By Jazelle Collins

This year has been very stressful, and the STAAR test will definitely worry not only students but teachers too, especially since this is the first year coming out of quarantine. The STAAR tests in all grade levels (6th - 8th) will be happening May 5th - May 12th. 6th & 7th grade will be taking two STAAR test while 8th grade will be taking four. Students will need to earn a grade above 40% to pass the STAAR test this year and if they fail, they will be able to retake it twice. With testing around the corner, there are a few things to know about the test this year.

This year’s STAAR test will be different from previous STAAR testing because of its redesign. Firstly, the STAAR test will be held online instead of on paper, which might be harder for some students, but may be easier for other students as well. All personal electronics will be collected for the entire STAAR test period (That includes phones, airpods, Apple watches, Fitbits, headphones, etc.) You are required to bring your chromebook and we highly recommend you bring a book and a water bottle. Take your time on this test because after the test you can only read a book or rest, no drawing or writing is allowed. But the STAAR test is only our final obstacle before the first school year out of quarantine ends! Our 8th graders will go on to be freshmen in high school, 7th grade will go on to be the new leaders of lively, our 6th graders will become 7th graders, and we will welcome our new group of 6th graders along the way.

• All Chromebooks will be picked up before testing to ensure that they are charged and ready

• During testing, ALL electronics will be picked up by testing teachers (phones, Apple watches, Fitbits, Airpods, headphones, etc)

• After testing, students may read a book (no reading on electronics) or put their head down to rest

• Chromebooks will be picked up as students complete the testing

• Electronics will be returned after the entire testing time for that day is complete. Chromebooks will be kept for second day of testing and returned after all testing is complete

• Bring a water bottle

• Get plenty of rest and use the testing time and online tools to do your best

Lively Teacher of the Year and District Finalist

By Ellie Butterworth and Kaitlyn De La Fuente

Ms. Iraida Amador- Meradeo teaches eighth grade US history at Lively Middle School. This year, Ms. Amador did not only win teacher of the year at Lively, but she is one of four finalists for Austin Independent School District teacher of the year. Ms. Amador has been teaching at Lively for four years, this year being her fourth, and she said her favorite thing about Lively is “the diverse group of students. There’s no one dominant group. We have a lot of kids from different cultures and different backgrounds and I like that about this school.” Ms. Amador prefers teaching history. She believes it is very important to know about the past because it still impacts us today. She has always been interested in what her parents, grandparents, and ancestors went through. Ms. Amador prefers teaching eighth grade because she said, “I think you’re all at an age where you are not a kid but not an adult and you need to be exposed to good role models so you know that not everyone is against you and you have people there to help you and guide you through your teenage years.”

When asked how it felt to win teacher of the year at Lively, Ms. Amador simply responded, “I am speechless. I still can’t believe it.” She really appreciates the support from all of her co- workers and the relationship she has built with them. Ms. Amador also added that she felt honored to be the middle school teacher of the year finalist considering how many amazing teachers there are in this district. Growing up, Ms. Amador knew she wanted to teach because she enjoyed her middle and high school years so much, she knew she wanted to be in a similar environment when she grew up. Ms. Amador is very happy to be working at Lively. She said “I think Lively is a great community that brings together groups of different students and different families. Here, students are seen and we can spread more cultural awareness and bring some unity to the community.”

The History of Lively Middle School is full of surprises

By Arianna Matamoros

Since 1886, Lively has been an institution for learning and watching students grow. The history of our school is rich, and it all started back when it was named South Austin Ward School. We have change a lot since the school opened back in the late 1800's, as have our principles throughout the decades. The name of our school went through lots of changes too, transitioning from South Austin Ward School, to Fulmore Middle School, to now Lively Middle School. We have grown and evolved so much to become the wonderful learning space we are today!

Our campus is not in the same location as it once was when it was founded back in 1886. They changed locations after a few years, opening their new campus in 1911, which is where we are learning today. There have been multiple structural changes in our campus over the years. In addition to the 1911 building, new extensions were added later on in 1939 and around the 1980's. The most recent addition to the school is 8th grade building or the "500 building", built in the year 2000.

In addition to structural changes, Lively has gone through many cultural changes too. What was once a segregated school is now a school open to all races, ethnicities, and sexualites. Lively accepts everyone no matter who they are, and they are built up for success in our school. "We're just a middle school but now it's more diverse. I think we represent the best of Austin and its uniqueness," said 6th grade teacher Mr. Foessett.

