The Point - May 16, 2014

PoincianaPoint.comVol. 4 Issue 5 2300 S. Poinciana Blvd. Kissimmee, FL 34758May 16, 2014

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2014 Senior Edition

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Arlene RoqueEditor in Chief

Rebecca PierreEditor at Large

Sierra BarberManaging Editor

STAFF Brandon Agront

Eunice CruzMarybeth CruzJeffrey EspinalAlyssa JaimeEmily Kersey

Jose LugoMilanie McKie

Jasmine MercadoFaviana Montalvo

Ange NoelOmadai Ramawad

Maritza ReyesAiyana Ruiz

Randy SantosElijah ThelusmaClarisa Vazquez

Katrina Wickham

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TESTING: AdvancedPlacement Testing

Senior Week

Senior Exams

Spring Football Game

Memorial Day

Senior Awards

Senior Meeting

Senior Graduation Practice

PHS Graduation

Last Day of School

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This dress up day is for seniors.





This test is for students in AP classes.

Various theme dress up days.

Senior exam days are regular school days. Seniors are expected to attend all day.

For more information see Coach Mathis.

Student holiday. No school.

For more information contact Mrs. Barnes.

This events is for seniors.

For more information contact Mr. Thompson.

This event is at 1875 Silver Spur Ln., Kissimmee, FL 34744

Summer Break begins.

2014-15 School Year Begins.

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NewsMay 2014

PHS to compete in Kansas

Apple Awards

Terry Hamilton Tina Bailey Joel Rivera“Ms. Hamilton always goes above and beyond to create lessons that are engaging and challenging for our

students.”

“Ms. Bailey is not “just the bookkeeper” but an employee that is always

helping others and assist-ing with any other “job

duties”

“Mr. Rivera is always happily helping others and provides excellent support to our students while also helping with lunch duty

everyday.”

Apple Awards is brought to you by the PHS administrative team to recognize excellence and success among Poinciana’s faculty and staff.

Eunice Cruz & Arlene RoqueNews Reporters

Poinciana High School’s very own eagles will be traveling to Kansas next month to compete on the national level in the areas of construction and design in SkillsUSA. The national contest comes on the heels of a state competition held in Pensacola in May, in which 7,000 students from across the state convened for the annual Skill-sUSA Competition. Students are challenged in several concentrations, including construction, culinary, design, drafting and nursing. This competition is three days of rigorous work. Poinciana High School dispatched many students from five areas of study, with a total of eight students awarded first, second or third place. The first place win-ners, all four of them, continue to compete on the national level, which will be in Kansas City, Kansas, next month. The four students to win first place are: Araleck De’la Cruz in Building Mainte-nance, Brandon Lontz and Shawn Will-helm in Team Works, and Josue Cordero in

T-Shirt design. Construction Instructor Irwin Inwood, who manages the SkillsUSA competition for PHS, said that Kansas is bigger than just Poinciana High School. “It feels fantastic to go to Kansas because we can showcase our students’ abilities and skills,” Inwood, who brought SkillsUSA to PHS last year. “It’s not only the school represented, the students repre-

sent Florida.” Going to SkillsUSA for the first time, Josue Cordero worked long hours to pre-pare for the competition. To prepare, they learned different software and conducted research. All that hard work paid off at the end as he won first place in his category and will be heading off to nationals. Brandon Lontz and Shawn Willhelm were in the category of Team Works, in which they worked in a group of 3 and built a mini bathroom that consisted of plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and ma-sonry. In nationals, they will be building and managing a house from top to bottom, a much greater task than they faced on the state level. “It was a very exciting learning experi-ence,” said Lontz. “I had a lot of fun and had a good time.” Araleck De'la Cruz, who will be com-peting in Building Maintence in Kansas, didn't think he had much of a chance. “I didn’t expect to win,” said De’la Cruz. “I knew there were others more ex-perienced in the competition and felt that I didn’t have a chance. I feel so accom-plished to have won.”

Photographer Eunice Cruz

Josue Cordero won first place last month with the T shirt design here.

Photographer Maritza Reyes

Auto Instructor Anthony Price (center) shows students a recent purchase.

Katrina WickhamReporter Poinciana High School’s Autotomative Department has been detailing, washing and repairing the vehicles of students and faculty all year long and the money raised has went to the purchase of a new car – at least new for them. The auto department purchased a 1989 Chevrolet Camero for $800, said Anthony Price, the auto instruc-tor. “This car just needs some tender love and care,” Price said.

Auto Dept. Buys Car for $800

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Out: FCAT; In: Common CoreAiyana Ruiz News Reporter

For almost two decades, Florida students have prepared for a different test than students from all other states. Students in the Sunshine State have been re-quired to pass a state assessement in order to graduate, but all that is about to change. The state assessment, the Florida Comprehensive Assess-ment Test, or FCAT, has been administered to students several times throughout their educa-tional career. After seventeen years, how-ever, Florida students and teach-ers say their final goodbyes to the standardized test and hello to Common Core, a set of national standards rolling out next year. Faviana Montalvo, a fresh-man at Poinciana High School, has been taking the FCAT since the third grade. She says the tests have not been particularly hard nor easy and is somewhat indif-ferent. “I think the tests have been like any other tests I’ve taken, just applying what you’ve learned and using the skills on the test,” Montalvo said. In place of the FCAT, launch-ing next year, students will instead take Common Core stan-dardized tests, along with the 45 other states that adopted the new standards.

Florida retires FCAT after 17 years, implements new test known as Common Core School administrators say Common Core was created by some of the best minds in the country, the highest interna-tional standards, and evidence and expertise about educational outcomes. The new test will be “cleaner and easier to understand,” said Poinciana Assistant Principal Michael Meechin, who added that Common Core is simply a group of states coming together to create common standards for students. “For the first time ever there will be comparable data between states,” he said. Common Core will include math, reading and writing. The math portion will involve mainly algebra I and geometry, Meechin said. The new test has stirred a scare in a number of students. Montalvo, for example, said she heard that Common Core is much more difficult than the FCAT. PHS junior Kassandra Ramos believes the negative rumors are true after New York students took the Common Core test. The re-sults showed that only 30 percent received a proficient or higher score. “I personally think it’s a waste of time,” Ramos said. “It’s set up for 70 percent of students to fail.” It doesn’t make sense to take a test designed for the failure of more than half the student body,

she said. Meechin says, “Change is always scary. It’s going to be different, but you shouldn’t fear failure.” Devyani Balladin, who is the head guidance counselor at PHS, believes the fear over Common Core is overblown. “As long as students are doing their work and really trying to understand the concepts in class, I think that students will be fine,” Balladin said. Students in danger of failing should ask for help and take ad-vantage of the resources offered at school, she said. Montalvo says she was used to the FCAT and its format after taking the test her entire life. Now, with Common Core, she said she is worried and feels unprepared. “I don’t think teachers are as ready [to teach the curriculum] as they were for FCAT,” Montalvo said. However, she doesn’t think Common Core is all bad. “People can see what they ac-tually need to work on,” she said. Ramos said it will be more effective at preparing younger students for college because they

have more time to prepare, but not for current high school stu-dents for which Common Core is just being “thrown at them”. Ramos, who graduates next year, is glad she won’t have to take the test. She doesn’t think she would have done well, but

she is curious as to what score she would have received. Montalvo predicts this shift will motivate

students to try harder and study more, thus preparing them for the kinds of tests they will take in college. Meechin said students in Florida will be better prepared to compete with other states’ students if they decide they want to go to college out of state. “My job is to make sure instruction is on par for students to do whatever they want to do,” Meechin said. Balladin adds that teachers have been trained on Common Core for the last two years and that this training will continue. “Our teachers are talented and

