Lyssa Update DECA

DECA

By Lyssa

Five students in the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at Miami Beach Senior High attended the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California after placing high at the DECA Career Development Conference in Orlando in early March.

“I am extremely proud of our DECA students and the success of DECA at Beach High,” said club sponsor Dr. Lupe Ferran Diaz.

Seniors Janessa Cuba and Viviana Yerex placed third for their Public Relations Project describing the club’s participation in the AOHT auction. The two students compete at the national level from April 29 to May 3. UPDATE!!!!!!

“We prepared by staying after school, even until 7:30 or 8:00, working on our written report, and then on our visual project board,” explained Yerex.

Juniors Hanibegk Coll and Karl Laxy placed sixth in Hospitality Management, which evaluates knowledge of hotel operations. The pair will also participate in the Leadership Academy to enhance their leadership skills.

“There are really no words to describe the feeling of hearing your name called out in between hundreds of students hoping for the same chance,” expressed Coll.

Senior and DECA President Angela Castro won the Gold Chapter Program of Work for a written report detailing club activities, making Beach High the only Gold Chapter in Miami-Dade County.

Castro will be the first Beach High student to participate in the Senior Management Institute, a seminar for high school seniors who wish to pursue DECA in their future.

Social Studies teacher Eduardo DeVarona, secondary sponsor of the club, was recognized for his “tenth year of outstanding service to Florida DECA”.

The Beach High chapter had no winners at the state level last year. The victors feel that Castro and Diaz led them to this year’s triumph.

“Angela has always taken things to another level, and because of her leadership along with our sponsor, Dr. Diaz, Beach returned with a state championship,” said Cuba.

“We have a good chance this year to again place in the top ten,” predicted DeVarona, hopeful for another eventful competition in Anaheim. “Our third-place state finish could turn into a top international winner.”

The students were honored for their achievements at an honorary ceremony, held in the Beach High Media Center on March 24, where Miami Beach Commissioner Deede Weithorn presented the awards.

“We are always very thrilled having students in our community display their success at a state level,” said Weithorn. “We’re a world-class city, and when we can display that through our students, it makes the entire city very proud.”

News – Cobin Leaves

COBIN LEAVES

By Miriam

 

            After 36 years in the Miami-Dade County school system, Ed Cobin said his goodbyes early on April 13 to prepare for hip surgery in a couple of months.

            Cobin injured his hip while breaking up a bloody fight a couple of years ago. “[My hip] just got worse and worse until right now there’s a crack that’s developed,” he said. According to his doctors, the crack is likely to split with regular walking. “I’ll fall right on my face, and I wouldn’t want to embarrass myself in front of all my students,” he said.

            In the meantime, Cobin will be “sleeping late, going to the beach, and getting healthy” to prepare for his surgery.

            “I’m going to miss everybody here,” he said. “I’m really sorry to leave in one sense, but I’m happy to move on in another part of my life.”

Cobin N & Q

Notes and Quotes

ED COBIN Says Goodbye

He officially retired last year.

He injured his hip while breaking up a fight a couple of years ago. “It just got worse and worse until right now there’s a crack that’s developed.” The doctors say he shouldn’t be walking. If he keeps walking on his hip the crack is likely to split right open and “I’ll fall right on my face, and I wouldn’t want to embarrass myself in front of all my students, so I told Dr. Sidener I’m going to have to leave a little early.

He spent 36 years in the Miami-Dade County School system. “I’ve enjoyed almost every minute of it.”

“I think it’s the most noble of professions; I think the students are great. We get a lot of negative things in the newspaper and sometimes on tv about teenagers, …….. but really nice, well-mannered, and most of all hard-working and I’m pleased to have been with this profession. 

He worked at North Miami Senior High for almost seven years before coming to Beach High for the next 30.

First he was a biology teacher, then a government teacher, then history. When he came to Beach High he was the debate coach for 10 years, then he taught  western civilization, American history, tv production. Then he became the director of CSI, then discipline, then attendance, and back in the classroom this year.

