![PINK FOR PROM: Seniors Vaughn Vandegrift, Peter Wiseman, Max Yehaskel and Alex Gold sing and dance their hearts out at Saturday’s “Under the Knight Sky” prom. Yehaskel and Wiseman stood out in the sea of black and navy suits as the pair opted for bright pink with contrasting, yet coordinating, shirts and ties. While the style decision seemed big to onlookers, for Yehaskel it was a simple choice.
“I like pink, it’s a solid color,” he said. “It almost melted when I ironed it actually. It’s 100% polyester, and I got it from Kohl’s.”
Yehaskel enjoyed prom overall, except when it came to the royalty announcement.
“Someone stole prom queen from me,” he joked. “It was very tragic. But other than that, it was fun.”
As prom marks another milestone at the end of senior year, Yehaskel is ready to sit back, relax and enjoy his last few weeks as a Knight.
“My grades don’t matter anymore [and] after AP tests I’m done,” Yehaskel said. “I’m going to go nuts, and I’m going to start cooking more.”
Caption by Francie Wilhelm.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/g_m_0458_52847345379_o-900x600.jpg)
![The cardiovascular system is painted on the wall outside the biology classrooms. The nicotine in vape and e-cigarette products have been proven to negatively impact the lungs, contributing to the concern the vaping epidemic will affect the health of youth for years to come. “There is an epidemic in our school of under-aged nicotine consumption… I think that this year that they did a really great job by bringing in Breathe NH… it was much more effective: there was a lot of data, statistics, infographics and [comparisons] especially to cigarettes, said Mary Martin 20, student council president.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vapingphoto.jpg)
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center continues scheduled visits to health classrooms
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Through health classes, the high school has been educating students with the aid of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center about sexual assault and rape for the past several years.
Brian Dodyck has been visiting health classrooms every semester for the past six years, according to health teacher Hubert McIntyre. Alex Leslie, Director of Prevention and Outreach Programs at CRCC said Dodyck will be in health classrooms the last week of October.
The curriculum includes helping people understand what sexual violence is, discussing consent and healthy relationships. “We make sure everyone has our resources, our hotline number and we provide bus tickets for people to get to us,” Leslie said. “We want to be a resource for people to get help at anytime for free.”
The curriculum will not be changing in light of the alleged rape. “Generally, we go to a lot of schools, and many school have had incidents,” Leslie said. “We do not single out a single incident as it will probably do more harm than good. It would be more traumatic to the community.”
The CRCC advocates on behalf of rape victims and helps to protect their rights. “Our goal, as a lot of prevention programs are targeted at women and how they can prevent themselves from being sexually assaulted creates victim blaming,” Leslie said. “It’s not logical, we don’t do that with other crimes.”
The visits eliminate myths and misconceptions about rape and rape victims, according to McIntyre.
“We want to empower men and women, boys and girls,” he said. “If there’s a situation they have lots of options for what they can do to make that situation safer or distracting the situation or to diffuse it.”
The CRCC often uses the term “upstanders,” encouraging students to report to authorities if they see something, rather than keeping quiet and being a “bystander.”
In terms of prevention, “we really can’t prevent something if we don’t have people looking out knowing they have a role to play. Intervention, we want people to listen to their friends and get the resources they need,” Leslie said.
“Education is very important because it keeps us out of this ‘vacuum’ that we live in,” McIntyre said. Students always remember the CRCC’s presentation as the most memorable and informative, according to McIntyre’s account of the student surveys at the end of the semester.
The CRCC gives students additional resources and emphasizes bystander awareness, according to McIntyre.
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![Seniors Grace Fotheringham, Kelsea Wilson, Luisa DAquino Lazarini and Ibrahim Hacking pose together after attending Parkway’s Educators’ Signing Night. Students were encouraged to invite family, friends and teachers to watch. “Signing days are cute, and I never committed to a sport, so I never really thought I would have the opportunity. I’m excited that I [got] to be a part of a signing day for education. On signing night, it was wholesome to see everyone’s future plans and invite my family and teachers. It made me realize how important teaching is and how we need more teachers,” Wilson said.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image1-2-475x317.jpg)
