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[BRIEF] Lightning Strikes Campus Wildlife
[BRIEF] Lightning Strikes Campus Wildlife
Carefully tracing the letters of her poster, co-president of the Colleen Hoover Book Club, and communications sophomore Kendall Smith, prepares for Club Rush. “We felt like there’s a huge community of people, especially in highschool, that really enjoy Colleen Hoovers books and all the different layers behind them,” said Smith. “We wanted to create a fun and safe space to talk about them.”
Twilight Polls, Rockets, and QR Codes
Theatre senior Théa Lamy displays how Dreyfoos’ dress code applies to her, including the requirement to cover shoulders. “I think we just need to look back on these rules because there’s such a diversity of people,” Lamy said. “There tends to be some bias because we’re looking at the person, not the outfit.”
Different Body, Different Standards
After announcing their names and roles, vocal department officers ran to the front row, and the vocal students gathered for a group photo.
[BRIEF] Vocal Potluck Offers Cuisine and Community
Members of the School Advisory Council (SAC) listen in as SGA Co-Historian and dance senior Jonelle Brinkley explains the progress the athletic department has made for the 2022-23 school year. She shared a list of the recent varsity sports activities, including team tryouts and upcoming schedules for the cross-country and swim teams.
[BRIEF] First SAC Meeting of the 2022-2023 School Year
[BRIEF] Lightning Strikes Campus Wildlife
[BRIEF] Lightning Strikes Campus Wildlife
After announcing their names and roles, vocal department officers ran to the front row, and the vocal students gathered for a group photo.
[BRIEF] Vocal Potluck Offers Cuisine and Community
Members of the School Advisory Council (SAC) listen in as SGA Co-Historian and dance senior Jonelle Brinkley explains the progress the athletic department has made for the 2022-23 school year. She shared a list of the recent varsity sports activities, including team tryouts and upcoming schedules for the cross-country and swim teams.
[BRIEF] First SAC Meeting of the 2022-2023 School Year
[BRIEF] Pulling the Strings
[BRIEF] Pulling the Strings
Standing in the middle of her peers, dance senior Zoe Revennaugh dances to the piece she choreographed, titled “Zoe’s Dance.”
“Bittersweet”
In a World After COVID- 19
In a World After COVID- 19
Auditioning during COVID-19: Pre-recorded auditions are the new norm
Auditioning during COVID-19: Pre-recorded auditions are the new norm
My COVID-19 Story
My COVID-19 Story
Back to School in a Pandemic: Five Tips For Supporting Your Mental Health This Fall
Back to School in a Pandemic: Five Tips For Supporting Your Mental Health This Fall
SHIFTING EDUCATION: HOW THE SWITCH FROM IN-CLASSROOM TO DISTANCE LEARNING HAS AFFECTED US
SHIFTING EDUCATION: HOW THE SWITCH FROM IN-CLASSROOM TO DISTANCE LEARNING HAS AFFECTED US
Urging the audience to snap along, piano seniors Joshua Lumaban and Arthur Schofield play a song inspired by the movie “Monsters Inc.” During their piece, they drew the audience in as they switched spots and ran around each other throughout the song. “I havent played a duet with AJ since last year,” Lumaban said. “We chose the piece because we watched a YouTube video and actually really liked what the YouTube video showed us.”
Playing At An Impromptu Ianpromptu
Marking through an arabesque promenade, dance senior Kylie Peitz practices the adagio combination as dance dean Heather Lescaille demonstrates in front of the class. “It’s always important to have ballet as a foundation,” dance senior Paulina Salas said. “Since we’re going to have it so often, I hope it will improve my versatility and strength as a dancer.”
Twirling Their Way to Higher HPAs
The Speech and Debate and Creative Writing programs came together to showcase their work at Figure of Speech in the Black Box Theater on March 24.
Telling Their Truths
The entire cast of “Little Shop of Horrors” comes together on stage for the finale, “Don’t Feed the Plants.” In this number, Audrey and Seymour come together after both being eaten by Audrey II as a final reminder for the audience to never feed the plants.
Don’t Feed the Plants
Looking back at her artwork, visual senior Giovanna Romano reflects on how difficult it is to work on just a 4x4 canvas. However, she found that the project helped her apply the skills she learned over the past four years.
The Butterfly Effect
Mr. Clark points to his great-great-grandmother’s whistle that she used when she was a P.E. teacher and his great great, great grandmother’s notebook that she taught out of. “I think that (the whistle and notebook) is something that’s really special that my parents actually gifted to me when I took this job.”
Welcoming the Welcomer
New math teacher Traci De León describes limits in relation to vertical asymptotes to her second period class. Mrs. De León decided to teach at Dreyfoos to be closer to her husband, jazz director Christopher De León, and to experience the school’s art areas. “We worked together at the beginning of our careers 12 years ago in Orlando,” De León said. “The biggest reason I enjoyed working with him was because I can cheer them (the students) on because … both my husband and I knew the students personally.”
