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Valedictorian to study nursing at UMass Amherst

Salutatorian chooses Vanderbilt

DHS Salutatorian Emma Francis will be attending Van-derbilt University next fall, where she will double major in secondary education and math.

Francis attended Dedham Middle School for grades 6-8 and says that her transition from middle school to high school was a smooth one. With the help of sports and clubs, she was able to maintain her friends and make new ones.

“Everything is what you make of it,” Francis said when

discussing her four years at DHS. This philosophy is evdi-ent in her decision to take full advantage of the opportunities that were available. Francis filled her schedule with many AP courses throughout the years, including AP US History, Statistics, English Literature/Language, Physics, Psychology, and Calculus. Her strong work ethic led to many academic awards, including the Harvard Book Award and the Bausch + Lomb Honorary Science Award.

Throughout her time at DHS, Francis was also very ac-tive in extracurricular activities, such as track and field, cross country, and student govern-ment. She balanced all of this, while also working at Oscar’s in Dedham Square as a waitress.

Francis is known to be a star athlete at DHS. Her teammates often refer to her as the best runner on the team. This is be-cause of such accomplishments as setting the record for cross country home courts, being the best distance runner, and earning the title of captain for the cross counrty team and the winter and spring track teams. In addition, Francis was awarded with MVP for track and field and “Most Improved” in cross country.

Like all DHS students,

The DHS Class of 2018 is proud to have Katherine Bondar as their Valedictorian. Her sheer determination and commitment to academics and extracurriculars has caused her to not only succeed, but also to thrive. She embodies the principle that while it is impor-tant to do well academically, it is equally important to create great relationships and simply have fun during the best years of your life.

Bondar will be attending UMass Amherst this fall as a nursing major. Known to be self-less and always lending a helping hand, it is no wonder that she is choosing nursing as a profession.

“I volunteered at the New-ton Fire House Christmas Party for little kids with Katie and she dressed up as Anna from Frozen,”

remembered senior Julia Hunt. “She made all of the kids happy and was the star of day. The next year, every kid asked for Katie and wanted her to come back.”

Bondar credits her high school success in part to her tight-knit friendships. Speak-ing with her friends, it is clear the feeling is mutual.

“Katie is one of my smart-est, most caring, and entertaining friends,” said Hunt. “She is al-ways there when you need some-thing, and will always help you. She is the smartest person I know, but still manages to have fun with all her friends after completing all her school work. She’s defi -nitely someone you want around.”

Bondar is also a role model to her sister Megan, a sophomore at DHS.

“When I was younger, Ka-tie helped me train for the little kids’ James Joyce Ramble in our backyard. Even though the out-come didn’t really matter, she acted like my personal trainer be-cause I wanted to win so bad.”

Bondar has received numer-ous awards over the past four years, such as the Harvard Book Award, Highest Achievement in Mathematics, Society of Women Engineering Award, and consecu-tive Honor Roll. She was also a member of the National Honor Society, SADD, and Peer Leaders.

Aside from excelling in aca-demics, Bondar was also an ex-ceptional and renowned Dedham Marauder athlete, playing soccer, tennis, and running indoor track. She was awarded Most Improved

in soccer and MVP in tennis.When asked about her best

DHS memory, Katie cheer-fully answered, “Senior prom. It was the last time I got to see ev-eryone in my grade. The Cape house was really fun, and it was cool because it was at Gillette.”

Bondar’s name will go down in the books as the Class of 2018 Valedictorian, but this is defi -nitely not the last time DHS will hear about this future nurse. She is destined to accomplish tremen-dous things because of her positive outlook on life and the tenacious dedication to everything she does.

“I’m really glad that I went to high school in Dedham and that our grade got close, especially these last years. I wouldn’t have wanted to spend that time with anyone else.

Interim Principal James For-rest was appointed to helm DHS permanently in April by Superintendent Michael Welch. The school had been search-ing for a principal to replace Ron McCarthy after he ac-cepted a job in Florida follow-ing the 2016-17 school year.

A popular member of the staff since coming on board as assis-tant principal in 2010, Forrest is known for making friendly con-nections with the student body. When asked for his reaction to the hiring, senior Jonathan Cleve-land said, “He’s a cool dude. He understands our problems and interacts well with the students.”

The Mirror asked Forrest what distinguishes a prin-cipal from a vice principal.

