Volume 5, Issue 2

In The News

@cscpawprint Coral Springs Charter School cscpawprint@gmail.com November 2019 3205 North University Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33065 Volume 5, Issue 2

Features

News

Anime Club pg.2

Veganism pg.7

Sports

Volleyball pg.11

Entertainment

IT Review pg.9

Parkland buddy Andrew teaches Junior volunteer, Radamus Leyva how to dab. Photo credit: B. Andara

Buddy Sports: NHS involvement in changing lives by Barbara Andara, news editor

Charter’s involvement with volunteer work hasn’t only benefited the students with the volunteer hours necessary for their college resumes, but with service that changes their lives. “Our chapter of NHS [National Honor Society] is the most active chapter in the county... other schools have more kids than us, but we have a greater percentage of kids involved in service than any other school in the city,” states NHS adviser Michael Singer, “Charter has great kids doing great things, and it’s amazing for our school,”. About 3 years ago, NHS started their student service at Parkland Buddy Sports, an organization where student volunteers play sports with mentally and physically challenged kids. “It’s great that there is this type of experience in the community for special needs children to learn sports, learn teamwork, and to have fun,” said Joe Chedus, the father of Andrew, a Parkland Buddy Sports member. Students are assigned a buddy on the first day and continue to play with their assigned buddy every Saturday of the sport’s season. “This is my second flag football season that I’ve volunteered in and the smile I put on the kids’ faces motivated me to come

back,” said Junior Radames Leyva. “The impact you make in a kid’s life goes farther than just volunteering,” said Leyva.

Volunteer interacts with her buddy in order to make him smile. Photo credit: B. Andara

Volunteer work such as Parkland Buddy Sports, not only makes someone else’s day much brighter but it can also affect the student

volunteer. “This experience has been life changing for me; now I think in the future I’m going to do something with kids,” said Sophomore Isabella Michelotti, “Seeing the joy on my buddy’s face while I’m with him, is something I want to do for the rest of my life.” The bond created between the student and their buddy, usually doesn’t end along the with sport’s season. “I was invited to go bowling and a food truck event with my buddy, Andrew,”said Leyva. “It’s an amazing feeling to see the way Andrew gets along with his buddy… he looks forwards to Saturdays and has an amazing amount of fun,” said Andrew’s father, Joe Cheedus. “I love my buddy because he plays with me a lot,” said Andrew, an NHS student and volunteer in community service events such as cleaning up parks, making cards for veterans, feeding South Florida, packaging foods, and more. “The volunteer work of each and every Charter student has impacted thousands of lives, and will continue doing so,” Singer states, ”You don’t realize what kind of gifts you were born with until you see the people who were born without them,”.