From Teaching Suncoast Chargers to Dreyfoos Jaguars
Assistant Principal Ron Lewis spins Principal Blake Bennett as part of a secretly-planned faculty dance during the Pep Rally.
New Year, Her Rules
AP Government and Politics and Macroeconomics teacher Micheal Esopakis discusses supply and demand concepts with students as they complete a Venn diagram illustration.
Introducing Mr. Esopakis
New math teacher Timothy Freeman helps band sophomore Gianna “Gigi” Mendelson with homework problems at the end of his fifth period precalculus class. Her classmate, band sophomore Ryan Brown, believes Mr. Freeman’s spontaneous style of teaching better “accommodates the needs of the class” by going at the pace of the class. “If you have a more rigid system, you can’t be that flexible,” Brown said. “You can’t be that adaptable.”
New Vests and New Faces
Slowly coming to a stop, the Yellow Line trolley arrives at its 200 Rosemary Ave. stop. The trolley runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Sunday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. from Thursday through Saturday.
Downtown Drives
Laying on the newly renovated fountain in front of Building 9, digital media junior Mckenna Dickinson uses Quizlet to help her study.
Study Tips for Exam Season
Digital senior Emma Shukla spreads out her AP Statistics notes to study, monitoring her time for work and breaks in accordance with the Pomodoro Technique. This method incorporates five steps to break workloads into 25 minute intervals.
Real Student Study Methods
All One People
All One People
Guest pianist Susan Zhang plays on The Concert Truck for students and staff spread out across the field.
Finding Unity in Black History
We’re in Need of a Trip to the Polls
We’re in Need of a Trip to the Polls
The Road to Representation
The Road to Representation
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury serves as commentary to warn against censorship; the title itself corresponds to the degree at which a book burns. It is being censored by parents who clearly missed the point of Bradbury’s dystopian novel, raising the question if people who challenged it even finished the book.
The War on Books
Ariel Mindel, left, of Mental Health America of Illinois, hands out information about depression and suicidal behavior after a presentation at Oak Lawn Community High School, January 26, 2011. At rear is high school social worker Carol Gustafson. Photo by Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune/MCT
Don’t Settle: This is Not Enough
Class of 2021 seniors pose with the Spirit Stick on campus after emerging victorious in Spirit Week 2020.
The Story of A Stick
Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS
Super Bowl Opinions
Communications senior Penelope Ryan gets a hold of the ball during a 10 point lead in the Jan. 10 game against Inlet Grove High School.
A Homecoming on the Hardwood
Soccer and Sashes: Girls and Boys Soccer Team Celebrate the Season
Soccer and Sashes: Girls and Boys Soccer Team Celebrate the Season
“We fought through it”
“We fought through it”
Visual senior Will Dhana walks towards the goal, watching the game in case the opposing team tries to score. Dhana played keeper in the game and was responsible for preventing the Jupiter team from scoring goals. “The hardest thing about playing keeper is the self-inflicted injuries,” Dhana said. “It’s extremely easy to get in and come out in a lot of pain.”
Jags Take on Jupiter: Boys Soccer Photo Recap
There’s Nothing Wrong with Red Pandas
There’s Nothing Wrong with Red Pandas
It’s Not Perfect, But That’s the Point
It’s Not Perfect, But That’s the Point
Photo by Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures.
The Band of Misfits Take the Road
A Classic Retold
A Classic Retold
Cruella de Vil, Mad or Magnificent?
Cruella de Vil, Mad or Magnificent?
On the Double: His Class is like a Movie
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 4: Holiday Day
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 4: Holiday Day
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 3: Generation Day
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 3: Generation Day
Spirit Week 2022 | Behind the Scenes: Pep Rally Dance
Spirit Week 2022 | Behind the Scenes: Pep Rally Dance
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 2: Class Clique
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 2: Class Clique
Cheering for the seniors’ Spirit Week win, SGA co-president and communications senior Sheevam Patel jumps in front of the senior section.
The Beginning of the End: 2022 Spirit Week
The juniors part as Biology teacher Stephen Anand searches for a bird in the junior section as part of the freshmen skit.
[BRIEF] Bringing Back the Pep
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 4: Holiday Day
Spirit Week 2022 | Day 4: Holiday Day
Sophomores, decked out in green gear for their St. Patrick’s day theme, jump, scream, and wave as the drone flies above the front of campus. Caption written by Olivia Metzler.
Rain Didn’t Stop Spirit Week
[BRIEF] Holiday Day
[BRIEF] Holiday Day
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The performers come together for a standing ovation from the audience at the end of the show.

