Wolves' Howl

November 2017 Volume 4, Issue 2

Wolves’ Howl

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A NOTE FROM ADMINISTRATION

Ms. Mary Barba, Assistant Director

Greetings STHS Wolves,

November is a perfect time to think of all the things in which we are thankful. I am thankful for our

wonderful school and our beautiful students. I am thankful for the endless dedication of faculty

and staff and the support each of you have given to the students and the school.

As we enter the holiday season, there is a chance that some of our students will be getting new

phones or other types of technology. Parental involvement is, and always will be, the first line of

defense when it comes to our children being responsible digital citizens, so I want to share with

you some sites that will give you tips on monitoring your child's social media accounts. Don't be

afraid to ask your children for their accounts and passwords so you can keep them safe.

Instagram

Snapchat

General

Congratulations to STHS Senior, Joanna Schwarck, who has been named the Student Ambassador

for the Thomas C. McCormick Scholarship Fund, which is a Florida Non-Profit Organization named

after the late Mr. McCormick. Their mission is to provide scholarships to deserving students

to travel abroad, to Germany, Italy, and Costa Rica, to experience other cultures and enrich their

lives. The organization supports Education, Foreign Language, Culture Diversity and International

Diplomacy. Last summer, Joanna was the recipient of a scholarship that allowed her to travel as an

exchange student. She spent 4 weeks with a family in Duisdorf, Germany learning about their

culture, their country and so much more.

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I was thrilled to have the opportunity to meet the Thomas C. McCorkmick Chairman of the

Board, Nuccia McCormick, as well as the German American Friends Chairperson Karl-Heinz Thor

and his wife Annette Thor, all of who wish to meet more STHS students with the hope of going

abroad.

I look forward to the continued success of our students and I wish you all a happy and healthy

Thanksgiving.

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DATES OF INTEREST

November 10

Veteran’s Day, No School

November 20

Interim Reports Issued

November 22 – 24

Thanksgiving Break, No School

November 28

First Quarter Report Cards Issued

browardschools.com/calendars

BRACE

Ms. Dahlia Orris, BRACE Advisor

Scholarship & Summer Programs

Hello from Broward Schools BRACE!

Along with hundreds of scholarships, you can

also find many exciting and affordable or free

summer programs on Naviance/Family

Connection!

Simply log into your Naviance/Family

Connection account, click the "Colleges" tab and

then scroll down to "Enrichment."

Check out these great opportunities:

Bank of America Leaders and Achievers

Program, a paid summer internship within our

community for current juniors and seniors.

Bezos Scholars Program at the Aspen Institute, a

year-long leadership development program for

public high school juniors and educators. It

begins with a scholarship to attend the Aspen

Ideas Institute and continues through the

following school year when Bezos Scholar teams

return home to launch sustainable, local ideas

festivals that transform their school and

communities.

JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in

Biological and Computational Sciences at

University of Miami (application opens on 12/4)

There are hundreds of other terrific

opportunities, and they can all be found by

searching on Naviance/Family Connection!

All Broward students have access

to Naviance/Family Connection, a powerful

college and career planning and organizing tool

designed to inform students, parents, and

schools about:

 Researching careers, colleges, and

majors

 Finding local and national scholarships

and enrichment programs

 Exploring students’ career interests,

learning styles, personality types, and

multiple intelligences

 Building resumes and holistic portfolios

for job and college applications

 Setting goals and developing

personalized plans for success

 Requesting and sending electronic

transcripts to colleges

 Learning about success skills, financial

planning, self-discovery, and building

support network

Click here to find out how to log in to

your Naviance/Family Connection account. Only

students have access. Parent/Guardian contact

information as it appears in the district’s

emergency contact database is included in

students’ Naviance profiles. For information on

how to change the contact information, contact

your school’s Registrar.

