Photos by Min Park, Rebecca Levy, and Joshua Cohen
Simone Lassar
Managing Editor of News
Meet the Senior Senators
By Allie Floros
Find out how Hannah Phan, Brooke Hackel, Michael Ryter, Benjamin Anderson-Krim, Daniel Abdulah, and Rebecca Levy work on improving the current learning environment and making South a more welcoming place:
https://nshsdenebola.com/meet-the-senior-senators/
Meet the Junior Senators
By Hannah Hepner
Benjamin Powdermaker, Hope Zhu, Julia Geller, Adrianne Goodfriend, Ghena Bakir, and Nayleth Lopez Lopez discuss their own personal goals and accomplishments during their time on senate.
Learn more about their goals here:
https://nshsdenebola.com/meet-the-junior-senators/
Math Team Finishes in Third Place in Regional Competition
By Gavi Azoff
On May 5, Newton South Math Team competed at the season’s final meet, the New England Association of Mathematics League Regional Competition, and took home a third place award in the large school division.
South’s math team’s has a reputation of success, and this victory serves as a rightful conclusion to the team’s overall strong season.
Read more about the math team’s successes here:
https://nshsdenebola.com/math-team-finishes-in-third-place-in-regional-competition/
South Debate Team Wins States
By Allie Floros and Jessica Wu
Newton South debate team continued its success at the State Qualifiers tournament with senior Kayla Chang and junior Gil Alon’s first place win.
The South debate team remains one of the top teams in Massachusetts having received awards in local and national circuits over the years including last year’s first place finish at Columbia.
Learn more about the team here:
https://nshsdenebola.com/south-debate-team-wins-states/
FBLA Opens South’s First School Store
By Min Park
Newton South’s Future Business Leaders of America started South’s first school store in order to promote business opportunities as well as contributing donations to school clubs and charities.
The store, located next to the faculty dining room, sells items ranging from gum to composition notebooks and remains the culmination of plans created by seniors Hannah Phan and Benjamin Anderson-Krin.
Learn about the inspiration behind this project here:
https://nshsdenebola.com/fbla-opens-souths-first-school-store/
AWARE Day Highlights the Stigma Against Mental Illnesses
By Allie Floros and Maggie Winters
The AWARE club held the annual AWARE day highlighting the complexities of mental illnesses through personal narratives by South students as well as outside presenters.
The AWARE club works to educate students and spread awareness to de-stigmatize the topic of mental health at South.
Read about AWARES’s other goals here:
https://nshsdenebola.com/aware-day-highlights-the-stigma-against-mental-illnesses/
