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Student Life

Cheating on the ACT has been taken to the next level.

See Page 6

Community

Seaholm custodian has a night job you wouldn’t expect.

See Page 5

S E A H O L M H I G H S C H O O L ’ S S T U D E N T V O I C E

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New JV Cheer Team The cheerleading team is looking to expand their program after only three years. “We need a level to train and then a higher level,” head varsity coach Jennifer Szura said. Szura and Athletic Director Aaron Frank have agreed on implementing a junior varsity team this year and in the future looking to ex-pand it out to the middle school level as well. “ It’s a young program so we do want to have fun,” Szura said, “We don’t want to take down Stoney Creek or Rochester, but we do want to be an impressive team.” Tryouts for football season will take place in May and for the competitive season in No-vember.

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Seemingly one of the largest hurdles in 21st century teaching and learning is that it is not HDVLO\�GH¿QHG��'HSHQGLQJ�XSRQ�WKH�H[SHUW�FRQ-sulted, the meaning of what constitutes a 21st Century education can elicit explanations that vary wildly. To address the ambiguity of the initiative, Birmingham Publics Schools held an event on December 8 at Seaholm entitled “A 21st CTL Community Talk”. Hosted by MSU professor and Educational Technology expert Dr. Punya Mishra, the event consisted of a presentation from Mishra with a question and answer ses-sion afterwards with a panel made up of faculty, administrators and Dr. Mishra. Through the analysis of 14 different reports on the topic, Mishra described the three big ideas behind learning in the 21st century: foundation-al, meta and humanistic knowledge. Foundational knowledge involves the basic knowledge of content and the ability to seek out and analyze information. Meta knowledge is the skills necessary to implement foundational knowledge through critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration. Building upon the two previous types is humanistic knowledge, which is the ability to make value judgments and be ethically and emotionally aware. “Another way of thinking about it is: What do we know, how do we act on it, and what do we value?” Mishra said. Mishra also argued that fostering the concept of “deep play” when developing a 21st century approach was vital to success. “When I’m talking about deep play I mean a way of constructing and seeing the world that HQJDJHV� GHHSO\� ZLWK� WKH� LGHDV� RI� WKH� ¿HOG�´�Mishra said. “So how do we get our kids to do that? I think that’s a very important challenge that we face.” Spearheading the effort to bring Birmingham’s classrooms into the future is David Reed-Nord-wall. As Director of 21st Century Teaching and Learning for Birmingham Public Schools, Reed-1RUGZDOO�ZDV�VHOHFWHG�IURP�D�VL]DEOH�¿HOG�RI�DS-plicants after multiple interviews. A former Flex and English teacher at Seaholm, Reed-Nordwall introduced the Apple tablet devices, iPads, into his classes last year. The device’s implementation has proliferated to Seaholm’s faculty, with the district purchasing iPads for members of the 21st Century cohort, a staff think tank. Reed-Nordwall views his position as the prod-uct of a world that is rapidly changing. “The world, to some degree, is forcing us to look at some of these changes,” Reed-Nordwall said. “Information’s changing, jobs are chang-ing, and students have changed themselves. We’re having an information revolution. The pressure is all around us.” The future of education has also become a top-ic of national conversation. On October 2011, Stanford University broadcast a roundtable dis-cussion entitled “Education Nation 2.0”. Mod-erated by PBS host Charlie Rose, the discussion EURXJKW� WR� WRJHWKHU� LQÀXHQWLDO� LQGLYLGXDOV� RQ�the forefront of contemporary education. One of the panelists was Salman Khan, found-HU�RI�.KDQ�$FDGHP\��D�QRQSUR¿W�ZHEVLWH�ZKLFK�provides free videos of over 2900 “micro lec-tures” on various academic subjects. Khan dis-cussed how a new approach to traditional class-URRP�VWUXFWXUHV��L�H��³ÀLSSHG´�FODVVURRPV��FDQ�actually foster a more intimate environment for students. “Where we have every student working at their own pace, it’s making [the education] a more human experience. You don’t have a teacher lecturing anymore, now you have a teacher sit-

