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The Eagle
ISSUE 3 | MAY 2024
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Plymouth North's Marketing Leaders Headed to ICDC
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Plymouth North's Marketing Program has been attending DECA competitions for many years. However, this year, the program made an extraordinary advancement. As 19 marketing students from North have qualified for the international competition, 4 of those students are attending the competition for reasons other than actually competing. The DECA international competition is being held in Anaheim, California this year. North's students left on Friday April 26th, and returned Thursday May 2nd. The 15 students who attended either competed at the national level or were awarded a leadership opportunity. Though 11 of the students competed, four spots remain. These "spots" have been awarded to Caitlyn Richer, Cassie Tucker, Lily Johnson, and Olivia Eufrazio. Their marketing teacher, Holliane Sprowl, said giving each of these girls the opportunity to attend ICDC in a leadership position was "a no brainer" for her and her colleagues. The four profound students will be attending the competition in a leadership position. This is the very first time Plymouth North has had the opportunity to apply for leadership academy positions. This took extreme hard work and dedication from the program as a whole, but specifically the students who are now attending.
Plymouth High Schools Phase Out CP2 Courses for the Class of 2028 By Nicole Ryttel An explanation of why the decision was made and its impact on students and staff
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Sprowl said, "There were three areas of criteria which we had to meet. Those consisted of membership, promotion, and community service." Depending on their role in the marketing program, the students had to network in order to meet the asked criteria. Caitlyn Richer, Vice President of membership for North's DECA chapter, was in charge of assembling 20 Plymouth North Marketing alumni students to support the cause. For Cassie Tucker, Vice President of Service, Sprowl said, "She had a crucial role in getting the community involved in the program." Tucker and her team managed to acquire all the necessary sponsors from local businesses. The 20 sponsors, along with the 20 alumni supporters, provided Plymouth North with 4 spots in total for the competition. Lily Johnson, Vice President of social media, has been in the program since her freshman year. Now a senior, Sprowl said "Lily created an instagram account as a sophomore, and now she has over 700 followers on it. It’s been incredible for the recruitment of businesses wanting to be a part of our program. It's really helped with the eighth graders who are coming to our school.” Liv Eufrazio, who is on the Competition committee, assisted in running every single Glass Class. Sprowl said Olivia is a “phenomenal leader” and overall is simply “very excited” about DECA.
For those who went to the competition with a leadership role, their days looked a bit different. They departed into the Thrive academy. Essentially, this is where they explored how to build up their chapter, how to create an outstanding program, along with how to better themselves as a leader. The days that their peers were competing, those in Leadership academy attended seminars, workshops, and lectures, with fellow students from across the world, also in the DECA program. Johnson said, "I learned how to become an even better leader, thanks to these networking opportunities."
For the incoming freshman class of 2028, College Prep 2 (CP2) classes will no longer be offered by high schools in the Plymouth Public Schools District. This decision is part of a larger process of gradually deleveling classes to promote high expectations and equity for all students. “Part of the conversation that went into this decision was that we were seeing grades not matching learning growth in [CP1 and CP2 classes],” Mr. Parcellin, Plymouth North Principal, said. “We’re hoping that this decision will give students previously enrolled in CP2 the opportunity to take more risks and push themselves further.” The decision to phase out CP2 classes is not
uncommon. In fact, Mr. Parcellin and other PPS administrators have used feedback from neighboring schools to develop a strategy for implementing and communicating the de-leveling of classes. “In regards to the CP2 switch, meetings have been conducted at both North and South High School,” Mrs. Jill Furtado, Freshman Academy Assistant Principal, said. “We present the model, gather teacher feedback and concerns, and talk about what professional development we can consider providing.” In addition to these staff meetings, letters have been sent to current eighth grade students by members of PPS high school guidance departments. Continued on page 2