Kate McNamara, Editor in Chief
Communications senior Kate McNamara is a third-year staffer and one of the editors-in-chief of The Muse. McNamara is also one of the vice presidents of SGA, a member of the Speech and Debate team, and a co-op farmer in Loxahatchee. McNamara is very passionate about providing Dreyfoos’ student body with quality journalism and hopes to continue to create content for students to enjoy and learn from. She hopes that this will be the most innovative year of The Muse yet. Other than writing, editing, and running around school during all hours of the day, she loves to listen to Pitbull and aspires to one day be the queen of Miami. Dale. Her life motto reads, “Edit well, design smart, be bold.”
If you would like to contact this editor, you may reach them at
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![Digital media sophomore Dani Walters embraces a fellow student following the memorial ceremony for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in the gym during lunch. “There are a lot of people who are very sad about this, and we need to unite, and that’s what [the memorial] is for,” dance senior Lauren Clair said. Many students stayed behind in the gym after the performances and presentations to sign a poster that will be given to the students of Stoneman Douglas, learn about donating their prom dresses to students affected by the massacre, and to gather refreshments.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-26-at-1.16.58-PM-900x600.png)
![Communications sophomore Milani Gosman shaves her head in support of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. “I know that [through St. Baldrick’s], I’m not only donating my hair but I’m donating money,” Gosman said. “It’s such a good environment, they’re so nice and the company was so easy to work with it was a great experience.” Gosman was one of 10 students who shaved their heads at the event.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-11.48.53-AM-652x900.png)
![Piano junior Giancarlo Llerena performs his audition piece, “Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2,” for judges at the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Concerto Competition. “[The audition] was the day of the Impromptu concert [at Dreyfoos], so I had to leave school early and go all the way to South Miami,” Llerena said. Later that month, Llerena learned that he had won first place in the competition.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-30-at-5.03.18-PM-900x497.png)
![Dance senior Skylar Smith performs her solo, Paquita Variation from Act 3 of the French ballet “Paquita.” “Paquita is getting married [in the ballet],” Smith said. “It’s definitely a more personal story, and there’s performance quality you have for this ballet. You have to tell the story.” Smith showcased her ballet focus at Dreyfoos through this performance.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dance-pic-900x600.png)