ting next to the students, you have the students interacting with each other, they’re all engaged the entire time,” Khan said. “There’s a lot of de-bate about the student-to-teacher ratio. What’s important is the student-to-valuable time with the teacher ratio. It’s increasing the humanity in the classroom by an order of magnitude.” Another panel member was the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory A. Booker. Under his administration, Newark has received over $1 billion in new economic development, with Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg donating $100 million to the city’s schools. Booker em-phasized that the future of education cannot hinge on a single idea or approach. “To systematize great education, we’re going WR�KDYH�WR�¿QG�D�PRGHO�WKDW�ZRUNV�DQG�FDQ�EH�sustained over long periods of time. That is sort RI�WKH�WXPXOWXRXV�FDXOGURQ�RI�FRQÀLFW�WKDW¶V�JR-ing on,” Booker said. “In the end, we cannot be loyal to a single distribution mechanism. We have to be, as a nation, loyal to the results that are produced for our children.” Reed-Nordwall echoes that sentiment, and emphasized that the initiative’s purpose is not to produce a product. “What this issue is not trying to do is homog-enize instruction, because nothing about that is best practice,” Reed-Nordwall said. “If it’s a SURGXFW��DQG�LW¶V�D�RQH�VL]H�¿WV�DOO�VRUW�RI�WKLQJ��then it goes completely counter to the concept that each student has strengths and weakness-es. Teachers are the same way. They learn dif-ferently, they have different methods. They’ve been hired intentionally for their expertise and their ability, but never because they’re all the same.”

plained, and still isn’t really explained what is meant when we’re being told ‘No, that’s not 21st Century,’ there isn’t a follow-up ‘If you were to do it like this, then that would be 21st Century.’” Passarelli said she understands the frustra-tions some faculty members face. “It’s all of us trying to struggle with that when we’re being told ‘No, you’re doing it wrong, you KDYH�WR�¿JXUH�LW�RXW��\RX�KDYH�WR�WDNH�WKDW�MRXU-ney,’ so you could get very pessimistic. But I’m not that kind of person.” One of the few faculty members who openly opposes the initiative is Scott Craig, and he is unabashedly vocal in his dissention. “We were told we had to begin integrating 21st Century Learning into our curriculum as of this year. There wasn’t much discussion about whether it was a good idea or not, we were just told we had to do it,” Craig said. “I think that the teaching staff knows best what works in a class-room and I think that there should have been way more consultation and discussion about what really works.” Craig claims that open dialogue about the ini-tiative’s validity has been repressed by adminis-WUDWLYH�RI¿FLDOV�� “We were told we can’t really discuss whether 21st Century Learning is good or not. I’ve been told that in more than one meeting,” Craig said. “Let’s just say that certain administrative entities have tried to squelch discussion about whether we should or should not go in this di-rection. They don’t want to hear evidence that is contrary to this.” However, other survey responses also brought out staunch defendants of the initiative. Mitch Nobis put his name next his survey’s comment. “The concern about ‘21st Century Learning’ is PLVSODFHG��6FKRROV� UHÀHFW� VRFLHW\��$V� VRFLHWLHV�change due to new technologies, so do schools. The invention of the pencil rocked school’s [sic] world. The same is happening with the Inter-net,” Nobis said. “Change can be uncomfortable, but progress is impossible without change.”

SOS Talent Show Auditions

By: Kelsey McClear

���7KH�6HDKROP�2IIHUV�&OXE��626��ZLOO�EH�KRVW-ing the annual Seaholm talent show and they are looking for Seaholm students with a special talent to be a part of it. Auditions for the show will be held January 23 and 25 after school and January 24 and 26 during X-Block. If interested please sign up for D�WLPH� LQ� WKH�$3�RI¿FH�� ,I�\RX�KDYH�TXHVWLRQV�contact Robin McIntyre at [email protected]. The talent show will take place February at 7:00 in the auditorium.