[Photo] Telling Their Truths

March 29, 2022
Smiling for the camera, vocal junior Jacqueline Alvarado (top) and visual junior Julian Leyva (bottom) pose for pictures on the field after the Generation Dances.

[Photo] Spirit Week: In A Time Machine

March 9, 2022
Band juniors Ava DeGaetano and Jake Dudley pose on the field dressed as nerds for Class Clique Day during the 2020 Spirit Week. Through bowties, plaid skirts, glasses, suspenders, and collared shirts, freshmen can design a nerd-themed outfit.

[Photo] Spirit Week In Review

March 9, 2022
Vocal junior Amelia Williams wrote about her personal disconnection from her heritage and her grandfather’s struggles while assimilating from Korean to American culture. Williams will be performing her poem titled “할아버지,” which translates to “Grandpa,” in the Multicultural Show. In Korea, red often represents creation and love, two central themes of her poem.

[Photo] All One People

March 6, 2022
As president of Mural Painting Society, visual senior Jackie Cohen poses in front of the club’s first on-campus mural, which was created in collaboration with the Good Thyme Gardening Club. Cohen can often be spotted around campus sporting a headband or hat with frog eyes because she “just like(s) frogs.”

[Photo] A Face to the Frog: The Girl Under the Frog Hat

February 4, 2022
Both halves of Bandana Diptych are framed in Building 9 for the Fall Vigital Showcase that opened on Oct. 7 and is open for students to visit during lunch in Buildings 2 and 9.

[Photo] Bandana Diptych: Deconstructed

October 25, 2021
Jazz director Christopher De Leon conducts the Jazz Ensemble 1 band in preparation for their first concert of the year. De Leon began teaching the jazz band last school year, and has since noticed many differences between this school year and last. “Its been great to establish something steady, and be able to see all of them and start to get that energy [and] bonding that a band usually has together,” De Leon said.

[Photo] The Energy and Connectivity of Jazz

September 29, 2021
Vocal senior Shweta Pandit participates in early voting on Nov. 1 at the Mandel Public Library. Pandit was part of 62 percent of Florida’s voters that participated in early voting before Election Day on Nov. 3. She believes “it’s important to vote to have your wants to be heard by the government, but it is especially important now to vote early since you most likely won’t have to wait in longer lines with a bunch of people around you during the pandemic.” 

The Importance of Young, Early Voters

November 12, 2020
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[Photo] QUARANTINE NECESSITIES

May 12, 2020
Strings senior Justin Toterella runs to scoop up the dodgeballs sitting in the center of the gym. Dressed completely in black, Toterella fit right in with the rest of his team members, who also wore black for the seniors’ goth theme.

[Photo] CLASS CLIQUE DAY RECAP

January 31, 2020
Band freshman Ava DeGaetano receives the ball from a teammate in preparation for their game. They focused on pass accuracy during the warmup, a strength the soccer team has been working on. “We connect very well with each other,” DeGaetano said, “on and off the soccer field.”

[Photo] JAGUARS VS. CRUSADERS GIRLS SOCCER GAME RECAP

December 12, 2019
Playing left back, theatre sophomore Grace Trainor juggles the soccer ball during warm-ups in preparation for their game against Santaluces High School. “It was a good season opener,” Trainor said in reference to their tie. “We have a lot to work on.”

[Photo] KICKING OFF THE SEASON WITH GIRLS SOCCER JAMBOREE

November 5, 2019
TOPSoccer volunteers help their buddies participate in a drill before the end of the session scrimmage. “They all get so happy and excited when kicking the ball,” communications freshman Cameron Wilson said. “It’s the little things that make their day and mine.”

[Photo] STUDENTS SHARE PASSION FOR SOCCER WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PLAYERS AT TOPSOCCER

November 4, 2019
Band freshman Ava DeGaetano trains at Gardens District Park three times a week after school. She balances her busy schedule to fit in her two-hour practices. “Practices are my favorite part of the day,” DeGaetano said. “I love playing with my teammates.”

[Photo] JUGGLING PRIORITIES: AVA DEGAETANO’S

November 4, 2019
Band sophomore Samuel Schwartz practices the vibraphone to prepare for his audition. “I was playing with a four-mallet technique called Stevens Grip,” Schwartz said.

[Photo] MUSIC STUDENTS PREPARE FOR PRISM

October 28, 2019
Vocal sophomore Kira Winston plays up on the ball at practice. “Practice goes into everything we do,” Winston said. “In order to be ready for [the showcase in] Texas, we need to practice as much as we can.” (Anna Jones)

[Photo] TAKING ON TEXAS

October 27, 2019

[Photo] JOINING THE FAMILY: 11 NEW STAFFERS ADDED TO DREYFOOS ROSTER FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR

September 13, 2019
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