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South Sisters
South Sisters “The girls got your back” SOUTH SISTERS—Tuesday, May 18, 2010—Page 1 Restaurant Reviews By Hannah Cunningham Three fun, flavorfilled, fantastic restaurants have been added to Nashua, NH in the past year. Chipotle, a Mexican Grill, was added at 225 Daniel Webster Hwy. This Chipotle is the only one from Nashua to Newington. It is known for using only unprocessed, organic, seasonal food from fresh sources. The way this is accomplished is by offering a limited menu – Burritos, Fajita Burritos, Burrito Bowls, Tacos, and Salad, all of which range in price from $6.25-$6.65, depending on the protein or vegetarian options that are chosen. Anna Rausa, a sophomore at Nashua High School South (NHSS) and vegetarian, said "Being a vegetarian is hard, but when I go to Chipotle, I know that I can order whatever I want, meat free." "I know I can be in and out with my food in ten minutes. The food is amazing, and wicked fresh." said Rausa's friend and fellow student at NHSS, Gabby Boyle. Samantha Lamb, a sophomore at Nashua High School North said, "I've only been a few times, but I wish I went more. The prices are good, but the food is better! I'm not a huge fan of Mexican or spicy food, but I can sort of customize my meal however I want." Overall, Rausa said, "Chipotle is fast, fresh, and friendlywhat can go wrong?". Just across the street, at 230 Daniel Webster Hwy, is a new International House of Pancakes (IHOP). "Best breakfast place ever." said Rausa. Lamb claimed, "Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day! IHOP is... amazing." Although IHOP is known for their variety of pancakes, they have other food such as, "bacon, eggs, and toast. I am pretty sure they even have none-breakfast food." Pooja Karane, sophomore at NHSS, said, "I love the cheesecake pancakes. They are brilliant. On the other hand, the service was only alright." Either way, Lamb thinks the new IHOP, "...will be there for a long time." Continued on Page 5 All Star Goes to All State By Abby Cote On May 13 Alex Dupont was set to begin a two-day journey he would never forget. Dupont is a junior, at Nashua High School South, who since around the time he was in first or second grade, has had a strong interest in art. Between art classes in elementary, middle and high school, and extra study outside of school, Dupont had fallen in love with art. Dupont still attends art classes outside of the ones he is taking at South, and clearly they have landed him in a good place. On May 13 and 14, Dupont was one of about 60 students, all juniors, selected to attend Art Allstate. Dupont was also the only student to attend Art Allstate from Nashua High School South. In previous years, this event has been held at the Currier Museum of Art, however this year it was held at the New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA). Art Allstate is a two-day festival where high school juniors live in a dormitory while being instructed by college faculty. They are told to collaborate with their peers and professional artists to produce spectacular works of art. These works take place in a variety of areas including painting, illustration, digital photography, screen-printing and clay. The finished pieces at the end of the event are then exhibited at in a gallery, where parents, teachers, and invited friends can view the magnificent work. After a view of the gallery, the event then comes to an end with a closing ceremony. Continued on Page 4 A sample of Dupont’s artwork Photo Courtesy of Allex Dupont South Sister Staff South Sisters Mission Statement Andrea Sarasin Heather Archambault Sarah Peterman Hannah Cunningham Abby Cote The Mission of South Sisters is to provide news to the students of Nashua High School South while also providing a taste of the French language. We are dedicated to staying credible, accurate, and objective. We will not let our bias influence our writing. The people will always get what they need to hear even if it isn't what they want to hear. We will always give our readers a kick butt article. Flash d’Information “The girls got your back” SOUTH SISTERS—Tuesday, May 18, 2010—Page 2 NECAPS et BAM et BAR, Oh La La Jill Ryan suffering through a BAR test Photo Coutesy of Andrea Sarasin By Heather Archambault Chaque étudiant dreads entendre les mots "standardisée test", mais elle est mentionnée au moins une fois par an pour presque toutes les qualités. Chaque année scolaire, les élèves sont requises pour tenir normalisé de test et le district scolaire Nashua peut se faire une idée de ce que les étudiants sont d'apprentissage et de ce que les enseignants ont besoin de se concentrer plus sur. Cette année, juniors a pris les NECAPs et freshmen et sophomores a pris le BAM / BAR tests. Mais le district peut être reçoivent pas une représentation précise puisque les étudiants ne sont pas à prendre au sérieux les tests. «Je pense que nous adoptons un critère différent, tout le temps et j'obtiens malade de répondre aux mêmes questions maintes et maintes fois,» dit Gabby Boyle, sophomore au sud du lycée Nashua. Freshmen et sophomores a pris les BAM/BARs au début de l'année scolaire et prennent leur nouveau le 17 mai et 18 pour voir ce qui a été appris au cours de l'année. «"Je crois que c'est inutile de nous tester