November 2009

			November 2009 Volume 10 Issue 1
Front Page Budget Cuts Senior Professional Day Students pay for IDs Student Government PM School enrollment grows Students resolve conflict thru peer mediation PSAT scholarships College Fair Charging for ID's HSTAT & Pupilpath Seniors College Expenses Senior Activities visit to college Professional Day Facebook & College Office Clubs Red Cross club Amnesty Int'l Club Audio Visual Club Breakthrough B'Way shows free The Japanese Club Fall Carnival falls... Sports Handball Team Volleyball Team Yankee Parade United Soccer team Nauman returns... Basketball season Coney Island Football Health Blood Drive Health Risks in piercings Teen Drug abuse H1N1 vaccines Features Bake Sale Ban Wicca History of Facebook Work study program Mind the Gap How to SAT How to make sushi Thanksgiving Being an uncle again Black Friday Sales Quality of Life	The Power Of Breakthrough By Carlos Severino “The purpose of Breakthrough is to develop leadership skills for male students,” said Mr. Carter, English teacher and Faculty Advisor of Breakthrough. Breakthrough was first started because academically below-average students of color at HSTAT were in need of help in their classes. Carter decided to work with the members of Breakthrough because he thought he could try to set a good example to these young male students. (Read full article)		Fall Carnival falls through By Kelly Sae Red Cross’ Halloween Party was canceled because there was not enough time and ideas to plan it, so they planned to have a Fall Carnival instead. (Read full article) Munnell takes over Amnesty Int'l Club By David Cruz The High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology (HSTAT) has a new teacher managing the Amnesty International Club this year, and that is Ms. Munnell. (Read full article) Red Cross finds solutions for people in need By Fatima Amir The Red Cross Club is about helping the people in need. Club members feel that it is an opportunity to get involved in the community and find ways to improve it. (Read full article)
	Real stars behind the scenes: The AV Club By Zainab Toom The High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology has added a new club to its collection; it's called the Audio Visual Club. When the auditorium was renovated, the audio visual booth was added in the balcony of the auditorium. With all the new equipment along with experience, Mr. Lipari, a teacher in HSTAT, decided to be the adviser. "The Audio Visual Club is about getting together students who are interested in the arts, and to figure out what it takes to put on a show, lighting and sound for theatrical productions," said Mr. Lipari. (Read full article)	Ms. Plant begins new Japanese Club By Yawen Ye This year the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology is getting a new language club. The club will be dedicated to study the Japanese language, culture and food. “Some students wanted to study Japanese and we thought about running a class and instead decided to do a club first,” said Ms.Plant, English teacher and Japanese Club Advisor. ( Read full article)
	B'way shows free at HSTAT By Alex Khanimov Caroline Reddick, a former musical theater teacher at The High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology (HSTAT) recently returned to invite students to participate in a new theater program which will give students the opportunity to experience on and off-Broadway shows. (Read full article)