School News
Titans Shine at States
by Titan Times Staff
Senior Sarah Claflin competed in the 55 m and long jump at the Massachusetts State Meet of Champions, setting a personal record at 7.01m which is the fifth all time best in Massachusetts. Claflin will compete at the New Balance Indoor National Championships in the 60 m dash.
Sophomore Ryan Kanya competed at MIT in the D2 States in the 100 yard backstroke. He shaved 0.07 seconds off his time to place 21st in the state. This was a personal best for Kanya.
Senior Nate Rosas and sophomore Logan Schipper competed at the D3 State Championship in wrestling. Rosas was named the South Sectional Champion.
Boys Indoor Track and Field Team 4x200 m relay runners senior Joe D'Angelo, junior Jayden Leonard, junior Luke Lamar and junior Riece Dunton will head to the New Balance Indoor National Championship after competing in the State Meet of Champions.
Congratulations to all these talented Titans!
Photos courtesy PHS Athletics
Photos courtesy of PHS Athletics.
Cast photo by Adrianna Perkins
Image from Grandstreet Theatre
The Play That Went Wrong!
by Evelyn Nichols and Dan McCarthy
For its winter play, the PHS Drama Troupe debuted their production of The Play That Goes Wrong, a zany comedy play about the Cornley Drama Society’s production of The Murder at Haversham Manor, which, as the title suggests, goes horribly awry.
The “cast” was Grace Rejewski, Tim Diskin, Sean Robertson, Sophia Perkins, Cam McLaughlin, and Ryan Milchunes.
The “crew” was played by AJ Foss, Adrianna Perkins, Camila Fernandes, Kathy Bautista, Sydney Dooner, Courtney DeRenne, Kevin Leonard, and Devon Vitale.
The Titan Times staff spoke to the directors of the production, PHS alumni Emma Milchunes and Emily MacFarlane regarding their thoughts on how well (or wrong!) the production had gone. Milchunes and MacFarlane have been directing for PHS for the past two years.
Milchunes had expressed that she was most excited for the audience’s reaction to the play, as the show did have several layers and unexpected interruptions, including having the actors go out into the audience during intermission. MacFarlane, the technical director, was most excited to have the privilege to work on and teach the drama club how to put on such a complex show.
Regarding challenges with the show, Milchunes had admitted that “comedy is hard to pull off because you don’t want to play it as funny, you want to play it as honest.” MacFarlane had stated “Trying to make things go right in a show that is supposed to go wrong is tricky. Things are supposed to break but you have to make them break the right way.”
Further expanding on the show's difficulties, Grace Rejewski, who played two roles in this production, stated, “It was really fun. I enjoyed being challenged with having to play two roles at one time. I liked being able to put my own swing on the characters and perform them with a part of my own interpretation.”
Not only did Rejewski enjoy playing two parts, but she also liked the different kinds of activities involved in the show.”
“I had a lot of fun with all the physical activity we had to do, like spraying Sean with water, holding up sets, and running (or in my case rolling) out of the way of sets. I had never done such a physical show before and it was really fun to try something new, exciting, and hilarious,” said Rejewski.
New Pathways and Internships
by Fabiana Younan
When it comes to high school internships and pathways, there are a variety of opportunities available. Some internships may focus on specific industries, such as technology, healthcare, or business. Pathways, on the other hand, often provide a structured curriculum that prepares students for a particular career field. It's important to explore different options and find one that aligns with your interests and goals.
Student Mikayla Horvath, a senior, is in the computer science pathway. She began this pathway through the inspiration and encouragement of Ms. Griggs and Ms. Gates. Mikayla told us that she liked the internships she was involved in.
“ I did a 100-hour internship through WBLA(work-based learning alliances). I worked to help keep websites safe for vulnerable kids. I enjoyed it and it paid well!” She also recommended that the computer science pathway be a lot more organized this year.
“ I think students should understand that this is a big commitment and you will need to put in work and effort to succeed.” Many other students agreed with what Mikayla answered and said hopefully next year we will get new upgrades and topics.
New pathways coming to PHS include music, global citizenship & leading, and Information technology pathways. These new pathways will give students more opportunities for students that are interested in joining these pathways.
