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c THE CARROLLTON POST to get into a top college.' In order to minimize stress,

News for the heart
students need to strike a balance between academics
Highlights from the 2018-2019 school year
and extracurriculars so as not to be “spread too thin”
Madeleine Sayre ’20, Editor-in-Chief
or "too focused in one area," and be sure to work in I
Some regular downtime.
Lotus House Carrollton participates in FBLA State
Produced by Journalism II students Bettina Baptiste, Leadership Conference The wonderful college counselors, Mrs. Patterson and
Elisa Baptista, Madeline Leano, Isabella Perricone,
Mrs. Recicar, make the admission process so much
Natalia Ruan, Francesca Suarez and Ainsley Topping easier. They " hold.your hand" through the entire
Written by Christina Vo pe '21
process. Mrs, Patterson advises Students, "to start off
Lotus House, one of Carrollton s https://youtu.be/bBkoaVhk62g
From March 22 through 24, with the attitude that everything is going to be okay
community partners, is a because each student will get into college" and even
Carrollton sent representatives
nonprofit women's shelter though you may be afraid to branch out and look at
from the Future Business
"advocating for the human right alternate colleges, "there are so many accessible and 1
Leaders of America (FBLA)
and dignity of every child, every amazing colleges for our students." Mrs. Recicar adds,
club to compete in a state-wide
family, to a home, as essential to "we do our best to help the student find the right
their wellbeing and prosperity as food, education competition,
choice for them, given their interests, their goals and
and health care. their plans for the future." It may be scary, however,
FBLA is a national organization
Dr. Lisa Damour says, "Stretching beyond familiar limits "
that was brought to Carrollton in
doesn't always feel good, but growing and learning: —I

The importance o f being informed the 2018-2019 school year. The the keys to school and much of life —can't happen any

organization focuses on developing leadership skills by
other way."
preparing students for their careers. Co-founders and
co-presidents of the Carrollton FBLA club, Christina
Yet, Caroline Dowell-Esquivel' 19 says," if someone
Volpe and Sofia Melgarejo, led a group of five dub
says they didn't have stress during the admissions
members to compete in the district-wide competition in
process, they would be lying." However, the impressive
late January.
list of colleges the class of 2019 alone has been
admitted to should serve as a message to rising seniors.
Carrollton competed in subjects including Intro to
It'll be ok. Do the best you can do, maintain a healthy
Financial Math, Intro to Business, and Public Speaking.
balance and put the energy you would lose to stress I
Christina Volpe received third place in her competition
Written by Francesca Suarez '21 into positive action.
category, Journalism, after completing an hour-
long objective test On the subject. Receiving, third
Television, the internet, social media, and print are
place qualified Christina to compete in a state level
ways that misinformation and disinformation travel competition with students from high schools across
through media. Whether wrong information is spread Florida. The state competition took place in Orlando, H 2 0 Carrolltor
unintentionally (misinformation), or intentionally Florida with about 1,400 student attendees. Christina
(disinformation), many people believe it and continue
took the Journalism test on Saturday, March 23 with
to spread it.
over 75 other competitors. The following night, the
award ceremony for the event was held. Although
Misinformation, is “false information that is spread,
Christina did not place in the top three for her category,
regardless of whether there is intent to mislead” she is excited to lead more members in the competition
(dictionary.com). Some people may unintentionally
next year and bring home victories .
“mislead” others, but they do not do adequate research
to check the facts before sharing content. Spreading
misinformation can simply be someone on a social Admissions anxiety, is it really
platform re-posting or sharing a post with fallacious necessary?
content unintentionally. They are simply misinformed
and trusted the information without doing research. Written by Makayla Glenn '22 and Claudia Travieso
I
'22
According to dictionary.com, disinformation, is
deliberately misleading or biased information; From water fountains to kitchens and restrooms,
manipulated narrative or facts; propaganda.” This to pools and landscape, water is constantly being
indicates that people are intentionally spreading consumed at Carrollton and water quality is becoming;
misleading information in order to influence others' a major issue.
opinions, in favor of one point-of view over another.
Many politicians run campaign ads with inaccurate Surrounded by water with Biscayne Bay on the east,
information about their opponent in an attempt to Florida Bay to the south, and the Florida Everglades
sabotage their chance of winning. In a case similar to Written by Madeline Leano '22 to the west, Miami's drinking water, currently rated
this example, the wrong information is consciously one of the highest in the nation, is on the verge of a
being spread. Figuring out where you want to be for the next four water crisis. Its primary water source is groundwater
years can be scary, but it doesn't have to be. drawn from the Biscayne Aquifer. Christopher Flavelle,
In order to make sure that information you post is valid,
Climate and Environmental Reporter with Bloomberg
there are various websites which are great resources. Dreams of being the first in the family to go to college
Businessweek in an August 2018 article wrote, 'As the
These include: https://www.snopes.com/7scrlybrkr,: or getting into every Ivy League school can put a lot region struggles with more visible climate problems,
https://www.facteheck.orcl/, https://fair.org/, and of pressure on a 17-year old. To follow these dreams,
including increasingly frequent flooding and this
https://www.opensecrets.org/. students take rigorous classes and engage in many summer's toxic algae blooms, the risks to the aquifer

extracurriculars —they do whatever it takes
grow.'