Maryam Victor is a junior attending Sunlake High School and taking a class called AP United States History, also known as APUSH. APUSH is an acronym for Advanced Placement United States History class, and for this class, students must take an end-of-the-year exam that gives credit for a college class. Students have listen to lectures each week, practice writing and grading essays for the exam, and have quizzes every Friday. Maryam stated, “This class is one of my favorites to go to. Although I hate history as a subject, the lecture is always interesting, and Mr. Taylor makes history so much more intriguing. I have learned a lot more from the way things are taught in this class than any other class I have taken.” APUSH is not an easy class to take, it is meant to be hard since it is a college level class. Students must put in a lot of effort and work. This class is also not very hands-on, with Maryam saying, “…we listen and write more than we color and draw. We have watched a couple of videos for better visual representation. The most hands-on activity we have done is the poster we have made this week about specific people who started movements, such as the anti-slavery movement, and how it helped create the public school education system.” The one thing Maryam would change about the class is adding more hands-on activities.
Maryam Victor’s APUSH Class
Cadyn Larscheid, Staffer
October 4, 2023
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Cadyn Larscheid, Photo Assistant Editor
My name is Cadyn Larscheid. I am a photo assistant editor for the Sunlake High School yearbook committee, my job with the yearbook is to take photos at school events and assign some of my fellow staffers who particularly like to participate in photography to have the opportunity to take pictures at school events as well. It is my job to set up photoshoots for sports, clubs, and other activities. I help add photos to spreads and communicate with the editor and chiefs (Ella Infanger and Sam Chacon) for assigning staffers assignments to the images I have chosen for that spread. along with all the activities I obtained by being in the yearbook, I also write stories and do interviews. I am not alone in the work I do, with the help of Daniel Crane(Photo editor) and Nathaniel Peguero(future photo editor in 2025-2026). I have been a staff member since 2023. I am a senior at Sunlake and will attend Florida Southern College and major in architecture. I have a series of hobbies that include, baking, exercising, hanging out with friends, and an expensive one; building Legos.
Ella Infanger, Editor
Ella Infanger worked within the Sunlake High School yearbook program for three years. She worked within a variety of roles and developed skills in journalism, photography, and digital design. Her first year was spent as a staffer writing stories that were published to The Perch, Sunlake's newspaper. This role also involved interviewing students and collecting content for the book. In her second year, she held the role of the Copy Editor in which she reviewed and edited stories that are showcased on The Perch as well as within the yearbook. In her third year she took on the role of Editor-in-Chief and led the process of developing a memorable yearbook with a unifying theme.