parce que la plupart des étudiants n'essaient pas, Emily côte, également un deuxième, exprime. «J'ai assez travail des écoles à souligner, donc je ne soucient vraiment le test», ajoute Boyle. Les étudiants sont testés au début de l'année, la fin de l'année et, parfois, tout au long de l'année. BAM/BARs sont des tests qui le district a commencé cette année et les étudiants ne sont pas bien répondre. «Nous avons déjà NECAPs. Je pense qu'il est inutile d'avoir un autre test à prendre,"déclare côte. La fin de l'année n'est pas un grand temps pour tester soit. Jill Ryan, sophomore, dit: «J'ai beaucoup de fin de projets d'année et des tests maintenant j'évite plus penser.» Juniors ne sont pas à prendre le test trop bien soit. «Je déteste test principalement parce que je pense comme nous faisons tellement,» dit du lycée de Nashua junior Samantha Chmura. Année Junior peut être décrite comme l'année plus difficile du secondaire pour certains. SATs sont généralement un autre test l'année junior face aux étudiants. «J'ai beaucoup de travail cette année et je ne veux vraiment mettre l'accent sur les tests plus», déclare Chmura. «Je suis juste prête pour l'été à ce point», ajoute Chmura. Chance pour les personnes âgées de Nashua du Sud, ils n'ont à se soucier de n'importe quel test standardisé dans la semaine à venir. Tandis que le reste de l'école s'inquiète de tests, les personnes âgées vont être dormait dans puisqu'ils ne sont pas commencer l'école jusqu'à 9 h 35. «Je suis donc heureux que j'obtiens dormir plus tard et mes classes sont plus courts», déclare Kevin Archambault, un senior. Il ajoute également, «Il serait vraiment sucer ne soit pas une personne âgée maintenant.» Test n'est pas quelque chose que la plupart des étudiants sont impatients de dans les prochains jours, mais c'est quelque chose qui doit être fait. Mettre le meilleur effort en test bénéficiera finalement l'éducation l'étudiant donc même si il gaspille, le test doit être effectuée. Le Dates dans Mai 5/17—5/18: BAM/BAR test pour sophomores et NECAP test pour juniors 5/18: Girls Lacrosse peuvent à Concord High School commençant à 4 h Jeu de Freshmen Baseball garçons au lycée de Douvres à 4 h Jeu de baseball universitaire des garçons à Bishop Guertin à 5 h Tennis filles correspondent au lycée de Keene à 4 h Jeu de softball filles au nord de Nashua à 7 h 5/19: Nashua Community College visites Nashua South au cours de tous les déjeuners 5/20: Nashua South viennoise à Barnes et noble 6: 30 pm Nashua South musique ministère printemps concert 7 pm Barbizon visites Nashua Sud, pendant toutes les déjeuners 5/21: Junior Prom 7-10 h 5/24: Marine peut visiter des Nashua South, pendant tous les déjeuners 5/31: Memorial Day, aucune école. Sport Report “The girls got your back” SOUTH SISTERS—Tuesday, May 18, 2010—Page 3 Attack of the Black By Sarah Perterman Once you go black you never go back. During the past years, the Nashua High School South varsity softball team has been playing in a uniform consisting of shorts and a sleeveless top. These uniforms had been passed on from team member to team member as students graduated and the new classes rise up to the varsity level. This past year the South softball team saw a change, they received new uniforms. The team had done fundraising through out the off season for these new uniforms and the team finally was able to see the results of all of their hard work. Katie Bizeur a sophomore at Nashua South and a player on the varsity team since her freshman year said, "yes it (fundraising) was worth it." One large problem for the team in their endeavor to get new uniforms was the school, although the school supports all of the sports teams in fundraising, they weren't supportive of the softball team's choice of color for their uniform. The team choose black pants and purple button up t-shirts. The school objected because the colors of Nashua South are purple and white. Black is only an accent color, this means that getting black pants would be putting to much black in the uniform. Kaitlyn Belair, a senior at South and one of the captains of the varsity softball team, said, "I think it was stupid that the school gave us shit." Many of the players on the team agree with Belair including one of the other captains on the team, Mary Fontaine, a junior at South. She said "They shouldn't have gotten mad, it's a damn color, it's not offensive to anyone or thing. The baseball team has grey pants and Sarah Peterman showing her love of her new that’s not even part of the color black softball pants scheme. But we get black Photo Courtesy of Hannah Cunningham pants and we get in trouble. Even though black is part of the color scheme. I found it very childish of them to get mad about a color." Jennifer Gagnon one of the pitchers on the team disagreed saying, "The school has every right to be mad because it isn't technically a school color, but they need to understand that we took the time to raise money for them. Therefore it shouldn't be a problem." One of the other reasons the team decided to get black pants apposed to white pants is that over the years white pants could become faded and the team could end up looking like a mess. Gagnon said, "Black pants are not see through and they are cleaner, they are also easier to wash." Fontaine agrees saying, " With black pants we