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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
Caroline Veraldo

Caroline Veraldo , Sports Chief

My name is Caroline Veraldo and this is my second year on the staff of the Leaf. I joined the Leaf staff because I love to write and I love news. I am also interested in politics and social issues around the world, specifically immigration and education for girls around the world. I spend a lot of my time reading the news stories on the CNN app and keeping myself informed about what is going on in the news. I am considering a major in journalism in college with a minor in international studies or Latin American studies. I am currently the sports chief of staff and I take pride in designing many of the sports pages in each issue of the Leaf. Journalism is my favorite class and I am very glad I can be a part of the Leaf.

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"To all the little girls watching...never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world." -Hillary

Hillary Clinton

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
March 31, 2017
MENU. In addition to events celebrating diversity in the lunchroom, students are also able to explore and enjoy food from different countries around the world. The menu included foods from Greece, Thailand, Morocco, India, and Mexico. The cafeteria staff was able to provide an additional diverse experience for the students.

Diversity Week sets stage for greater equality

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
March 3, 2017
Unity in Diversity: Language

Unity in Diversity: Language

Caroline Bruns, Uttkantha Sindhwani, Jenna Bao, Chelsea Kinney, Kamaria Walton, Hannah Frey, Max Torem, Caroline Veraldo, and Max Torem
February 21, 2017
FAST. Junior Sarah Abraham sprints the final freestyle leg of her 200 individual medley. An individual medley is composed of two laps of each stroke: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Abraham will swim the medley and the 100 breaststroke at her championship meets.

Swimming dives into meet

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
February 10, 2017
Senior Matthew Schuetz explodes off the block for his 200 freestyle on senior night against Loveland. Schuetz will swim the 100 and 200 freestyle at sectionals and districts in the upcoming weeks. Schuetz will also be on two of the team’s relays.

Swimming faces success at GMCs

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
February 7, 2017
Junior Madison Forsthoefel prepares for her 200 freestyle at a meet earlier in the season. Foresthoefel will swim the 200 IM and the 200 freestyle at GMC’s. This is her third year on the team.

Swimming heads to GMC championships

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
February 3, 2017
Cincinnati votes on Preschool Promise

Cincinnati votes on Preschool Promise

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
January 10, 2017

Student spotlighting

Natalie Brinkman, Caroline Veraldo, Lauren Kurtzer, Jenna Bao, Uttkantha Sindhwani, Hannah Loftspring, and Caroline Bruns
December 7, 2016
Team captains Alexis Grannen, 11, sets the ball up for a spike. Other captains include Cora Bennett, 12, and Megan Hart, 12. They have lead the team through a tough schedule.

(Set)ccessful season

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Editor
November 28, 2016
Block Party. Blocking a crucial hit, Fanta Kouyate, 12, saves yet another play for the team. Kouyate is looking to play volleyball in college, most likely at Western Nebraska. The team will miss Kouyate and its other seven seniors in 2017.

Volleyball season comes to spiking conclusion

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
November 22, 2016
Calling All Aviators

Calling All Aviators

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
November 17, 2016
Senior Laura Setser gears up to shoot at her game against Princeton. This game was Setser’s last game as she will not be able to attend state championships. She is a three year member of the team and loves to shoot. She is one of the team’s leading scorers.

Water polo loses decisive match

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
November 11, 2016
Marco Polo. The ladies water polo team huddles after a decisive win against Milford. With the season coming to a close, many of the ladies will move on to swim on either the varsity of junior varsity swim team. They will continue to develop their aquatic skills throughout the winter and hopefully return to water polo in the fall conditioned and ready to play.

SHS water polo dominates at state

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
November 3, 2016
Senior Grace Mather and Junior Sarah Abraham attack the opponent’s goal in their dual match against Mason. The team is constantly improving and has worked their way up to a fourth place ranking in the state of Ohio. The state championships are in three weeks.

Water polo prepares for home tournament

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
November 1, 2016
Class of 2016 member and former captain Hannah Kast takes a shot during last year’s senior night. Kast is confident that the team will excel this year without the seniors. So far, they have and are improving.

Girls water polo falls to Mason

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
November 1, 2016
The SHS ladies water polo team poses in their senior night attire. The underclassmen wore their assigned outfits, while the seniors wore their honorary senior night tee shirts. The team has excelled immensely this season pulling of a crucial win against Milford.

Water polo senior night attracts support

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
October 7, 2016
The team poses by a bus at their tournament at Princeton High School. They often have games a few hours apart. In between games, the team will get lunch together and hang around the pool and watch other teams play.

Water polo begins season

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
September 9, 2016
The girls varsity lacrosse team is coached by Eddie Clark. Clark is an extremely well-known coach in the state of Ohio. He has led SHS lacrosse to three state championship titles.

Lacrosse faces first defeat

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Co-Chief
May 23, 2016
The ladies softball team has both a varsity and a junior varsity. The team is comprised of students from all four classes and is looking to expand in the future. The team is currently ranked seventh in the Greater Miami Conference.

Softball slides into season

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Co-Chief
April 29, 2016
The 2016 men’s varsity volleyball squad team photo is at the right. The team is composed of only juniors and seniors, some in only their first year of volleyball. The team also has many underclassmen on the JV team.

Boys volleyball spikes into season

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Co-Chief
April 25, 2016
Senior Raquel Levitt dances with her date at Prom 2015. SHS students look forward to prom this year and hope that their prom is worth the costs that it might require.

Students save pennies on prom

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
April 18, 2016
AP Spanish students take the writing part of the practice Spanish exam. Having a trial run before the actual exam helps the exam day process go smoother. The practice exam helps students get a feel for what the exam day will be like.

