Charlotte Weiss, Deputy Design Editor
Hello everyone! My name is Charlotte Weiss and I am a junior at Sycamore High School. It feels like just yesterday I was trying to find my classes on my first day of freshman year. This is my third year on the Leaf staff and it is crazy how far I have come in designing the Leaf and writing journalistic articles. This year I am the Deputy Design Editor which means I help design the Leaf while also producing the Package along with the Deputy Content Editor. I am excited to take on a leadership role in the Leaf and put in the time and effort to make an amazing Leaf that the staff is proud of. For each issue, members of our program choose a topic for our Package, presented on the front cover. Last year I was the Feature Chief and in that position, I discovered my love of designing. While it is always fun to write a piece about a topic you care about, I grew to enjoy creating a unique design for each page. This has led to a lot of late nights of designing and fixing pages so we can release an issue of the Leaf. Maybe some of my late nights could have been avoided if I was not a perfectionist, but I find that my obsession with perfection aids me in creating a design that looks beautiful, matches the tone of the piece, and flows with the designs of the rest of the issue. While last year I focused more on design than the writing process, I hope to improve my writing skills this year by writing about topics close to me. The journalism program has also helped me improve my communication skills with others in the program, interviewees, and even my friends and family.
Outside of journalism, I enjoy spending time with my family and two dogs or baking for friends and family. During quarantine, I taught myself how to knit and am currently in the middle of knitting the Harry Styles cardigan. I often find myself taking on large tasks even if I have no idea how to even begin, such as the cardigan. My favorite snack is applesauce and I even have an applesauce Instagram account where I post a picture every time I eat applesauce, although I forget a lot.
![THAT’S SO FETCH. “Mean Girls,” a popular film directed by Mark Waters features a new student, Cady Heron, who is bullied by the popular students. During the movie, she undergoes friendship and bullying problems. But, by the end of the movie, she solves her problems and makes peace with the bullies. “Almost everyone has watched [“Mean Girls”] once, if not a couple times. It is just a go-to when you’re with your girls,” said Debasmita Kanungo, 11.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/weissblogmeangirlsphoto-638x900.jpg)
![SMILE. The actors become their characters for a photo during the shooting of the finale episode of season 3 of “Parks and Recreation.” This photo was used as the season image and was briefly the image for the series on Netflix. The TV show aired for seven seasons, with the sixth ending in a large cliffhanger that had everyone waiting for the seventh and final season. “I know we [the whole “Parks and Rec” cast] would all do [a reunion],” said Amy Poehler to Ellen DeGeneres.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-06-at-9.01.40-PM.png)