Ms. Gates says, “They are incredibly useful because students can take these new pathways and apply them into their future." The new pathways will include many different varieties of classes that will help students figure out their future moving forward. Joining these new pathways comes with new internships that help in the future. About 10 kids will be going to new internships, for example, digital arts, business, and computer science. Students must complete 150 hours during their 6 weeks internship from April 1st to May 23rd. Some of the local businesses hosting internships this year are the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce, Empowering Athletes, DoggieWorks, and Pembroke School of Performing Arts.
If you are interested in joining some of these new pathways and internships Ms. Gates suggests “All students have to select a pathway that they would like to be involved in during course selections."
Students exiting the building after school.
Photo by Mina Samaan
Traffic Woes Continue
by Mina Samaan
Every day at Pembroke High School students are running out the door to beat the buses to get to sports and work on time after school, which causes many problems and accidents. Students in the lot are inexperienced drivers so when combined with impatience and students running in front of cars it causes a hazard.
Also principal Mr.Talbot, “Students are far too impatient and drive (or walk) recklessly. Everyone is rushing to beat the traffic and in doing so they are creating a major safety risk, particularly with inexperienced drivers."
Mr Talbot has been principal for 8 years he believes these are the big problems everyone is trying to leave at the same time students, parents, buses, and teachers which causes a lot of traffic.
Secondly, Mr. Talbot talks about how everyone is leaving from the same exit and going in the same direction.
Senior Andrew Palmier said, “People don't know how to drive and rush to get out. It's like people want to get in an accident.” Students who have sports after school are the ones the most reckless.
Senior Sam Heinrich said, “Hockey kids are crazy."
One suggestion is to wait 10 minutes for the traffic to die down before leaving. Senior Connor Walker said, “The traffic calms down after 10 minutes so if you do not have anything urgent you should wait”
Best Buddies Squares Up
by Alex Cerullo
Recently, a fundraiser here at PHS has helped to raise over $600 for the Best Buddies Club springtime activities. Best Buddies is a club that focuses on building friendships between students while improving the school experience and level of inclusion. The club held a fundraiser that centered around the Superbowl, called Best Buddies Squares.
The fundraiser was led by club advisors Mr. Consolati and Ms. Costa, along with student members. Students could buy Squares during lunch outside the cafeteria or at the coffee bean on Fridays for $5, and could get a free item. Students whose square contained the last 2 numbers of the score for each quarter or for the final score of the game had a chance to win gift cards to places like Dunkin and Chipotle. Out of all the squares sold for the fundraiser, the most were sold on Fridays at the Coffee Bean, as you could get a free item with purchase.
Mr. Consolati said, “He was worried that there wouldn't be enough squares sold, but they ended up selling enough squares to run two pools! ”
Connor Walker, a winner of the squares in the senior class said how, “he was upset he lost 40$ but was happy in the end because he won 2 25$ Chipotle cards and a 50$ card for Chick-FIl-A.”
A second winner from the senior class, Drew Peck said “he was happy there were so many winners and was excited that he won 2 25$ cards to Chipotle and Dunkin."
Trip to Spain was Muy Bueno
All photos courtesy Christine Noguer
Over February break, 20 students visited PHS's sister school in Spain, IES Galileo Galilei. While there, students shadowed their hosts at school, visited Madrid, Alcorcón, Segovia and Toledo, and toured the Kingdom’s Parliament, the Museo del Prado, and the Santiago Bernabeu Football Stadium, among other activities.
The cultural exchange trip runs every two years.
'Amazing' PHS Artists
by Titan Times Staff
Six PHS students were accepted into the Massachusetts Amazing Emerging Artists Recognitions Virtual Art Exhibit by the Mass Art Educators Association.
The following students received this honor: seniors Sarah DeCoste, Brenna Jenkins, and Markus Lovelace; juniors Sophia Hall and Chris McNamara; and sophomore Emily LaValle.
Artwork pictured from the top left are Jenkins, McNamara, Lovelace, DeCoste, Hall and LaValle.
Artwork will be displayed March 18 virtually at the MAEA website.
