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The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf

The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf

The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf

Alex Jowanovitz

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor

Hi! My name is Alex Jowanovitz and I am a current senior at SHS. This is my first year in journalism, and seeing how it will be my only one, I plan to make the most of it. I am the Associate Video Editor for the journalism program, which means I will be working on the creation and editing of any video that goes on our website. I love film and filmmaking, and am interested in going to the film industry, so this is an excellent opportunity for me to have hands-on experience with different video editing programs as well as experience with making film in general. Besides journalism, I partake in many other SHS activities outside the classroom. I am a cellist playing in the Sycamore High School String Orchestra, and have been playing the instrument since the fifth grade. I am also heavily involved with Aves Theatre, having performed onstage, as well as in the orchestra pit, for a number of shows including “Into the Woods” and “Addams Family”. Outside of school, I am an avid reader enjoy analyzing books and movies.  I love criticizing film and works of fiction, and take enjoyment in sharing my opinions with others. Additionally, I enjoy writing fiction as well as scripts for potential short films I want to make sometime. I am also a third-degree black belt in the Taekwondo martial art, having been a student at Ohio Taekwondo Academy for nearly ten years. I am hoping to test for my master degree black belt before I head off to college. I hope that participating in journalism will help me grow not just as a writer or video editor, but as a person as well. I really want to expand my social skills, and I think journalism will be a great way to do so. I am so excited for my senior year of high school and look forward to what the future is going to hold for me.  I can’t wait to bring my set of skills to the journalism program at Sycamore, and I hope I can learn a few more in the process. Enjoy the rest of the website!

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Dylan Whittemore, 12

Dylan Whittemore, 12

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
May 16, 2019
OOPS. It is important to know the difference between the “reply” button and the “reply to all” button when an email is sent to multiple. Do not make my mistake and get the two confused.

The email heard ‘round the school

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
April 11, 2019
Annamarie Jowanovitz, 9

Annamarie Jowanovitz, 9

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
March 12, 2019
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Olive Bringle, 11

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
January 24, 2019
Alan Meili, 11

Alan Meili, 11

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
December 17, 2018
BOW ON THE STRING. Sycamore Orchestra Director Dr. Angela Santangelo conducts the combined seventh and eighth grade orchestras at the annual orchestra winter concert. After each grade performed separate pieces, they came together to play the final two. “It was really cool to see [the junior high kids] play pieces as separate orchestras and then combine to play a piece together,” said Alice Lundgren, 11, cellist.

Orchestras shine at winter concert

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
December 10, 2018
EXCELSIOR!  Stan Lee, co-founder of Marvel Comics, is considered to be one of the biggest influences in comic book and pop culture society today. In fact, he was such an influence that even Marvel’s longtime rival, DC Comics, decided to give the late icon their respects as well. “[Lee] changed the way we look at heroes, and modern comics will always bear his indelible mark,” said a DC representative via the company’s Twitter account.

Stan Lee remembered

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
November 28, 2018
Josh Williams, 12

Josh Williams, 12

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
November 20, 2018
STAYING IN THE SPOTLIGHT. The annual Academy Awards, more commonly known as the Oscars, has recently been struggling to retain viewing rates, as they have continued to decrease each year. This year, the Oscars will shorten its run-time from three and a half hours to three hours, and will introduce a Popular Film category in the coming years. “We are committed to producing an entertaining show in three hours, delivering a more accessible Oscars for our viewers worldwide,” said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and President John Bailey in an open letter to Academy voters.

2019 Oscar race starts shaping up

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
October 23, 2018
Cameron Wallace, 12

Cameron Wallace, 12

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
October 10, 2018
MERC WITH THE MOUTH. Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) poses with X-Force members Domino (Zazie Beats) and Cable (Josh Brolin) in a promo image for Deadpool 2. The film, which released in May of this year and is currently the highest-grossing R-rated movie of this year.  Some fans of the character are very against the idea of the comic book character getting the PG-13 treatment. “You can’t have the Merc with the Mouth without him being [R-rated],” said Andrew Schmid, 12.

‘Deadpool’ goes PG-13

Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
October 9, 2018
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