The PANTHER POST GRAB, READ & PASS ALONG! Volume 2 Issue 3 “Our School
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The Official Student Newspaper of Good Hope ABSOLUTELY FREE! Country Day School The PANTHER POST GRAB, READ & PASS ALONG! Volume 2 Issue 3 “Our School. Our Paper.” May 31, 2019 GHCDS’s New Orange, White and Blue Day Champs! Student Congress: What You Need to Know By Carolyn Grimm t seems that GHCDS students are starting to gain a little more power in Itheir school. Ms. Grey has recently instituted a new Student Congress - com- prised of two students from each Upper School advisory - so that the student body has a designated space to voice their con- cerns and ideas surrounding student life. For example, Ms. Grey called for a meeting to discuss a “wellness week” so that students can destress prior to finals. The meeting served as a place for members to inform Ms. Grey of their fellow advisees’ thoughts and opinions about what wellness activities would be the most beneficial to them. Some of the ideas included a hosting “puppy day” (à White Team members pose on the upper field in celebration of their hard-fought victory after the eggman la HOSA’s puppy day last year), institut- relay race during the annual Orange, White and Blue Day competition held on Friday May 24th. ing no-homework rules for that week, Grey stated that no such uniform would But for the time being, at least we might and starting later in the day so students be instituted next year. get to sleep in before finals week. can sleep for longer. As for how much influence the Have an idea you want to discuss The group also serves as a way Student Congress will actually have on in Student Congress? Let your advisory’s for Ms. Grey to inform students directly school policy or events, it’s hard to say representatives know so they can bring it about Upper School decisions - for ex- right now. Hopefully, the group will up to Ms. Grey in the next meeting. ample, when members mentioned want- serve as an effective way for students to ing to talk about the uniform issue, Ms. voice their opinions and truly be heard. Interview with Mr. Bugg Ask Alexis Rainbow Crosswalk Debate Our new HOS weighs in................page 6 Her Last Advice Column..............page 20 PRISM Proposal Denied...............page 8 2The Panther Post Est. 2017 Founding Editors WHAT’S INSIDE Jade Bryan, Nyama Gibbs, Carolyn Grimm - 2018-2019 Leadership - Editor-in-Chief Carolyn Grimm EDITOR’S CORNER................page 4 HEALTH & WELLBEING ADVISOR’S CORNER.............page 5 Ask Alexis.................................page 22 Staff Writer...................................Josie Calhoon Staff Writer............................Layalie Washshah Staff Writer..................Alexis Matarangas-King SCHOOL NEWS POETRY & CREATIVE WRITING Staff Writer..............................Brennan Gorman Interview with Mr. Bugg...........page 8 Haiku About Autism...............page 24 Staff Writer.....................................Avery White Staff Writer..........................Savanna Capdeville Moot Court Champs...............page 10 Mr. Loya’s Legacy......................page 11 DEEP MUSINGS Faculty Advisor / Layout Editor Captain Marvel: The New Wonder Mr. Lewis-Gonzalez Fletcher EDITORIAL & OPINION Woman?.....................................page 25 ______________________________________ Patio...or Landfill?....................page 14 - Contributers to The Cause - Let the Virgin Islands Vote.....page 15 CARTOONS & GAMES Brice Richards Maya Acosta Submit of Fight.........................page 16 Try not to laugh!.......................page 26 Luca Gruber Tsehai Alfred The Most Efficient Way of Ridding Crossword Puzzle.....................page 27 Ms. Banwaree And everyone who participated in our surveys! the World of Oppression.........page 17 Safe and Legal Abortions........page 18 5 QUESTIONS Toxic Masculinity in the Caribbean David Conhoff..........................page 29 and at GHCDS..........................page 19 How to join our awesome team: If you are a Good SPORTS Hope Country Day School student interested in ENTERTAINMENT Basketball in the U.S................page 32 contributing to The Panther Post on either its news reporting or editorial teams, please email either the Horoscopes...............................page 20 JV Soccer Champions..........back page Editor-in-Chief or Faculty Advisor, or just stop by the PUB room and inquire face to face! 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FOR THE RECORD The Index! 3 A Collection of Quotes From Around Campus, the Territory, the Country and the World _______________ “It is we children and future gen- “Elders are those qualified by the 1 erations that are going to suffer wisdom of life experiences – not Numbers of seniors who earned a perfect score on Mr. Fletcher’s Macroeconomics the most from these consequences simply by years lived – and who Final Exam. have demonstrated a willingness if we fail. It should not be up to us to 4 to usher the extended family and The number of public school buildings on take responsibility, but since most St. Croix the local government has aban- world leaders are behaving like community through life’s passages. doned since 2015. Elders offer guideposts for building 70 children, we have no other choice. Percentage of American citizens polled and navigating sustainability in our whom expressed enthusiasm or comfort- The older generations have failed ableness with a LGBT presidential candi- communities.” date, according to a new NBC/Wall Street us. Our political leaders have failed ~ Tahirah Abu Bakr, cofounder of the St. Journal poll. This marks a big shift since Croix Council of Elders, on how elderhood 2006, when 53% said they’d be “very us. Our political leaders can’t seem is perhaps the last and most important stage uncomfortable” or have “reservations” about a gay or lesbian candidate. to think beyond the next election, of life. 181 electoral votes and that must come to an end. This “You know, being just a little kid The representation by a multi-state com- pact to guarantee that the winner of the ongoing inaction of people in pow- in 7th grade, I never would have national popular vote becomes president. It would only take effect once 270 elec- dreamed that I’d be up here, Captain toral votes are represented. Twelve states er and the companies responsible and the District of Columbia have joined will, in the future, no doubt be re- of the White Team, being victorious. the compact so far. And it wasn’t me, - it was every single 12,000 membered as a crime against hu- Total hours of rehearsal time for this one of you, that pushed yourselves.