October 2009 Issue
Five South students left Massachusetts on the evening of October 10, enduring a nine-hour bus ride to Washington D.C. before joining 200,000 people in the National Equality March on October 11. Although labeled “Equality, the march specifically focuses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI) rights.
Despite recent drug and alcohol-related incidents in the city, Principal Joel Stembridge, housemasters, and Prevention/Intervention Counselor Rich Catrambone will continue normal efforts to deter students from unsafe behaviors.
Six out of eight School Committee seats will be contested in this year's upcoming election on November 3, the most in the Newton's history.
After familiarizing himself with the school, Principal Joel Stembridge intends to discuss two important issues: stress and spirit.
The South Senate plans to tackle the many current, pressing issues that are afflicting the student body. Principal Stembridge also plans on working closely with the Senate this year.
Members of the Class of 2010 will now have the option of utilizing the College Board's decision last January to implement Score Choice, a program that gives students the freedom to choose which SAT scores they wish reported to colleges.
The junior semi-formal will be held at the Newton Marriott this year instead of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, where it has been held for the past several years.
A private company administered vaccines in the form of shots or nasal mist to over 150 preregistered students in South's flu vaccine clinic on October 15.
Students working in the library this year no longer have private access to the library's wireless network.
Students returning from the Yom Kippur long weekend may have noticed a much-brighter library entrance. This was not the effect of new lights, however, but of the new tile floor installed in the library's entrance.