“Life at Clinton, Clinton Post printed and Winner of the Newsies! award for high school journalism posted!” Vol. V -- No. 3 Friday, December 1, 2017 theclintonpost.wordpress.com STUDENTS THE CLINTON SPORTS BRING LIFE TO SEASON IS UPON US NEW PRE-MED BY: RALPH MAKOMBO on Tuesdays after school, the running grader who has been involved in Clin- CLUB club with Mr. Tim David-Lang meets ton’s volleyball program since her last And so it begins. The season of on Friday mornings, and rock climbing year of middle school, wishes the vol- New Pre-Med Club offers students sports has descended upon the Clinton club with Mr. Chris Jacobi takes place leyball team had more time to practice. opportunities to learn more about on Thursday mornings.Since mid-Sep- She said, “The girls on the team all real- upper grades as the school prepares for biology and becoming a doctor. a number of athletic events. tember, eighth grade science teacher ly love to play, but now we have no time Clinton offers multiple sports Mr. Richard Brown led the girls volley- at all. We really miss it and are scared opportunities, some of which require ball team in a number of scrimmages in we will fail at the tournament due to BY: VIOLA HSIA tryouts and others which aren’t compet- preparation for a tournament starting in having no gym time to practice.” The itive, and are only for recreational pur- December. This year, the Clinton High poses. The soccer club meets regularly Makenzi Fischbach, an 11th SEE PAGE 2 School welcomed another new club to its ever-growing collection of extracur- ricular activities: the Pre-Med Club. The JUNIORS’ CONFERENCES ARE Pre-Med Club hopes to educate students on some of the basic aspects of the field of medicine. STUDENT-LED “This is a club where you learn,” Bobbi Kurens, ninth grader and founder of the club, said. “If you want to learn, if you want to further your knowl- edge, this is definitely the club for that.” The Pre-Med Club was formed with the hope of teaching students about medicine and exposing them to the pro- fessional world of medicine. “I think it’s important that we have that knowledge in high school so that we are prepared for what college is going to bring for us, and we can decide what we want to major in and how med- ical school works,” 10th grader Chloe Djonovic and Pre-Med Club member said. Ninth grader Sammy Tan also re- SEE PAGE 2 Word on the Street “What’s your favorite thing to do over the holidays?” Mr. Tim Da- vid-Lang guidance counselor Maya Rader // Clinton Post staff “I like eating SLC | Parents wait for conferences outside of a third foor classroom. and I like being outdoors.” BY: MAYA RADER parent who attended a student-led conference Coyle also noted the long-term ben- with his daughter, remarked that the traditional efts of student-led conferences. She said, “I Ruby Najjar parent-teacher conference “doesn’t really give think it’s a really useful method to prepare This semester’s 11th grade parent eleventh grader conferences marked the frst at Clinton that you a lot of information, but this one, it really us for job or college interviews, and just help were student-led. Students and their parents kind of led into weaving everything together with speaking and being comfortable talking “I like to drink met with their advisory teacher for 20 minutes, in just a nice overall picture of how things are about yourself and your achievements and hot chocolate. during which the student spoke to their parents going and where she’s headed.” your weak points, which is kind of something Lots of hot choc- and teacher about their academic strengths and Yolanda Colon-Espinal, another that students, particularly our age, might not olate.” weaknesses. The meetings were meant to fo- parent and student-led conference attendee, be the most comfortable with.” cus on how the student is doing as a whole observed, “I like that it’s more time, so she Will there be student-led confer- Elssa Phillips instead of on numeric grades. can elaborate more on the topics.” 