Bloomingdale Yearbook

Last Friday, the Bloomingdale football team played against Newsomes football team. The tough fight ended with a final score of 35-17, favoring Newsome.

The first points made by Bloomingdale began in the 2nd quarter with a touchdown and continued on during the third quarter adding another touchdown and field goal to the score.

It was a close game and Bloomingdale almost took the lead in the fourth quarter when Newsome stole the ball and managed to score 14 more points.

“It’s kinda depressing if you think about it,” says Kara Licouse. “I mean we havent even won one game this season.

“With only a few games left in the season,  Bloomingdale doesnt have much more time to pull their act together,” says Haley Broussard

Commenting on the halftime show, Katie Brown said,”The Newsome students were very rude. They booed us during our performance and we couldnt even hear their performance because their “fans” kept talking.”

The September/October issue of the Crimson Times came out and students couldn’t wait to get them. They were sold at tables during all lunches and for a 25-cent donation, each student could recieve his/her own copy. The table produced a lot of traffic back and forth between students and teachers, receiving a lot of donations, too. A couple of members on the newspaper staff told of what the paper was all about and why students liked it so much.

“It’s informative, keeps you in the know, and [gives you] the feel of Bloomingdale,” said junior Kelsey Rodriguez. The staff said in their writing the paper, they talk about school affairs with the goal of keeping all the students in touch.

“It’s interesting reading about your school and it reflects school spirit,” said senior Sloane Hovan when asked why students should pick up a copy.

In that case, there is much ’school spirit’ circulating around the school with the new buzz of the Crimson Times coming out and will be until the next one stirs up the school again.

On Tuesday October 13, the AVID juniors took a trip to the Florida State Fairgrounds to visit the Career and College Fest.

“I enjoyed it because of the learning experience and i was able to see whats out in the world.” Said junior Nick Wolfe. “I learned about the jobs and careers that suit me. The only down side was that their were not many colleges that I was interested in there.”

The fair included a variety of schools and brochures and showed the students different career pathways and the courses they need to take in high school of the career they desire.

Questions such as:  Do you know how much you can earn in the career of your choice? and Do you want to know what post-secondary options are available upon graduation? were answered.

“I learned about different requirements for colleges and scholarships and what I need to do to get them.”  Said junior Giavanna Lochetto. ” I had fun but it was really hot and crowded.”

  This past weekend I had the opportunity to go see the new movie Where the Wild Things Are. This movie is based on the book. It’s about a kid who I guess thinks he’s some sort of cat or something. He gets in a fight with his mom and decides to sail away. He comes to an island where wild things are and becomes their king. If you want to know more go see the flick.

  ” It was very wierd, kind of creeped me out. But I did love the book, and wish I could hang out with Bob and Terry for a day,” said Junior Jordan Fowler.

  “Bob and Terry were very funny. It  was an inspiring movie. I was emotionally aroused when I saw the dirt fight because it brought me back to sweet  memories of me as a child. It reminded me of when i ran away from home and sailed away. I was very happy after seeing the film. God bless the director,” said Junior Justin Potts.

AP Lang students were given a project involving the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God. This project required the students to compose a journal, while reading the book, of either a dialectical journal or a graphic organizer. Some of the students were not stressed at all, though, about completing the project.

“I paced myself so I didn’t procrastinate,” said junior Megan Bergevin. This timing appeared to end up being helpful to the students, though, because of all that the project asked for.

“We had to read the book and take notes about quotes,” said junior Tyler Bird. These notes and/or annotations had to be thorough reflective notes about major points and events that took place during the book.

When asked if the project was helpful to understanding the book,  junior Tyler Bird said, “Yes, because it showed me things that I din’t see when I was reading it.”

So, in the end, the project’s purpose of analyzing the book by using new reading strategies proved helpful, as brought out by junior Tyler Bird.

Many students around the school do much during the year in preparation and anticipation of homecoming. But, for some, there was a conflict of whether or not to even go. There were different reasons that students listed, but the most common reason given was because of money.

Said junior Dominique Celerin, “I didn’t feel like spending money on a dress.” This was a popular reason among girls who had chosen not to attend because they felt that a dress alone was too costly. But, since homecoming was so celebrated among the students, some still felt that they were missing out.

“I like to dance and I wish I could’ve seen my friends that don’t go here,” said junior Shanice Carter. But, the others that didn’t attend seemed content with their decision.

“I’m going out to eat that night [instead],” said junior Dominique Celerin. But, when asked about their plans to attend homecoming in the future, the decision was mutual among all.

“Definitely for my last year,” said junior Shanice Carter.

Students felt that they had a lot to look forward to at homecoming, but some of them felt that the best part was getting ready. For girls, it was the primping: doing hair, nails, and buying a dress. For guys, it was buying a suit and getting a fresh haircut. There were many expectations and one major one was the students’  dressing up, which was so important to many.

But, the most talked about expectation was the actual activity to happen at homecoming. Many feelings were very similar.

Said junior Genesi Estrada, “I was looking forward to dancing and hanging out with my friends”. This compared closely with the feelings of junior Olivier Ishtiaq, who said he was most excited about “anticipation of dancing and seeing everybody dressed up.”

These students prepared mentally and physically for homecoming and when asked if he  plans to attend homecoming next year, junior Olivier Ishtiaq said, “Yeah, definitely”.

Through October 19 to October 25 shirts were on sale during all lunches.

“My parents want me to buy like every shirt.” said freshmen Taylor Isabel talking about the variety of shirts in the shirt sale during her fifth period lunch. With the red out game vs. Newsome that Friday red out shirts were on sale for 5 dollars and though the red out game was that week the school was selling white out shirts which could have been purchased for 10 dollars. Also on sale was the popular peace, love, bull shirt.

You also could have purchased a Bloomingdale hoodie or sweatshirt ” I went to go buy a hoodie” said Cassidy Fulton after returning from purchasing a hoodie which was on sale for 25 dollars.

During the rest of the 2009-2010 year there will be more shirt sales with new styles of shirts, hoodies, and  sweaters  and some old designs so if you didn’t have a chance to purchase something this time around you ll have one next time.

Bikes, skateboards, and feet are all types of transportation students use to get to where they need or want to go but the most convenient form of transportation for students is the automobile.

Cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs are just some of  the vehicles you will see in the student parking lot.

Some students have used cars with a story behind them.

“I have a 1991 Bronco that my dad bought the day before I was born.  My sister had to drive too before she went off to college.”  Said junior Crystal Morgan. “My nickname for my truck is “The Tank” and I fill it up every Saturday.”

Other students have new cars.

“I have a 2008 black Pontiac G6 and I’ve had it for about six months now.”  Said junior Jordan Lowe. “I spend about 30 dollars every three weeks on gas and I “Gator” it out in support of my future school.”

For eleven years students go through schooling that all leads of to the most important year of all, senior year.

During this final year in grade school, some students have major decisions to make such as: Do I want to go to college?  What college do I want to attend? What plans do I have for my life. What am I going to do now? While others already have their plans established.

Most of the seniors are glad to be graduating.

“It feels good to finally be a senior because its my last year and I am ready for college.”  Said senior Jakie Goss. ” I am not sad to be leaving and I will not miss high school. ”

Some students are going to pursue their careers in different states.

“I plan on moving to New York to study art,”  Said senior Aaron Lee, ” I want to be an architect and go to NYU.  Knowing that I am on my last year in high school makes me ecstatic, super-duper happy, bro!”