I’m sure they can prepare [stu-dents] for anything,” she said. Teachers will have to make changes, and teach at a much higher level, school officials said. “This requires us as a school to prepare our students,” said Meechin. Teachers will begin to ask “higher order thinking questions, always asking why,” according to Meechin. The purpose of the shift is to get students into the habit of truly understanding the subject. Common Core will test students’ comprehension, pushing them to think more, he said.. The new test will also have “more use of real life scenarios,” says Balladin, better preparing students for post-secondary life. Even in high performing states, students may graduate and pass all the required tests but still need remediation in their postsecondary work. Common core standards are comparable internationally, and therefore pre-pare more career-ready students, school officials said. Common Core was founded six years ago and is a Washing-ton, DC-based non-profit organi-zation. The original plan was for students to take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, based on a set of national bench-marks known as Common Core Standards. In September, Gov. Rick Scott ordered the state to withdraw from that test and offer a different one. The new test is unknown and will be announced “soon, we hope,” says Meechin. He said he hopes the test will be similar to the end of course exams. Balladin says, “I think initially there maybe challenges just like anything new being implemented. Hopefully it will be a better thing for students and their success.”

Mr. Meechin

Photographer Aiyana RuizA sign is placed outside a Poinciana classroom in preparation for the final FCAT. Next year the school will roll out Common Core.

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Senior SectionMay 2014

Keyona Alsen: “My first love occurred my freshman

year. I remember embarassment followed

by conversation – a few smiles, laughs

and double takes. “Can I get a piece of

gum. I know you have some?” He asked

me this question every morning. Every-

one knew about our relationship. Every-

thing knew we were an item. We loved

each other and wasn’t afraid to show it.

People would try to come between us

but that wouldn’t happpen. That romance

made my freshmen and sophomore year.

I knew things would never be the same.”

Senior SectionJacob Beauregard:“They say high school is supposed to be the most fun

part of your life. And even for those that dread school and never want to attend classes, they find out it’s true. Even if at some point in high school you have a bad ex-perience, eventually there will come a point in your life when you’re looking back on your time in school and say to yourself, “I wish I could go back to high school.”Javier Davila:

“High school gave me the opportunity to learn lessons and to see myself develop into a man I’m proud of becoming. My only regret in high school was a big one: I missed 90 days of school my sophomore year. Sometimes I was suspended. Sometimes I skipped. I was never in school. That whole year was a disaster. And now I’m paying for it my senior year.”

Matthew Latulippe:

Four years ago I walked into a place known

as high school. Now, I have a few days left.

Trying to get to my first class on my first day

at PHS was horrible. I walked around the

whole school twice trying to find my class. I

think through the whole day, the only class I

wasn’t late to was gym. The best part – see-

ing all my middle school friends again. And

after the first day I could find most of my

classes.

Perla Fermin: “Freshman year I took musical theater with one of the best teachers I’ve come to know, Mr. Thompson. We would per-form songs, monologues and improvisation. Stepping onto the stage, especially by myself, terrified me. The first song I ever sang was “A Tale As Old As Time” from Beauty and the Beast. I prayed for the bell to ring so the period would end. Now it is my senior year and I’ve come so far. I auditioned for The Fantasticks and nabbed one of the leading roles. I’m really ex-cited and hope to continue studying musical theatre after high school. I have an audition next month at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.”

Erica Cardona:“My toughest year was my junior year. Grades plummeted. I was diagnosed with depression, and I was battling the war of self harming. I also lost my brother in a tragic car crash. I was a mess. I felt like I had no reason to go on. I had even considered dropping out. Then I met my best friend, Angel. He came into my life and made me see that I can’t let life cage me in and that I need to let go, be free and succeed. Now, I’m just a few days from walking across the stage to receive my diploma. Through all the years of pain, tears, happiness, laughs, heartbreaks, fights and unforgettable moments, I can walk on that stage with my head high and say, ‘I did it. I survived and I made it’”.

Joseph Rivera: “My only regret is that I didn’t take more pictures with the people I’ve come to meet at Poinciana. My advice to the underclassmen: Take more pictures. One day you’re going to sit in a desk at Poincaina for the last time. One day you will sit in the gym for the last time. You will sit in the lunch room for the last time. You will sit in the band room the autoshop, the woodshop, culinary, math class, English class – all for the last time.”

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Seniors Model for PromEmily KerseyReporter

Nearly 300 students descended upon the Poinciana High School auditorium last month to view their peers model dresses and tux-edos and get ideas for their prom. All the seniors and juniors went to see the Fashion Show to get a sneak peek of what to wear. Several of the seniors took two days to learn how to walk and model. “I feel that we should have had more days of practice to be more organized,” Senior Destiny Oyola said. “The backstage area was re-ally crowded with a lot of moving around.” Head Guidance Counselor Devyani Balladin said she chose the first 20 students who contact-ed her to participate in the event. Many of the dresses and tux-edos the students modeled were from local shops, which offered some of the senior models to pick up discount. “Men’s Warehouse gave us $45 off on rental suits for prom,” said Senior Elijah Thelusma, who served as one of the male models. For many of the seniors, this event was the first time they were on a stage in front of a crowd. “I wasn’t nervous being on stage,” Thelusma said. “It felt good being up there representing the senior class.” The Prom Fashion Show cul-minated in a “promposal”. Senior David Joachim emerged from a large sign, which read “Prom?” His girlfriend, Diamond Bonet, who was in the audience, walked to the stage and accepted Joachim’s offer. Balladin said she hopes the Prom Fashion Show becomes an annual event. This year’s fashion show fol-lows last year’s, she said. Balladin said the show offers students a chance to see what outfits are apropriate and inapro-priate.

Seniors model outfits for prom before the rest of the senior class in the annual Prom Fashion Show.

All Photos by Jasmine Mercado.