“Surprisingly, it’s a lot dif-ferent,” he explained. “As prin-cipal, I am now the end of the line for making decisions. Also, the amount of attention I dedi-cate is much more heightened.”

Forrest admits that it will be challenging to maintain the same kind of relationships with stu-dents that he is used to, but will do his best to minimilize the gap.

“I fear that added responsi-bilities will cause me to be in my offi ce more. But I’ll fi ght to be out as much as I can. I need to focus on getting out, be-ing seen, and creating relation-ships with students and staff .”

Forrest named permanent principal

Francis studied under a multi-tude of nurturing teachers, but the one that particularly stuck out to her was the Head of the Math Department, Mrs. Hol-loran. Francis described her as “a very passionate teach-er who is very appreciative of her students’ hard work.”

When asked to give advice to her peers and underclass-men, Francis replied by say-ing, “Focus on the things you love to do instead of the things that everyone else is doing. In the end you’ll never regret do-ing what makes you happy, but you will regret following what others have done instead of do-ing what you truly want. Your hard work will truly pay off.”

Located in Nashville, Ten-nessee, Vanderbilt Univer-sity enrolls approximately 12,600 students from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 for-eign countries. The school’s distinguished alumni includes three Nobel Prize laureates.

From the bottom of the play-gorund slides at Greenlodge El-ementary School to the top of her class at DHS, Emma Fran-cis has surely made her mark on Dedham Public Schools. For years to come, students will look up to Emma as a role model and hope to follow in her footsteps.

By Hanna LittmarckMirror Staff

Senior Jonathan Cleveland poses with newly hired principal James Forrest.Photo by Mirror Staff

By Hanna LittmarckMirror Staff

By Godwinna Koroma-CokerMirror Staff

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2 Opinion

The Dedham Mirror

Opinion EditorJillian McGahan

Sports EditorAaron Weiner

Features EditorDanica Dignan

PhotographerJonathan Cleveland

Editor-in-ChiefKyra Tolley

AdviserJeff Nilsen

Reporters Audrey MorseJenna Nelson

Ashley SamonteHanna Littmarck

A&E EditorGodwinna Koroma-

Coker

CartoonistLourdes DeLeon

Managing EditorCaroline Goggin

When do we actually transition into adulthood?

By Jillian McGahanOpinion Editor

Are web fi lters at schools too restrictive?By Lauren McElhinneyMirror Correspondent

Students at DHS and numer-ous other schools get frustrated on a daily basis because of all the web fi lters on their school laptops or iPads. Understandably, the pow-ers that be have the power to block certain websites they feel are in-appropriate. However, are web fi lters at schools too restrictive?

A web fi lter is a program that can screen an incoming web page to determine whether some or all of it should not be displayed to the user. The fi lter checks the origin or content of a web page against a set of rules set by the people who have installed the program.

These fi lters are agreeably necessary to prevent students from accessing inappropriate websites and other things that they shouldn’t be viewing. If a student is continuously playing games or attempting to visit in-appropriate sites, it’s undoubt-

edly the school’s job to keep them from doing so. It’s not fair to the teachers who are trying to teach, or to the students who are trying to learn to be distracted by such nonsense. The school also has a responsibiltiy to protect its stu-dents - even from themselves.

But I believe there should be middle ground. It can be very annoying when I need to research something and a web-site is blocked for apparently no reason. In some cases, these fi lters are keeping me from ac-cessing the information that I need to complete an assignment.

For example, in one of my classes we are required to write a fi lm review every term. The most comprehensive and use-ful website for reaserching this kind of assignment is IMDB (In-ternet Movie Database), which is blocked by the fi lters. There are also fun websites like Cool Math games that allow me to review simple math as well as

play a game. Websites like these, that are not only harmless but uselful, should not be blocked.

I represent a large seg-ment of the student body that never goes on questionable websites or plays games when I should be learning, so I feel I’m sometimes unfairly paying the price for the rulebreakers.

If a student is playing loud music in class, viewing inap-propriate videos or pictures, or violating the user policy in other ways, then maybe the fi l-ters should be individually set instead of across the board.

Many students here at DHS would like to know why seeming-ly harmelss yet helpful websites are inaccesible to them. Perhaps the most productive and logical solution would be to set up a series of meetings between concerned students, administraton, and the school technology department to see if we can fi nd middle ground that would satisfy all parties.

