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Hola, Nihao, Hello, Shalom
Hola, Nihao, Hello, Shalom
Band junior Roodley Blaise pushes junior class council co-president and communications junior Raiqa Rayhan during the Mario Kart game. Participants had to race around a course taped out on the gym floor.
Game Over for Spirit Week 2024
Lining the bleachers in the gymnasium, sophomores cheer on performers during the Battle of the Bands competition.
Battle of the Genres
Pretending to play an inflatable guitar, digital media senior Coral Johnston performs in the Generations Dance with other seniors. The class of 2024 dressed up as part of the ’80s generation.
Admiration for Generations
Slamming the dunk button, administrator Belinda Castillo drops math teacher Craig Adams into the water. The dunk tank was an SGA fundraiser, featuring several other teachers including social studies teacher Ross Vening and assistant principal William Clark.
The Return of Field Day
Chanting in unison, the cast of “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” bands together in the Brandt Black Box theater before the theatre preview.
[BRIEF] “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” Cast Performs Theatre Preview
[BRIEF] Fire Alarm Interrupts Class
[BRIEF] Fire Alarm Interrupts Class
[BRIEF] Piano Students Perform “Groundbreaking Music” Recital
[BRIEF] Piano Students Perform “Groundbreaking Music” Recital
[BRIEF] Class of 2024 Top 20
[BRIEF] Class of 2024 Top 20
Expressing her gratitude for founder and CEO of the Save Our Musicians Foundation Dennis Cunningham, Principal Blake Bennett explains how his donation will go toward a number of school issues, including fixing the DSOA Today teleprompter.
[BRIEF] Save Our Musicians Foundation Officially Donates $200,000 to the School
Acting as a mother awaiting a kiss on the cheek, communications senior Emily Singer performs her Dramatic Interpretation (DI) titled “Girls & Boys.”
The Figures Behind the Speeches
Arts after Dark
Arts after Dark
Visual senior Maia Derrevere displays her artwork for the annual Portfolio Day. The event occurred during periods five and seven on Jan. 17.
Curating Their Futures
Vocal seniors Brian Trompeter, Brianna Tejada, Angelina Castillo, and Aileen Pereda perform “Frosty the Snowman” at the 2023 Winter Arts Medley (WAM).
Celebration of Collaboration
A small choral group performs “Vuelie,” from Disney’s “Frozen”, at the 2023 Prism concert.
A Snapshot of the Concert
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
Aris maintains a platform of over 27,000 followers across social media platforms to showcase her art.
Aris Style
Seniors from the Class of 2022 pose with The Muses adviser, Carly Gates, at graduation.
Beyond The Muse
Presenting as a guest speaker for day four of BSU’s Spirit Week, Palm Beach County Circuit Civil Court Judge, Bradley Harper shares anecdotes from his work in the legal system and encourages students to maximize their education and make the most of unique opportunities.
Hear His Story
Band junior Maria Lopez immigrated from Cuba to the United States Jan. 2023.
Rompiendo la Barrera (Breaking the Barrier)
Seniors from the class of 2002 celebrated their Spirit Week win during Class Pride Day. (Photo by Veronica Frehm from the 2002 Marquee Yearbook)
The Spirit of the Past
Principal Blake Bennett dances as she is circled by the senior Powderpuff boys in last year’s Spirit Week (Photo by Sofia Hennessey-Correa)
Five Ways to Show Your School Spirit
Pin it for Spirit
Pin it for Spirit
Graphic by Kiara Benoit
Odd Jobs
Visual junior and organizer of the event Taniyah Aris’ art piece (on the left) along with other featured artist’s work hang in the building two gallery for BSU’s last event of their spirit week.