Face to Face and Leave Some SpaceCarolynn Gragg Staff Writer [email protected]

In a meeting with Kick Off Mentors on Fri-day, January 13, Principal Dee Lancaster re-ÀHFWHG�RQ�RQH�RI�KHU�YHU\�¿UVW�LPSUHVVLRQV�RI�Seaholm’s December dance. � � � ³,Q�RQH�RI�P\�YHU\�¿UVW�PHHWLQJV�ZLWK�0U��Piper, a person stood up and said ‘oh yeah, we all know that’s the slut dance,” Lancaster said. Junior and senior mentors laughed uncom-fortably, and were quickly cut short. “That’s not funny,” counselor Rebecca Ros-sen said. “That’s really degrading to women.”� � � /DQFDVWHU� KDV� EHHQ� ¿JKWLQJ� WR� FKDQJH� WKH�G\QDPLFV�RI�6HDKROP¶V�GDQFHV��VSHFL¿FDOO\�WKH�December dance, known to many as “the slut dance”. She said she will be enforcing changes at this dance, both regarding dress code and dance style. “We are going to be policing the dancing. It’s time to change the culture of these [dances],” she said. “I talked to Mr. Proctor at Groves and their rule is ‘face to face and leave some space’, and that’s basically what’s going to happen here.” The dress code will also be strict. “The goal is everyone wears white, and we are going to enforce jeans or leggings, I don’t want anybody coming in skirts,” she said. “I don’t want to mess with the dress code this time.” Lancaster said, if dressed inappropriately, students won’t even be allowed through the door. “If people come in [dressed] inappropriately, I’m just not going to let [them] in. I won’t even take the $10, I’m just going to stand at the door and tell people to go home, put something else on, and come back.” The venue and time has also been changed from the cafeteria to the atrium by the pool, in hope that this change will help. “The whole point is that students come straight from the basketball game, so they aren’t dressed inappropriately,” Student Con-gress Vice President Christy Wells said. Lancaster hopes that the turnout for this dance will be large, despite the dance and dress code restrictions. “We’ll put the DJ up above in the walkway above the pool, and that way we will have

enough room,” she said. “I think it’s going to be very full.” Student Congress member Jean Miller* dis-agrees with Lancaster’s approach to change the culture of Seaholm dances. “This dance is going to turn into another Freeze,” she said. “The administration is go-ing to see that the dress for these dances is not going to change simply by changing the name and venue of it.” Lancaster said she understands that teenag-ers need freedom, but that school might not be the best place to show that. “I want people to have fun. I’d rather have people here then out doing whatever. Anytime I can get you to a school thing, I think is great, but it’s school, it’s not the club,” she said. “If \RX�ZDQW�WR�GR�WKDW�VRPHZKHUH�HOVH��¿QH��EXW�here we are going to expect school rules to ap-ply.” Still, Lancaster wants every student to under-stand the line that is not to be crossed at these dances. “Behavior at this dance is going to determine what that December dance looks like next

year,” she said. “And if I have the same issues I had in December [at Glow], we’ll have Home-coming and Prom and that will be it.” Lancaster further reiterated her point in an assembly on Tuesday, January 17.���6KH�KHOG�XS�RXW¿WV�WKDW�VKH�GHHPHG�DSSURSUL-ate and inappropriate for Glow. Glow is also a replacement for Sadies, in hope that it will raise more money for Prom. “Sadies has not been well attended,” Lancast-er said. “It’s not a moneymaker, and this is the last moneymaker for Prom. We need the cash [for Prom], and I think this will help a lot.” Student Congress Co-President Kirstyn Shin-er also looks forward to this replacement. “It will be a fun alternative to Sadie’s and a casual dance, which will be a nice change,” she said. “Plus, I think it will go well because [the administration] is setting a dress code.” Lancaster hopes that students will be able to follow the rules. If not, there will be conse-quences. “If you want to push the limits, to see wheth-er or not I’m serious, try, but I’m serious this time,” Lancaster said.

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The Seaholm atrium is the new location for the “Glow” dance.

