Kelly Saiz
News Editor
Students, faculty and community members gathered on Wednesday, Oct. 27 in the Wagner Room for the Love is Respect Concert, a benefit for the Domestic Violence Crisis Center (DVCC). Located in Norwalk and Bridgeport, the DVCC has operated since 1997 as a resource for domestic abuse. The concert, featuring 12 student acts, raised $550.00 towards the DVCC.
Lauren Campbell
Reporter
One year ago, senior Isabella Carillo’s beloved horse, Polo, was stolen by a horse trader, leading Isa to found the Polo Foundation last summer. The foundation aims at preventing the slaughter of horses and ponies.
Gogo Jones
Reporter
First introduced as an independent study project, the Financial Literacy class was launched this year. The course aims to help students achieve their goals through prudent and informed management of their financial resources. Today, Financial Literacy is offered to high schoolers in thirteen states and mandatory for them to take in nine.
Sara Levine
Reporter
From Oct. 21-23, the Drama Department will start off its new season with The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet and The Rules of Comedy. Both are one-act, 40-minute comedies that turn the traditional story of Romeo and Juliet upside down.
The Drama Department has been performing serious and dramatic plays for the past three years. This year, they plan to incorporate comedy. “It was time to lighten up the acts,” Theatre Director Deirdre Alexander said.
Doug Reilly
Sports Editor
Have you ever taken a casual stroll past the New Balance store in town or have been working out at the YMCA and been rudely interrupted by the screams of Shakira and pounding bass of Pitbull? You’re either hearing things or right around the corner from a Zumba class.
Zumba is a dance fitness program created in Colombia in the 1990s by a dancer and choreographer named Alberto “Beto” Perez. Zumba uses latin dance moves and music in an effort to make working out more fun and less of a chore. Consequently, it has become one of the most popular forms of exercise in our town, especially in our high school…
