Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | 501 S. Sapodilla Ave, WPB, FL 33401

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  • March 27No School because of Good Friday on 3/29/24
  • March 27No School on 3/25/24
  • March 27Asian Cultural Society Holi Holiday on 3/28/24 at 11:19 a.m. at the Blue Tables Outside Cafeteria
  • March 27Scholarship Night on 3/27/24 at 6 p.m. in Meyer Hall
  • March 27Dual Enrollment Meeting on 3/27/24 at 11:19 a.m. in the Cafeteria
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | 501 S. Sapodilla Ave, WPB, FL 33401

THE MUSE

Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | 501 S. Sapodilla Ave, WPB, FL 33401

THE MUSE

Hola, Nihao, Hello, Shalom
Hola, Nihao, Hello, Shalom
March 16, 2024
Lining the bleachers in the gymnasium, sophomores cheer on performers during the Battle of the Bands competition.
Battle of the Genres
March 14, 2024
Vocal sophomore Levi Cowen plays the drums during the sophomores’ Battle of the Bands rehearsal. The sophomores had to perform songs from the techno genre.
Jamming to Win
March 14, 2024

Stormy Daze

Stormy+Daze
Graphic by Lexi Marcellino

We all hope it will happen. That we will not wake up on Monday morning to the sunshine, but the flash of a lighting strike. Thunder will rumble over us, and the flooded streets will make it impossible to leave our homes. We will turn on our TVs to discover that school has been canceled.

This fantasy that has been playing in the heads of students and teachers throughout this past week is becoming more and more unrealistic. Tropical Storm Erika has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression. Depressingly enough, this means that the mundane school day will continue on as normal, just a little more rainy.

The proactive bunch who were swarming to supply stores this week can now rest a little more easily. But what do they do with a year’s worth of non-perishable foods that they stocked up on? Many stores look like a war-zone, lacking bottled water, batteries and flashlights.

This comes with little consolation for students on this painfully sunny day. Many of them relied on the “no school” rumor for the past week and are disappointed to see it proven wrong. It surely does say a lot about students, though, wishing for a possibly devastating storm to rip through South Florida, all for an extra day off of school. Islands such as Haiti have experienced the wrath of Erika. People have died due to the brutal weather.

Floridians understand the horror a storm can cause. Hurricane Katrina and Andrew are two of the incredibly destructive forces of nature that Florida has seen. Students are praying for Erika, a storm that has taken lives, to lash out. Erika has developed during the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, people should be praying for the lives that were lost, not for more devastation. They want this storm to be serious enough that tri-rail cannot operate safely and buses are forbidden to move. While I admit, I have been silently praying to the weather gods this week as well, is school that difficult, that mundane, that awful, that we would rather have a deathly storm rip through our neighborhoods?

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Alexis Pinchuk, Assistant Managing Editor
Communications senior Alexis Pinchuk is a third-year staffer and Assistant Managing Editor, overseeing the Copy, Website, Features, and Op/Ed sections for The Muse. She loves every aspect of the communications field, and dedicates much of her time to The Muse and other courses. Pinchuk has many published pieces and received a Scholastic honorary mention for her poem, “Rabbit Ears.” She hopes to attend a prestigious college where she will continue her studies in journalism. In whatever field she studies, Pinchuk is determined to make a difference. In seventh and eighth grade, Pinchuk founded the successful club, Every Soul Counts. Through this club, she was able to raise thousands of dollars, volunteer at underprivileged elementary schools, and work with passionate individuals to change the lives of soldiers and their families. Over her junior and senior year, Pinchuk founded the Psychology and Philosophy Club as well. Aside from these achievements, Pinchuk became a second degree black belt at the age of eight, is an equestrian, and participated on the Dreyfoos swim team during her sophomore year. Pinchuk dreams of becoming a New York Times Bestseller and Newbery Award Winner, along with other aspirations. She is optimistic and excited for the future, as she plans to continue working extremely hard to achieve her goals.
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