Randy SantosReporter

Hip hop fans from across Cen-tral Florida descended upon the University of Central Florida’s CFE Arena to experience some of the biggest stars in music. Grammy nominated Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock headlined UCF’s concert series last month. Fans were lining up as early as noon to see Kendrick Lamar and to ensure themsleves a good spot in the venue. When the doors opened at 7, the crowd rushed into the build-ing as everyone scurried trying to be as close as they could to stage and to Lamar. The opening acts tried to get the audience moving but got little response as the crowd impatiently begged for Kendrick to hit the stage. Power 95.3’s DJ Nails took the stage to hype up the crowd before Jay Rock came on stage. Jay Rock performed his hits “All My Life” and “Hood Gone Love It” and got the crowd mov-ing and ready for who they really came to see (no offense to Jay Rock). Finally, the audience grew loud as Lamar hit the stage to “The Art of Peer Pressure” off of his debut album “good kid, M.A.A.D City.” Lamar had the arena jumping

Photographer Randy SantosGrammy nominated Hip Hop Star, Kendrick Lamar, played to sold out crowd at the University of Central Florida’s CFE Arena in April.

all night performing hits off of his older projects “Section.80” and “O.verly D.edicated” to more familiar hits from recent albums. Jay Rock came back on stage to perform one of his best verses to date from “Money Trees” with Kendrick Lamar. Lamar got intimate with the crowd as he asked the audience to flick thier lighters and shine their phone lights while perform-ing, “Sing About Me”. The fans lit up the dark venue. Kendrick thanked the crowd and left the stage while the audi-ence chanted his name urging him to come back out. The crowd roared as he came back out and had the audience jumping again. “He really knows how to work a crowd” said Poinciana High School Junior Alex Ramos. “This was the best concert I’ve ever been to,” said Saman-tha Crousillat, who graduated from Poinciana last year. “I’ll definitely come see him again.” At the end of the show the crowd went crazy as Lamar said “UCF, I’ll be back”. April’s show is Lamar’s second. The hip hop star sold out the arena last year when he performed with Steve Aoki. Overall, it was a great show and I would urge anyone who hasn’t been to a Lamar concert to take the chance and go.

Review: Kendrick Lamar Rocks UCF


Seniors Do Grad Bash

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Ange NoelReporter

About 130 Eagles from the class of 2014 joined thousands of other graduat-ing seniors throughout Central Florida to descend upon Universal Studios and the Islands of Adventure to celebrate their upcoming graduation later this month. PHS students boarded buses at school and traveled to the Orlando resort. “I enjoy celebrating this time with the seniors,” said PHS Assistant Principal Michael Meechin, who served as one of nearly a dozen chaperones that also at-tended Grad Bash. “This is a reward for all of their hard work,” he said. Grad Bash is an annual private event hosted by Universal Studios, in which the two theme park are closed to the general public and only those with special tickets can enter the park. The event is seven hours, shutting down at 2 a.m. All of the most popular attractions are

featured. For example, students could choose from new themed rides TRANSFORM-ERS: The Ride or Despicable Me Minion Mayhem at Universal Studios. While at Universal’s Islands of Adven-ture, students could ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey or The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man. One student said that her goal was to ride as many of the attractions as possible. “I wanted to get on all of the rides and not get distracted by all of the irrelevant occurrences,” senior Perla Fermin said. The music swallowed the air and the rhythm traveled fast as students randomly danced and walked from attraction to at-traction. Students reported that average wait times for rides was 15 to 35 minutes. “Grad Bash was one of the greatest nights of senior year,” senior Sara Ezutoni said. Other students echoed Ezutoni’s senti-ment. “The Hulk has always been a favorite of

mine and Grad Bash made it more unfor-gettable,” senior Bimini Harris said. In addition to the attractions at both theme parks, the Rhythm and Blues singer, Trey Songz, performed a 90 minute set that included all of his hits. Students fi lled the standing only venue at Universal to watch the music star. “When I saw Trey Songz, all I saw was

perfection, and his smile made me speech-less,” senior Destini Richardson said. Some students even said they had such a good time they’d be willing to pay the steep ticket price and go again. “I would pay for Gradbash again today and attend tomorrow morning,” senior Taj Greene said.

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Sierra BarberReporter

Midnight in Paris was the atmosphere Poinciana High School students felt as they stepped foot into a ballroom in the World Center Marriott earlier this month. Students polished head to toe walked in and picked their seats as the 407 DJs played throwbacks from this decade. “I like how the DJ had a variety of mu-sic,” said Senior Marquise Strickland. The scene was set nicely, from the twin-kling lights to the enormous Eiffel Tower in the middle of the room. “I think the decorations were cute and the atmosphere was perfect. Nothing but a good time”, said Senior Destiny Fraticelli. The night started with many camera flashes and smiles all over. A little later in the night the dinner was served. A salad accompanied with different dressings around the table, and for the main course chicken breast on a bed of mashed potatoes with asparagus. “It was a very small portion of food but it was actually quite tasteful” said Senior Jaileen Mena. After dinner was when the party began, the music got louder and everyone rushed onto the floor. Songs from all ends of the spectrum were played, no matter if it was Rihanna or Prince Royce, not one person was seated. Strickland said, “My favorite part was just having fun dancing with everyone.” At some point during the madness, the King and Queen were announced. To no one’s surprise but their own, King Manny Sosa and Queen Priscilla Carpintero were crowned and shared their dance to “All of me” by John Legend. “It was such a wonderful feeling to win, anxiously waiting to find out who won and when they announce your name you just can’t believe it,” said Carpintero. “I had no idea I was going to win.” When asked if prom will leave any effect on him, Sosa said “Yes, of course, winning Prom King will not only better my story telling for my kids in the future but will allow me to look back at the memories of winning and the night in general.” The only complaints from the student body was the fact that they wish prom was longer, but besides that they wouldn’t change a thing.

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Seniors Make Memories At Prom

Seniors Emmanuel Sosa and Priscilla Carpintero were voted the 2014 Prom King and Queen. The prom was held at the One World Marriot Convention Center.

Photographer Brandon Agront



Emmanuel Sosa takes a selfie on the dance floor at the 2014 senior prom earlier this month.


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Emmanuel Sosa takes a selfie on the dance floor at the 2014 senior prom earlier this month.


