By Amber Ortiz
On March 25th, 2015, Ms. Kim, physics teacher, had her class conduct a strange class experiment. Ms. Kim wanted to put a spin on the lessons she teaches so she came up with the Egg Drop experiment. What’s that? Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like: dropping eggs. Now of course, they didn’t just drop the egg right out of the carton. She had the class split up into groups and create a way to keep the egg from cracking on impact. The students had the choice of a piece of the carton, cotton balls, inflated balloons, rubber bands, straws and plastic bags. Some students used all of the supplies and others didn’t. Once the groups had their egg all cushioned and ready to drop, group by group Ms. Kim took them out into the hall to drop the egg from the top of the third floor stairwell. Damian Gamez, Div. 515, and his group’s egg survived both the drops: the third floor stairwell and the third floor window drops. Damian said, “It was a very creative way to demonstrate what we learned in class. It was pretty fun.”
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By ShaKyla Grant
Hubbard students had an opportunity to attend an overnight trip to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa on March 8th, 2015. Admissions counselor of Luther College, Michael Elliot, said he has done these trips for over the past six years and “every time all of the participants have had a lot of fun, both on the bus and on campus”. Ambar Stewart, Div. 509, said “The college is not a good fit for me.” The only thing that interested her was the basketball program and the athletic training program. She said, “The campus was beautiful, but the school is too small, in the middle of nowhere, and the dorms were also too small.” She felt that it did not show what college life would really be like. On the other hand, Jonathan Cruz, Div.515, said, “I was excited to see what Luther College was like.” Jonathan felt that the trip helped him experience college life and what it is like to be away from home. What interested Jonathan was the food, environment, size of the school, and the campus. Jonathan will not be attending Luther College because he seeks an urban setting with lower tuition. The students had options to participate in student panel, which consisted of four first year freshman gathering in the lecture hall to discuss college life and their transitions into college. Although both students had different experiences and thoughts on the trip, they still have options and found the experience a great first step into choosing the right college. By Luis Calderon Ultimate Stock Trading Challenge on March 7, 2015. The event was held in much bigger stage this year: Soldier Field. The founder of Magnetar Youth Academy, Alec Litowitz, welcomed us and explained the rules. The first period had begun. We predicted the way the market was going to go and decided what stocks to invest in. The first period lasted thirty minutes and we were shown the school rankings in which we placed 17th. Our two new coaches came. As they took charge of the group conversation, you could tell this period was going to be something completely different. 2nd period had begun. Ahmad Mukdad, Div. 515, said, “The most impressive part for me was the way we handled the pressure during the most important periods.” After 25 minutes, the period ended. The rankings were updated . Hubbard was on top. We were now in command. During intermission, we were fed and had the honor of Mr. Akbar G. Biamila, former NFL player, speak to us. The last round commenced. We noticed the market showed clear signs it had no intentions of going down. After the period ended, Mr. Litowitz revealed that the market indeed had gone down. Another team member, Julian Alatriste, Div. 506, commented, “Although the team thought the market was going up, we were thrown a curveball.” Mr. Biamila announced third place and our moment of glory was upon us. Hubbard High School had placed in the Stock Challenge for the first time in school history. By Aidan Lira On March 5, 2015, Hubbard held the annual Black History Month Performance. It was organized and hosted by Mr. Patrick Benson. The performance displayed the arts and historic feature of African culture, rhythm, and dance. K-Love, Khari Lemuel, S.P.I.R.I.T.S Masquerade, and Drum Society were all part of the performance. The performance given by K-Love had an array of powerful wording and moving rhymes to persuade the entire auditorium with awe. The poetic march and indulging interlacement with the audience made the rows fill with excitement and life. K-Love spends her time teaching kids the perks of expressing themselves through spoken word poetry. Khari Lemuel fell in love with music through Chicago’s Classical Community; he also played with many youth orchestras and chamber ensembles. Brenda Barbosa, Div. 506, said, “The voice structure of both were angelic, as if they had vocals that came beyond the heavens.” With its spiritual energy and amazing high note reaches, the two had given an outstanding performance and interaction with the auditorium to reach their inner spirit and feel enlightened. S.P.I.R.I.T.S Masquerade and Drum Society was an interesting performance. The group was formed to establish an authentic, ancient but contemporary African style of masquerade art and showed the magic of music and mysticism of the culture. Last but not least, the third performance was given by a group called S.P.I.R.I.T.S Masquerade and Drum Society. Not only did the dance group give the teachers a glimpse of the dance and accelerated movement, it also gave a wonderful sensation of interaction of fun and festive laughs throughout the performance. |
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