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Faculty Advisor: Ms. McIvor ©insanityisthefuture Editor-in-chief: Katherine Chamandy April Editors: 3 - Full School Mass, Charity Day Arts & Entertainment: Sara Turcotte 4 - English BLC - Dress Uniform Associate: Alexina McLeod 5 - Holy Thursday - No School 6 - Good Friday - No School Regular Columnists: 9 - Easter Monday - No School Jessica Abreu-Moore 11 - Deadline: Student Council Jennifer Baritang-Junio Applications Caroline Chamandy 12 - YPI Presentatiions & Graduation Natasha Hodge-Masnaghetti Monica Petras Pot Luck (Graditude) Jasmine Rach 16 - International BLC - Dress Uniform Brigid Roberts 19 - 22 Toronto Music Festival 25 - FIGA: Student Council Speeches Contributors: 25 - 27 Sec V Drama Production (7 pm) Sabina Alka Jennifer Baldino Maya Botti May Claudia di Salvatore 1 - Graduation Breakfast & Mass Katricia Durham 2 - Student Council Elections ©Candice Law ©Candice Mr. Angelo Gallo 4 - Ped Day - No School the pulse Ashley Hagen 7 - House Head Elections Candice Law 14 - Faculty Scholars Tea ! Rebecca McPherson 21 - Victoria Day - No School Esmè Panarello Victoria Perotta June : Pranavy Sabaratnam Cutest Bird Amber Kylie Sura 1 - Graduation Cocktail & Prom Eleni Borondy IA Nicole Tieman 5 - 22 EXAMS Annie Tsotas 21 - Graduation Ceremony Athina Tzinevrakis 23 - SUMMER VACATION : - Cutest Dog 1st Houdini : , - Cutest Kitten Romeo Rebecca Letourneau Duynstee IIIA PET PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS Claudia Belliveau IVC - 2nd Brody - 3rd Rudy Alexia Tummillo VB Eleni Borondy IA Find us online! In an effort to be more sustainable, the pulse is available online as a full-color PDF - downloadable and forwardable at www.sacredheart.qc.ca on the home page and under the Students and Parents tabs, under News and Reminders. Reading online is a great way to reduce 2011-12 paper usage and our carbon footprint, leading to a better and healthier planet! This message is supported by SHSM’s Environment Club. Beauty and Health Ask Alice Ask Alice Ask Alice My friend really likes this guy but he just asked me out. I BY BRIGID ROBERTS want to go out with him. What should I do and what do I The Truth About the Two Most-Used Cosmetics say to my friend? Foundation: First of all, it's important you talk with your friend. If you value your friendship, you wouldn't want to hurt her, even if that In terms of your face, foundation is one of the most meant sacrificing a date. Secondly, when you do talk to your popular cosmetics that teens use. If used right, friend, keep in mind that she has feelings too. She might say foundation can give the appearance of clearer and you can go out with the guy, she might not. Whatever answer smoother skin. With that being said, foundation should she gives you, you have to respect that, or else (as I said definitely not be used too often. It can clog pores and before) you might hurt her. Finally, put things into perspective. dry out your skin. Foundation is Does your friend come before this guy? Or do you want to put a tricky type of makeup to work yourself first and ignore her feelings? If all else fails, do what with because there are many you think is right. If you fail miserably, that will be just another things that can go wrong while lesson learned. Good luck! using it. While using this makeup, it might seem like it is My best friend is hanging out with some people who sticking into your pores. A drink a lot and I'm worried. reason for this could be your Do you know if your friend is drinking? If so, do you trust their skin type. If your face is more judgement? I'm sure you know your best friend more than on the oily side, try using anyone else and if you know they can take care of themselves, powder foundation instead of you shouldn't worry. Yes, as a best friend it's important to look liquid. Sometimes, people can tend to put too much out for your friend, but perhaps your assumptions are getting foundation on their face and a solution is to use a the best of you. If you've talked to your friend and you know sponge instead of your fingers so that the sponge they are in danger, you should tell them you're concerned. If soaks up the excess liquid. their new friendships become a problem, it would be in your interest to warn an adult. Mascara: Mascara is commonly used by girls of! all ages to lengthen, darken and/or thicken eyelashes. For a little background information, there are many different the column of happy ingredients that are put