Christina Kingan ’23
EE Features Editor

Teachers are the soul of any school, going beyond expectations everyday. The supportive environment that the Trumbull High faculty have created is something that students sometimes take for granted. Teacher Appreciation week is the week dedicated to reciprocating the care they have given students throughout the year. 

The PTSA sponsors Appreciation Week and truly accomplished their goal of expressing the gratitude Trumbull High has for the effort teachers put in. 

“It’s nice to feel appreciated,” said Mrs. Durand, a Trumbull High Arts teacher.

From May 2nd through the 6th, the PTSA provided breakfast, lunch, and ice cream as a sweet treat. The thoughtfulness from the PTSA made it an exciting week for teachers. The student community also wrote notes to teachers showing their appreciation and put up posters naming times when a teacher relationship has been invaluable. 

“It was the best one since I’ve worked here,” said THS Spanish teacher Mrs. Giordano, commenting on the events and festivities of this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week.

Especially through the stress of Covid, teachers were forced to adapt and experiment with new approaches to learning that will captivate students attention after spending most of last year online. The versatility of teachers alone makes this year even more deserving of appreciation.

A thank you to the PTSA for allowing these teachers to feel appreciated and acknowledged for the work that often goes unseen.

Christina Kingan ’23
EE Features Editor

Poetry Slam Masters’ of Ceremony entertain the crowd in this photo from the 2017 Slam.

Trumbull High includes many initiatives to promote the arts within it’s community. A student favorite is the Poetry Slam which was held this year on Friday May 13th in the school auditorium. This event is a part of Trumbull High’s culture and gives students a platform to perform their poems. The event is a competition where there is a panel of judges, mainly teachers, that decide which poem was written the best. Most importantly, though, is the performance component that is key to engaging the audience. 

Competitors were asked to submit two poems. One to be presented in the first round and, if you proceed to the final round of five poets, you are asked to present another one. The difficult part about presenting is not only trying to convey emotion through performance, but each poem has to be fully memorized. By having it memorized students can really speak from the heart; it also simulates a real poetry slam by following the rules. 

“It’s really fantastic that there’s such a great opportunity here for students to express ourselves and put on display how much we’ve learned about poetry and ourselves in, and out of, the poetry elective”, said senior, Lake Zajac, a participant in this year’s slam. “It’s so fun and impressive how much two classes can get done in just a few months to put on such a great show”.

The poetry slam mostly consists of senior poetry class students who have been preparing for the slam. However others are encouraged to join as well. Zajac appreciates how poetry has allowed her to understand herself and how to portray emotions through words. 

The winner of this years event was senior Chloe Nestro. 

Rithik Manchanda ’25
EE Staff Writer

Freshmen playing games on McDougall Field at a Link Crew orientation.

Throughout their high school career, everyone deserves something fun: seniors have prom, juniors and sophomores have a dance, and now it’s time for the freshmen to have some fun with their upcoming Field Day.

The Freshman Field Day will take place on June 8th, 2022, from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM at McDougall Stadium with a rain date of June 9th. The cost is $5 which, along with a filled-out permission form, should be brought to either Mrs. Payne (A33) or Mrs. Basbagill (A3) to sign up.  Permission slips are posted on the Class of 2025 Classroom.

This is the freshman class’s first exciting event of the year as other plans were canceled due to problems including Covid-19. At the event, there will be ice cream, pizza, and fun games including cornhole, spike ball, and can jam (with big prizes!).

“I think field day will be a great way for all of the freshmen to hang out and bond before the school year ends,” says Freshman Class President Luke Hatzis.  “Plus it will be a great way for everyone to have some fun before finals and with all of the stress of studying”. 

Considering the disappointment associated with the cancelled Freshman Social, the announcement of this event brought excitement to president Hatzis and the rest of the freshman class as they are finally able to have a good time together.

Freshmen students hope that this will be just the start of many memorable celebrations at Trumbull High over the course of their remaining years.