Age is no guarantee of maturity. In the United States, you are allowed to watch adult movies when you’re 17, drink alcohol at the age of 21, and can vote and join the military at 18 - the age when you’re considered a legal adult.

But when are you actually an adult? The commonly ac-cepted transition to “adulthood” seems to be when you get a job, move out of your parents’ house, get married and have kids.

In the United States, how-ever, people are getting mar-ried and having kids later in

life, so it appears the moment of transition is optional. Psy-chologists even talk of a period of prolonged adolescence, or emerging adulthood, that lasts into our 20s. According to a recent article in The Atlantic, when people take a long time to get a job, move out of their parents’ house, get married, and have kids, it is reason to sus-pect that they haven’t grown up, that they are still kids trying on their parents’ shoes, so to speak.

Another way to measure adulthood is through the ma-turity of the body. There is a point when you stop develop-ing physically. But just because you’ve reached sexual maturity, doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve stopped growing. Skeletal de-velopment has been a measure of maturity for centuries. Wis-dom teeth, for example, typi-cally emerge between 17 and

21. So, unfortunately, bodily transitions provide little help in defining the point of adulthood.

According to Laurence Steinberg, one of the world’s leading experts on adolescence, the brain is pretty much done developing around the age of 22 or 23. If your brain isn’t fully developed, it’s suspected that you can’t make rational deci-sions. In other words, you’re still a child. Neuroscientists, though, are discovering that the brain is still “plastic” (mal-leable, changeable) throughout life, which means that brain development does not necessar-ily define you as a child or not.

Cultural transitions can also be considered. Many cul-tures have coming-of-age cer-emonies, such as the Hispanic Quinceañera, the Jewish Bar Mitzvah, or the Catholic Sac-rament of Confirmation, where

children emerge as adults. Of course, these ceremonies are meant to be symbolic and do not necessarily produce mature, in-dependent young men and wom-en. They are also not recognized as legal signifiers of adulthood by the American government.

According to American law, you are an adult at the age of 18. Whether or not that’s really true is highly debatable. It’s com-monly believed by most students that you become an adult when you graduate high school, and that college life is the first step to adulthood and independence.

But it’s just that - a first step. There are many more to take. Perhaps you are only truly an adult when you are ready to stand on your own and accept responsibility for your own life. While some may be ready to do this at 18, others aren’t in any hurry to face the music.

DHS Moments...

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3Features

A general feeling of nervous-ness and excitement was shared among DHS parents and students as the attendees of the school trip to France and Italy waited to board a fl ight from Boston to Munich.

We departed Logan around 5 p.m. U.S. time and arrived at Mu-nich at 6 a.m. European time, miss-ing a whole night of sleep. From there, we had a short fl ight to Paris, arriving at around noon. Upon land-ing in Paris, the trip was already in full force, as we only had time to change into nicer clothes before we

were off to the Arc de Triomphe. Similar to Boston and New York City, the main mode of transpor-tation in Paris was by the Metro, but unlike other cities, we were warned heavily about pickpock-ets, being told to keep our purses and wallets close to us at all times.

At the top of the Arc de Tri-omphe, we could see all of Paris, including the Eiff el Tower. That day, and for the rest of the trip, students got to choose where they ate for lunch. Later, we visited the Notre Dame, and then for dinner we ate pizza and were all amazed at the tiny portions. The rest of our time in Paris consisted of visiting the Louvre with the famous Mona Lisa and visiting the Eiff el Tower both in the day time and night time, and we were even lucky enough to see the Tower lit up at night.

From Paris, we travelled to Nice, France on one of the fast-est trains in Europe, despite tak-

ing 6 hours to get there. When we started walking through Nice, we were amazed to see all of the multi-colored buildings and roads, it was almost like walking around in a Dr. Seuss book. In addition to beauti-ful architecture, there was beauti-ful fl owers and palm trees planted throughout the city. Some students even got a chance to go to the beach and dip their feet into the Mediter-ranean sea. While we were stay-ing in Nice, we also got a chance to visit a perfume factory and see how perfume is made. After the perfume factory, we visited Mo-naco which less than na hour away from Nice. Monaco had beauti-fully colored buildings and was sur-rounded by clear blue sea. There, we ate lunch and shopped while taking in the beautiful scenery.

