Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2017, Page 57

Description:	HOW TO HABITATSouth students exercise philanthropy in many differentways: Dance Marathon, Imprint Project, P.A.W.S. andKnitting Club are all clubs that operate with a charitablecause in mind. Habitat for Humanity is one club thatoperates philanthropically outside of school groundsthrough its builds of homes for people in need. SeniorsGabrielle Hetrick and Marcela Miranda Garcia explain thestep by step of attending a Habitat build.Mj Get informed and register.MMG: I usually learn about build opportunities through our club at South, butanyone can check out and sign up for build dates and times in the habitat website.©Arrive at the site,MMG: The first things we do when we are going to build is get in a circle and sayour names and through what organizations we are building. Its also the time whenthe leaders, who are the most experienced leaders, present themselves.GH: When we got there, everybody was sort of standing around in a circleintroducing themselves and explaining how they started in habitat.(3) Split into groups and get to work.©MMG: After that, we dive into teams that do small jobs at a time. We do frominsulation to building walls to painting.GH: Then we split up into groups. Some people were working on roofs while otherswere working on walls. At first, my group was picking up different materials andputting them into a trash truck. After that we moved on to building walls. They hadon the base of the house the walls were laying flat down, and then you just got nailsand hammers and we were just putting nails into the walls.Have a snack.MMG: When a shift ends they usually have lunch or dinner, and they always havesnacks and water laying around just in case.©Wrap up and head home.GH: We were there for about three hours, but the rest ofGH: We were there for about three hours, but the rest of the people that were in thegroup that I was in were there for four and a half.MMG: You can build from really early in the morning to after 5 pm. If youre workinga half shift, then you can leave at noon.THE SUPERMOONNOV. 14,2016On November 14, a supermoonappeared in the night sky. Thisrare astrological event occurswhen the full moon is at itsclosest point to the Earthselliptical path around the sun. Asupermoon takes place aboutonce every 14 years. During thisevent, the moon looks biggerand brighter than its normalappearance due to the alignmentof the Earth, Moon and Sun.This years supermoon wasspecial because it was the closestthe moon has been to Earthsorbit since 1948. During thissupermoon, the moon wasapproximately 221, 524 milesfrom Earths elliptical path, tocompare, the average distancefrom Earth to the moon is238,900 miles. The supermoonwas something many people -including BHSS students - -enjoyed witnessing.I thought it was so beautifulhow it was so different. I feelthat since people are so used tothe moon every night, seeingthis spectacular thing madepeople notice more of whatsurrounds them.SENIOR MARIALYSANDROUI thought it was really pretty. Itwas just unusual to see it so bigand bright. The normal moonseemed smaller than thesupermoon. I watched it frommy backyard, my backyard lit upfrom the supermoonsbrightness.SOPHOMORERILEY LUKENSPHOTO COURTESY OFCREATIVE COMMONSA SOCCER STADIUM IN ISTANBUL 12/10112 MILLION TOYS ARE SEIZED BY VENEZUELAS GOVERNMENT 12/111 Academics \| 57
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