He went to Miami-Dade Community College and UF. Degree in social studies

He started as a substitute teacher

Highlights: being voted by the faculty as Teacher of the year; getting a yearbook dedication

During lunch, two girls were fighting. All the kids came to watch. They each had each other’s hair. One girl had an eyebrow ring, got it ripped out, blood everywhere. They thought there was a weapon involved. They jumped in to break up the fight, all the kids pushed to one side, they all fell over. Hip break

He’s going to have surgery in the next couple months. “In the meantime, I’m going to be sleeping late, going to the beach, and get healthy so I can have the surgery.

After surgery: “I don’t know, I’ll have to wait and see. It’s a whole new chapter in my life. It will feel really weird when august comes and I don’t go back to school for the first time ever.

“I’m gonna miss everybody here. I’m really sorry to leave in one sense, but I’m happy to move on in another part of my life.

Motorcycle: “Yes. Doctor says I’m okay sitting down; it’s when I’m walking that I have problems

He has a facebook!

Brazilian carnival draft 2

The rhythmic drumming of Miami Beach Senior High’s Drum Corps and the vigorous movement of a traditional samba dancer filled the auditorium as the annual Brazilian Carnival ensued in the auditorium March 31. Led by the Brazilian Club and Portuguese teacher Anete Arslanian, this year’s Carnival featured the Miss Carnival contest, capoeira, various performances, and lots of samba in between.

“It was great, it was better than I thought it would be,” Arslanian said. “I think the vibe in the auditorium was good; it was very positive and very loud.”

Junior Eric Reino led a capoeira demonstration along with two other members of their training group Abolicao. “When you’re up there on the stage you don’t even realize there’s an audience,” Reino said.

Brazilian singer Marta Rhaulin, who is the mother of a Beach High student, brought lively energy to the stage.
“It’s so wonderful that we see all the students reaching cultural diversity, especially in South Florida,” said guest judge Carlos Borges from Plus Media Marketing. “It’s a wonderful feeling to be Brazilian and a wonderful opportunity for everybody, students and adults, to learn about it.”

According to guest judge Jaqueline Martins, the winner of Miss Carnival was determined by stage presence and samba skills. Sophomore Dulny Salazar was crowned first place and awarded a Romero Britto sculpture, a facial, and a $100 gift certificate to La Loggia Restaurant.

“She had a great stage presence. She was the first person I noticed on the stage with a big smile,” said Martins.

Other features of the Brazilian Carnival included performances by the Rock Ensemble and Lynn Tenniswood-Camarotti’s salsa students switching to samba.

Brazilian Carnival draft uno

The rhythmic drumming of Miami Beach Senior High’s Drum Corps and the vigorous movement of a traditional samba dancer filled the auditorium as the annual Brazilian Carnival ensued in the auditorium March 31. Led by the Brazilian Club and Portuguese teacher Anete Arslanian, this year’s Carnival featured the Miss Carnival contest, capoeira, various performances, and lots of samba in between.

 

“It was great, it was better than I thought it would be,” Arslanian said. “I think the vibe in the auditorium was good; it was very positive and very loud.”

 

Junior Eric Reino led a capoeira demonstration along with ­­­two other members of their training group Abolicao. QUOTE

 

Brazilian singer and special guest Marta Rhaulin brought colorful energy to the stage. She performed her hit song “Tic Tic Tac.”

 

According to guest judge Jaqueline Martins, the winner of Miss Carnival was determined by stage presence and samba skills. Sophomore __ was crowned first place and awarded a Romero Britto sculpture, a facial, and a $100 gift certificate to La Loggia Restaurant.

 

“She had a great stage presence. She was the first person I noticed on the stage with a big smile,” said Martins.

 

Other features of the event included performances by the Rock Ensemble and Lynn Tenniswood-Camarotti’s salsa students switching to samba.

 

“It’s so wonderful that we see all the students reaching cultural diversity, especially in South Florida,” said guest judge Carlos Borges from Plus Media Marketing. It’s a wonderful feeling to be Brazilian and a wonderful opportunity for everybody, students and adults, to learn about it.”