We were all sad to be leav-ing Nice, but also very excited to be going to Florence. We made a pit stop in Pisa to visit the Leaning

By Caroline GogginManaging Editor

What was your favorite subject in school?Physiology. When you were younger, what did you want to be?An architect for a long time. I also thought about being a police offi cer, or a professional athlete Who is your favorite singer /artist?Kenny Chesney Cats or dogs?Dogs.What piece of advice would you have for the incoming freshmen?To get involved (in the school), spend extra time with your teach-ers for help, but also to get to know them, and to take a deep breath ev-ery once in awhile.What is your favorite meal of all time?Boiled lobster or steamed clams.Where is your favorite place to va-cation?Mattapoisett.

How do you remember all of your students names?I have always had a good knack of remembering names. I just try to to connect them to something. Prom contract season is a good time to get to know a student and see their name. I catch their name and repeat it to myself a couple of times.If you were given a superlative in high school, what would it have been?Most athletic- I actually got this.What song do you know all the lyr-ics to?I know the words to most country songs.What has your favorite thing been about being a principal, so far?I love the fact that I have an over-arching responsibility for the kids to support them and to help them move through DHS in a forward di-rection. I don’t like that, as a princi-pal, I spend less time with the kids.

[because I have more responsibili-ties] Are there any changes you would like to see in the school, if so what are they?We need to do a better job of talk-ing about where people come from. This year, 15 kids moved here from Puerto Rico, and we didnt talk about it as much as we should have. We need to do a better job with cultural profi ciency, making sure we are meeting the needs of all students.What is one fun thing you are planning to do this summer?I’m going to Maryland at the end of July for a family reunion.What is a fun fact about yourself?My wife and I were featured on the Travel Channel. We were on an island, fi lm people came to us and asked us to describe the view. We were featured on an episode about the world’s 10 most romantic is-lands.

Caroline’s “Fritaly” Travel Diary

Prom ‘18The 2018 Junior/Senior Prom

was held at the Putnam Club Lounge inside Gillette Stadium on May 18. Students gathered for photo oppor-tunities at the Endicott Estate before the event.

Tower of Pisa, and yes, we took THOSE pictures. In Florence we were treated to a three course meal, which we were going to have to get used to after having the small portions in France. The sightsee-ing in Florence showed us beau-tiful sculptures and architecture, such as the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower. and we even got to see the place where Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Our last stop on the trip was Rome. We got to visit the Colosse-um as well as other ruins from the ancient city. It felt weird to think of how thousands of years ago the ancient Romans were walking on the same roads we were and living among the ruins we were looking at.

It was sad to leave, but we will forever have the memories, the pic-tures, the stories, and most impor-tantly, the experience of getting to travel to a place that most of us had never been with old friends and new.

By Danica DignanFeatures Editor

DHS European travelers take a break during their walking tour of Siena, Italy. Photo by Victoria Horard

Mirror Q&A: Principal James Forrest

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The Dedham Mirror Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Senior DestinationsMassachusetts

AssumptionBecker College

BentleyBunker Hill

Bridgewater State Uni-versity

Curry CollegeFitchburg State Uni-

versityFramingham State

UniversityGordon College

Mass BayMassachusetts College

of Art and DesignMCPHS - Massachu-setts College of Phar-macy & Health Sci-

encesMassachusetts Mari-

time AcademyMerrimackMiddlesex

Northeastern Univer-sity

Quinnipiac UniversitySalem State University

Simmons CollegeStonehill College

Suffolk University UMass Amherst

UMass Boston UMass Dartmouth

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Westfield State Uni-versity

Worcester PolytechnicWorcester State Uni-

versity

New HampshireUNH Durham

Keene State College

New YorkRensselaer Polytechnic

InstituteSyracuse

VermontChamplain College

Saint Michael’s Col-lege

South CarolinaCoastal Carolina

University of South Carolina

North CarolinaUNC Wilmington

ColoradoUniversity of Denver

IllinoisDepaul University

TennesseeVanderbilt

ConnecticutUConn

AlabamaUniversity of Alabama

KentuckyKentucky Christian

Rhode IslandJohnson and WalesProvidence College

URI

MaineUniversity of New

England

CanadaMcGill University

Graduates join-ing the military:

2%

Graduates at-tending college:

87%

Largest School: McGill University 40,971 students enrolled

Farthest School: University of Den-

ver1,977 miles away

Smallest School: Kentucky Chris-tian University

613 students enrolled

Graduates taking a gap year: 2%

Graduates going into the work-

force: 3%

Most DHS Stu-dents: Mass Bay Community Col-lege and UMass

Amherst

Closest to Home: Curry College

Milton, MA3.9 miles away

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52018 Class Offi cers

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Maeve O’Connor Olivia Brancato Abby JenestAndrew Czazasty

What was your favorite memory of being a class offi cer?People let you go in front of them in the lunch line (being the senior class president does come with its perks).