Another part of our rich history as a school is the backstory of our school bell. The bell (which you can find in the courtyard) has been in our school since its beginning in 1886. But on one fateful day in 1911, our bell was stolen by a group of UT students led by a man named Teddy Reese. He and his friends took the bell to the university and put it in a place called the B. Hall, which was their dorm room building. Before they stole the bell, Teddy and his roommates would always be woken up to the sound of a cowbell ringing, and they became sick of it. They agreed to take the Fulmore bell, so they stole it on one late night and brought it to the top of their dorm building. The next morning, the students woke up to the loud sounds of the bell on top of B. Hall. Gone was the jarring cowbell noises that the students once had to endure. One of the custodians back at Lively (formerly named Fulmore) noticed the bell was missing, and he went to UT to try to find it. He didn't recognize the bell when he finally saw it because it was painted over in a different color. After a while the UT students got tired of ringing the bell, so they decided to "donate" it back to Fulmore. The students returned the bell on a large horse drawn wagon all the way back to Fulmore.

Lively has gone through so many changes and so much history. It has served the Austin community and children for over 135 years now, and it is still thriving! From the change of location, to its history of segregation, to its incredible story of the school bell, Lively Middle School has so many stories from the past. We pass down these stories for the future generations to learn, and we are making our own history right now as well!

By Evelyn Rosales

Our school has been around for many years. Some of our parents have been here for middle school and I'm sure they've told you things about this school that you probably didn't know. This school has made its place here in Austin, but there's been a lot of changes over the years.

Mr. Foessett is one of the the teachers here at Lively who has taught on the the third floor for 18 years, so obviously he knows how things were before and how they changed. Firstly, he is teaching in the oldest building on campus, which is the academic building. Mr. Foessett seems to think that the spirits roaming are haunting the halls. Mr. Foessett said that Lively may just be a middle school, “but it's more diverse and that we all represent the best of Austin and it's uniqueness.”

Lively has come a long way since when it opened, so to recap all the historical events that happened, first we have the famous bell that was stolen from UT students, one in particular was Teddy Reese, but it's now located in the courtyard where our Lively Falcons can see it.Next, the most recent addition to the school is 8th grade building or the "500 building", built in the year 2000, which is where Forensics, US/Tx history and Science is taught. And let's not forget about the ICONIC name change, what was once known as Fulmore Middle School is now Lively, named after our beloved Sarah Beth Lively. There have been many changes since our school has made its place here and still many more happening in the future, but one thing's for sure, Lively will always be home.

By Carlos Rodriguez and Manning Blakeslee

The advice I would give to an upcoming 8th grader is that it's going to be a really fast year for you and you will honestly wish it was slow. For me as an 8th grader, I feel like I understand the 8th grade experience and just understand middle school in a way. This year for me as an 8th grader was really fun. Classes get harder, don’t get me wrong, but after some time you start to understand. For the magnet classes they do get a bit challenging, but it’s fine. They are supposed to be hard at times. All I know is that the end of the school year, we are going to be ready to become freshmen in high school.

By Marlie Morin Schwartz

On February 24th, Russia invaded Ukraine, taking control of the Chernobyl nuclear site. War and ongoing feuds have existed between Russia and Ukraine since February of 2014. Russia is currently trying to take over Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv, Kherson, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, and the capitol, Kyiv.

“The mayor [ of Mariupol ], Vadym Boichenko, has said the constant bombardment makes it difficult to count the dead. Walking from one street to another often means passing corpses, or fresh graves dug in parks or grassy medians.” according to New York Times.

Russia’s invasion unfortunately effects much more than just Ukraine. 40% of natural gas used by Europe comes from Russia, giving them the power to greatly rise prices or cut off supply. All kinds of materials ranging from titanium to fertilizer are supplied by Russia to other countries, and the war jeopardizes countries receiving them.

Over a thousand Ukrainian civilians have been killed, and even more have been injured. More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine. Roughly 2 and a half million have fled to neighboring country, Poland. Trying to flee the war and get out of Ukraine can be difficult because the roads and trains are often crowded with others trying to do the same. According to the Pew Research Center, the war has caused one the highest refugee crises.