Ms. Orris, our school’s BRACE College & Career

Advisor is a great resource for more information

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about planning your life after high school as well

as scholarships, financial aid, free summer

programs, and internships! Please introduce

yourself to Ms. Orris if you have any questions

about the information included in this

communication.

GUIDANCE GURUS

Ms. Felicia Rattray, Senior Counselor

Senior News

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is now

accepting applications for its $40,000 per year

College Scholarship! High-achieving high school

seniors with financial need have until November

to apply.

The Cooke Foundation it the nation’s largest

provider of scholarships to support the

education of exceptionally promising students

with financial need. In addition to the College

Scholarship, the foundation offers a unique pre-

college Young Scholars Program for students

starting in middle school. This is $40,000 per

year scholarship program supports high-

achieving, low-income students from 8

through 12

grade by providing intensive

advising and financial resources for tuition,

extracurricular pursuits, and summer

programming. Interested 7

grade students

should apply starting January 17, 2018.

INNOVATIVE

LEARNING CENTER

Ms. Michele Rivera,

Digital Learning Specialist

Senior Exhibition Projects… a PLAN,

GATHER, BUILD, and PRESENT

Process!

Seniors are in the process of planning, gathering

and presenting an Exhibition that focuses on a

topic related to his/her technical program

reflecting extensive research and creativity

including:

- Written component

- Visual component

- Presentation component

- Portfolio which can be utilized for

networking and future employment

To help jump-start the project, Mrs. Rivera,

the digital learning specialist, was invited to

Mrs. Payne’s 12

grade English class to provide

an overview of the research process and the

database resources available to support them.

The lesson began “with the end in mind”

reviewing the project rubric, ensuring that

students were clear on the expectations and

criteria on which they will be evaluated.

Students were then provided a “road map”

leading them through each step of the state’s

research process model (F.I.N.D.S.). This

included exploration of the various online

databases, along with the tools available within

them, that would best support their research

and topic connections. Additional support

materials and resources (i.e. notetaking

templates and an evaluation checklist) were

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created and also made available to help guide

students along the way.

Students will discover that, while research is

sometimes a “messy” process, the perseverance

applied to showcase a deeper understanding of

their topic and its application to a field in which

they are excited about, will be well worth the

effort!

Important Information regarding

Office Mix changes ...

We’d like to let you know that we are retiring

the Office Mix Preview service on May 1,

2018 and need you to take action to save your

files. Please make sure to migrate all of your

content to a storage location of your choice

before the retirement date to avoid losing any

of your data. Over time, we will be adding the

best experiences of Office Mix across

PowerPoint, Stream, and Forms to make it even

easier for you to create and share interactive

online videos.

For more information, see the Innovative

Learning Department's info by clicking here &

(Go to APP of the Month link in the top Menu).

DIGITAL DIRECT STUDENT

LIBRARY CARD

School Board of Broward Country

Digital Direct Student Library Card

Dear Parents/Guardians: Broward County Public

Schools and Broward County Library (BCL) have

partnered to offer your child access to

outstanding digital educational resources

through the BCL Digital Direct Student Library

Card. You may OPT-IN to the BCL Digital Direct

Student Library Card program by providing

permission to share select student records (first

name, last name, student ID number, school

grade level, name of most recent school

attended, email address if available) with the

Broward Public Library. Because of the Family

Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

regulations, Broward County Public Schools is

only allowed to share your child’s records with

the Broward Public Library with your consent.

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BCL will not use the information for any other

purpose (including marketing) except to provide

the stated library services to the students. The

BCL Digital Direct Student Library Card is in

addition to, and separate from, any full service

BCL library card that a student may already have

or may obtain in the future. Please click here to

access the form.

November “App of the Month”

Microsoft’s Student Advantage Program

provides free downloads of the full version of

Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, Access, etc.)

for all students in Broward County Public

Schools, for use on their personal and mobile

devices (Android and iOS).

The Student Advantage program helps ensure

students have access to the tools they need to

be successful in their education and are

prepared for the technology skills required in

the workforce.

