIS DONALD MARCELAS MEDINA DOMINICK BROWN JADAN BLACKMON ANGEL BUENDIA KENYA COLEMAN RAYSHAWN JONES JASMINE STACK CALISTA BURTON JANE CONNOR JAMES BURNETT ANTOINAE SMITH CARL BURTON 10th DAKARI HENDERSON DANZELL ABRAHAM ISAIAH PAIGE

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