Among all this chaos, people all over the world are protesting, raising money, offering to house refugees, and providing supplies to the people in need. The U.S. has given Ukraine, around 13.6 billion dollars in aid, to Ukraine. 100’s of thousands of people have offered to house refugees in their homes. Amid all this havoc, their is still hope, resilience and strength.

Austin housing market is out of reach for most people

By Jack Stafford

A lot is on the line when it comes to the housing market. The market is skyrocketing and people are struggling to pay for a roof over their heads. Shelter is a human right and many individuals face losing it. Over time housing prices have risen dramatically, while household income has stayed relatively similar. According to CNBC news (via Census data), the average American housing prices have risen 118% since 1970, while the average household’s income has only increased by 15.5% over the same time period. Maybe the gap between household income and housing prices is being driven by the rising population. In 1970 the US population sat at 205.1 Million, but 50 years later it has skyrocketed to 329.5 Million. So the demand for housing has increased much faster than the supply, but employers have a much larger pool of people to choose from than 50 years ago.

These rising housing prices have had a substantial impact on young Americans. According to the Pew Research Center, Americans under the age of 35 make up 34.4% of renters in the US, but they make up only 9.9% of homeowners. This is concerning because renters overtime pay more money in rent yet gain no ownership of the home.

Not only that but Asian, Black, and Latino people are much less likely to be homeowners. This can be blamed in part to the disparities in net worth between races. Net worth is the value of a person's stuff, money, and things they bought. According to a study conducted by the Federal Reserve, the average net worth of African Americans and Latinos is far less than that of Whites. This can be directly attributed to laws in the past that have hindered African Americans, Asians, and Latinos' ability to buy houses, make investments, get jobs they are qualified for, and other unfair laws.

While studies show this problem particularly affects young adults, African Americans, Asians, and Latinos, housing prices will affect all of us someday. Particularly rising housing prices coupled with layoffs and heavy financial losses due to Covid-19. Nearly 11 million Americans are missing rent or mortgage payments. This could drive many out of their homes. It is horrible to lose a home, especially to something so out of your control like home values. In addition, housing taxes are expected to hike as they did last year, rising 9% according to news outlet Bloomberg.

As housing prices, and housing taxes rise, along with an economy still grappling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic the housing market has generated wealth for some homeowners but is making it extremely difficult for others. We must find a solution to give folks more affordable housing, such as government subsidies. In this situation full of uncertainty one thing is for sure, we must find affordable housing soon.

City had third boil water notice in four years

By Marlie Morin-Schwartz

On February 5th, of 2022, the City of Austin released a city wide boil water notice. According to KXAN, the boil notice was declared as a precaution because of an employee mistake at the Ullrich plant that caused high turbidity in the water. The Ullrich Water Treatment Plant is one of three water plants in Austin. The New York Times reports that roughly 1 million people had to boil water because of the accident.

High Turbidity in the water means that the water was cloudy, opaque, or dense with suspended matter. Not only did the notice affect a million people across the city, it directly affected how the Lively School ran. February 6th, parents, staff, and students received an email requesting that they bring bottled water to school the next day. Lively set out precautionary measures in order to stay safe under the boil notice. The water fountains would be temporarily closed, bottled water would be distributed across campus, Kitchens are boiling large quantities of water using industrial equipment. dishes were being cleaned at a high internal temperature, and foods were served that required less water. For two days PE and athletics classes could not perform certain activities due to not having enough bottled waters to distribute to students. Luckily on February 8th, the boil notice and water restriction was lifted, so it was now safe to consume tap water.

Ice storm shut schools down for two days

By Ace Curry

On Wednesday February 3rd, it became very clear to AISD that the weather was going to get freezing and it would be too dangerous to go to school the rest of the week. That afternoon they announced that on Thursday and Friday school would be canceled. Screams and cheers echoed in classrooms.

The district was right, Thursday and Friday was super icy and, depending on where you live, a little snowy. Seventh grader Gael Griffiths said, “During the snowstorm, I went sledding down a hill and bruised my legs, because there was a big rock in my way, and I went flying. My little pug fell into a crack full of snow, and my dog jumped on the frozen pool and fell through. I couldn't stop laughing. We even ate s'mores with peanut butter to keep us warm.”

It’s a little late for a white Christmas, but everyone seemed to enjoy the cold weather mini vacation.