11th grader ences in the future? Ms. Cheryl Goett, Clinton tenth grader Shannon Coyle added, “It’s good to sit down upper grades director and assistant principal, Alison Haber, a Clinton parent who “I guess just attended a student-led conference with her and actually have a decent amount of time to responded, “Right now, I would foresee con- 11th grade daughter, said, “I liked it. I like the get into the meat of what you think could be tinuing this, but thinking about are there any spend times fact that my daughter was the one who was improved upon.” Traditional parent-teacher changes we need to make for the process for with friends and talking about her academic situation.” conferences are about fve minutes, while stu- family.” Kenneth Bernstein, another Clinton dent-led conferences are 20. SEE PAGE 2 NEWS, PAGE 3 OPINIONS, PAGE 4 OPINIONS, PAGE 5 ART & ENT, PAGE 6 New Dungeons & Dragons Club Is High School Really Preparing Help Save Santa’s Neighbors This Book-turner Reccomendations to Us For College? Holiday Season Get You Back Into Reading If you’re interested in escaping the social and academic troubles of high Teachers end up having to re- The holiday season is a time flled When balancing all of the respon- school during your Thursday lunch teach students skills like gram- with love and kindness: it’s a vital time sibilities of high school, it can be period, go to the library and check mar and note-taking because of year to take that giving spirit and hard to fnd time to read. Here’s a out the Dungeons & Dragons club to oftentimes, students don’t pick help not only the people, but the whole list of page-turners you’ll be sure delve into a fantasy world. them up the first time around. vast ecosystem that is our world. to get into. PAGE 2 NEWS Friday, December 1, 2017 Juniors’ Conferences Are Student-Led FROM PAGE 1 nice, and particularly nice when the kids are not doing so well. You kind of want to next term, or anything that could be done dif- see the teacher.” ferently to meet the needs of parents and stu- Shanna Mohan, an 11th grad- dents and teachers.” er, liked how the student-led conferences Ms. Goett noted that one down- gave the student a more active role to play. side to the student-led conferences is that She said that during the traditional par- parents may have wanted to see multiple ent-teacher conferences, when she is not teachers, instead of just their child’s advi- present at those conferences, “I feel like sory teacher. Kiara Espinal, Colon-Espi- sometimes the teachers might roast me and nal’s 11th grade daughter, agreed. Espinal I might not know it.” explained, “I think that if [my mom] were Mr. Eric Stanton, upper grades IB His- to see my other teachers, then it would tory and Theory of Knowledge teacher, reported have been more helpful to her, as to know that his student-led conferences were successful why I got a certain grade that I got.” in that “most of the students who came in for Alison Haber concurred, “She’s conferences with me for the student-led confer- in 11th grade, so we hardly have any con- ence were refective of who they are as students. Maya Rader // Clinton Post staff tact with the teachers as it is, so it’s always I think that all of them were honest about what their strengths are, as well as their weaknesses.” SLC| Parents wait for their conferences in the third foor hallway. Students Bring Life to New Pre-Med Club FROM PAGE 1 money from bake-sales or selling items,” Kurens stated. She also continued that she marked how she hopes the club will pre- hoped the club members will learn about pare her for the future as well. suturing, or performing stitches. “I think it will help me in the long The Pre-Med Club is not only run to help me become more prepared, so for students who are interested in pursu- I have some prior knowledge before I be- ing medicine as a career. Some students come a professional doctor,” she said. are there to learn certain life skills or get Besides preparing students for ahead in class. the future, the Pre-Med Club is also pre- “I’m not really interested in pur- paring for several projects in the future, suing medicine as a career, but I thought such as frst aid and CPR. that it could give me a head start in the “It’s just really benefcial in all next grade,” Hannert said. categories,” commented ninth grader When asked on why the Pre- Stella Hannert. Med Club is valuable for high schoolers, Thanks to the recent bake-sale Kurens explained that it helps teach stu- the club held in October, the club has dents about medicine and give them the funds to embark on even more complex ability to learn more about the feld. projects. Kurens stated, “I created this club “I want to buy a kit that teaches because I love medicine, and I love help- them how to start an IV, and they’re about ing people, and I wanted people to have Havah Bernstien // Clinton Post staff $100.00, and I think we can earn that that same opportunity as me to learn.” PRE-MED | The pre-med club meets in the science lab, pictured above.