Sierra BarberReporter

When people think of prom in the 21st century, they think of large elegant gowns and tuxedos, corsages and decorations, limousines and great food. But a huge part of the prom process that you can’t go without is the “promposal”. A promposal is defined as the act of asking someone to accompany you to prom in an elaborate manor, which is what makes it a “promposal”. Students in Poinciana High School are definitely “going all in” when it comes to the big ask. One of the students who played up the whole idea was Senior Digiovanni Lugo. By asking his girlfriend, Junior Daniela Olmeda two times to make sure this is something neither of them will ever forget. “The first time I asked her with a pizza from Flippers that said “Will you go to prom with me?” Said Lugo. He says he always thought about do-ing it that way, but thought it was too “cheesy”. “I was really shocked and surprised. I had no idea that he had that up his sleeve” said Olmeda. When asked why he did it a second time Lugo said, “Well once I asked her I felt as if it wasn’t enough. I felt it was basic since I saw it all over Twitter and what not. So I wanted to be original and do something she wouldn’t expect.” Lugo has friends distract Olmeda to stay away while they painted the PHS softball field (the team for which Olmeda used to pitch) with the question “PROM?” In bold white paint, accompanied by a rose in the middle. As he led her up the bleachers, she squealed with excitement as he got on one knee to correctly ask. “I didn’t expect anything,” she said. “Not even on the way over. I’ve never been so surprised or happy ever in my life.” They aren’t the only students to take the reigns. Senior Manny Sosa asked his girlfriend, Senior Haylee Greene to the prom twice. Both times he says, “It was something I hope she never forgets.” The first time during PHS’s senior skip day Sosa spelled out the big question in

the sand and made an aisle for his queen to walk down and finally be asked “She was really shocked and didn’t believe it was for her, because of how many times I told her I wasn’t asking her”, said Sosa. The second time “just to be different” was more from the heart. “I got her favorite food, my mothers famous homemade one pound burgers and wrote “PROM” on the plate rather than giving her ketchup”, he said. Sosa says he asked more than once because Greene’s happiness is all that mat-ters to him. He wanted this to be a big moment in their lives together. Senior sponsor Devyani Balladin talked

‘Promposals’ Get ‘Crazy’ Original

about the promposals this year compared to past years. “This year is over the top! It’s really cool. Definitely better than other years.” She said. “I wonder what they’re going to come up with next year.” A twist in this year’s prom season was the promposal made by Poinciana teacher Vincent Dyer to his wife, also a teacher at PHS, Elisha Dyer. Vincent Dyer set up the big question in Post-it notes on her board for the next morning. “She told me she wanted to be asked,” Vincent Dyer said. “I was so surprised. It was so sweet. I bragged to all my students,” said Elisha Dyer.

Photographer Omadai Ramawad

CJ Medkiff asked Lezzette Cutrone to the prom during lunch in the cafeteria. He wore a pink sign around his neck with the word “prom?” written on the sign.

Photographer Jasmine Mercado

Friends help David Joachim surprise his girlfriend, Diamond Bonet, with a “promposal” at the 2014 Prom Fashion Show, held earlier this month.

Senior SectionMay 2014

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Student moonlights as tattoo artistAlyssa JaimeNews Reporter

As Sophomore Alex Szlabonyi sat down to recieve his first tat-too, he relived the reason why. Szlabonyi stood nervously with a group of advanced skate-boarders. Despite how confident he tried to appear, Szlabonyi was new to skateboarding. “Hey Alex,” a fellow skater said. “Bet you can’t kickflip that one-footer.” Szlabonyi glanced at the one foot gap. Nerves coursed through his body. A kickflip is a maneuver in which the board is manipu-lated by the feet to spin sideways before landing. “Bet I can,” Szlabonyi said. Truth was, he had never landed a kickflip before. Szlabonyi stood with his board directed toward the wide gap in the ground. He skated, at a constant speed towards the one footer. When the time came, he flicked his foot off the skateboard until the whole thing was up in

the air, taking one quick spin before landing perfectly on the otherside of the gap. “At that moment, I realized skateboarding wasn’t just a sport – it was a lifestyle,” Szlabonyi said. And ultimately, it was his love for skateboarding that Szlabonyi decided to memorialize in the form of a tattoo on his right arm. Szlabonyi met PHS senior Avery Rice, a licensed tattoo artist, and decided to have the words “Skate and Destroy” inked forever. “Skate and Destroy” is a section of a popular skateboard magazine, Thrasher. “Avery and I had a common interest in skateboarding,” Szla-bonyi said. “When he got certi-fied by the state to administer tattoos, my first reaction was to finally get a part of my lifestyle tatted.” Senior Avery Rice has given more than 150 tattoos since be-coming licensed last year. To receive a license to tattoo

in the state of Florida, a person must be 18 years old and have completed and passed an educa-tion course administered by the state’s Department of Health. Rice said it isn’t about the money. “Ever since I was younger, I’ve always wanted to make my artwork very apparent to the world,” Rice said. “I decided to do tattoos, because that’s the best way. People are everywhere, always moving.” Rice said that tattoos are like bringing art to life. “Tattoos on people are just like walking art,” he said. Word of Rice’s tattoo business has spread throughout the school. Natalie Garcia is one of Av-ery’s clients. She ordered a dream catcher on her leg. “I wanted to get the tattoo for a while, but I wanted to make sure I could trust who did it,” Garcia said. “Avery definitely does an amazing job on the tat-toos.” Another person who was pleased with Rice’s tattoo talent is his own mother. Ferlina Her-man, Avery’s mother, received a tattoo from her son. “I got a Capricorn because that is my zodiac sign,” Herman said. “I am very pleased with my son’s ability and the way he uses it.” Raphiel Perez, 19, has got-ten more than four tattoos from Avery. “He’s the only artist that I trust,” Perez said. “I’ve been to many other shops, but Avery is the only artist that I let do my tattoos.” Fellow seniors seem to have noticed Rices artistic ability, vot-ing him Most Artistic Male in the 2014 PHS yearbook. “I wasn’t surprised at all about Avery,” said Ashley Ann Ayala, who is currently a senior at Poinciana High School. Ayala has been a classmate of Rice’s all

“I find myself hearing stories and deep meanings from the people I’m tattooing.”

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Senior Avery Rice received his license to administer tattoos last year when he turned 18 years old. He has since given more than 150 tattoos, including the picture of a Capricorn to his Mom. Here he can be seen administering a tattoo to a customer’s left leg.

Photographer Alyssa Jaime

Alex Szlabonyi made the decision to have his love for skating rep-resented on his right arm. Senior Avery Rice tattooed the words, “Skate and Destroy,” a section of a popular skateboard magazine, Thrasher. Szlabonyi said that skateboarding for him is more than just a sport. He said that it is a lifestyle and this is why he knew that he had to have skateboarding represented on his arm.

four years. “From freshmen year to now, you can definitely see how everyone has grown. Avery espe-cially,” she said. “You don’t have to know him well or even for all that long to realize that his art has improved dramati-cally and represents more of his character now than it ever did before.” Rice said that he is a student of art and loves perfect-ing his craft. “I want to learn more about art in every way that I can and how I can better myself as an artist,” he said. “What I learned most about art, is that art is all about perception and how you view things. And that’s probably what I’ve learned most from do-ing tattoos.” Rice said he is not sure about

tattooing as a career, but will seri-ously consider it. Unfortunately, he said he hasn’t earned a single dollar for the tattoos he’s administered. He

said that there are state guid-lines that bind him from charg-ing for his work. He also said the he only tat-toos people over 18. Becom-ing a tattoo artist has given him insight into

the human experience that he didn’t have before, Rice said. “Some people get a tattoo just because they think it looks cool,” he said. “But often times, I find myself hearing stories and deep meanings from the people I’m tat-tooing.” Rice continues, “Some-times it’s about their parents or their family, and sometimes it’s about an experience they’ve been through.”

