Tidal Wave Vol. 67 Issue 4 - Fort Myers High School

April / May 2013
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Volume 67 • Issue 4
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Summer is only a few months away and I know most of us are ready for
that long break we deserve. Despite crazy parties and vacation plans,
you should also consider staying in good shape, eating right, and getting
enough sleep. I’ve made some awesome tips and tricks to start getting into
the healthy lifestyle and making sure you feel your greatest! From what
you eat to how much you’re hitting the gym, here’s everything you need to
know! I swearby them, and I’m sure you will too.
by Michael Weber
Longboarding is the act of riding on a longboard skateboard.
A longboard is greater in size than its smaller
counterpart, a skateboard.
Longboards have more durability, stability, and traction due to lower
wheel durometers.
Now that longboarding is getting more popular, there are many
different uses for an average longboard.
Longboards can be used for transportation, slalom, free ride, and
downhill purposes. There are also many different types of
boards for each purpose.
Drop Decks, Drop-through Decks, Flushcut Decks, Topmount Speed
boards, and Wedged Speedboards are different variations of boards
for all the different uses.
Longboarding is becoming much more popular and will eventually
be as popular as skateboarding.
The most important thing is to stay active! You should
exercise for at lease, again, AT LEAST, an hour a day.
Do this for about three to five times a week. Even when
you’re running on a tight schedule, adding in small bursts of
physical activity can help you stay on your A Game!
Unplug yourself! Getting away from all the monotony of
Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, whatever social media you happen
to use... PUT IT AWAY! When you’re ready to go to bed,
turn off your phone and computer so that you’re not tempted to
check it.
Stop snacking! Snacking adds to plaque build up on
youre teeth and their extra calories contribute pounds
to teen bodies. The National Institute of Health reccomends
limiting sugar snacks. Instead, makesure you eat
regular meals, including a nutritioius breakfast, and two
small healthy snacks. Not to mention, drink tons of water!
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show aired Sunday night, February 24th. The Oscar Award
for the Best Picture went to Argo. Then the award for Best
Director went to Ang Lee for his fabulous movie, Life of
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By Ted Watts
This year’s varsity Softball team is
a force to be reckoned with. The team
has put up a great effort this season representing
the Lady Wave of Fort Myers
High. The Softball team is currently in the
run for the conference championship.
The girls hope to go further and achieve
a district win. We want to wish the Softball
team good luck in their future games.
The Green Wave boys and
girls lacrosse teams are
bringing up an admirable
season this year. Hard work,
training, and sheer skill are
the qualities that separate
them from all others. Determination
to succeed is an
understatement for our lax
players, looking to stomp
their opponents with no
mercy.
Expectations are high for the
Green Wave lacrosse teams
as they show their enthusiasm
and dedication to the
game. Sheer skill and talent
floods from the Fort Myers
boys and girls who stand
ready to drown their opponents
in their wake! Both
fans and players are ready
for yet another admirable
season as our warriors take
to the field.
Throughout the season our Greenwave
tennis teams have done extremely
well in all their matches against
other schools. Both the guys
and girls teams moved into districts
with confidence and came
out with wins over all other district
teams. The girls came out of
districts with a sweep of all other
teams. Make sure you wish our tennis
teams luck in regionals and on the
road to states.
GIRLS:
Thandiwe Kangwa
Chandler Novoa
Stephanie Chavez
Alex Overdiking
Daniella Andrade
Jamie Halgrim
Suzanne Brinson
MaryBeth Briers
Rachel Wohl
Rachael Gropper
BOYS:
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Max Green
Corey Roberts
Andrew Cohen
Tyler DeLucca
Charlie Bisbee
Ryan Towe
Coleman Doikos
Charlie Markavitch
Nico Barajas
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On April 17th, 2013 senior boys will battle
it out in the annual Mr. Greenwave pageant.
The competition, held every year by
SGA, hosts some of the funniest, boldest,
and even talented senior year boys in the
school. This year’s theme for the competition
is “Men at Work.” In order to win the
competition the boys must go through a
series of events in which they will prove
their ability to be crowned Mr. Greenwave.
These events include a talent portion,
swimsuit portion, and if they make
it to the finals, a question portion. Make
sure you come to the show April 17th to
check out the competition and even read
about the contestants featured below:
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he most famous and loved musical of all time
has arrived at our very own Fort Myers High School! With
shows sold out all over the world and millions of audience
members, Les Miserables is bringing its wonder to
our stage. A collection of some of the most talented young
actors, singers, and musicians in FHMS worked hundreds of
hours to make this Spring musical the best one we have had.
Les Miserables is a story of a man, Jean Valjean, who
spent 19 years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread. Once
granted parole, he changes his life and becomes a man
of love and faith. His life, and the lives of the loved
ones around him, are changed forever. Some of the
students of this all-star cast are: Conner Allison as the
lead, Jean Valjean, and Rene Miville as the determined
officer, Javert, who spends his life chasing Valjean. Audience
members who have seen our show’s production give
it rave reviews and others wish they could go see it again.
Congratulations to everyone who worked on this musical!