‘Eclectic’ Displays
Photo illustration of two hands representing rock and scissors.
[SATIRE] How To Win Rock, Paper, Scissors
Photo by Sofia Hennessey-Correa
[SATIRE] The Muse’s Guide to Last Minute Spirit Week Outfits
[SATIRE] Spirit Week: Written in the Stars
[SATIRE] Spirit Week: Written in the Stars
This photo illustration, of the opinion story writer Gavin Leser, is meant to highlight how society pressures people to seem happy even when they don’t feel that way. Often someone’s external positivity may contrast their inner feelings.
Don’t Smile Through the Sadness
Graphic by Juliana DeFilippo
It’s Time to Stop Writing Off Student Journalists
Dreyfoos on Ice
Dreyfoos on Ice
Watching the boys soccer team prep, French Teacher Mr. Ruth prepares the team for their upcoming games.
The Faces Behind The Teams
[BRIEF] Boys Basketball Wins Close Game
[BRIEF] Boys Basketball Wins Close Game
Strings sophomore Gavin Chandler leaps up in the air to pull off a jump shot, practicing for upcoming lacrosse tryouts at Palm Beach Atlantic High School.
Game-changer
[BRIEF] Boys Basketball Team Announced
[BRIEF] Boys Basketball Team Announced
Spirit Week Mini Crossword #3
Spirit Week Mini Crossword #3
Spirit Week Mini Crossword #2
Spirit Week Mini Crossword #2
Spirit Week Crossword
Spirit Week Crossword
Spirit Week Mini Crossword #1
Spirit Week Mini Crossword #1
Student Press Freedom Day Crossword
Student Press Freedom Day Crossword
Behind the Camera: Film Associations Upcoming Projects
Behind the Camera: Film Association’s Upcoming Projects
Welcoming Mrs. Richardson
Welcoming Mrs. Richardson
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
Day 2: Class Clique Day
Day 2: Class Clique Day
Day 1: Holiday Day
Day 1: Holiday Day
Vocal junior Emilie Paul and digital media junior Isabelle Phillips sing “Sleepwalk” by Betsy Brye. The duo performed at the Seeds Open Mic, which was held Feb. 2 in support of the literary magazine.
Photo of the Week 2/5
Observing potassium pomegranate droplets react with an acid, piano sophomore Mili Dagan engages in a chemistry lab in Ms. PH’s class. During the experiment, Dagan conducts a titration — a technique in which a solution of known concentration is used to ascertain the concentration of an unknown solution.
Photo of the Week 1/29
Flipping through visual senior Ella Smith’s sketchbook, a representative from Moore College of Art & Design reviews her portfolio work. On Portfolio Day, a variety of arts college representatives travel to review the work of visual and digital media majors. The students participating have the opportunity to learn about different colleges and explore options for pursuing the arts in college.
Photo of the Week 1/22
Digital media junior co-captain Briana Dean plays basketball with her team against The Pine School Dec. 7. The girls team lost the game 53 - 26.
Photo of the Week 12/7
Dodging his opponent, vocal senior Zidane Guerrier sprints towards the end of the court to score against the Riviera Beach Preparatory Gladiators. Guerrier was later named player of the game, as he made two free throws, spent 40 minutes in the game, and had a final point total of 13. The Jaguars beat the Gladiators 52-40 at the Nov. 30 game.
Photo of the Week (12/4)
Happening Now
  • April 22Streaming Canvas on April 26 at 6 p.m. in Meyer Hall
  • April 22AICE English General Paper Exam on April 25 at 8:00 a.m.
  • April 22Chamber Recital Concert on April 24 at 6:00 p.m. in the Norton Museum
  • April 22NHS Meeting on April 24 at 11:19 a.m. in the Media Center
  • April 22Spring into College Series on April 23 at 11:19 a.m. in the Media Center
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