“From freshmen year to now, you can definitely see how everyone has grown. Avery especially,”

~ Senior Ashley Ann Ayala

Senior Section 11PoincianaPoint.com

Some Seniors Make College DecisionFaviana MontalvoReporter

The red carpet was rolled out as a stream of Poinciana High seniors piled into the school’s media center earlier this month for National College Decision Day to formally commit to their college or university. The day was recognized na-tionwide as the deadline for stu-dents to pay their down payments so that they have a saved spot for next year to go to college. “We want to build a culture here at PHS of students who go to college, so part of creating that culture is celebrating all of the seniors who have not only been accepted but who have made a fi-nal decision of where they’re go-ing to go,” said Amanda Lopez, college and career counselor. The commotion of 71 seniors

finally ceased as Assistant Prin-cipal Michael Meechin opened the celebration by congratulating the seniors who were accepted to their future careers. “A piece of advice I would give to the seniors is to work hard, and remember what got you to this moment.” Meechin said. Meechin continued: “It’s bit-tersweet to say goodbye to the se-niors. You get to spend four years with them, though I only have been here for a year, you get to build relationships and you learn their stories.” Meechin said. After Meechin’s heartfelt speech, he passed the floor to Lo-pez. She announced the recipients of those who were accepted. The majority of those who were present at the celebration were accepted at Valencia Com-munity College along with the U.S. Army and other colleges.

“Finally” is what most gradu-ating students say. Many seniors, such as Danelia Morales, agree that they’re elated about leaving high school itself, but leaving friends is what makes it hard. “I don’t feel anything about leaving Poinciana,” Morales said. “I feel bad about leaving the people.” Morales continued: “I’ve been to three different high schools and PHS is the best when it comes to the people.” Morales plans to go to Va-lencia and then transfer to the University of Central Florida to major in international affairs. “In the future, I see myself working with the United Na-tions” Morales said. Jeffrey Espinal, a future stu-dent to Valencia majoring in film, has his future planned out.

“I’m going to Valencia for two years and then transfer to Uni-versity of West Florida,” Espinal said. “Today helped me realize that my high school life is over and that I have to get my stuff straight.” Espinal said. “In 10 years, I see myself making the

Photographer Jose LugoAssistant Principal Michael Meechin offers motivational words at Senior Decision Day, an event for college bound seniors.

next Michael Bay movie.” “I wish that more would’ve taken a more active role in what they were going to do after high school, but for my first year being here, and for us to get one year to work with each other, I loved every second of it.” Lopez said.

Four Eagles to play college football togetherElijah ThelusmaReporter

Senior football player Maurice Anglin was moved to tears after his team defeated Mulberry High School, a win that kept playoff hopes alive for a team that prom-ised each other this year would be different. “I thought he was crying for a joy because we just had a real emotional win,” said fellow team-mate Josh Lopez. However, Anglin was facing unknown personal issues with his family and the pressure of such a big win, coupled with his personal life was just too much. The tears flowed. Another teammate, Darian Dickson, saw Anglin’s emotional reaction and started crying too. Then Johnathan Lindstrom, who friends call “Beans”, started cry-ing. And then Josh joined in. “We were one step to mak-ing the playoffs, something we never did before in high school history,” said Anglin, speaking

on the emotion of the moment. “Knowing from what we came from last year from winning one game to be one game away from making the playoffs this year is an accomplishment.” And there they were – four seniors who led their team to a victory moments earlier – were now all crying on the bus home. And only one knew the reason why. This bond, which began many years before high school when they began playing pee wee foot-ball together, is set to extend to college 2,500 miles away. All four Eagles have commit-ted to Moorpark College in Simi Valley, Calif., a location less than an hour from Los Angeles. Dickson, Anglin and Lind-strom were the first to team up, playing for the Poinciana Predators – a peewee team since five year olds. Lindstrom’s father coached the boys. “I knew Beans’ Dad before I even knew Beans,” said Dickson, who said his first encounter with

Lindstrom was when Lindstrom walked over to Dickson to teach him how to properly stretch his legs before taking the field. After peewee, the three moved to Discovery Intermediate, play-ing flag football. It was at Discov-ery that Joseph Marcheggiani began coaching the group and a seven-year mentorship began. It was freshmen year at Poinciana when the three would become four and Lopez would become a part of this brotherhood that was now almost a decade old. “I’m excited to see them play football on the next level,” said Marcheggiani, who transferred to Poinciana the same year that Dickson, Anglin and Lindstrom graduated from middle school and started attending Poinciana too. “I really think that the bond these students share will help them in California,” Marcheg-giani said. Marcheggiani said that he sees high school player’s graduate and go to college all the time and

wind up returning home. However, he said he doesn’t believe that will happen with this group since they will be able to motivate one another. And the players recognize that they have to continue this mindset in college to have a successful college career. What makes this bond special is that the Eagles enjoyed a total of four wins this season – the most wins in a season since 2000.

The Eagles also had back to back wins – a winning streak that is also about 13 years in the mak-ing. Dickson said that he can’t wait to return to Poinciana and inspire other Eagles. “When I return, I’m going to be wearing my Moorpark jersey and I just want to tell the players that ‘this is what you are working for,’” Dickson said.

Photographer Jasmine Mercado


Senior SayingsWhat is your favorite high school moment? Compiled by Katrina Wickham

Aixa RiveraSenior

“I’m glad I was able to participate in the Hispanic Heritage Festival. Perform-ing on that stage is my proudest moment. I got to do something that not everyone gets to do.”

Ashley AyalaSenior

“The Arts Festival last year was really great! There is so much talent at Poinciana and that was a great event to showcase what the students at this school can do.”

Evette DrawhornSenior

“I’m glad I got into the nursing program. I became close to people and have moved further towards my goal in helping kids.”

Jasmine MercadoSenior

“Being a part of the band really was the best part. We have our ups and downs, but at the end of the day, we’re still a family.”

Jose TorresSenior

“I would have to say state competitions for drama.”

Kevin ChangaSenior

“I love the feeling of walk-ing through the hallways and seeing all of my old teachers and seeing how much I’ve grown.”

