THS Mirror - Aug/Sep 2008
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THEMI
Mr.
Julio Contreras, a former
Spanish teacher at THS, was
named to Assistant Principal at
the beginning of the 2008-2009
school year.
With Mr.
Contreras’s promotion, there are a lot of positive
changes that will help move...
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THEMI
Mr.
Julio Contreras, a former
Spanish teacher at THS, was
named to Assistant Principal at
the beginning of the 2008-2009
school year.
With Mr.
Contreras’s promotion, there are a lot of positive
changes that will help move Terrebonne High to being a more
successful school.
Mr.
Contreras
has been involved in many of the
positive influences seen on campus.
In an interview with Mr.
Contreras, he was asked what was his
biggest goal as the newest administrator at THS.
He responded,
“My biggest desire is to prepare
our students for success.
”
As a former teacher of TerrebonneHigh,Mr.
Contrerasknows
that the students have amazing
potential.
Hebelievesthatstudents
have the right tools [teachers,
guidance counselors, paraprofessionals, and administrators] to
help develop the necessary skills
to succeed and become productive citizens.
“We can do better!”
Contreras said.
“I would urge the students to
display more pride for our great
school.
I would like to challenge
us as a student body to display
more pride in the way we dress,”
Contreras stated.
“Dress for
Success” is what Mr.
Contreras
challenges the student body to do.
He wants the students to be fully
engaged in class, to excel in academics,andtoimprovetheirwork
ethic.
Additionally,Mr.
Contreras
alsochallengesallstudent-athletes
to be positive role models and to
beproudofwhotheyareandwhat
they represent.
“Students need to take ownership of THS and make this a great
school!” Contreras declared.
“The biggest challenge that all
of us face is how to make changes
forthebetter,”saidMr.
Contreras.
“Without a doubt, all of us at THS
havebeendoingmanygreatthings
already; however, we need to improve, and that improvement can
only be achieved through positive
changes.
Are we capable of making the necessary adjustments to
make our school the best one in
the parish? I know we are!”
DuetoHurricaneGustav’sdevastating destruction, Terrebonne
High s faculty, staff, and students
were not able to come to school
for nearly two weeks.
To make
up for those days, an agreement
hasbeenreachedtomakeupthese
classroom days.
Our school calendar is created
with emergency makeup days
built-in.
Because THS lost nine
instructional days, these makeup
days will be used.
Students will
begintheirThanksgivingholidays
one day later, and the Christmas
holidays will be two days shorter.
Students no longer have off for
ElectionDay,andstudentswillnot
have a Fall Break.
Additionally,
four minutes have been added to
each class period, and lunch will
now only last 27 minutes, which
will make up the three days.
The
revised school calendar makeup
days are as follows: October
13-14, November 4 and 24, and
December 22-23.
The new fall bell schedule is as
follows: First period from 7:208:54, second period from 8:5810:32, lunch from 10:33-10:59,
third period from 11:03-12:37,
and fourth period will be from
12:41-2:15.
This schedule will
be active until the end of the fall
semester, December 23.
Trey Autin, sophomore, is unhappy about the revisions made to
the fall schedule.
“I do not think
we should have to make those
days up, it’s not our fault that a
hurricane hit us.
We should not
be punished for something we can
not control.
”
However, the decision is
beyond even the control of the
administrators.
The Louisiana
State Board of Education decides
the number of instructional days
are in the school calender, and
they also decide how many days
need to be made up after natural
disasters.
Contreras
challenges THS
to be successful
THS adjusts
schedule
to make
up lost
days from
hurricanes
lmost three years to the day of Hurricane Katrina, South Louisiana was hit
withyetanotherdevastatingstorm.
HurricaneGustavheadedstraightforSouth
Louisiana as it gained power in the Gulf of Mexico.
The stormed topped off
at a Category Four while stalled over the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm’s center
hit Cocodrie September 1 with winds of over 110 mph.
The storm was downsized to a Category One but had no mercy on Southern Louisiana.
To prepare for the
storm, an estimated 2 million residences evacuated, terrified that Gustav would hit and
cause as much devastation was Katrina did.
Along with those residences, an estimated
1000 patients of hospitals and nursing homes evacuated.
Louisiana governor Bobby
Jindal arranged for buses to evacuate any person without the means to do so themselves.
Many shelters were opened out of harm’s way for family and pets to ride out the storm.
The courthouse in Houma was also opened for those who were in need.
The Weather
Channel’s Jim Cantore rode out the storm at the courthouse as well, just until the weather
calmed enough for him to get out and update the many evacuees on the conditions of
the affected areas.
Although the eight-person death count was amazingly low compared to Katrina’s approximately 1000, there was much devastation to the land, homes, and businesses of
South Louisiana.
A very large number of downed trees and electricity poles resulted
in more than 1.
4 million power outages.
Many water lines also burst, which left South
Louisiana without running water as well.
After the storm, those who chose to stay in their
homes to ride out the storm had many issues to worry about.
Food and water was limited,
there was a 24-hour curfew in place, and more than 85% of gas stations were out of fuel.
These residents lived this way for only a couple days before help arrived.
It took almost
an entire week for residents of the disaster area to be allowed to return.
Upon returning,
people were warned about the low resources if they chose to reenter of their
August/September 2008 Volume 86, Issue 1
Gustav rips
through LA
INSIDE
A REFLECTION OF TERREBONNE HIGH SCHOOL
Chassady Williams
Staff Writer
Devin McElroy
Staff Writer
Tori Breaux
Staff Writer
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NEWEST TIGERS
THS wishes a warm welcome to our newest
faculty members.
– page 2
SPEAK YOUR MIND
Students and faculty members weigh in on their
feelings about the revised fall calendar.
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INDEX
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page 8
HURRICANE DAMAGE The bus circle of the school after Hurricane Gustav.
Terrebonne
was fortunate to have sustained only power outage, downed trees, minor water
damage, and broken windows.
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