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5 Adorable Cats Need a New Home
Prior to the removal of the West Wing, the five cats that made their homes beneath it will now need a new place to stay and a new family to love.
A student walking to history class spies a few small, muddy pawprints on the side of an asphalt walkway. An English class sees the end of a furry tail disappear underneath the corner of the West Wing as they pass by. Did they actually see it? Or was it just in their heads?
There has been occasional talk throughout the Providence Day School community in regards to the cats living beneath the West Wing. Their existence has been disputed, but these fuzzy friends are quite real. With the scheduled removal of the West Wing trailers following the completion of the new building, these loveable cats will be left without a place to live. This family of cute and fuzzy felines has recently been coaxed out from under the trailers and placed in a temporary home, but Providence Day hopes to find a loving permanent home for our newest feline friends prior to the completion of the new building.
These five cats, affectionately named Tiberius, Oscar, Jasper, Missy, and Felix, will provide you with a new companion who will bring warmth to your heart. Missy is a white persian cat, while Felix, Tiberius, and Oscar are all tabby cats. The last cat, Jasper, is a tuxedo cat, and is still a kitten. These five felines have had all of their required shots and currently reside in Dr. Cowlishaw’s house awaiting adoption. If you are interested in making any of them a part of your family, please fill out the form enclosed in the link below. You will be will be contacted shortly thereafter to inform you if you have qualified to receive one of the five cats.
By Baird Cotsakis, Jack Giardino, Taylor Gerlach, Adam Burke, and Ryan Heffes
Say Goodbye to Needles
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Providence Day School chosen as pilot school to test new chemical compound that will ease blood drives for the Red Cross.
After years of strenuous research, the dedicated scientists at NASA have partnered with the Red Cross to start running clinical trials of a new chemical compound which can be used to dramatically expedite the blood donation process. As a pilot school, Providence Day will have the opportunity to test out the compound before its scheduled release in all Red Cross blood drives starting in 2018.
Russell White, a Providence Day Chemistry teacher, was eager to get his hands on the substance. He was chosen as one of several representatives in the area to raise awareness of the new substance and demonstrate how it works to the general public. As explained in the video below, the chemical compound safely opens up your capillaries upon application. Blood is transferred through suction rather than through dreaded needles.
The primary concern going forward is safety. As with many new medica advancements, the general public tends to be skeptical. Reassuringly, six months of FDA testing have yielded zero reports of harm to test subjects. Unfortunately, Providence Day has yet to receive the patented equipment to properly collect the blood, so White was only able to demonstrate the capillary-loosening properties of the new compound. Painless blood drives are finally becoming a possibility thanks to the hard work of scientists across the nation and the generous donations from the Red Cross and its supporters.
Reassuringly, six months of FDA testing have yielded zero reports of harm to test subjects.
Analysis Deemed Too Hard; Changes to Come
With dissatisfaction at an all time high, Providence Day School looks to rework the Analysis math course.
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Every year, a new batch of students are dished out to one Ms. Annie Castro for a year of tears, uncharacteristically low grades, and a bombardment of inconceivably difficult math terms, most of which don’t even sound like English. These students have made the poor decision to take Analysis. A few common terms used to describe this class are: trivial garbage, torture, and child abuse. In a conversation with the Charger, Rupin Sharma shared, “Everyday when I walk through that doorway, an immediate wave of failure washes over me. Taking this class is like falling down a never-ending well.”
However, things are looking up for the Providence Day Math Department and its future victims. Due to the record-breaking twenty-five fluid ounces of tears shed this year, Analysis has officially been dubbed “too hard for high school students.” In an effort to reform the curriculum, a new class, called Advanced Pre-Calc, has been created. This class will cover most of what is covered in Analysis; however, it will move at a slower pace, and hopefully induce less pain. For instance, Vieta’s formula will be taken out of the curriculum in order to make the coursework more palatable. The Math Department is excited about this movement because it takes into account the student’s emotional side, and it hopes that this change will improve the overall math experience and mental health for the more mathematically advanced students at Providence Day.
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PDS Junior, Katlyn Gonzalez during an Analysis Test
“Everyday when I walk through that doorway, an immediate wave of failure washes over me. Taking this class is like falling down a never-ending well.”
-Rupin Sharma
The Charger, May 2017
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