Lawrence SiinoSenior

“Getting my Adobe Photo-shop certification! Passing got me cake, and my career goal is to work with computers.”

Marlon JonesSenior

“When the model on stage announced that Poinciana High School band won the Battle of the Bands against Liberty High School.”

Regis Rodriguez Senior

“My favorite moment hap-pened earlier this year when I sang, “U Got It Bad,” by Usher in the school talent show.”

Amber RiepeSenior

“I loved the pep rallies, from getting booed by the upperclassmen every year until finally being a senior and doing all the booing.”

NewsMay 2014 PoincianaPoint.com

13German Club Wins Big;European Trip PlannedRebecca PierreNews Reporter

Poinciana High School’s Department of World Languages will participate in an educational tour to Europe next year. Students will experience the history, traditions, cultures and sceneries of Italy, France, Mo-naco and Spain. This opportunity “isn’t cheap,” German instructor Sina A. Vincutonis said. , According to Vincutonis, the trip could cost up to $3,000 per student. Although, this experi-ence is costly, it provides new experiences that exposes students to different perspectives and

cultures, she said. The 2015 educational tour is not the only cultural activity Poinciana High School was a part of. Earlier this year, Vincutonis and social studies instructor Mike Palfy chaperoned nearly a dozen students in the Florida Associa-tion of Students of German Com-petition (FASG) at Freedom High School in Orlando. FASG participants competed in four categories including: poetry, vocabulary, grammar, and reading. The poetry competition seemed to be the most confident among Vincutonis’ students. Nearly all of her students gained an award for the poetry

and reading categories. In particular Chassidy Nero and Taryn Cooper gained the “hervorragend” award in poetry, meaning “superior,” which is the highest honor. All the students recited the poem, “Gluckklich” and when translated means “it doesn’t really matter what you chose to

do in life, as long as that you are happy, you shouldn’t really care what anybody else thinks,” Cooper said. The poem’s scoring was determined by the students’ eye contact, pronunciation and over-all performance. Vincutonis prepared each stu-dent in advance by making them

Poetry Slam: Judges At Odds With Crowd FavoriteAiyana RuizNews Reporter

It was an afternoon of thun-der, surprises and excitement on earlier this month when Poinciana held its sixth annual poetry slam in the school’s auditorium. Contestants Ashley Altema, John Romero, Sarah Canales, Tristan White, and Chez Hol-linger waxes poetic about everything from teachers and love relationships to the broad, touchy topics of life and death. Creative writing teacher Samantha Gutierrez organized the event. “It’s important to have a poetry slam because it’s an op-portunity for students to express themselves to fellow classmates,” Gutierrez said. “It promotes lit-eracy and boosts morale.” Gutierrez said she believes the poetry slam will implant an “appreciation of language” in students. “It’s something that requires [students] to listen and to think,” she said. Chez Hollinger, Poinciana’s first ever ninth grade winner, was

dynamic and active in his perfor-mances, especially in the second piece, My Angel. “My Angel” is a poem about a certain love interest in Hollinger’s life, he said. He said his girlfriend had heard the poem before the slam, but was surprised when he per-formed it in front of the whole school. “I kept looking at her,” Hol-linger said, “and then everyone else started looking at her.” He said he normally writes poems for his girlfriend on their anniversaries. When Hollinger won, he was “at a loss for words,” which he said does not happen often, as he has been writing poetry since the fifth grade. A week after the poetry slam, he still found his victory over-whelming. “Now whenever I walk down the hallway everyone congratu-lates me,” he said. The roaring of the thunder al-most matched that of the crowd’s boos when Canales’s scores came up short of second round qualifi-cation. The judges did not enjoy

her performance quite as much as the audience did. Hollinger says that the other participants were mad at the judges for the scores given to Canales. “I think Sarah’s scores were unfair. If she had a second chance she would’ve done better,” he said. That, however, is what the crowd favorite award is for, and it is no surprise that Canales took that trophy home. Canales said that she raps and has been writing since she was ten. She said she expected to win, and was prepared for the second piece, on which she says she was going to “go in.” When she heard all the support from the crowd, she “felt like a celebrity.” In the end, Canales was more than happy with win-ning crowd favorite. “I still felt like I won,” she says. “To me, the audience is more important than the judges.” Romero, who gained heavy popularity in the female popula-tion through his poem about love, gave the journal (donated to the school by Barnes and Noble) that

he won to White on stage after the awards were given, making the audience swoon once again. The three judges, all with expertise in literature and linguis-tics, were criticized by students, but Gutierrez, thinks the scoring was fair. Gutierrez says the participants had to first audition for the poetry slam. “They were graded on com-plexity of the poem, articulation, overall performance, and overall understanding.” Junior Paloma Ortiz says her experience at the poetry slam

was very enjoyable and that she is definitely going to attend again next year. “I fell in love with the poets’ words,” she said. “A lot of what they were talk-ing about was very relatable,” Ortiz says. The slam was both opened and closed by guest performers. Mr. Warren performed a show-stopping sacrifice piece in the beginning, and the DJ of the night was inspired by the student poets to perform a piece he had written in high school.

remember, rehearse and recite the poem weeks before the competi-tion. This was Alexis Pratts first year in the FASG competition. “I really had a blast!” Pratts said. Pratts said that the best part of the entire competition was her helpful and supportive team-mates. Poinciana High School students display a wide range of cultural interest not only in the FASG completion but also in the 2015 educational tour around Europe. With each experience the students take apart in, a new knowledge for a different culture will be discovered. Knowledge that was gained, each student will carry on with them for the rest of their lives.

Submitted Photo

Photographer Marybeth CruzSarah Canales (Right) was chosen as the crowd favorite even though she did not score enough to proceed to the finals round.