A step by step guide on how to achieve perfect procrastination

By Brooks Moren

Moving into the new semester, many students were reluctant returning to school and the work it brings with it. Countless students have found themselves unprepared for the scheduled school day, and are looking for an out. Look no further, as this article with tell you the in depth instruction on how to procrastinate efficiently and effectively!

Beginning with possibly the most important tip of all- timing. In order to procrastinate without getting caught, timing is essential. Knowing when to procrastinate, and when not to, is paramount. This may sound counterproductive to being unproductive, but one needs to realize, in order to continue to do a minimal amount of work, you need to do a little bit of it. This also plays into the next tip, getting others to do the work for you. For obvious reasons, this is required to create a sustainable procrastination cycle, along with gaining a passing grade.

The students of Lively have the difficult job of learning, and it’s important to know when to take a break. When asked why do you procrastinate, seventh grade Lively student Aisling commented, “Because I don’t want to do work, work sucks.” This is a sentiment shared between educators and learners alike, causing people to question the legitimacy of “Doing work”. Law teacher, Johnny Galan, when asked why people procrastinate commented, “Some men just want to watch the world burn” and “When it starts to affect other people, you’re marching into dangerous territory.” With these conflicting views on procrastination, it is unclear whether it is detrimental.

This new year has been chaotic, and everyone is in need of a break. This article hopes it brought advice on how to rest and procrastinate efficiently. It has raised many questions, and offered the opportunity for you to answer them. Have a restful day, stay lively falcons!

Students can struggle to break bad learning habits

By Ace Curry

Last school year, most students stayed home and did Zoom. Even for students on campus, classes were still on Zoom and the pace of the school day was very different. Most people, students and teachers, will agree that Zoom classes were less than ideal for learning and interacting. Many students mastered the art of signing into Zoom and then pretending to work while they really watched Netflix or played games. Well, that will not work this year.

The expectations for work and behavior for everyone are much higher this year. For example, if students are late three times to a class that equals one after school detention. That means that you can get two days worth of detention in just one day.

“It’s hard because it’s really different this year. The hardest class for me is French because it’s a big transition to be back in person,” said 7th grader Gael Griffiths.

Journalism teacher, Ms. Griesmer, said, “I get it. Students got really good at pretending to do work at home and we gave each other a lot of grace for just showing up in class everyday on Zoom. But as I’ve told my yearbook students, we can’t pretend to make a yearbook or pretend to pass a STAAR test.”

It can be hard to change these unproductive habits, but most teachers feel it’s time for students to pick up the slack.

Gaming and chatting make this club fun

By Jaky Munive Hernandez

Room 213 is where you can find the gaming club after school on Tuesdays-Thursdays. “The gaming club is full of unique people who have different backgrounds and come here to find comfort in video games and friends,” said one of the many students who enjoy this club three times a week.

This club is run by Mr. Ramirez, 8th grade science teacher, and Mr. Cornwell, who teaches many electives like media broadcast and graphic design. The gaming club is a very inclusive environment. “We make sure that no one is left out and most importantly that they are having fun!” said Mr. Ramirez.

At first glance the gaming club might not look so important, but it's where people find comfort. In this club people bring their controllers or most likely their Nintendo Switch, because it's the most portable console. In the gaming club they own a gaming cube, which is a console kept in the classroom. And they have fun and spend time talking with their friends! So if you ever want to attend an after school activity…the gaming club will be there with open arms in room 213.

We can all do our part to help the environment

By Ethan Robinson and Harlan Simon

The environment affects so many people in so many ways, but how does it affect kids at Lively? In a survey conducted, Sixth grader Leila Wilcoxsin Epps said, “The environment affects if we can breath good fresh air, if we can see beautiful sights, and how hot the climate is.” All of these things are true, but there's even more. The environment provides school lunch, school supplies and much more things you have at school. The environment even affects how you get to school, if you take the bus, ride in a car, or you ride your bike to school. All of those things rely on the environment. The environment even affects if you can come to school. The environment is what controls things like storms and natural disasters. All of these things and more affect kids at Lively.