Seaholm House RulesThe House Rules will be a set of principles, or guidelines to inspire Maple students to act positively.“Rules are usually thought of as negative orders, the House Rules are not to fall under that category. They are guidelines focusing on positively responding to what happened, rather than reacting to negativity,” senior Timothy Christensen stated. The creation of the House Rules was made a priority after the reaction our student body showed to situations where inappropriate racial remarks were publicized last year.The members of Birmingham Voice, a group that promotes positive behavior at Seaholm, are currently working with all the suggested ideas, creating a rough draft to distribute for further input. To improve the content of the rules, meetings are being held after school that are open to all students to voice their opinion. By: Allie Betz

Seaholm Honors MLK With Assembly

Photo By Dylan Dulberg

Junior Stephanie McNutt, senior Shane Levy and senior Rebecca Rosen speak at the MLK assembly on Thursday January 12.

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A Vision for EducAtion in thE 21st cEntury

21st Century Teaching and Learning is for the most part the brainchild of various visionaries, experts, and academics. Because of this, the ideas behind the name are strewn with jargon and complex rationales are often presented in a succinct manner that leaves many questions unanswered. “So much of good teaching and best practice has been done for years. Now a new term is coined, gadgets are pushed down our throats DQG�\RX¶UH�QRW�D�µJRRG¶�WHDFKHU�XQOHVV�\RX�µÀLS¶�your classroom 100 percent and stop offering your expertise to students. Am I obsolete?” This comment, received anonymously from a recent Highlander survey, was an example of the concerns that some faculty members feel to-wards 21st Century Learning. The survey of 17 members of Seaholm’s staff made evident that while the majority of faculty members are ei-ther indifferent to or in support of the initiative, some are resistant to the changes sweeping the district. Yet Reed-Nordwall, when interviewed, had a considerably different idea of what the staff per-ceived the initiative to be. “My feeling from the staff is ‘Ok, it makes PRUH� VHQVH� WR�PH�¶� 7R� WKH� IDFXOW\� >WKH� GH¿QL-tion of 21st century] means great teaching, rich content, the best practice stuff, and when tech-nology is used it’s leveraged,” Reed-Nordwall said. “Versus ‘It’s students teaching themselves, it’s chaos. The teacher doesn’t even matter any-more, and it’s all about the computer. As long as they’re on the computer they’re learning.’ Ev-erything that any teacher has ever known is that that can’t be true.” Even among Seaholm’s faculty, it’s evident that there can be a considerable disconnect between the perspective of teachers and administrators. Business Technology teacher Leisa Passarelli is another member of the 21st Century Cohort. She believes the initial perceptions of the initia-tive may still hamper it. “21st Century, even before it was formalized as an initiative, everyone took to mean technology. I think that resentment … is really more a com-munication issue,” Passarelli said. “It wasn’t ex-

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how do studEnts fEEl? At the Stanford roundtable in October, Salman Khan lamented about a group that he saw as disenfranchised from the dialogue surrounding the topic. “Way too much of the debate on reforming education is on the educators, the administra-tors, the politicians. It’s amazing how little you hear about the students themselves,” Khan said.In order to produce a barometer towards the initiative A Highlander survey of 154 students SURGXFHG� ¿QGLQJV� WKDW� VKRZ� VWXGHQW� RSLQLRQ�was polarized in almost every aspect. When asked “How much did you enjoy the [21st Century] class, compared to one in a more traditional format?” 29 percent responded “a lot less,” with 20 percent for both “somewhat more,” and “somewhat less,” 15 percent for “About the same” and 12 percent saying they enjoyed the course a lot more. In terms of learning, 27 percent placed the amount they learned on par with a traditional classroom, with 24 percent responding “some-what less,” and 22 percent gauging the amount learned as much less. Echoing Pinneo’s statements about students no longer being passive, 45% of students said that they had to put forward more effort than they had in other classes, with an additional 20% reporting they they had to put forward an equivalent amount. Even so, the Highlander faculty survey found that comprehension levels and test score for the most part were not adversely affected, if not im-proved by the initiative. Like his job entails, Reed-Nordwall is already looking ahead to the future. “Change is uncomfortable. Change causes frustration,” Reed-Nordwall said. “We have to look at this frustration and think, ‘why are we frustrated?’ and what’s the next thing we’re go-ing to do.”

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