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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
Lauren Shassere

Lauren Shassere, Spotlight Chief

  Hi, my name is Lauren Shassere and this is my fourth and final year as part of the Sycamore Leaf Family. Being spotlight chief for this amazing award winning news magazine has taught me and continues to teach me so much about hard work and working collaboratively with others. Being Spotlight chief definitely takes me out of my comfort zone sometimes, as I have to go out in search of people’s stories whom I don’t know. I am a year- round athlete so writing sports articles about events I was passionate about and people whom I knew was always my go-to in years past. Putting myself in this new position took a lot of courage on my part and I could not be happier with my decision. Now I love meeting new people,hearing their stories and more than anything giving them the opportunity to be recognized. The Leaf, Spotlight and the sycamore students I meet through it have all contributed to my growth as both a writer and a person. Go Aves!

 

All content by Lauren Shassere
Prom was on the 16th of May at the Oasis Country club from the hours of 8:30pm when the doors open until 11:30 when it ended. The energy was very high with Junior and Senior classes showing off their dance moves.

A night to remember : Prom 2015

Lauren Shassere
June 1, 2015
'Land of the free and home of the brave ...'

‘Land of the free and home of the brave …’

Students consider joining the army
Lauren Shassere and Max Fritzhand
May 22, 2015
Honor Flight

Honor Flight

Lauren Shassere, Spotlight Editor
May 22, 2015
Students try their hardest to focus on the tasks they are given and do it with their full potentials, while struggling to not give in to the temptations of laziness. As the year progresses, avoiding laziness gets more and more difficult. This student is working on her rough draft for an English paper due in two days.

Breaking out of usual routine

Lauren Shassere
January 7, 2015
The 100 hurdles is a sprint event in which the athletes must clear over 10 hurdles before crossing the finish line. There is only one other hurdle event which is more of a middle distance event; the 3oo hurdles. Here, Metalitskaya competes in the 100 hurdles event at Kings High school clearing the second to last obstacle with determination.

A strong finish to promising season

Lauren Shassere
May 7, 2015
The boys and girls track teams were victorious at the Anderson Invitational. The team bonded when they all came together to watch the events.

Chasing success one meet at a time

Lauren Shassere
April 24, 2015
Junior Lauren Shassere and her two younger brothers enjoyed spring break last year on the sand dunes of North Carolina. Here they prepare to fly a plane shaped kite over the sand.

Students talk spring break

Lauren Shassere
March 26, 2015
Runners from winter track are more likely to be capable of starting the spring season out a little harder because they are already in running shape. Winter track alum goes outside to practice on his own for a while, this time without blocks.

Behind the starting line

Track team sets block for season
Lauren Shassere
March 13, 2015
Before and after games the squad enjoys making each other laugh by taking playful photos. In order from bottom to top this picture shows: junior Sophie Clark, seniors Ellie Clark and Katie Ferron, juniors Amy Bitzer and Denise Blumenstein and senior Fifi Orgini.

Pom poms, unbreakable bonds

Lauren Shassere, Staff Writer
March 7, 2015
For those who find eating healthy or on a budget difficult, it is good to keep in mind that its okay to enjoy yourself every now and then as long as it is in moderation. Here a student shows her bowl of fruit accompanied with a jar of Nutella. Nutella is not necessarily the healthiest or cheapest of choices but she only uses a small amount to put on top of her banana slices.

Keeping off freshman 15, keeping up your wallet size

Lauren Shassere
February 23, 2015
Crayons to Computers Club raises money that then goes over to the actual Crayons warehouse and is used to buy supplies such as back packs, binders, markers, ect, to provide on their shelves. Here teachers from underprivileged schools can pick up class room items for free.

Crayons, Computers, basketball

Lauren Shassere
February 11, 2015
Students try their hardest to focus on the tasks they are given and do it with their full potential, while struggling to not give in to the temptations of laziness. As the year progresses, avoiding laziness gets more and more difficult. This student is working on her rough draft for an English paper due in two days.

Junior water polo player Hannah Schwegmann pulls her arm back with the ball preparing to take a shot. She stays strong enough for important moments like this by conditioning herself in the winter, awaiting her “Moose league” in the spring. “I swim in the winter and also run to stay in shape and keep up with my skills for spring, summer and fall water polo seasons,” said Schwegmann.

Cross training a-cross the board

Lauren Shassere
January 21, 2015
Enjoyed by various different people, snow days present opportunities for choice and a rest from working their minds over tests and homework. The eve of these is typically spent in uncertainty where the individual can only guess, hope and wait for the call.

Winter weather brings hope of cancelation to Junior class

Lauren Shassere
January 21, 2015
Kaiser flexes on vacation with her older brother/ inspiration for getting into fitness. “Well at first I started because I really look to my older brother as a role model and for the past 6 years he's been building his physique and body building, so I wanted to start lifting and getting stronger too about a year ago. So I played around with it and it became something I like. Then my brother came up with a diet plan for me and explained the macros, all the hard work is really in the kitchen, what you eat is most important. I fell in love with the results I was getting; lost 60 pounds and looking good motivated me to look great. I kept going. Every day is another day to be better than you were the day before. Every day I want to be better and stronger,” said Kaiser.

Motion toward independent fitness

Lauren Shassere
December 17, 2014
Young Schornak is shown in her adoption picture.

Student reveals her adoption as blessing

Lauren Shassere
December 15, 2014
Last year’s team was a big supporters of team bonding and spending time with one another both on and off the track. At one of the pasta parties held before a big meet the runners have a good time and take a selfie.

Running into season with determination

Lauren Shassere
December 2, 2014
Varsity and sophomore basketball player Renee Foster involves herself in multiple school activities including soccer and basketball. Through her experiences as an athlete she has been molded to be a great team player and works well with others on and off the court.

Reasons why you should get involved in extracurricular activities

Lauren Shassere
November 25, 2014
Last year’s team were big supporters of team bonding and spending time with one another both on and off the track. At one of the pasta parties held before a big meet the runners have a good time and take a selfie.

Running into season with determination

Lauren Shassere
November 11, 2014
Varsity Water polo girls celebrate their win against Milford and receive the third in state trophy. After a long day and an early loss against Napolean the team’s spirits lift and they rejoice their final victory of the season at Mason High School.

Girls water polo scores third in state

Lauren Shassere
November 4, 2014
Schwegmann pushes off of her defender and kicks up high in the water looking to the goal to make the winning shot. This goal immediately ended the game and turned the score from 7 to 8.

Water polo game comes to shooting finish

Lauren Shassere
October 13, 2014
Junior Jessica Wei lines up with her teammates along the wall for the start of the game swim off. The players smile because it is their first game in the home pool after the draining and refilling process. The game was against Princeton and all Sycamore teams won that day.

Drained pool cannot drain spirits

Lauren Shassere
September 20, 2014
Siblings, Victoria and Nicholas Schaefer are practicing their sign language skills at home. Victoria is signing to her older brother “what’s up” as he responds with the sign for “nothing”. Practicing on your own can help significantly increase your fluency in sign language along with any other languages. Photo courtesy of Lauren Shassere.

New teacher encourages students to have more interest in language

Lauren Shassere
April 17, 2014

Swimming to the finish line

Lauren Shassere
April 1, 2014
This swimmer is diving off the block at the start of the 200 I.M. The beginning of the race is just as important as the middle or end it could “make you or break you”. Every second counts so swimmers spend much of their time perfecting this ever so crucial part of the race.

Varsity Aves swimmers kick start their season

Lauren Shassere
February 17, 2014
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