Click the here to find out how to get Microsoft

Office Student Advantage!

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

ASSOCIATION

Ms. Wendy Payne, Senior English

2021 Class Officers

Recently our class of 2021 cast their first votes.

Following are the results.

President – Brittany Barnes

Vice President – Angie Rivera

Treasurer – Myah Charlton

Secretary – Kiera Knight

Historian – Karessa Windham

Class Color – White

Please congratulate each as you see them and

thank them for their dedication.

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MATHEMATICS

Nancy Barba, Mathematics & Personal

Financial Literacy Instructor

Financial Algebra

Pictured right to left

Laurie Rich Levinson, Lurelle Starling, Andrew

Gilowey, Stephanie Goode, Nancy Barba

STHS Personal Financial Literacy aka Financial

Algebra class is taught by Ms. Nancy Barba and

offers seniors enrolled in this class the

opportunity to learn the basics of money

management: budgeting, saving, debt, credit

scores, cover letter and resume writing, dress

for success, investing, car buying, housing,

insurance, giving and more. That knowledge lays

a foundation for students to build strong money

habits early on and avoid many of the mistakes

that lead to lifelong money struggles.

November is dedicated to learning about cars

and insurance. The Rick Case and Car Max

dealerships have presented all of the aspects

about buying new or used cars. Students in the

class used the Car Max website to select a car to

“buy” a car. On Wednesday, November 7,

Stephanie Goode (sales agent), Andrew Gilowey

(buyer) and Lurelle Starling (general manager)

shared valuable information about what you

need to do to purchase a car.

Visiting the class was Ms. Laurie Rich Levinson-

District 6 School Board member, Ms. Louise Ball-

Social Studies Curriculum Supervisor, and Ms.

Gloria Aguirre-Secondary Math Instructional

Specialist.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

IN BUSINESS

Mr. Robert Decker & Miss Z

MOS Certifications

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STHS is proud to be a showcase school for

Microsoft again this year. Our freshman

students took their first two attempts for

Microsoft Office Suite (MOS) certification exams

this semester. We are very proud of our 76

students, 95% have obtained Word, 71% have

earned PowerPoint, one student passed Excel

and all have been assisting with beta testing

2016 Outlook (only one student passed), within

Gmetrix & Certiport.

In addition to gaining MOS Certifications our

students have been engaged in the following

content; Global Business, building a Career

in the tech industry as well as taking the

Myers–Briggs Type Indicator which is an

introspective self-report questionnaire with the

purpose of indicating differing psychological

preferences in how people perceive the world

around them and make decisions. This guides

students to studies and careers that match their

unique make-up.

GAY / STAIGHT ALLIANCE

Richard Vaughan, Sponsor

World AIDS Awareness Day

The Gay/Straight Alliance will be acknowledging

World AIDS Awareness Day on Friday, December

1st. We will be distributing educational materials

and red ribbon buttons to signify the day. There

will also be a short program to recognize

National Coming Out Day, which was in

October.

NATIONAL HONORS

SOCIETY

Marisa Santana, Sponsor

Harvest Drive

On behalf of National Honor Society members

and myself, I would like to thank you all for your

support in this year’s Harvest Drive. This year we

collected 5,774 items, nearly six times the

amount from last year! I am so proud of all our

students this year and cannot wait for our next

class competition.

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BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

OF AMERICA

Robert Decker, Sponsor

District Competition

It is with great pride to report that Sheridan, in

our inaugural year, took home many gold, silver,

and bronze medals in Broward County district

competition for Business Professionals of

America. The following students will be on their

way to Disney World in Orlando, Florida in

February to represent their school and their

county in state competition in their respective

competitive event:

Lucas Tocuyo

place Advanced Spreadsheet Applications

Lorena Manasturean

place Prepared Speech

Kaleigh Richardson

place Presentation Management

Hannah Serra

place Presentation Management

Ashley Rivera

place Human Resource Management

Ryan Rowe

place Prepared speech

Please congratulate these fine business

professionals!

