SLA Media

SLAMedia is a publication of the news for the Science Leadership Academy community. Writers come from the student body in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. We work in unison to create a functioning paper with biweekly postings on a variety of events.

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Hallway Fashion: Shanayia Roland

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Congrats on being one of the people in SLA with the best hallway fashion. Are you surprised?

Yes, I was surprised because I don’t get dressed up for school since I work also. I thought that my outfit for the day wasn’t really special. I want something comfortable and simple.

 

What makes your style different from the other people?

My style is different from others because I don’t really buy from specific brands. I usually just buy items that I like and put them together depending on how I am feel in the morning.

 

Does being a model make you know how to dress yourself and the clothes portray the way you want it to be?

Yes, Being a model helps me to know how to make certain features of my body standout using clothing. Modeling shows me that its not about what you wear its about the confidence you have in the outfit.

 

Interview by Dalena Bui

Locker Talk: How was your first quarter at SLA?

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Lauren Hummel - "Benchmarks are serious. They're a really big deal and time consuming."
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Kristina Scalia-Jackson - "It was very unique and different. It was a nice experience to have and I learned that the teachers are always there to help you if you need it and as long as you ask you can get help."
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Milahn Shurelds - "It wasn't hard but it wasn't easy. It was in the middle and it took a while to get the hang of project based learning."
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Zoe Schwingel-Sauer - "It was pretty good. I learned that sometimes the social aspect takes over a little bit and you have to learn your teachers."
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Isabella Mezzaroba - "It was interesting and different and I learned to be more insightful about things."
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Photos by Tytianna Broadwater. Interviews by Melanie Harrington.

Column: One Door Opens. Another Doesn’t.

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By Sam Lovett-Perkins

Staff Writer

About a week ago, I was running late to class after X-band lunch on Friday. It was particularly frustrating as I was going from the second floor to the fifth knowing that the easiest way to avoid the congested main stairwell was to take a detour through the notoriously disgusting, but much less crowded, back staircase. Racing to get to Mr. Baird’s “Isms” class, I hastily rounded the turn between the 4th and 5th floor and went to yank the door open. It wasn’t until my hand hit the flat metal of the door that I noticed something was amiss. There was no door knob!

I’m sure I share this feeling of frustration with the many students who are simply looking for a faster way to the 5th floor. Each of them is now forced to choose between waiting for someone on the other side, or taking the humiliating walk back down to the 3rd floor only to climb all the way back up. This is an unnecessary source of frustration for students in a rush, the knowledge that all that keeps you from getting to class is a missing doorknob.

Luckily for me, my friend had a small piece of metal that we used to pull the door open through the empty doorknob hole. A piece of advice: I suggest searching through your bag for some kind of hook. Something that can be used to pull open the door.

As you scour your bag for this item, wondering “Why me?” (as I did) , I urge you to consider what events have brought you to this point in life. Was it ignoring the warning of another friend (as I did) or perhaps bad karma for not picking up that last piece of trash off the floor (as I should have)?

But one question remained. Who would break the door and not fix it? I knew that somewhere inside of SLA, the culprit walked the same hallways as their victims.

After much investigation, this columnist (with the entire journalism staff) caught the saboteur–none other than Junior Jamie Murphy. She sheepishly confessed, admitting to knocking out the knob — which was already loose, she told us — while trying to forcibly open the door.

So what’s next? Should we punish the culprit (hang her by her thumbs), or show some mercy and deal with it for a while? After all, the broken door isn’t really Jamie’s fault — but the problem continues to vex me.

This morning, I once again made my way up the grand back staircase to the 5th floor, believing that given a week of such inconvenience, someone surely must have taken care of this problem. Lo and behold, I get to the top and find that there is no door knob but perhaps something just as good. I suppose that the chair positioned between the door and the wall is an acceptable quick-fix, but by no means a permanent solution to SLA’s latest problem.

Turning The Page

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By: Annisa Ahmed
Staff Writer

On Tuesday, November 27th, Senior Sasha Sapp and the Book Club Committee held their first ever meeting to discuss, well, books.

Before the meeting, Sapp was fairly worried for the turnout, as she was pacing back and forth constantly, looking around for the potential members. The Café was fairly empty and the senior was almost at her wits end.

Thankfully, as time approached closer and closer to the starting point, “her freshman,” as she called them, appeared, ready and willing to begin.

The final attendance was around 10 students, who enjoyed refreshments and also brought video cameras to document the event, as requested by Sapp’s capstone mentor, English Teacher Ms. Rami.

The books read for the meeting were Erin Morgenstern’s Night Circus, a fantasy novel about two proteges struggling to comply to the rules of a twisted carnival, and John Green & David Levithan’s Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which deals with flamboyant best friends, chance meetings and the change that comes as the outcome of both.

Stimulating conversations were a sure smash and although the group consisted of freshmen and seniors, the easygoing tone of the meeting was hardened with homemade food and a helping of salsa.

The meetings will happen monthly, with Sapp sending reminder e-mails in advance. If you are interested in the Book Club, feel free to contact Sasha via email: ssapp@scienceleadership.org. She would love to for any student of SLA to join.

Contact Information: aahmed2@scienceleadership.org