Graduating Class
2013
Seniors

Fort Myers High School’s top band
continues their reign of superiority at the Jazz
Music Performance Assessment. Recently, our
Greenwave Jazz Band worked extensively on three
pieces to perfect and perform in front of three
judges. The judges would then rate the band on
a scale of Poor (being the worst) and Superior
(being the best). The band’s excellent mixture of
latin, swing, and soft jazz received rave comments,
two Superiors, and an Excellent from the judges
totaling an overall Superior. After well deserved
recognition and rest, the jazz band is up and ready
again to begin working on their Prism Concert shows.
by Yoanna Gueorguiev
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The Poor Son of a Poor Man
by Samantha Brunson
“Am I… dead?” my grandfather thought.
It had been a long fall. He had hit the
ground hard. Surely he was knocked out for
some length of time. Who was to say the unlucky
tumble hadn’t knocked him out indefinitely? But
no, he couldn’t be dead. He was thinking, and
breathing, and his heart must be beating. So my
grandfather was most certainly not dead when he
fell from that roof all the way to the unforgiving
ground far too many feet below him.
Of course, he wasn’t my grandfather then.
He was 19 years old; not even married, much less
the father of a father. It was the summer of 1965
and he had gotten his first real job putting roofs
on houses. He was paid one dollar an hour. Eight
dollars a day was far too little for the grueling labor
he put in all day, toiling away under the brutal
heat and stifling humidity that South Florida likes
to call its own. But it isn’t like he had other options
of employment. My grandfather only had a high
school education, seeing as he wouldn’t have been
able to afford college. His family was poor – maybe
not living on the streets in cardboard boxes,
but poor enough that shoes were for special occasions.
Oh, that childhood. And those shoes! The
memories were as clear as if he was experiencing
them right then and there.
My grandfather was one of six children,
and each of them had one pair of shoes. For most
days out of the year, those shoes would hide away
in boxes at the back of the closet, seeking refuge
in the spaces behind the clothes of their masters.
Many of the shoes were hand-me-downs,
and none fit quite right. A few pairs had the tops
cut off, so that when feet were shoved in the
toes stuck out and wriggled around like fat little
worms. But my grandfather and his siblings didn’t
even mind the gaping holes at the front of their
shoes, because it meant that they were wearing
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something on their feet. The cramped confines of
the shoes were a blessed relief from the majority of
days, when their feet had no protection against the
rough land and the hot air. Any day with shoes was
a good day, because it promised that today there
would be no dragging themselves along barefooted
to the school. Monday to Friday, it was one mile to
school and one mile back with no protection from
the hot, sticky air enveloping them and the even
hotter ground below. And the school building was
little relief. It was simply a roof, a floor, and four
walls that shielded them from whatever
was “out there” but did nothing to lower
the temperature. If anything, it was
raised in the school, due to the body
heat every living thing radiated
and the fact that it was Florida before
air conditioning. And so the
learning became bearable, because
thinking was a welcome escape
from just sitting and sweating.
At least my grandfather could
be grateful that he had no extra fat to further heat
him, because poor people, particularly poor families,
cannot afford extra food. Items such as butter
were delicacies and, like shoes, only came out on
special occasions. You learn to savor the taste of
something like butter when it is as rare as shoes.
The brother of my grandfather must have savored
butter especially, because it was all he asked for one
Christmas. The rule was one present, and Tommy
proudly stated that all he wanted in his stocking
come Christmas morning was a stick of butter.
And so December 25th arrived, and Tommy found
a stick of butter as his present. Delighted, he tore
into it, and Tommy ate the entire stick of butter like
a bar of candy, devouring it in one sitting.
My grandfather looked back on these
memories of his childhood after he had fallen from
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the roof, and as he reflected on them, he began to
look toward his future.
“I don’t want to live like this anymore,” he remembers
thinking. “I gotta do something different.”
And so my grandfather set out making
plans for his future, and began to try and escape
from the life of a poor son of a poor man that destiny
seemed to force upon him. Starting that day,
my grandfather’s entire view on life changed. He
finally had a goal to work toward, and he was going
to do all he could to reach it. He got job
after job simply because he was willing
to go out and do what others wouldn’t
due to laziness and lack of motivation.
He tried his hand at many different
jobs and worked his way up
the ladder of responsibility, until
one day he found himself mayor.
Sure, it was only a small town in
Minnesota called Le Center, but
he was mayor for eight years.
And perhaps most importantly,
he was no longer just the poor son of a poor man.
When my grandfather looks back on his
rough childhood, it reminds him of how he didn’t
let his past stand in his way.
“Since I was poor, most people don’t think
you can do a lot,” he says. “But I just went ahead
and it taught me that you can do anything as long
as you go out and actually do the work for it. Everyone
would just moan and groan about this and
that and I just put my hand up and said, I will do
this.”
Even to this day, my grandfather isn’t one
for just sitting around and doing nothing. And I
don’t think he will ever let go of that mentality, no
matter what might stand in his way.
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Nathalie Cazares, Kegan Courter, Josh Ellis, Khubaib Farah,
Victor Heller-Martinez, Madelyn Hendra, Olivia Hilfiker, Matthew
Jernigan, Trevor Jeter, Janar Kahr, Alnaya Kendrick, Jordana
Levitt, Connor McAlpine-Vargas, Mallory McGovern, Michael
Miller, Courtney Oleksa, Hannah Oliver, Matthew Palovich,
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ort Myers High School proudly presents the
Prism Concert, the granddaddy of all concerts, the
peanut butter to everyone’s jelly. As the largest and
most anticipated event of the year, Prism Concert features
many talented students. This includes musicians,
percussionists, dancers, and more. Many soloists and
individual groups devote a superfluous amount of
time toward their performances. Lively and energetic
musical selections add to the atmosphere, displaying
different moods establishing a connection between
the audience and performers. The show features
state-of-the-art technology that further enhances its
quality and is an event that should not be missed.
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1.) Do your summer work
within the first weeks!!
This will get it out of the
way & prevent the back-
to-school procrastination
of doing all the work the
could be a good way to spend
your day, an easy way to
make money & if you work
on the beach, you’re multitasking.
(getting a tan and
making bank)
week before. 2.) Find a summer job! This
3.) Go to schools! This is
your time where you can at
least for a week of the summer,
take a road trip to
colleges and start thinking
about your future.
5.) Hit the beach and
remember to bring these
key things: sunscreen,
water, a book or your iPod,
and friends! Be active and
stay hydrated!
4.) Try and visit friends
and family to GET OUT
OF FORT MYERS. Even a
staycation to Fort Myers
Beach or
Sanibel would be a nice
way to relax.
6.) Have fun! Take an
adventure, do something
different. You have 2
months, make the most of
your time.

