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

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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

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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

Disadvantages of Dreyfoos Sports

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Julia Bonavita
The Dreyfoos soccer field is 3/4 the size of a regular high school soccer field.

At Dreyfoos, students are encouraged to participate in as many activities as possible. With one of the best high school programs in the state, we are pushed to go beyond our artistic and academic limits by engaging in the multiple other clubs and organizations that our school has to offer; however, with students participating in as many activities as they do, sports are often forgotten about.

Sports: the biggest joke of Dreyfoos. Other high schools attribute our inability to do well on the field simply because we are an arts school, and the students are artistic but not athletic. However, we all fail to recognize that the answer may not be the students who are participating, but rather the lack of tools given to us to participate. In order to create a full toolbox for a successful athletic team, you need the right tools. Here at Dreyfoos, building that ideal toolbox is harder because we don’t have the proper tools in our athletic department to build from.

The month of January means a new year and a new track and field season. This time of the school year leaves many students wandering around campus after school looking for tryouts at the school track. However, newcomers may not realize that here at Dreyfoos, that track does not exist. One of the biggest problems the track and field team is that they have no track. This makes it difficult to find a place to practice. The lack of a track to train on puts the team at a disadvantage, as they have to practice at a neighboring Roosevelt Middle School, which is ten minutes away from Dreyfoos. Here, the team is able to use the equipment necessary for practice, like the long jump pit, blocks for sprinters and of course, the track.

Additionally, there is no mode of transportation provided for teams, causing difficulties for many students. It’s already known that students travel from everywhere in Palm Beach County to attend Dreyfoos. Through the use of Tri­Rail and buses, these students are able to make it to school. Despite this, they cannot find ways to athletic activities because they are not given a mode of transportation from the school.

One of the essential parts of high school sports is being able to provide transportation to athletes who do not have rides to matches and competitions. Many high schools use an activity bus for this, but due to Dreyfoos’s lack of one, student athletes must depend on rides from coaches, parents, or friends in order to attend events and practices. Some

Dreyfoos athletes find that without an activity bus to take them back and forth to competitions, they can’t participate in sports. They lose an opportunity to participate in an activity they love because we have failed to provide basic means for them.

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Communications senior Alana Gomez is a third-year staffer and Assistant Managing Editor on The Muse. Apart from her love for journalism, Gomez also writes nonfiction and fiction stories in her spare time. She enjoys reading and history class almost as much as she does writing because it is both an escape from reality and a great learning experience. Gomez is the vice president of Key Club, a community outreach coordinator for National Honor Society, and is involved in many other in-school activities. Other than her many school clubs, Gomez is also a sports fanatic, and has played flag-football for 10 years. Gomez enjoys music ranging from classic rock to Biggie Smalls, and powerful quotes and Steve Carell are usually enough to cheer her up on a bad day. She also keeps a special place in her heart for everything sci-fi, fantasy, and comic book, a love established by her father and his geeky influence. Gomez is still figuring out her future but she knows that no matter where she ends up in life, she will never stop writing.
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