Eagle Life 14PoincianaPoint.comMay 2014

PHS Teacher Is Dedicated Soccer PlayerMilanie McKieReporter

Social studies instructor Car-los Remolina does not just double as one of the coaches for the Eagle’s boys soccer team but also makes time to run up and down a different soccer fi eld. Remolina, 30, plays defender for the Central Florida Football Club. He has been playing on that team for six years. A typical week for Remolina involves coaching boys soc-cer at Poinciana and juggling time to play on his own team, which competes once a week and practices twice a week during the season. And if there is a free afternoon, Remolina can be found jogging around his neighborhood. “You have to love all three – teaching, coaching and playing – to be successful,” said Remolina, who has been teaching at Poinci-

ana High School for four years. Remolina said he credits fellow teacher and soccer head coach Daniel Habel with teach-ing him a lot about the balance between teaching and coaching. “Coach Habel has been a great partner,” Remolina said. “He has taught me a lot about coach-ing soccer and keeping players motivated.” Remolina grew up in Bucara-manga, Colombia, a place where soccer played a major role in his life. But at 16 years old, he left country, language, friends and family and moved to the Ameri-can unknown. Remolina joined his parents in Florida, who had moved six months earlier. In the U.S., Remolina’s love for the game of soccer remained strong but its future uncertain. American culture doesn’t share the same love of soccer that

the rest of the world does, said Remolina, who graduated from Dr. Phillips High School and received a degree in social studies education from the University of Central Florida. Remolina is the only member of his family to earn a college degree. “I have come to love the United States,” said Remolina, who said he still visits Columbia every summer. While at Dr. Phillips, Remoli-na became a standout on the high school team, nabbing a division 1 scholarship to play soccer for the University of Georgia. Unfortu-nately a family issue kept him from accepting the scholarship, he said. For all of his passion, how-ever, this may be Remolina’s last year as a player due to ankle injuries. “Thirty is pretty old to be

playing soccer,” he said. “I may have one or two more years left in me, but not much more.” But many of the high school players he coaches were surprised that Remolina could keep up with them. “When we are chasing after the ball, Coach Remolina would beat us,” said Kendrick Munoz, a senior who played for Remolina for two years. “He’s very skilled an athletic. He caught me by surprise because I just thought that since he was a teacher, he wouldn’t be able to keep up with us.” Munoz credits his endur-ance for the game and his ability to dribble the ball downfi eld to Remolina. Remolina is a serious athlete who tries to always eat healthy. One of the more eccentric eating habits that he brought with him to Florida is eating ants.

One of the traditional snacks for this region of Colombia is Hormigas Culonas, which translates to “big ants”. The head, wings and legs are removed and the rest of the body is toasted and salted. “We eat ants like Americans eat popcorn,” said Remolina, who said that a pound of ants is considered a fi ne gift that might be given to a favorite teacher or relative.

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The Fantasticks OpensClarisa VazquezReporter

In a love story that turns Romeo and Juliet on its head, the Poinciana Drama Depart-ment kicked off a one-week run of the musical, The Fantasticks, Wednesday in the school’s audi-torium. Drama instructor James Thompson describes the spring musical as a “reverse Romeo and Juliet”. In the famous Shakespearean

love story, the feuding families forbid Romeo and Juliet to get married. On the other hand, at the heart of the Fantasticks are Matt and Luisa, both forced together by their parents, according to Thompson. “Two parents – Matt’s father and Luisa’s mother – plan to get their children together but the children say no,” Thompson said. The musical centers on the two parents attempting to deceive their teenage children into fall-

ing in love and getting married, Thompson said. However, Matt and Luisa discover their parents plan. The roles of the non-lovers are Sophomores Marlon Jones and Natalie Espinal. “It’s challenging,” said Espi-nal. “I have one of the leads and we have a choreographer to help us learn the dances.” Espinal started the drama scene as a chorus member in last year’s musical, Evita. Senior Perla Fermin plays Luisa’s mother. She also was in last year’s spring musical, Evita where she was in the chorus. “It’s a change of pace,” Fermin said. “Being a principle character rather than a chorus member is different.” The Fantasticks will be show cased on May 14 to May 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets will be $5 for students and $10 for adults. May 16 will be faculty and staff night with $5 admission.Photographer Clarisa Vazquez

Source: The Official Godzilla Compendium, Photofest, Toho Co., Ltd.,Columbia TriStar, Warner Brothers, Internet Movie Database © 2014 MCT NOTE: Sizes are of �rst movie versions

Origin story

A new treatment of theiconic monster tale trompsinto theaters this summer with reportedly less emphasison the results of 1950snuclear testing and moreon the consequencesof human scienti�carrogance

BryanCranston!

RaymondBurr!

Godzilla’s resumeHas starred in 31 previous movies

Had its own Hanna-Barbera cartoon

Inspired a Blue Oyster Cult song

Received an MTV lifetimeachievement award in 1996

400-ft. (120 m)wingspan

800-ft. (250 m)wingspan

300 ft. (100 m)tall

160 ft. (50 m)tall

Rebooting

And in this corner

RODAN

KINGGHIDORA

KING KONG

MOTHRA

MECHA-GODZILLA

Filmed in three-minute takes Screenplay went through four versions

Film cost Toho studio $166,700

Who has tangled with the Big G:

Godzilla’s growthA composite of T-rexand Stegosaurus:

Height:164 ft.50 m

Weight 22,000 tons(20,000 metric tons)

55,000 tons(50,000 metric tons)

66,000 tons(60,000 metric tons)

1954 to 1975 1984 to 1989 1991 to 1995

1954 GodzillaHe destroys Tokyo

1956 Godzilla, Kingof the MonstersAn oxygen destroyer device kills Godzilla, ending his rampage (but of course he’ll come back)

1959 Godzilla Raids AgainGodzilla defeats the spiny Anguirus

1963 King Kong vs. GodzillaGodzilla bests Kong, who swims to horizon at end; there’s a giant octopus, too

1964 Mothra vs. GodzillaHe kills a giant moth, but is wrapped up in a cocoon

1965 Ghidora, theThree-Headed MonsterGodzilla allies with winged Rodan against alien monster Ghidora

1966 Ebirah, Horror of the DeepGodzilla joins with Mothra against Ebirah, a huge shrimp

1967 Son of GodzillaGodzilla battles a giant spider and praying mantis

1968 Destroy All MonstersGodzilla is pitted against alien kidnappers; Monsterland is introduced

1969 All Monsters AttackGodzilla vies with various monsters on Monster Island, but all in a child’s dream

1971 Godzilla vs. HedorahGodzilla comes to humanity’s aid, defeating Hedora, a beast created by pollution

1972 Godzilla vs. GiganGodzilla again faces Ghildora and the beaked Gigan, which has a buzz saw in its chest

1973 Godzilla vs. MegalonThe android Jet-Jaguar; monster Gigan, undersea god Megalon are thrown into the mix

1975 Terror of MechagodzillaGodzilla deals with sea monster Titanosauros, robotic Mechagodzilla

1984 The Return of GodzillaGodzilla faces nuclear missiles, �ying tanks

1985 Godzilla 1985Essentially a U.S. remake of the 1984 �lm, using much of its footage

1989 Godzilla vs. BiollanteLake creature Biollante,bacteria are Godzilla’s enemies

1991 Godzilla vs. King GhidorahHe beats two Ghidorahs, the real one and a cyborg version

1992 Godzilla vs. MothraHe battles Mothra and Battra, a climate-created monster

1993 Godzilla vs.Mechagodzilla IIRodan and Godzilla battle Mechagodzilla and a �ying gunship called Garuda

1994 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaGodzilla faces robot weapons and SpaceGodzilla