But the environment faces a huge problem: climate change. Climate change is one of the worst problems happening to the earth right now. So let's break it down. There are many parts of climate change including the effects on nature. One way climate change affects nature is deforestation. Deforestation is when many forests and other parts of nature are destroyed in order to make room for a new development. That causes destruction of many animal habitats and destroys many plant species. Climate change also affects the food supply you get. Climate change can ruin land where food is grown. Ocean habitats are also affected. Plastic from goods we use gets into the ocean and creatures can get injured or they eat it and get sick. Pollution can also destroy coral reefs that ocean creatures live in. Climate change also affects air, weather, and health.

This may seem like a lot of things but they're all related. Climate change affects air by pollution. Pollution is caused by factories, cars and almost everything that is powered by fossil fuels. Fossil fuels omit many harmful gasses which cause air pollution, damage to your health and loss of habitats. Climate change affects weather in a few ways like natural disasters, storms and rising sea levels. Climate change causes more destructive natural disasters that take place more frequently in places they haven't before. It also causes sea levels to rise when ice caps melt by carbon emissions. It causes extreme flooding. The way climate change affects health is pollution getting into your lungs, contaminated food or water and extreme heat.

Some students have thoughts about climate change. Sixth graders Lily Richardson said that “everything we do leads back to it” and Sam Waelbrock said “people really need to care about the world before we take action.”

Though the environment has many problems there are ways to help, you can get a programmable thermostat ”because don’t overheat or over cool our homes When we are not even in them” said Rice University professor and environmental scientist Daniel Cohan, “that could save a lot of energy.” Get solar panels so you don't use fossil fuels, plant trees to get relaxing shade, eat more sustainably, like look into where you get seafood and get impossible and beyond meats which taste like real meat because cows and other meat animals produce a lot of pollution. Bike, walk, carpool or take public transportation instead of taking a car. Cleaning up trash helps. You should also look up what is happening in the community and see if you can be part of any events, see what you can do to save the environment!

Some people may think why do we need to do so much? Many things are being destroyed from coral reefs, to rainforests, to Antarctica. These don’t only affect animals, we won’t be able to eat most seafood and according to Inside Climate News, breathing in polluted air regularly brings down your lifespan by three years. Though everything looks grim we can still come back and save the environment, everyone just has to do their part.

How Ms. Griesmer Accidently Changed History

By Ace Curry and Arianna Matamoros

It was a normal rainy morning on September 29, 2021, and the second period Digital Newspaper class at Lively Middle School went on as usual. Ms. Griesmer was casually aligning the school yearbook, when she noticed a peculiar mishap. On the spines of most of the yearbooks, it read “Falcon”, but as Ms. Griesmer looked closer, she noticed that the 2020 and 2021 yearbook read "The Falcon". And just like that, Ms. Griesmer realized that she'd accidentally changed history.

For the two years that she has worked on the yearbook at Lively, she embellished the yearbook spine with the words "The Falcon" instead of "Falcon". Ms. Griesmer was definitely freaked out. The yearbook team heard about for ten times that morning, “I've changed yearbook history." The yearbook team tried to reassure Ms. Griesmer that it was not a big deal. What do you think? Is this a big change in our history?

Falcons share their opinions about the school lunches

By Lily Richardson and Fatoumata Diallo

According to interview responses, the school lunches that are made across AISD are the majority of what students at Lively eat at lunch. Most students that were interviewed said they liked the school lunch, just wished for some more options. They think that people should eat the school lunch as it is a free and healthy opportunity. A'Riah McNeese-Howard of the 6th grade said,” The school lunches are really good”.

The majority of people like the Frito-Pie, pizza dippers, tamales, tater tots (potato puffs), chicken burger/burger, and the bean burrito. Lexi Van Haren of the 6th grade says her favorite is the bean burrito, but she also says it is the messiest. Another person, Chloe Ahumada, had a idea that there could be a voting chart in the cafeteria so the students could vote for what they wanted to eat the next day.

Fifty percent of the people that were interviewed said that the lunches themselves were in the middle. Jack Stafford, in the 6th grade said,” The lunches are so-so, but I like them.” Meanwhile, about twenty percent of people said they think it is delicious. Penelope in the 6th grade said,” The lunches are kind of good, but my favorite is the burger.”