Favorite memory of high school?Dolores, my friends, and DHSGVL bus rides!

Best advice to underclassmen?Work hard because it pays off , but also take time for yourself and don’t stress too much!

Biggest regret?Never taking a yoga class.

Best advice to underclassmen?Everything happens for a reason. Life goes on, so don’t stress :)

Most embarrassing moment from high school?I saw Mr. Forrest at Disney World one year, and my mom made me take a picture with him that ended up all over Facebook.

Dumbest reason for getting in trouble?Coming in late too many times.

What do you plan to study in col-lege?A major in nursing with a minor in Spanish.

Favorite class taken?Sophomore year English with Mrs. Carten.

Most challenging subject through-out high school?History.

Favorite teacher?Mrs. Tucci.

What was your favorite memory of being a class offi cer?Organizing the big events like Prom at Gillette.

If there was one thing you could do over from high school, what would it be?I would have gotten more involved freshman year.

Most challenging subject through-out high school?Science.

Favorite teacher?Ms. Hellman, Mr. Rouse, and Mrs. Vega.

Most embarrassing moment from high school?Going to the cafe with Fiona during my fi rst X-block of Freshman year and Mr. Forrest having to tell us that it’s only for seniors.

What do you plan to study in col-lege?Early Childhood Special Education.

Favorite memory of high school?Getting ice cream with my friends, and doing the puzzle in the library!

Favorite class taken?Photography.

What was your favorite memory of being a class offi cer?Helping plan fun events, promoting the senior musical, and fi nding out Prom was at Gillette!

What will you miss the most about high school?I’ll miss my friends the most!

What TV/movie best describes your high school experience?Titanic - my grades were great in the beginning, but by the end they sank.

Favorite teacher?Mr. Springer.

What was the biggest challenge of being a class offi cer?Sometimes you try to make every-body happy, but it doesn’t make anybody happy.

If there was one thing you could do over from high school, what would it be?Every season of sports. They were all so much fun.

What will you miss the most about high school?Yelling “GO!” and “MOVE!” at the top of my lungs for every swim and track meet (and occasionally in the lunch line).

Best advice to underclassmen?Freshman and sophomore year grades matter!

Most embarrassing moment from high school?Having to dress up as a mattress freshman year for a lacrosse fund-raiser.

What do you plan to study in col-lege?Pharmacy (a lot of math and chem-istry).

What do you dislike most about high school?Math and chemistry.

What will you miss the most about high school?Seeing everyone I’ve know for the past 12 years every day.

What was your favorite memory of being a class offi cer?Going to the senior cookout as a junior offi cer. It was a great bonding experience and really got us excited for our senior year.

What do you plan to study in col-lege?Nursing.

Dumbest reason for getting in trouble?Asking to borrow a marker from someone.

What was the biggest challenge of being a class offi cer?Trying to make all 164 students happy and getting people to pay their class dues.

Favorite teacher?Mrs. Harrington.

Best advice to underclassmen?Work hard every year. Don’t wait till senior year to try and make up for the grades you may have gotten as an underclassmen.

Favorite memory of high school?Being a class offi cer. I feel like it gave me the push I needed to keep working hard all of my senior year.

Favorite class taken?Anatomy.

What did you dislike most about high school?Getting up early.

If there was one thing you could do over from high school, what would it be?Push myself to take harder classes.

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A&E

Let’s face it, everybody loves candy, and sometimes just go-ing to CVS and buying a candy bar isn’t enough to get your sugar fi x. That’s why we now have IT’SUGAR located at Legacy Place just next to Victoria’s Secret.