By Olivia Hilfiker & Madelyn Hendra
To celebrate Saint Patrick’s
Day, the Little Wave
kids walked around campus
with their teachers in a magical
quest to find the mischievous
leprechaun named Lucky.
All decked out in green, the
children had a great time visiting
certain classrooms throughout
the school, collecting clues
in each one in their journey to
find Lucky. The students in the
classrooms played along well
and the kids were very excited.
Happy St. Patty’s Day!
By: Connor McAlpine & Josh Ellis
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Molding a simple, malleable material into a majestic, intricate piece of
art is the goal of a ceramic artist. “We walk through life and see all these amazing
things, and then we are able to translate this into inspiration for our art,” says
Garrett Bernardo. The students in ceramics are first taught to use a wide range of
tools by their teacher, Mrs. Brant. After learning, they apply the techniques and
tools to make a variety of creations specific to their own imaginations. Whether
it is a chicken or a unicorn, these creations are guaranteed to dazzle the viewer.
The process of making the pieces is described by Vinny Catalano as, “First we
must take the clay and allow it to dry some. After that, we take the clay and start
to mold each of the separate pieces. In the end we have all the pieces; so we put
them together, fire them, and paint them to make them look spectacular.” Using
this process, the ceramic artists have made a multitude of works that showcase
their growing experience as an artist.
by Allie Taylor

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