Jennifer Mahyle High school is a critical time to learn values such as diligence, multi-tasking, as well as the importance of hard work. These essential values are both used throughout life and are key to successful careers. In addition to an academic setting, many students further their learning of these values by obtaining a job in their free time. Maintaining a job while attending school can be exhausting. Students wake up early in the morning and work hard during school only to leave from school and work jobs. One student, Hannah Stoughton, describes her experience working during high school as, “a lot of hard work and very tiring, but it is also an extremely rewarding experience.” She went on further to explain that it has taught her more than she could have expected it to do. Working as a teenager teaches responsibility to not only show up to one’s job on time but also maintain good grades and turn assignments in on time. Annabelle Casella said working and going to school has taught her both time management and how to multitask. Juggling schoolwork between working a night job teaches hard work and diligence. Working in high school is no easy task and while it can be tiring, the values one can learn from it are invaluable. It creates responsibility and a desire to work hard and achieve goals.
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Jennifer Mayhle On average, 1,627 law enforcement officers die in the line of duty per year. The lives of 1,627 families are disrupted and they are left behind picking up the pieces and asking why? Of these deaths, 14% are a result of domestic disturbance calls gone deadly wrong. April 4, 2009, my dad and two other officers responded to a domestic disturbance call and all three lost their lives in the line of duty that day.
Twelve years later, the Apollo-Ridge staff chose to show their support for the officers and the sacrifice made that day with shirts created by Mr. Traill. On April 9th, the teachers and staff gathered in the cafeteria, wearing these shirts, and greeted my sister and I as we walked into school. The remembrance by others of a loved one who has passed means the word to a grieving family. Whether it was your dad, mom, grandpa, their lives impact you, and their legacy lives on through memories. My sister and I will never forget the kindness that Principal Consuegra and the staff of Apollo-Ridge showed by honoring our dad. Losing my dad has been hard, but it has also given us the opportunity to meet people we might never have met, people like the Apollo-Ridge staff who care for their students and want to make a difference. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for caring and helping us remember! My sister and I are proud to be a part of the Viking Family, and we so appreciate all your thoughtfulness and for going above and beyond to show your support. Jennifer Mayhle Extraordinary does not begin to describe the year that has occurred since the middle of March of 2020. March 13th, 2020, students left Apollo-Ridge expecting two weeks off school! However, two weeks turned into the remainder of the 2020 school year, and nothing was quite the same. Students and teachers alike anxiously awaited to hear what the next school year would bring. School resumed on September 8; however, students remained virtual. Teachers worked hard to communicate their expectations for their students and recorded videos, Zoomed, and helped the students learn new material to help prepare them for life after high school. While no one can complain about the opportunity to sleep in, many struggled to adjust to learning from home. Once again, teachers came to the rescue, available to answer questions and assist in any way they could. In-person learning resumed on October 5th with coronavirus preventions in place. While many students returned, others chose to continue virtual learning. When asking students about their reasoning behind choosing virtual learning, some cited not feeling safe to return to school; others enjoyed the chance to learn at home and work at their own pace rather than by a bell schedule; and a few simply would rather be at home than in school. One student who chose to come back, Anabelle Casella, said, "Online schooling gave me a lot of free time to get extra things done, but I believe that in-person schooling gives a better education and opportunity for learning." Shauna Daley chose to stay virtual and said, "I thought it would be easier and was more sanitary than coming to school." Currently, only one outbreak of Coronavirus has occurred in the high school, causing a brief shutdown. Following Christmas break, students returned. Principal Consuegra, teachers, and staff have gone to great lengths to ensure school is safe and students can enjoy the privilege of learning. |