FLORIDA SCHOLASTIC

PRESS ASSOCIATION

Sean McConnell, Senior Student

2017 District 7 Workshop

Our STHS Multimedia club encompasses all the

aspects that make communication clear and

entertaining. From writing, filming, to editing,

these skills intermingle and take a lot to master.

And all of these communication skills are put to

the test in the annual Florida Scholastic Press

Association (FSPA).

On November 4, 2017, I attended FSPA for the

first time at Nova University. This is the event

where thousands of passionate students in

multimedia clubs across Florida either compete

in competitions that go up to the National level

or attend useful workshops covering a variety of

aspects. Students compete in On-The-Spot

Contests either in writing or filming. Students

could be seen flying drones or even taking the

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world’s best selfie; the most engaging film wins.

One contest requires students to film an

engaging story, and another is taking the world’s

best selfie. That being said, the stakes are high

as time is limited and teamwork/efficiency is

crucial in their success. At FSPA, real life

scenarios are portrayed in the competitions, as

time is limited in the news room and work has to

be made on the spot.

For myself, I attended the workshops at FSPA

with the intent on becoming a better

communicator and designer. Every workshop I

attended was engaging and had qualified

individuals leading them. For example, in one, I

learned the strategies to becoming a better

interviewer in which at the end, students

needed to perform a mock interview. This was

perfect, since I was currently in the interviewing

process myself at STHS. While there were

countless workshops to attend, my selected

workshops consisted of strategies in story

writing, graphic designing, and newspaper

communication.

Overall, my experience at FSPA was quite

exceptional. I met new people and learned

about the work and passion that goes behind

these careers. The information I gained from this

event will be utilized in my school’s TV

Production program, and this competition made

me excited for what lies ahead in Sheridan’s

multimedia program.

FLORIDA SCHOLASTIC

PRESS ASSOCIATION

David Rojas Tellez, Senior Student

2017 District 7 Workshop

FSPA was an eye opening experience in the

world of media production, with an emphasis on

news coverage. It broadened the horizons

of various mediums like Photoshop,

interviewing, video and sound editing in relation

to news coverage. Through workshops, guest

speakers and on-the-spot competitions,

attendees were able to learn about the world of

media production. Personally, I was interested in

the film production workshops that delved into

film making aspects, such as the use of music

and scores in movies. Not only did I learn about

my interests, I also learned about skills that

could easily translate into bettering our Media

Production Club at school.

Pictured: Sean M. & David T. engage in mock

interviews

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STAFF VS. STUDENTS

TEAMBUILDING

Susan Collins, Sponsor

Challenge Accepted

The staff has decided to challenge the

students in various events this year. Their

first competition was with the 2D 3D art club

in a game of Pictionary. Many laughs were had

by all, and although they were blindfolded for

many of their turns, they still kicked our butt!

The staff thought surely they would redeem

themselves in a Family Feud contest, but were

once again annihilated by the students.

The gauntlet has been thrown, and we will be

challenging the volleyball team to a match on

December 6th. Come out and cheer us on!

SPOKEN WORD

Zsalé Haghighat, Sponsor

Monthly Open Mic Opportunities

If you have interest in Spoken Word, please

show support to fellow poets at monthly

open mics.

The VoiceBox 7P

ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale

Lyrical Lounge 7P

City of Sunrise Art Gallery

ATHLETICS

Coach Julius, Sponsor

Flag Football STHS vs. McFatter

Congratulations to the Wolves Flag Football

team for their first victory over McFatter's

team, 13-6. The defense was spectacular

especially the coverage by Andre Johnson &

Rashyd Denis. The offense led by quarterback,

Brandon Cabrera was outstanding. He threw

two touchdown passes to our amazing wide

receivers, Dave Allen and Christian Fana. Way

to go Wolves!!