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Kristen Quesada

Kristen Quesada has 60 articles published.

Kristen is a Cuban American senior at American Heritage School in Plantation, Fla. She is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Patriot Post, President of Student Government and co-founder of the non-profit Friends for Fosters. Kristen loves keeping up with politics, watching Netflix, reading and sleeping in. She considers herself a nerd due to her massive video game and comic collection.
Opinion

Give admits more time to decide

Typically, admitted students will visit campus with their families or attend “admitted student days” on the physical campus while getting to know current students and other admits. However, considering the current coronavirus pandemic has temporarily shut down most college campuses, this is no longer an option, leaving many students to make their decisions on where to spend the next four years of their lives based off of virtual tours and student Youtube videos. Keep Reading

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Gun sales skyrocket during quarantine

The ammunition website Ammo.com reported a 222% increase in transactions between Feb. 23 and March 15 when compared to the first three weeks in February as well as a 309% increase in revenue over the same period, citing coronavirus fears as responsible for this surge. Keep Reading

Features

Paging Dr. Teacher

While most teachers prefer simply teaching, others enjoy sitting in the classroom themselves to advance their educations in graduate school. Keep Reading

Features

Q&A: Mr. Isaac Sofy

For this Q&A, I chose to interview Mr. Isaac Sofy, former head of the math department and long-time AP Calculus and Statistics teacher at Heritage. His students, both past and present, were very eager to submit questions. To find out more about Mr. Sofy through this Q&A, read on. Keep Reading

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RECAP: SGA Open Forum

SGA held its most recent forum Feb. 13, where Upper School Assistant Principal Mrs. Melissa Becerra made a surprise appearance and helped address questions. For a recap of everything asked and answered, see below. Keep Reading

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