As you may remember, once upon a time Sugar Heaven used to be the hot candy store in Dedham. Well, as of today, Sugar Heaven is out and IT’SUGAR is in. Founded in 2006 by Jeff Rubin, IT’SUGAR describes itself as a modern-day playground that satisfi es every-

body’s sweet tooth. Starting in At-lantic City, New Jersey, IT’SUGAR now has over 100 locations world-wide employing over 1,000 em-ployees in headquarters and retail.

Walking into IT’wSUGAR, I saw that there were diff erent tables set up with buckets of candy on them with bags to fi ll with candy. The can-dy was separated by categories. For example, one table had gummy bears and worms, while another would have diff erent types of chocolate. I found this very useful because someone

could walk in and fi nd exactly what they were looking for depending on what satisfi es their sweet tooth.

Initially when I walked in I did not want to get gummy bears, but as soon as I saw the wide selec-tion of fl avors from strawberry to mango to pineapple, I was instantly tempted. I ended up putting some watermelon and pineapple gummy bears into my bag, but before I did that, I had to check how much this would cost. I looked at the sign and saw that it was only around $3 for

a quarter-pound of candy and $6 for half a pound of candy, and seeing those prices made me more confi -dent to stuff that bag with candy. After grabbing my gummy bears I then proceeded to fi ll my bag with M&Ms, Starbursts, Hershey Kiss-es, Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cups, and Smarties, all for only $6.

After I fi lled my bag, I began to look around the store looking at the diff erent candies they off ered. I was amazed as I looked upon giant lollipops and gummy bears and then disturbed as I saw that there were crickets and scorpion lollipops being sold as candy. One word: disgusting.

One product in particular that caught my attention was the Brown Lunch Bag, which was a brown paper bag, similar to the ones our lunches were packed in as kids, ex-cept instead of containing a sandwich it contained various types of candy such as lollipops and bubble gum. Sounds like a pretty solid lunch to me.

By Caroline GogginManaging Editor

The much anticipated new album from the Arctic Mon-keys is fi nally here. After 5 years since the release of AM, which some say was their “big break,” Tranquility Base Hotel and Ca-sino was released on May 11.

Although the album has been number one on the UK charts since its release, the group has been under a lot of fi re from their dedicated fans. While critically accalimed, fans were initially surprised by the

By Godwinna Koroma-CokerA&E Editor

bands change in sound. They’ve since come around, however.

The album opens with “Star Treatment”. On fi rst listen, I was a little taken aback, but with the help of Turner’s quirky lyrics like “So who you gonna call? The mar-tini police,” the vibe of the song settled in. The more I listened to the track, it slowly trekked its way into one my favorites.

The next track titled “One Point Perspective” continues with the recurring keyboards that made its debut on the album’s opening track. It takes third place on my favorite songs of the album, but will probably be-come an Arctic Monkeys classic.

“American Sports” could be considered a jewel. With its moody and dystopian vibes, it seems to be a sequel to “Star Treat-ment”. On fi rst listen, I found the song to sound a little weird and it reminded me of some of their past song “Dance Little Liar”.

Next was the title track, “Tranquility Base Hotel and Ca-

sino. The song automatically pulled me in with the strong bass line played by one of my favor-ite bassists, Nick O’Malley. The song perfectly depicts the group’s current period, while still leav-ing remains of their old sound.

“Golden Trunks” is fi lled with Matt Helders’ harmonies and per-cussions. At fi rst listen, this song was not really my cup of tea, but as I listened closely to the lyrics, I fell in love with it. It carries hints of a love song, but its dystopian sounds leave a bigger imprint.

The sixth song off the album is titled “Four out of Five” and is hands down my favorite. With a catchy chorus and amazing hook, the song is the most popular off the album and has ranked #1 on the Apple Music “Alternative” and “Rock” charts. I love every-thing about this song from the lyr-ics to the instrumental especially Cook’s catchy guitar playing. The song criticises the ways of the world and how humans focus on many diff erent things at once in-

stead appreciating only on one. The next track, “The World’s

First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip,” is hilarious. Its theme of social media and clickbait me-dia is greatly hidden by the witty and hilarious title that eas-ily caught my attention and made this song rank in my top fi ves.

