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Greenport High Schools Award-Winning Newspaper

November 2013

Volume 87

Issue I

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I dont like it at all. With 2 APs

and no lunch, I cant perform

to the best of my abilities.

-Brian TuthillThats why they make

lunchboxes.-Sean Walden

[GHS students] Have you ever not had a lunch period? *Grades 8-12*

Yes No

Crackdown on Absences Leaves No Absence ofControversyBy Briana Pagano 14

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Volume 87, Issue I

November, 2013

Editorial Board

TheQuill

QUILL ADVISORMrs. Viggiano

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFBriana Pagano

LAYOUT EDITORSkye Gillispie

LAYOUT ASSISTANTSSarah Tuthill

Shyane JonesBrandi Gonzalez

NEWS ANALYSTNeville Reece

STAFF/REPORTERS

Katie TuthillLauren SmithAngelina PaganoMarina DeLucaMaria Soriano

Matthew DrinkwaterCate Creedon

Edgar PocasangreYanet Garcia

PHOTOGRAPHERsStephanie Wright

Nina Aurichio

Charis Stoner

We welcome any kind of mail! To submit lettersto the editor, comments, or

suggestions, please email us at:viggiano@gufsd.org!

*The opinions expressed in this publication are those

of the individual writers and are not necessarily those

of GHS, this publication, or the editors. All articlessubmitted for publication are subject to editing.

Greenport High School

720 Front St.Greenport NY, 11944

www.gufsd.org

Editorial

AP Classes or Lunch: You DecideBy Marina DeLuca 15 Eat a good breakfaston test days!Tis is the usualadvice teachers give students,and it applies to more than justbreakfast. It is very importantfor growing kids and teens to getproper nutrition, thus they needto eat healthy meals throughoutthe day. One of these meals is

lunch. How can students focuson their classes when theirstomachs are making gurglingsounds and they can practicallytaste the food they are craving?Having a lunch period allows students to satisfy their hunger, talk to their friends, andstudy a little more for their next big upcoming test. Lunch helps students to have theenergy to get through the day. So why is it that in the past couple of years, there havebeen masses of students lacking a lunch period?

Tis epidemic is targeting many of the students involved in AP (advancedplacement) classes. Tese students are the primary targets because many AP classes are

only offered during lunch periods, and therefore many of the kids involved in multipleAPs dont have a lunch period. Tis upsets students to the point where they sometimesdrop an AP class in order to have lunch. Junior Sean Walden says, It sucked [not havinga lunch.] I dropped AP Microeconomics so I could have a lunch period. Tis lack oflunch periods is causing high caliber students to drop the classes that they belong in.

Not having a lunch period is also particularly hard for students involved inafterschool activities. If they are eating very early, snacking in classes here and there,or not eating at all, they are starving by the time sports and other activities start. Someonly have a little time for a quick snack and are forced to continue on in their hecticschedules. Athletes who arent eating properly are at risk of passing out when they play,

which is something no one wants to happen.

GHS students have found that there is little to no way that they can take multipleAP classes alongside their normal grade level classes and have a lunch period. However,GHS did take steps to try to help AP students to have a lunch period by adding 7thperiod lunch to kids schedules. Tis new lunch period does help by giving kids who

would otherwise not have a scheduled lunch period time to eat, but it is not the perfectsolution. Junior Emma Marshall says, Its hard to focus on my AP classes because Imso hungry. Even though students like Marshall do have a lunch period, they are sohungry throughout the day that they can hardly focus on the tasks in front of them. Tecafeteria provides limited food service during 7th period, so students are usually forcedto either bring in lunch or go out to eat.

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Another solution to the lunchproblem that oftentimes arises is thatkids without lunch periods are grantedpermission to run to the cafeteria and buylunch to bring back to class. Tis also hasits downfalls, though. Eating in class canbe a distraction to both the student andhis or her surrounding peers. Also, if thereare a lot of kids in a class who are leavingto get lunch, the start of class is delayed.Tis can, in turn, cause the teacher to

rush through particular topics and spendless time on important subject matter.Students should be given lunch periods toavoid problems like these. Schools should encourage theirstudents to take classes that will challengethem as well as allow them to excel. Now,the known fact that students who takechallenging classes may not have lunch isa huge deterrent to many students. Tis isthe last thing school officials should want.

When kids go to school, they should

be encouraged to challenge themselves,but not to the point where they cant eatduring the school day. Even though thislack of lunch is extremely frustrating,students shouldnt get too down. SeniorDory Lieblein is working on a petition

with the goal of making lunch mandatory.So students who dont have a lunchperiod: go and sign her petition!

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