Harmony School of Discovery
Volume 1, Issue 1
HSD
Tiger News
April 29, 2014
Vans Custom Culture Contest
By: Marilyn Benavides
Inside this issue:
Columnist
Paul Palacios
2
Ask Nery!
3
Columnist
Tonya Dancer
5
Sports
7
Comics and
Games
8
Wednesday
Reminders
10
compete for a chance to
win money for their art
programs.
Registered
schools will receive four
pairs of blank Vans
sneakers to be customized in four themes: action sport, music, art and
local flavor.
Harmony School
of Discovery competed
for the first time this year.
The art teacher, Jade
Wangdi, gave eight of her
art student’s the great
chance to participate in
this competition.
“The Vans shoes
from the competition are
based on optical illusion’s
figures. They are under
the category of Artistic”,
states Rolando Martinez.
He got his inspiration
from 3-dimensional objects. Martinez worked
with Laura Botero to create their design for the
contest. Layla Kratovic
shared, “My Vans custom
culture design was inspired by classic western
culture. Since I decided
to be the “local flavor”
category with Michael
Cassel as my partner,
we decided to represent
Continued on page 9
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Nutritious
Summer Healthy
Tips
In its fifth
year, Vans
Custom
Culture Art
Competition is inspirational
to high
Van contest designs school
students
all around the world. This
competition gives students
the opportunity to embrace
their creativity. Custom
Culture is a high school
shoe customization contest
where schools from all
over the United States
Lend a Helping Hand
By: Alma Choukair
As a part of HSD’s policy,
come, a camp counselor/
all of its students are required
leader. This way you are ento complete a minimum of Source: www.songsalive.org
joying your time at camp
100 volunteer hours, otherwhile helping organize and
wise known as community service hours.
operate everything. Also, volunteering at
Apart from it being a requirement, when
a camp helps you with your social and
applying to colleges, volunteering is exleadership skills.
tremely beneficial for applications. It
Hospitals: If you are interested in the
shows you’ve done something above the
medical field this is an excellent option.
requirements. Students might need help
Volunteering at a hospital gives you infinding volunteer opportunities, so here’s a
sight on how the medical field works.
helpful list of some opportunities students
Even if you’re not thinking of pursuing a
can attend:
job in the medical field, volunteering at a
Food Bank: Try your local food bank.
hospital can open your eyes to the sufThere you can help pack, organize, and
frages of others.
send out food for people who actually
Animal Shelters: For all the pet lovers
need it. Not only are you volunteering for
out there, volunteering at an animal shelyour school hours, but you are also giving
ter would be a perfect idea. If students
back to the community by doing something
are interested in becoming a veterinarian
wonderful for others.
this is also an excellent choice. You
Camps: Volunteer at a camp you might
spend time with numerous
enjoy. You can become, or learn to beContinued on page 9