AP students put in work

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
April 8, 2016
Students prepare for AP testing. This year, the tests take place from May 2nd to May 13. They begin with the Chemistry exam and ends with the Latin exam.

Students prepare for AP testing

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
April 5, 2016
Sotropa (left) and friends at Relay For Life 2015. Sotropa’s team was called Once Upon A Cure and they raised over 1000 dollars. This year Sotropa’s team is called Aves 10s. Aves 10s hopes to raise over 1500 dollars before April 18th.

Students prepare to relay for life

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
March 29, 2016
The ladies Moose Water Polo team practices on a Tuesday night in June at their old venue, the Montgomery Swim and Tennis Club. This year, the team will practice at Princeton High School starting in April. This year, the ladies hope to recruit many new players in order to grow the popularity of the sport.

SHS water polo trains in the off-season

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
February 29, 2016
The SHS pool was drained over the weekend. The swimmers faced freezing temperatures the days following due to this drainage. In this end, the swimmers would sacrifice cold water for good air quality.

New filters and cold temperatures for the SHS swimmers

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
February 11, 2016
Seniors and juniors enjoy their victory against the Lakota teams on Tuesday night. It is the last meet of the season with championships beginning next weekends.

Swimming celebrates seniors

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
February 2, 2016
Junior Isabelle Jimenez swims the 200 freestyle at a meet over winter break. The swimmers have 5 more meets this season. The last meet will be the state meet in late Feb.

SHS swim team trains on

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
January 27, 2016
Junior Tevis Leavy protects the goal at a home game against Norse High School. Tevis hopes to lead the team next year to a winning record. The team will finish out their season in early Feb.

SHS hockey skating to the finish

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
January 22, 2016
President Barack Obama hugs Mark Barden, father of a Sandy Hook victim. This issue hits close to home for Obama because he has two daughters of his own that could be affected by this same type of violence. The United States will likely see revised gun laws in the future because of this.

Obama plans to tighten gun control

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
January 13, 2016
Senior Jory Gould swims one of her favorite events, the 100 freestyle. Gould hopes to make state this year on the 400 freestyle relay, as well as individually in the 100 backstroke. Because it is her last year in high school, she is the self proclaimed “leader of the pack”.

SHS swimming starts the season

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
December 17, 2015
Senior Elizabeth Walden swims the 50 freestyle in last year’s duel meet. Walden is one of nine girl senior this year. After losing twelve senior boys last year and nine senior girls after this year, the team will need a lot of new members to stay on top.

SHS swimmers step up to lead the team

Caroline Veraldo, staff writer
December 7, 2015
Freshman Lacell Griffin (left) and Junior Chloe Bradley (right) work on homework side by side every day during third bell. They like to go out in the hallway to focus in a quieter environment. Fast Track is a dually beneficial program for both mentors and mentees.

Fast track program brings academic success

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
December 4, 2015
Enrique’s Journey is a powerful book written by Sonia Nazario about the immigrant stuggle. Sonia follows a boy named Enrique who travels to America to find his mom. To learn more about the book, go to http://www.enriquesjourney.com/.

Refugees face terrible conditions

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
November 23, 2015
SHS players show their muscles to intimidate their opponents for this weekend. They are confident heading into the tournament with a regular season record of 29-6. Second only to Upper Arlington, with a record of 27-1, the state final will hopefully be an intense one, with a SHS victory at the end.

SHS water polo heads to state

Caroline Veraldo, staff writer
November 5, 2015
Now junior quarterback Jake Borman is getting the huddle ready before a play during last year's game v Mason on Oct. 31, 2014. SHS ended up winning the game and stopped Mason from making the playoffs. The team looks to do it again this year but not on their home turf.

Varsity football: awaiting Mason

Caroline Veraldo, staff writer
October 29, 2015
Sophomore Abbie Hughes spikes the ball to bring the ladies to their victory. The volleyball teams play best of five but the ladies won three in a row. They brought their team to a victory on the court as well as off by raising so much money for the Duke Cancer Research Center.

SHS goes charity crazy

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
October 29, 2015
Presidential candidate Benjamin Carson speaks at the Sharonville Convention Center near Cincinnati. According to CNN.com, Carson currently has about 14% of the Republican vote, just behind front-runners Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump. However, Carson has his critics, with a large percentage voting Carson as “unfavorable”.

GOP candidate bursts onto political scene

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
October 28, 2015
Senior Hannah Schwegmann calls for the ball and later takes a shot to end the game in a 7-3 victory for SHS. The girls are undefeated against Milford and this Senior Night victory continues their streak. They are approaching the end of their season with only two weeks remaining.

Water polo dresses to impress

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
October 15, 2015
Ravens running back Ray Rice, right, and his wife Janay made statements to the news media May 5, 2014, at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills, Md, regarding his assault charge for knocking her unconscious in a New Jersey casino. On Monday, Sept. 9, 2014, Rice was let go from the Baltimore Ravens after a video surfaced from TMZ showing the incident. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Domestic abuse charges among NFL players skyrockets

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
October 15, 2015
Senior Jory Gould, four year player and captain takes a shot completing her full line of stats. The Lady Aves are currently 21-3 and are undefeated against all water polo teams in Cincinnati.

Girls water polo team wins in double-overtime

Caroline Veraldo, Staff Writer
October 15, 2015
Senior, Hannah Kast takes a shot at the goal. The Lady Aviators have gone undefeated against all teams except UA and their current record so far this season is 20-3. Their next tournament is Ohio Cup, SHS’ home tournament, September 19-20.

Girls water polo leads road to state

Caroline Veraldo, staff writer
October 12, 2015
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