Hezekiah Smithstein | hsmithstein19@dtechhs.org | August 30, 2018 Maria McAlister-Young | mmcalisteryoung19@dtechhs.org | August 30, 2018 In a typical high school, it’s very common for new students to ask upperclassmen about the teachers they will have. Students want to know how hard their classes will be, what their teachers are like, and whether or not …
Hezekiah Smithstein | hsmithstein19@dtechhs.org | August 30, 2018 There are always changes happening at d.tech. Most recently, d.tech has hired two new math teachers to teach Algebra, Geometry, and Pre-Calculus. These two math teachers are Karen Atkinson and Joanne Da Luz. Karen Atkinson, Geometry and Pre-Calculus teacher at d.tech, has been tutoring math since she …
Hezekiah Smithstein | hsmithstein19@dtechhs.org | August 27th, 2018 Imagine it’s a few weeks into your second year of high school. You’re looking forward to another day of class, and hanging out with your friends. You pack up your belongings, jump in the car, and your mother starts driving. A few blocks later, she turns onto …
Jasmin Texidor | jtexidor19@dtechhs.org | June 27, 2018 A practice to ground and guide troubled lives, or a supernatural phenomenon loaded with taboo superstition? Whether either of these perceptions are true, there’s a veil of intrigue and fear surrounding the practice of tarot reading. Believed to have debuted in 15th century Italy under the name “carte …
Courtney Sullivan Wu | csullivanwu@dtechhs.org | June 27, 2018 Marcus Marsall, d.tech’s Athletics Director and Attendance Coordinator, is an integral part of d.tech’s developing sports culture. Marsall joined d.tech in October 2016. Q: How was it running the sports program at a completely new school with a small sports culture? It definitely has its challenges but …
Thomas Weese | tweese19@dtechhs.org | August 27, 2018 Juniors and seniors remember it. Freshmen and sophomores have heard about it. Design Tech High School’s structure was at perhaps its most experimental with it in place, from 2014 to June 2016. It, of course, is none other than the infamous Friday FIT, a dedicated block from 1-3:35 …
Kirby Kromelow | kkromelow19@dtechhs.org | August 27, 2018 One doesn’t have to wander around the classroom neighborhood of Pierce-Wilgus-Wall and Groat long to notice that there is something substantially different about it than all of the other classroom neighborhoods. Whereas most of the building is bleak and dull, with few forms of art upon its walls, …