By Meliza Angiano So what’s up with the schedule changing every year? I thought that Hubbard High School would finally finalize their schedule, but that thought changed towards the end of this school year. Wondering why it’s always changing, I interviewed Mr. Newman to find out why a change every year. He said that the administration presents the teachers with two schedules that they must vote on. Not only that, but he also gave us the reason to why it was changed previous years. “Two years ago division was at the beginning of the school day, every day, and students were not going to that class. That needed to change. The next year division was eliminated completely and many of the activities that we used to hold during division were also lost.” “The format of the school is not changing for next year. We will still have Wednesday division days and 50 minute classes on the other days.” “The only thing that might happen is that we would need to add 0 period or 9th period options for classes because we project our enrollment to increase and we do not have the space to have all of the students in classes at the same time without adding the potential for extra periods.” We don’t have it as difficult as other schools, such as Curie and Kennedy who start their 1st period at 7:30 in the morning (according to Mr. Newman) when there are students who participate in extracurricular activities or work and need to get to their jobs at a reasonable time. Knowing these thoughts of Mr. Newman I couldn’t stop myself from asking him what would his ideal schedule look like and he said. “I envision a school that is only 4 days a week with longer class periods.” Mr. Newman added, “That's right long weekends every week, but school would also go to about 5:00 every day. I would like to see school all year round. I believe we should start school earlier in August and have 1 week breaks throughout the school year instead of our current schedule where we start extremely late and don't get out until almost July. I believe in change as long as it has a purpose.”
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By Jose Hernandez
The truth about most schools is that students don’t really appreciate the hard working staff at their school. The hard working school’s staff, other than the teachers, should be appreciated for the tireless work they do. I am speaking for the lunch staff who cook and serve us our breakfast and lunch as well as the janitors that clean our school. They deserve the same respect as the teachers. Teachers get an appreciation day and it’s not fair that the rest of the staff does not. They should be more appreciated because without them, Hubbard students wouldn’t attend a good school. These staff members are as important as anyone else on the faculty. Imagine doing all their work and not getting a single thank you. Doesn’t seem so acceptable, right? The janitors and the lunch servers at school should be acknowledged at least once in a while for their hard work. Here at Hubbard we have a great lunch staff; the women and men work hard to give the students a great, healthy lunch. They all do their best to make sure no one is left without a meal. It wouldn’t hurt to tell them, “Thank you! I appreciate everything you’ve done for us.” By Marilu Gonzalez
The end of the school year is approaching. Everyone is excited about graduating and having a nice summer vacation. However, some students are struggling with serious debt. Karina Rodriguez (Div. 506) explains how she feels about it. “With all the excitement about prom and graduation, I forgot that I still owed $200 to the school.” Since she has a job, she says she doesn’t have a problem paying it off. Other students, however, are seriously struggling. Jorge Cifuentes (Div. 512) has paid off some of his debt, yet still owes $728! This debt has been growing since freshman year. “My debt is mostly my activity fees and temps,” he says. Jorge explained how he plans to pay it off. “Every check I get from my job will directly go towards my debt.” There’s a variation of debts from only $100 to $500 to $850! Every student with a debt plans to pay it off as soon as possible to enjoy their prom and graduation. Good luck to all the seniors with their serious debt! |
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