“Science Fiction” is a track that defi nitely stands out from the others. It represents the album in a dull and minor way. This song car-ries some of my favorite Turner lyrics ever “I want to make a sim-ple point about peace and love, but in a sexy way so it’s not obvious.” Turner says that the instrumental was inspired by famous direc-tor Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

“She Looks Like Fun” of-fers a taste of past songs by the group and takes me back to their older album AM with a slight twist of their newer sound.

“Batphone” is a continu-ation of the theme established on “She Looks Like Fun” and “The World’s First Ever

Monster Truck Front Flip”. In a recent inerview, Turner

stated that he thought the line in “Pitch Fork” (I launch my fra-grance called Integrity/I sell the fact that I can’t be bought) might get him into trouble because the perfume does not actually exist.

Finally the album wraps up with “ The Ultracheese,” which is their biggest ballad yet. In a sense, it is similar to AM’s “No 1 Party Anthem”, but dif-ferent from others like “505” from Famous Worst Nightmare.

On fi rst listen, I was a little shocked and found it to be a lot diff erent from their past releas-es. While I thought they would stay true to their original sound and continue with the vibes that the popular AM gave, they com-pletely took more of a 130 than 180 turn with their new tracks. I have listened to this album over 20 times and still haven’t got-ten tired of it yet. I can honeslty say that I love it. I can not wait to see them live! 10/10 stars.

Dining with Caroline: IT’SUGAR

Lights, camera, action! The 13th Annual DHS Me-dia Film Festival and Scully Awards were held in the James Dunne Auditorium on May 16.

The 13th Annual Scully Awards recognizes creative student fi lmmakers

The student nominees were all in the spotlight on the big night, as their videos were screened for an audience made up of mem-bers of the Dedham community.

The hosts for the evening were Sophia McShea and Jay Sha-

nahan. Their comical exchange made the festival delightful and filled the air with laughter.

There were 11 categories of videos presented throughout the night, including a few new ones. The first one was Best Middle School Video. The winner was “The Making Of A Nightmare,” produced, written, and directed by Makayla Cooke, Caroline Flanagan, and Rileigh Kelley. Best Mock Commercial - Win-ner: “Employmints,” produced, written, and directed by Calvin Peterson. Best Live Game Show - Win-ner: “Disney Trivia,” written by Aliana Castillo, produced by Oliver Kaskeski and Jay Sha-nahan. Directed by Seraphim Battstone.

Best Silen Film - Winner: “In-spiration,” produced by Rachel Bradley, Best Genre Shifting Movie Trailer - Winner: “Star Wars,” produced by Jay Shanahan. Best Visual Poem - Winner: “Technology Transforms,” written by David Morneau and produced by Tyler Vo. Best Live Commercial - Win-ner: “Poseidon,” written by Aaron Weiner, produced by Johnny Diaz and Andrew Salas. Directed by Joseph Ray. A Best Depiction Of A Poem- Winner: “Our Generation,” written by Jordan Nichols and produced by Nicole Crisafulli. Best Stop Motion Anima-tion - Winner: A first time tie between “Heads,” produced by

MaryKate Aucoin and ‘A Quick Lovestory,” produced by Lori Nguyen and Maeve O’Connor. Best Promo - Winner: “Harry Styles,” produced by Maryellen Lyman. Best Music Video - Winner: “You Are A Runner, And I Am My Father’s Son,” written by Wolf Parade. Edited by Madi-son DeFelice. Best Logo - Winner: Sopho-more Kara Kilroy.

“The film festival was re-ally fun,” said film teacher and festival organizer Sue Scully. We had a larger turnout this year which was nice to see. The kids work really hard all year and it’s great to see their work displayed on the big screen for everyone to see.”

Other than candy, IT’SUGAR is lined with diff erent gifts to get for friends and family, such as decorative mugs and wine glasses and stuff ed animals. IT’SUGAR also sells T-shirts, including their own signature brand that fea-tures 50’s icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley pho-toshopped to look like they are blowing bubbles or eating candy.

To be quite honest, I don’t have any complaints about this store. It was clean and was deco-rated to give a modern appeal twwo visitors. Also, unlike it predeces-sor, Sugar Heaven, IT’SUGAR is much more organized and easier to shop in than Sugar Heaven. Also, IT’SUGAR off ers much more op-tions for candy than Sugar Heaven.

If you are ever chill-ing at home and craving some-thing sweet, I highly recom-mend stopping by IT’SUGAR for all of your sugary needs.

