Sep 2012 - Newton Community Schools

Opinion Cardinal Chronicle September 2012
Dear Alexandria,
I’m a senior in
high school and I still
have no idea what I want
to do or where to go
for college! My parents
have their own plans for
me, but I don’t want to
do that. I don’t know
who to talk to for advice.
By Quiana
Hamm
When walking
into the building
on the first day of
school, what is the
one thing weighing
you down? You may
have guessed the fact
that school has started
and your summer
has been terminated,
By Charley
Bevilacqua
Hello Newton High
School students and
teachers! This year the
newspaper is adding
the wondrous Letters
to the Editors column!
Please send in your
10
Help!
Signed,
Late Planner
Dear Late Planner,
I know what
you mean! New school
year, new drama, new
stress, it’s all very hard
to deal with at the same
but that’s not what
I’m talking about. I’m
talking about carrying
around all the heavy
school supplies! Have
you ever stopped to
think how much all the
school supplies cost for
a year? Or maybe how
much you have spent
in the past years? “It
really depends on what
you get,” says Kaitlyn
Sornan, 2014, and it
really does depend on
where you get your
supplies and what you
get.
“My mom gets what
she thinks we need not
what the school thinks
personal opinions to
the newspaper over
something that’s
happening in the
school or community,
your critiques of the
newspaper, or world
news.
Asking Alexandria
time. Finding help and
advice can be stressful,
especially with touchy
subjects, but that’s
where I come in! I’m
an anonymous advice
column; here simply
for your benefit. There’s
no judging, ever. I’m
anonymous, you’re
we need, and it’s all
good,” Brandon Nemo,
2015, said. Do you use
all the stuff that the
school thinks you need
for the year? Or do you
put the stacks of paper
and extra note books
in the bottom of your
locker and let them
collect dust until June?
Do you spend the same
amount every year or
does it fluctuate from
year to year? Olivia
Oliver, 2013, says, “It
kind of goes downhill
as you get older, I think.
At least, for me it has
because I only buy what
I need for that year.” As a
Letters to thine Editor
Basically, this
column is for you, the
students and teachers of
NHS, to communicate
with us, the newspaper,
so we can know how
we’re doing as a staff or
how you are, as the rest
anonymous. Sound like
a deal? Starting Monday,
October 1, there will be
a box located in the front
office for your convenience.
Advice will be
given on any subject you
need, as long as they are
school appropriate. I ask
for your cooperation.
Teens surprised about shocking prices
senior, Oliver must have
realized that everything
she bought wasn’t used,
so she reduced what she
bought and used only
what she needed. Smart
girl!
Maybe you want
to know the answer to
the original question,
how much you have
spent in the past years.
Don Arends, guidance,
guesses $600. Nemo
guesses he spent $50 in
the past, while Sarnan
guesses she has spent
$2,000. Over those
twelve years that we are
forced to go to school,
the amount you or your
of the student body.
We strongly
encourage people
to send us in letters.
Starting October 1
please submit letters
directly to Ms. Calvin’s
room 232. Letters must
This column is here for
your benefit. I’ll be waiting
to hear from you!
Yours truly,
Alexandria.
parents spend on your
school supplies, on
average, is $4,380.
“Are you serious?
What about college?
That’s probably a
billion times more
than just grade school
does!” says Mercedes
Walker, 2015, from
East Marshall High
School. After finding
out how much your
parents have spent
on you, and possibly
your brothers and
sisters, you may stop
bugging them for the
Spiderman folders
and the designer
backpacks.
be signed by the person
that wrote them.
We request that the
entries sent in should be
no more than 250 words.