into this makeup depending on the type of mascara. For example, mascaras that are (little things to get you through used to lengthen lashes contain nylon or microfibers. the month) Waterproof mascaras contain by j2 different ingredients that are used to reject water. Throw -April Fools out your mascara every 4-6 months to make sure it is -the snow is finally melting... again always safe for your eyes. ! FUN FACT: Mascara can -2 free dress days in one month also be used to make your eyelashes heavier and this -getting a lollipop-o-gram builds up the muscles in your -eating that lollipop o gram in class eyelids. We Day -sending an embarrassing song to BY REBECCA McPHERSON your friend for v-day On February 29, girls from Secondary I to V - doing well on your exams participated in Free the Children’s Montreal We (especially if you were unprepared) Day. We Day is an international event created by FTC that brings together and inspires young people to get involved in today’s -making your Easter break plans global issues and to make a difference. We heard from speakers from Martin Sheen and Reverend Jesse Jackson to Joannie -making your Passover break plans Rochette and the cast of Degrassi. We saw Shawn Desman do -not getting caught with uniform the We Day Dance and got an inspirational and creative speech from Marc and Craig Kielburger. It really was a day that made infractions us believe we can do anything we set our minds to! -reading j2's column every month! Sacred Heart School of Montreal the pulse Volume 1 Issue 4, March 2012 a + e Who Sent That Note? BY MONICA PETRAS The cold never affected Emma Jones; she had always loved cold weather. The chilly wind, the red color that claimed each person’s cheeks and noses, the getting bundled up. But it was always around winter that the cold, no matter how welcoming, reminded Emma of how lonely she truly was. She wasn’t completely hopeless; ever since Halloween, she had felt a growing sense of reassurance, however something was still missing. Could it be that her daily routine was becoming too humdrum? Or perhaps it had something to do with the card she had received on Halloween? It obviously hadn’t been sent by mail as there was no postage stamp. It would have to have been sent by someone who knew her address…but who? She rummaged through her thoughts, trying to remember if she’d noticed anyone being especially nice to her lately. She could recall no such instance. She ran down possible candidates in her head. It could have been her lab partner Shelly; she seemed nice enough. Or it could have been Jeremy; he had been decent enough to wish her happy holidays before the break. Oh God, what if it wasn’t anyone at school? She wondered if her parents, perhaps, had put the card in the mailbox to cheer her up. She knew it wasn’t possible, though. Their handwriting did not come close to the perfect cursive loops that filled the page of the card. She subsequently ruled out all the boys she knew; she had not once seen a boy’s handwriting as dainty as the script in the card. The more Emma thought of it, the more she was dying to know who had put the card in her mailbox. She had no idea how she could figure it out, but she hoped that somehow she could solve the puzzle. She quickly called her new-found friend, Trisha, and asked her to come over right away, insisting that it was absolutely necessary. Within the hour, Trisha showed up at her front door and Emma wasted no time in showing her the card, “Do you know whose handwriting this is?” Trisha stared at the card, looking a little upset. “This is what was so important?” Emma looked down in embarrassment for making Trisha come all the way over just so she could attempt to decipher the handwriting on the Halloween card. “Yeah,” she blushed. Trisha sighed, then actually looked at the card, “Well, it’s neat and very fancy; the writing obviously belongs to someone with a lot of downtime.” “I assumed that already, but do you recognize the letters?” Emma wondered. “Well, those h’s sure look a lot like the way Jeremy does his h’s.” Jeremy? Hmmm. Emma had even considered the possibility of it being him herself. Jeremy had never really noticed her before, though. How could it have been him? “Is that all you can tell me?” “About the card, yes, but when you make me come all the way to your house just to show me a card, I expect a little more,” Trisha crossed her arms unhappily. RIDDLE OF THE MONTH: “What if I said you could sleep over?” Emma tempted Trisha to forgive her.