Lively principal presents her thoughts on the school year

By Brooks Moren

This year has been hard for a lot of people, and sometimes students can forget that school staff are experiencing the same problems. Lively principal, Ms. Stacie Holiday, talked about her job during the pandemic, “I’m exhausted, the contact tracing, just trying to make sure that twelve hundred students and over 100 staff members are safe. It keeps me up at night, just reflecting, thinking if I did everything I could to make the school safer.”

Ms. Holiday has a huge responsibility as the principal, and an even greater one this year due to the pandemic. When asked how Lively will exit the pandemic, she said, “ We will come out on the positive side, we have challenges, and sometimes those challenges turn into opportunities to strengthen us.” She further elaborated by referencing online learning options, and how this pandemic was an opportunity to utilize those resources.

Ms. Holiday has two children and can often be seen at their after school events. She also has a large personal library and enjoys spending her time reading non-school related literature. Ms. Holiday is an avid rock collector, loves to hike, and all types of nature.

During this different school year, we can forget that we’re all in this together. Ms. Holiday offered some words of acknowledgment. “I’m thinking about students’ learning skills, like resilience and how this is helping us understand the value of connection.” Everyone is in this together, so remember to wear your mask and get your vaccinations if you can. Stay Lively Falcons.

Student opinions by the numbers

By Marlie Morin-Schwartz

In a survey conducted to find out some of Lively eighth graders thoughts, surprising answers were discovered.

Over half of the students utilize the free lunch provided by the cafeteria staff as well as the bus transportation system. 62.5% usually wake up from 6-7, in comparison to 37.5%, who wake up from 5-6 am. Seven out of eight students noted that they are either currently participating in a school club or sport, or will be.

When questioned about favorite classes and opinions on them, fairly unanimous answers were revealed. 67.5% said their favorite class was an elective, 25% said their favorite was math and 12.5% said ELA. Half of the students recorded they liked artistic classes more than S.T.E.M classes, 1/8 said the opposite, and 3/8 said both/I’m not sure. “I think Lively has really good, diverse electives. They’re really fun.”, said Ellie Butterworth, an eighth grader.

For the eight graders, this is their last year in middle school, which means high school is next for them. The survey found that 62.5% were somewhat excited about going into high school, 25% were not excited at all and 12.5% were very excited. “I'm looking forward to making new friends and I’m looking forward to getting to do interesting classes in high school, because I think you have more freedom," said an 8th grader after being asked about what they were looking forward to in high school.

One teacher is determined to change the name of the falcon mascot

By Ace Curry

Is the mascot really named Freddie still? Frank Lively was the husband of Sarah Beth Lively, our schools namesake. In 2019 Fulmore Middle School was renamed Lively Middle School, after Sarah Beth Lively, a teacher and volunteer at the school. The mascot of the school is Freddie the falcon. Little did we know Mr. Galan had other plans for Freddie.

Mr. Galan is a law teacher that has been working here for 23 years. When he was researching Sarah Lively's maiden name, he found that her husband's name was Frank. When helping with the yearbook last spring, he got the idea to change the name of the mascot to Frank to honor Ms. Lively who passed away earlier this year. They changed the name of the school why not the mascot? “We could name him Larry for all we care.”

If you go into your 2020-2021 yearbook you can find the falcon mascot is named Frank. Since we don't think Freddie was ever officially named, Mr. Galan felt like we've already accomplished that because it's in the yearbook. So, if you ever see Frank at the games, say hi.

There is a new dance teacher in town

By Ellie Butterworth

Tristan Fournier is a brand new dance teacher at Lively Middle School. She teaches beginner and advanced dance as well as dance team. Ms. Fournier has been dancing for twenty years, since she was only three years old! She Knew she wanted to be a dancer since she was young. She attended Texas State University and trained with British Ballet Dance Academy growing up, Was Captain of Amici Chorea Dance Team and The Lariats Pom Squad as well as an Allstate dancer in Houston!

Ms Fournier loves the way dancing makes her feel. She said “Dancing makes me feel who I am”. Ms Fournier prefers teaching Middle School dance because she dreamed of being a dance teacher her entire life and student taught in High School! She said “There’s nothing like teaching Middle School! I really enjoy where we are in this space right now.” Teaching after Covid has been very challenging especially as a new teacher at Lively, But Ms Fournier keeps a positive attitude and enjoys every second of it! Ms Fournier is very excited for this school year and can’t wait to keep dancing with her students! She is proud to be here. “I am very happy to be teaching at a program like Lively!”