Jillian McGahanOpinion Editor

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DHS fi lm students are honored at the Annual Scully Award Festival.

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Photo courtesy of Sue Scully

The Dedham Mirror • Tuesday, June 12, 2018

7Sports Senior Spring Sports Captains

Nick MercuriBen Dean

Jason Leonard

“Our senior captains did an admirable job leading the team and have per-formed well. They are a major reason for our success.” -Griffi n O’Connor,

10

Ashley GilardeMaeve Bolotte

Alyssa Wisniewski

“The captains have shown great leadership this year by bringing the team together as a family. They are great role models and really fun to be

around.” -Ally Flagg, 10

Olivia BrancatoMonica Laff erty

“Monica and Liv are good people to have around and always give us a good laugh during good times and bad. I will miss them both when they

are off in college.” -Audrey Morse, 10

Jack Matthews

“Jack is a player that plays with heart. Lacrosse is a physical game where you have to be tough and that is exactly what Jack portrays. He’s a strong

leader who does everything right on and off the fi eld.” -Mikey Littmarck, 11

Alyssa CasaliKatherine BondarShanaya Theodore

“The tennis captains have shown great leadership both this year and last. We appreciate their eff ort to keep the team organized and making sure we

have fun.” -Hanna Littmarck, 10

Baseball

Softball

Girls Lacrosse

Boys Lacrosse

Girls Tennis

Senior Spring Sports Captains

Girls TrackBooster Club Most Improved Award - Alondra MsallemMarianne Butler Memorial MVP Award - Julia Hunt

Boys TrackBooster Club Most Improved Award - Kehinde SangoyoyinBooster Club MVP Award - Michael Brennan

TrackFairbairn/Smith Award Outstanding Female Track Athlete - Emma Fran-cisE.T. Peterson Award Outstanding Male Track Athlete - Daniel Labadini

Boys Lacrosse Booster Club Coaches Award - Sam McgregorBooster Club MVP Award - Reid Slavin

Girls Lacrosse Booster Club Most Improved Award - Callie TurnerBooster Club Unsung Hero Award - Jenna HacheBooster Club MVP Award - Madison RellaDedham Girls Lacrosse Coaches Award - Ciara Heff ernan

Girls SoftballDedham Girls Softball Most Improved Award - Ashley GilardeMargaret Antonuccio Unsung Hero Award - Molly Egan

Dedham Girls Softball Coaches Award - Gianna SciarappaItalian American Citizens Club MVP Award - Madeline Friday

Boys Baseball Leo F. Collins Sportsmanship Award - Ben DeanA. Everett Aldrich Memorial Leadership Award - Nicolas MercuriDedham Youth Baseball CO-MVP Award - Griffi n O’Connor and Jason LeonardDedham Baseball Coaches Award - David Logan

Boys TennisJoseph Devirgilio Memorial Most Improved Award - Nicholas HarringtonDave Driscoll Memorial MVP Award - Pedro Luchi

Girls TennisMike Flanagan Most Improved Award - Danielle GuilfoyleDon Parr CO-MVP Award - Hanna Littmarck

All SportsMichael Hasenfus Unsung Hero Award - Leah Goff redoSteve Mueller Sportsmanship Award - Daniel LabadiniJoseph Nagle Citizen Athlete Award - Alannah Heff ernanJack Heaphy Double E Award for Extra Eff ort (Girls) - Jessica FlynnJack Heaphy Double E Award for Extra Eff ort (Boys) - Daniel LabadiniWendell Clement Female Athlete of the Year Award - Julia HuntWendell Clement Male Athlete of the Year Award - Jonathan Cleveland

Booster Club Awards Banquet Spring 2018

Boys TennisEvan Landry

Nick Harrington

“Evan and Nick have been great role models for the rest of the tennis team and we’re going to miss them very much.”

-Aaron Weiner, 11

Alannah Heff ernan Katherine Flynn Emma Francis Leah Goff redo Julia Hunt Jessica Flynn Kathryn Hayes Kalyn Ashby

“Our captains are very supportive of everyone on the team and they bring a positive attitude to the team.” -Jillian McGahan, 11

Daniel LabidiniRoss Dylan

John Keaney

“They’re probably the best people I’ve ever met, and the best for the job. We’re all going to miss them.” -Stephen Rumpp, 11

Girls Track

Boys Track