look sharper on the field and as a team. Black pants can last forever while white pants stain very easily." The new pants are also more functional than the shorts were. The softball season at South usually goes from mid March to mid June, this means that the softball team is playing in a variety of weather conditions including rain, wind, and sun. The new pants provide warmth for when the weather is bad and protection for when the players need to slide into a base. The entire team likes the new pants and plans on keeping them despite the schools objection. Only time will tell if the pants were a good choice. Sarah Peterman is a member of the Nashua High School South varsity softball team. Entertainment Arrangement “The girls got your back” SOUTH SISTERS—Tuesday, May 18, 2010—Page 4 Summer Shakespeare By Heather Archambault Summer is a time for laying by the pool, soaking up the sun, and learning all about Shakespeare. For Nashua and Hudson high school students, learning about Shakespeare is how they spend their summer. Summer Shakespeare is a theatre program that originated at Alvirne High School in Hudson and is meant to help students understand Shakespeare. During the program, students put on a production of a Shakespeare show. The program was held at Nashua High School South last year and will be held again this summer but at Alvirne this time. Eric Mealey is a sophomore at Alvirne High School who participated in the Summer Shakespeare program last summer. Mealey is active in the drama club at Alvirne so he thought he would try out the program. "I really enjoyed it because it brought a lot of people from Hudson and Nashua together," says Mealey. He also liked it because "it was interesting to learn about one of Shakespeare's plays." Twelfth Night was the play that was chosen for the students to perform last year. Although, they specifically focused on this play Mealey says he is able to understand all of Shakespeare's work better. "I was able to understand the eccentric way of how Shakespeare thinks about love and life in general," he states. Angeline Jacques, a sophomore from Nashua High School South, also participated in Summer Shakespeare. Jacques also found the program extremely interesting, saying "it was neat learning to actually understand it [one of Shakespeare's plays] and trying to put it into a production that the audience would understand as well." She agrees with Mealey, saying that she was able to understand all of Shakespeare's pieces after the program. While rehearsing for the performance, the group discusses the themes in the play and by the end of the show students have a deeper meaning of what the show is actually about. Understanding the show in more depth allows students to perform better because they understand the emotions behind Shakespeare's writing. Both Mealey and Jacques are considering doing Summer Shakespeare again this upcoming summer. Mealey states "It was such a fun way to spend the summer and then you realized that you are actually learning too. It's definitely something that I want to continue doing." Mealey and Jaques pose for a picture at Summer Shakespeare Picture Courtesy of Angeline Jaques All State Continued from Page 1 Don't think that Art Allstate is for anyone, though. Getting in is a long process, where only the top high school artists in the state of New Hampshire are chosen to attend. First, Dupont had to be nominated by an art teacher at Nashua South. He then was told to complete an application, answer a few essay questions as well as submit three works of art. But it doesn't end there; he also had to receive two letters of recommendation and create a special piece of work based on an artist's quote that was provided by the Art Allstate Committee. The last step in the long process, was to present his piece during an interview with two of the representatives from the committee. O n c e Du p o n t arrived at NHIA, he was eager to drop off his belongings in his assigned dormitory and begin his Art Allstate experience. They were briefly introduced to their professional instructors who would be directing them for the next two days and then were off to visit the Currier to look at more art. When the students returned to NHIA, they quickly began to work on their group projects. Dupont was placed in the Illustration Group, which is what his group project would be relative to. In regards to what Dupont got out of Art Allstate, he responded by saying, "I think that this event has also definitely helped me eliminate career paths that I may have previously looked into perusing myself. Overall, it was a really great time!" Fab Features “The girls got your back” SOUTH SISTERS—Tuesday, May 18, 2010—Page 5 Club Hub By Hannah Cunningham Cheerleaders, DECA, and National Honor Society are well-known clubs, but what about the masses of people who are pulled together by their passion for astronomy, robotics, or color guard? Although there are over 40 clubs at Nashua High School South (NHSS), when asked to name all the clubs they could think of, students ranging from new freshmen to graduating seniors could only name up to 15 clubs. DECA, National Honor Society, and ACT were the most popular clubs that pupils could come up with off the top of their head. No one mentioned the Ballroom Dance Club, the Red Cross Club, or