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Emma Garrett

Emma Garrett

Emma Garrett is a third-year staffer and the co-editor-in-chief on The Muse. When she’s not writing, she’s reading whatever she can get her hands on, listening to musicals, and coaching students as an executive of the Slam Poetry Team. She believes in the power of words and good journalism. Above all else, she asks “Why?” relentlessly.

If you would like to contact this editor, you may reach them at [email protected]

All content by Emma Garrett

[Photo] The freakiest thing about “Freaky” is its lackluster teen humor

Michael Pincus, Content Team Editor
January 5, 2021

BREAKING: SCHOOL ELECTION RESULTS

Emma Garrett
May 22, 2020
A student fills out a Scantron. At a press conference on April 18, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that all Florida schools would be closed for the rest of the year. With students in quarantine, the College Board developed new virtual tests in place of in-school AP exams: shorter, writing-based exams that test students on content learned up until the beginning of the quarantine.

AP Exams Start in 13 Days. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Emma Garrett, Editor In Chief
April 28, 2020
THE MUSE QUIZZES STUDENTS ON COVID-19 KNOWLEDGE

THE MUSE QUIZZES STUDENTS ON COVID-19 KNOWLEDGE

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
March 16, 2020
UPDATES: HOW COVID-19 IS IMPACTING AP EXAMS

UPDATES: HOW COVID-19 IS IMPACTING AP EXAMS

Emma Garrett
March 14, 2020
Students leave their classrooms for the last time before the upcoming school closure.

[Photo] BREAKING: SCHOOL CLOSED NEXT WEEK DUE TO COVID-19

Asher Moss
March 13, 2020
Piano junior Daniel Wang plays the first movement of Beethoven’s “Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57.” Journalist Peter Gutmann called this piece “one of the most compelling and significant” of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas.

“EVOLUTION” PIANO CONCERT TRANSPORTS AUDIENCE THROUGH TIME

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
February 5, 2020
Strings students play cellos in the Strings Orchestra Concert, held in Meyer Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 12. “The first theme [of Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade”] follows and contains a particularly athletic passage for the cello section, playing scores of fast notes underneath a slower moving passage in the upper strings,” according to Dr. Anthony Suter, composer and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Redlands.

STRINGS ORCHESTRA CONCERT RESONATES IN MEYER HALL

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
December 17, 2019
Communications sophomore Kaja Andric, communications juniors Zoë Goldenfarb and Isabella Weiss, and strings junior Abbey Magnolia pose, wearing matching blazers.

WATCHING PAINT DRY: THEIR STORY

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
December 7, 2019
Playing love interests Benedick and Beatrice, theatre junior Cooper Musser holds theatre senior Maya Mays. In the beginning of the play, Beatrice avoided love, saying, “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.” By the end of the comedy, though, the two fell in love.

THE ROARING ’20S RETURNS IN “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
November 19, 2019
Theatre juniors Alexa Rubenstein and Nathan Gomes played husband and wife in “The Winter’s Tale.” Rubenstein’s character Paulina begins the first act trying to defend her friend, Queen Hermione of Sicilia, against Leontes’s false accusation of adultery. “Shes really empathetic, especially toward women, because she recognizes the injustices at this time,” Rubnstein said. “Shes very strong and fights for what she believes in, which is really admirable because in this time, not a lot of people did that.”

“THE WINTER’S TALE” COMES TO MINI-FEST

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
November 4, 2019
Caption: The Dance Senior Showcase took place on Oct. 11 in the Brandt Black Box Theatre. The seniors’ solos were focused on preparing for the future, through YoungArts and college auditions and more. For example, dance senior Jemma Prizzi hopes to dance for a professional cruise line after high school.

A RITE OF PASSAGE: THE SENIOR SOLO SHOWCASE

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
October 15, 2019
IMPROM9TU CONCERT SELLS OUT THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW

IMPROM9TU CONCERT SELLS OUT THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
October 9, 2019
DREYFOOS ANSWERS: WHAT IS ART?

DREYFOOS ANSWERS: WHAT IS ART?

Emma Garrett, Arts Staffer
September 18, 2019
Under the glow of the gallery lighting, visual students finished their setup. “It’s here! It’s really here!” one student said when the show opened.

“SALON STYLE” VISUAL/DIGITAL SUMMER SHOW OPENS FOR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
September 11, 2019
HOW TO INTERPRET THE CONE OF DEATH

HOW TO INTERPRET THE CONE OF DEATH

George Wu and Emma Garrett
August 31, 2019
Hakkarainen’s and Mr. Lin’s performance was an artistic conversation. In strings senior Elliot Weber’s program notes, they write that the Mozart Sonata K 526 “diverges from the traditional sonata by opening with a duet between the violin and piano,” indicating that the two instruments have “equal importance.”

THE PERSON BEHIND THE “PRODIGY”: MATTHEW HAKKARAINEN AND THE SUMMER SERENADE

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
August 30, 2019
NO MORE SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS?

NO MORE SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS?

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
June 3, 2019

AMÉLIE: A PRODUCTION OF FIRSTS

Emma Garrett, Arts Editor
April 27, 2019
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[Photo] THE DEATH OF THE RADIO

Savannah Richards, Culture Staffer
March 4, 2019
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