1995 Godzilla vs. DestroyahGodzilla and Godzilla Junior battle crab-like Destroyah

1998 GodzillaThis major U.S. release, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Matthew Broderick, was a tremendous �op; two planned sequels were cancelled

1999 Godzilla 2000: MillenniumGodzilla defeats DNA-copying monster Orga; �ve more “Millennium” Godzilla �lms are released through 2004

Highlights frommonster mashesU.S. productions in italics

262 ft.80 m

328 ft.100 m

Statue ofLiberty

305 ft.92 m

Monster played by actor wearing 220-lb. (100 kg) suit of grey paintedlatex, stu�ed with bamboo andfoam with a zipper along thespine, air holes in the chest; It had internal controls for the jaw, external wires for the tail

960 visual e�ects shots appear in the new �lm, 327 of them are of Godzilla, for which the 3D computer model is comprised of 500,000 polygons; if the e�ects had been done on a single computer, it would have taken 450 years to render them

Technicians rubbed bass violin with leather glove to create roar, hit kettle drum with knotted rope for footsteps

Gareth Edwards, the director, describes Godzilla as an anti-hero: “Godzilla is a representation of the wrath of nature; the theme is man versus nature; Godzilla is the punishment we deserve”

Godzilla was reputedly awakened and mutated by nuclear testing, developing an atomic heart, breath and regenerative powers; “Gojira,” the Japanese name for the monster, combines the words “gorilla” and “whale”

150 ft. (45 m)tall

The most famous foe of Godzilla survived the giant reptile’s attacks in 1963; he was enlarged from his 1933 size (Godzilla would have been �ve times taller) and shot electric rays

A winged reptile, this prehistoric Godzilla foe became an ally in 1965; the beast �ies at Mach 1.5, �ghting with a uranium heat beam; also, there were the male, female and larger Fire Rodan

Alien planet-destroyer �ghtswhile �ying at Mach 3, rousing hurricane winds, shooting gravity beams from his mouth; the most evil Godzilla foe; also, Mecha-King Ghidorah

Mothra protectsher people, thenatives of Infant Island in the South Paci�c; she is a monster of peace and principle, and entombs foes in cocoons; also, Fairy Mothra

Godzilla’s mostpowerful enemy is made of space titanium and packs an impressive arsenal – a mega-buster ray, super heat shield, laser beam eyes, plasma grenades, paralysis missiles

Eagle LifeMay 2014

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By Nancy BlackTribune Content Agency

Aries (March 21-April 19) Dreams empower. You have the necessary skills to bring a vision to life. Your discipline is admirable. The team’s goals may be unreasonable, though. An emotional pitch is successful. Fantasize about success and what it might look like.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Let friends and colleagues carry the ball for the next two days. As-sociates provide valuable input. Play, but remember your budget. Persuade an official to go along with your plan. Get something you’ve always wanted. Take a leap of faith.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Revise long-range goals. You’ve got the extra oomph to accom-plish more for the next month, with the sun in your sign. It could get profitable. What seemed impossible now looks achievable. Stand for justice.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Your discipline and good fortune conspires to realize a travel or educational dream. Let imagina-tion guide you. Invite a partner. Stand firm on essentials, and be willing to bend on lesser details.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) With discipline, you can grow your family’s wealth today and tomorrow. Keep it practical. Abundance is available. Stick to basics, and follow your plan. Your reputation rises with your profits.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Focus your imagination and see through the fog. Have compas-sion for your partner’s situation. Take action to produce results, and you’re abundantly rewarded. Follow the rules. Creativity is required. Find more energy. Run it through a reality check.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Compromise gets achieved with greater ease. Provide motivation and get farther than expected. Your creativity draws admiration. Add color and style, and push the imaginative envelope. Budget carefully to safeguard essential elements.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’re surrounded by love. It’s a good time for consulting experts. Get the advice you need. Apply dis-cipline. Creative fun today could include water, and a spiritual or philosophical perspective.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Keep a possibility alive with a family member. Take snapshots, and share them. Household improvements are a good invest-ment. Realize a dream at home. Explain a complicated theory with optimism. Others are saying nice things about you.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) An illusion works in your favor. With discipline, your communi-cations go farther, and provide fabulous results. You get really lucky. Rely on another’s experi-ence. You have less budgeted than you thought. Research and find a great deal.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A brilliant fantasy rocks you. Practice, just in case. Start small, and work up. Commit to your goal. More work leads to in-creased cash flow. Replenish cof-fers from private reserves. Build a solid structure.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Discipline and luck come togeth-er to realize a family dream. Take a leap of faith. Extend a coopera-tive hand. Upgrade workplace technology. Ponder and plan. Get everyone involved. Working together for a shared cause grows love and re-spect. You can prosper. Discover hidden resources.

Horoscopes:

National Honor SocietyInvitations for National Honor Society are due

May 27. Students hould submit them to Ms. Grendell in room 271.

Name The Faculty!


Can you guess which faculty member is represented above? If you can, then come to room 277 and let Mr. Ellis know. The first student who correctly identifies this teacher wins a $5 gift card to McDonalds restaurant.

Five useless

facts you need

to know1) The chills you get when listening to music are caused by the release of dopamine in your body.

2) Isaac Newton was so devoted to science that he stuck a needle behind his eye to test a hypoth-esis.

3) No U.S. President has ever been an only child.

4) The Backstreet Boys and Nsync had the same manager.

5) One woman in Florida called 911 when Mc-Donalds ran out of Mc-Nuggets.

Birds WordsWhat is your toughest break up?

Danelia MoralesSenior

“When I first met him, he lit my hair on fire. After a while he wouldn’t let me do anything by myself - not even use the bathroom. So I told him we had to just be friends.”

Dwight SwaseyFreshman

“ I wanted to be with her, but she didn’t want to be with me; so I had to choose between her happiness and mine.”

John PizarroSophomore

“Going from being best-friends to in a relationship and it being awkward after breaking up, to having all of the benefits of a relationship without the title.”

John RandolphSophomore

“She cheated on me and then had some of her friends come try to beat me up.”

Kendra ReyesSenior

“I brought his stuff to the school, threw it on the floor and told people that it was for sale.”

Sundee KuhmFreshman

“He told me I was ugly and then called me bad names.”

Veronica PineiroSenior

“My high school sweet heart and I came to a mutual agreement that we were growing apart. So I had to spend the rest of the year alone, Gradbash, Prom..”

Yessenia PeraltaSenior

“I proved to him that the sensitive guy never gets the girl.”

Zack MaslankaSophomore

“I broke up with my girl because she bought another guy McDonalds. She knows that McDonalds is babe!”

Gabriella OcasioFreshman

“I had a stalker boyfriend who wouldn’t let me do anything alone, so I broke up with him in front of all of his friends.”

Compiled by Katrina Wickham

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