Destination Imagination, all of which are exciting clubs that could help students make new friends and get them into college. "The stereotypes about high school are true; people kiss the ground that the cheerleaders and football players walk on, while the little robotics team is huddled in the corner. I mean, they're creating things the quarterback couldn't even imagine," said Gabby Boyle, sophomore at NHSS. Pooja Karnane, another sophomore at NHSS, agreed, "No one cares about people who aren't in little skirts or all but killing each other to carry a ball down the field and across the line." Karnane wants to know, "What ever happened to the Yearbook Club? Or the Drama Club? Do those even exist?" The thing is, those clubs do exist, but the other thing is, almost no one knows about them. When asked how to spread the word about the undiscovered clubs, Boyle said "Word of mouth. Kids don't pay attention to anything else." Karnane, on the other hand, claimed, "Bright posters always catch kids attention. Color always makes me look and read what is on the sign. I mean, that is how the student body spreads other news. Posters are the way to go." Even though advertising clubs might not be their high point, Boyle has a great time in Drama club and being on the green team. Although Boyle is only in two clubs she wishes she was also in, "The pokeman club and maybe the astronomy club." After Boyle learned that there is over 40 clubs in NHSS, she said that she also wishes she was in, "The National Honor Society...but I would have to get good grades." Karnane, after seeing the list of clubs, is thinking about joining, "Citizens of the world, and Class Officers." So whether it is Chorus, Math Club, or Photography Club, it is beneficial to be a member of a club with people who share the same ideas and passions. A Poster advertising the Nashua South club Gay Straight Alliance. Photo Courtesy of Hannah Cunningham Restaurant Reviews Continued from Page 1 5 Guys Burger and Fries has a new location in Nashua too. At 341 Amherst St. seems to be just fast food burger joint, but is actually, "a great experience! I'm not a huge fan of the greasy, slimy burger, but this place is good! The burger was cooked to perfection, the bun was alright, and the fries were awesome, with great potato taste and not at all greasy." said Lamb. Boyle agreed, "This isn't just a McDonald's or Burger King! This is 5 Guys Burger and Fries, which is way better!" The atmosphere is better too, according to Lamb, who said, "When you walk in, it isn't gross and dirty. It's bright and clean, a nice change from the other fast food restaurants." Rausa was impressed, "Because I am not a meat eater, I thought I wouldn't be able to order anything there. But when I walked in, I was surprised to see that I could get a veggie sandwich, or a grilled cheese." Collective Perspective “The girls got your back” SOUTH SISTERS—Tuesday, May 18, 2010—Page 6 Dresses, Tuxes, and Booze By Sarah Peterman Prom, it is an important event that every high school student looks forward to and talks about constantly. Proms have been going on for years upon years and while the dress styles change and the dancing gets dirtier, one common thing has been present at high school proms, and most likely always will be, is alcohol. Drinking alcohol during the teenage years is something that has been happening for many years. These two things do not mix very well. Countless teens have died from drunk driving and many die on their prom n i g h t . In an effort to cut down on the number of teens drinking before during and after prom students at Nashua South are not aloud to bring dates over 20 years of age. Although this may cut down on the number of drunken teens at prom this could also destroy a teens dream of going to prom with their boyfriend. Caitlin Brassil a senior at South who is going out with a man over 21 said, "There is basically no point of me going to prom because they won't even let my boyfriend in the building. I want to go to prom but there is pretty much no point in me going n o w . " Since teens are not aloud to drink at prom some may choose not to go, making the choice to go out with their friends and drink. This could possibly lead to driving drunk and put adolescents in danger of injury or even death. The rule of no over 20 prom dates is a hard oneto accept, but there is no other way you can guarantee a teen will not be drinking on p r o m n i g h t . At prom everyone wants to have fun and dance the night away with the peers they have gone to school with for four years. But even at prom, peer pressure exists and if a teen is offered alcohol at prom, even if they have never drank it before, they will probably accept it. This is why the rule of no over 20 dates is so important. If someone brought a date who was 21 and legal to purchase alcohol then they would most likely be buying alcohol for the teen and all of the teens friends. The rule is a very tough one because of people like Brassil, but in the long run the rule is one with a positive effect on prom night as a whole. No adult can completely control their teen, especially teens that are about to graduate, but the rule of prom dates over 20 years of age is one that could possibly make a difference in one teens life, and save a life one day. Cartoon Courtesy of Andrea Sarasin