Monthly Archives: February 2018

By Victoria Mezera Representation is often lacking in media, with television and movies not showing anything outside of what’s considered normal. However, in today’s day and age people are starting to realize that they can’t make every character a stereotypical, heterosexual, white football player, and that representation matters. Within the […]

How To Get Away From White-Washing

 in Featured
By Arianna Bekas FCA, otherwise known as Fellowship of Christian Athletes, is a club that combines faith with sports among enrolled students at Apopka High. FCA has meetings every Wednesday during A and B lunch, and this organization allows for students to incorporate important religious aspects into their school life, […]

Gotta Have Faith

 in Clubs and Activities
By Thalya Samuels Photo credit: Chicago Tribune When viewing black history month, we tend to meditate strictly on the achievements of the past, however, it is time to focus on the tremendous rise of black power that is occurring in the present. People of color from all different trades– science, […]

African-American Contemporary

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By Isabelle Lounsberry Victoria Merzera, a sophomore staff member here on The Blue and White, has allowed us another look into her life. Now half a school year older, Victoria wants to focus on her education and has plans to adhere to that aspiration. With a deep passion for books, […]

Meet Victoria…Again

 in Meet the Staff
When you go to school you expect to learn in a clean and safe environment. For some reason, OCPS seems to be having a hard time trying to keep up with being clean. On the first day of school everything seems to be fine, the floors are nice and reflection, […]

That’s Gross

 in Editorials and Opinions
by Jamari Saint Cyr There’s a clear difference between fascination and romanticizing. Something that I’ve been recently annoyed with is seeing people, predominantly teenagers, glorifying serial killers and psychopaths. This is something that has been most prominent ever since we’ve entered the age of social media and with the existence […]

Um… I Think It’s Time to Stop

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By Arianna Bekas Jeffery Laux is a current senior, member of the water polo team, sings in chorus and is president of Beta club. While he is involved in many activities around school it has not stopped Jeff from getting his very own case of senioritis. Which he expressed has […]

Meet Jeff Pt. 2

 in Meet the Staff
By Jeffrey Laux Former Brantley Banner reporter Thayla Samuels has transferred her talents to The Blue and White newspaper for the second half of the school year. Thayla is “excited” about the amount of potential she is capable of in her writing skills and hopes to display only her best […]

Our New Darter

 in Meet the Staff
By Jeffery Laux     What could possibly be better than music, burgers, and basketball? Apopka’s Senior Class Council put together an impressive showing, as around a hundred seniors showed up to the tailgate right outside of the Joe A. Sterling Gym on the tennis courts. Friends all gathered together to bond […]

Senior Tailgate: The Tradition Has Returned

 in Around Campus
By: Arianna Bekas AP Studio Art and AP 3D Art are two of the AP art courses Apopka High currently provides for students. While some may feel discouraged in enrolling to take these classes because they feel as though they don’t have the artistic talent to be able to create […]

All About Art

 in Arts and Entertainment