 

Brazilian Carnival N&Q

Notes and Quotes – Brazilian Carnival 3/31/09

• Opened with Brazilian samba dancer Valeria and MBSH Drum Corps

• MC’s: Angela Castro and junior Brenda Ruiz

• Miss Carnival contestants: 1)Taina Felippe – 11; 2)Dalia – 9; 3)Alma Ramirez; 4)Michelle Archilla – 9; 5)Juliana Vargas ; 6)Duhlny – 10

• Rock Ensemble – Kourtney Howard sang brazilian song

• Capoeira demonstration – Eric Reino and company Abolicao; “crash course” – 6 volunteers, an unexpected win by AJ Mamber; won free capoeira lesson at Abolicao

• Bad group dance

• Martha Rhaulin – brazilian singer, great energy

• Miss Carnival samba

• Tenniswood’s salsa dancers do samba • Jazz ensemble performance

• Unnecessary audience student-teacher samba contest – Stephanie D’Angelo won two movie tickets, Coach Shaw won a Britto art book

• Miss Carnival 1st place: #6 (should have been Alma!); 2nd place Princess: #1; 3rd: #4

• Miss Carnival determined by stage presence and samba skills

Great Prizes: Miss Carnival – 1st place won a Romero Britto  sculpture, a facial, and a $100 gift certificate to La Loggia Restaurant; 2nd place given a free hair cut and style from MC Salon and a gift basket; 3rd place won $350 gift certificate to dentist Dr. Guerra

• Many special guests

• Jaqueline Martins: “She had a great stage presence. She was the first person I noticed on the stage with a big smile.”

• Carlos Borges from Plus Media Marketing: “I love it. It’s so wonderful that we see all the students reaching cultural diversity, especially in South Florida. It’s a wonderful feeling to be Brazilian and a wonderful opportunity for everybody, students and adults, to learn about it.”

• Arslanian: “It was great, it was better than I thought it would be. I think the vibe in the auditorium was good; it was very positive and loud.”

Art Basel

NOTES AND QUOTES

Joy Monzon, sophomore

• “I like that I get to see artists from all around the world.”
• “I think it opens people’s eyes to art.”
• “It was really fun. We scared some people really badly. There was one guy who was like, ‘I’ve had too much champagne for this.’”
• “The best part about it was seeing the people’s reactions; someloved it, some ran away.”
• “Once you got the mask on it’s horrible. The mask sucks.”

 

Mr. O’Hare

• O’Hare took the Art Club to Basel after school on Thurs. Dec. 4.
• “I walk them through the show and try to talk to them about the art. It’s a little overwhelming.”
• “The biggest art show in the world is right across the street from our school.”
• “It enriches them greatly to be exposed to an international venue.”
• “It’s an asset to the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts because it gives us an opportunity to see art at a global scale.”
• “To have Beach High students in a performance piece is very exciting.”

 

Sine Bepler, Director of ShangArt Exhibition

• “Everybody loves them.”
• “Everything is so serious in the art fair and we wanted to make something fun.”
• She called the school to get a group of students together.
• “It’s a fun piece, actors might take it too seriously. When we have great students like these it shows.
• I hope it would be a good experience for you guys.”

Ray Review

AUTHOR:      Ray Lowenstein          EVALUATOR:          Miriam Kolker

 

STORY:          Career Reasearch        DATE:                        12/2/08

 

If you turn in your article as is, it might not get such a hot grade.

 

• The last paragraph definitely needs to be the second paragraph and a little bit tightened up.
• Do not write “She also goes on to say…”, “She also clarifies…”. This is not proper attribution. You need to take her quotes and comment on them.
• Don’t just pile up a bunch of quotes to make a paragraph; that is weak, like the paragraph that is only Randy Gonzalez’s quotes.
• Basically, you’re suffering from repetition. You almost literally repeated Ms. Regueira’s quote in non-quote form. This is what you want to avoid. You have a lot of repetition throughout the entire article. Go over it, pick out things that sound like the same information, and cut one or the other. The Reading Plus needs to be polished, with less repetition, more to the point, and more opinionated commentary.
• You want to try to put related quotes together
• “Now although Career Research…” The “now although” sounds a lot better when it is spoken but it doesn’t look good. Keep it to “although”

Maria Spirit Week edit

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Amendment 8

Amendment 8, the Local Option Community Funding bill, failed to pass in Florida with 56.5% of voters disapproving it on November 4. This amendment, if passed, would have required the state to impose local option sales tax levies for counties to fund community colleges. Although the Miami Herald endorsed this bill, South Floridians voted no on the item. The benefits of this bill passing would have included more direct funding for community colleges,