{"id":1605,"date":"2023-04-01T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T04:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2023-04-23T01:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T05:43:06","slug":"top-5-uses-of-the-rooftop-garden-a-theogony-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/2023\/04\/01\/top-5-uses-of-the-rooftop-garden-a-theogony-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Uses of the Rooftop Garden: A Theogony Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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James Libresco<\/p>\nStaff Writer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As the weather warms up and the spring season begins, ACHS students and staff will begin to utilize the rooftop garden again. While the garden has traditionally been used for simply eating lunch, times are changing and administration has asked for suggestions on new, unique ways to use the space. Theogony <\/em>interviewed over 300 students on their ideas, and the top new uses of the rooftop garden are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number 5: A Billboard Stand to Hire More Bus Drivers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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For many students, getting to school on time is an issue due to the nationwide bus driver shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m often late to school because the buses are unreliable. If our district had more drivers, I would get to school on time. A billboard is the way to do it,\u201d said junior Flah Tyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although previous attempts at attracting new drivers, such as banners put up around the city, have failed, students agree that this will be different because of a new design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo you want to have 70 elementary through high-schoolers yelling at you for hours at end?\u201d the sign asks. \u201cWe have the job for you!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of Alexandria will be able to see the billboard from here,\u201d said Tyer. \u201cWith the added exposure from @alexcitytitans on Instagram, I know at least one person will join the fleet and help transport children to their schools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number 4: A Holding Cell for Tardy Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Although administration has recently made it incredibly difficult for those who are tardy to get to class, the consensus among Titans is that they need to take this one step further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter I didn\u2019t get to my 3rd-period class on time yesterday, I was excited to wait in line at my academy to get a tardy pass. But when I arrived, there unfortunately was no line, and I had to immediately go back to class,\u201d said senior Al Wayslate. \u201cI know our administration wants us out as long as possible if we\u2019re one minute late, and I of course don\u2019t want to learn, so what could be better than banning tardy students from going back to class at all?\u201d he said. \u201cI think a holding cell is the perfect way to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number 3: A Giant Treadmill for Mr. Speich<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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For anyone who\u2019s been inside ACHS, even for just a few hours, one thing that\u2019s immediately apparent is the energy that the King Street Campus Administrator Khristopher Spiech brings to the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophomore Aer Robich recently immigrated to the United States from Ukraine and, after seeing him speed-walk through the halls, mistook Spiech for Olympic track star and T.C. Williams alumnus Noah Lyles. \u201cThat\u2019s not [Lyles]?\u201d she asked Theogony<\/em> interviewers, astonished. \u201cHe works here? He\u2019s a principal!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSurely a treadmill will be a good way to calm him down,” Robich said. \u201cI just hope 20 feet will be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number 2: A Graveyard for Lunch & Learn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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After it was announced that the beloved Lunch & Learn program would not be returning to ACHS, students weren\u2019t sure how to retire it once and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith all the work we did and the extended fight we put up, I think it\u2019s time for some closure,\u201d said long-time Student Lunch Committee member Hungry Hungry Hippo. \u201cBurying my favorite program in my favorite part of the school would be just the right thing. Maybe we could even have a peaceful school-wide funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would love to go to that funeral,\u201d said ACPS Interim Superintendent JoJo Siwa, who knew something must be wrong and began listening in after Hippo mentioned \u201cschool-wide\u201d and \u201cpeaceful\u201d in the same sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number 1: A Bald-Head Sunbathing Station<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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While this use of the garden may sound surprising, over 60 students and teachers ranked it as their top choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile I was stuck in the main office with like 50 other students trying to get a tardy pass, I overheard Principal Palace, Mr. Shorpe, Mr. Felias, and Mr. Borzel talking about some \u2018Bad Bald Boys Book Club,\u2019\u201d said senior Eve S. Dropper. \u201cI was intrigued, so I came closer, and I couldn\u2019t believe what I was hearing. They were all discussing a book they had just read on how to protect their bald heads during summer. Apparently, the trick is to sunbathe it daily with lotion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dropper thinks the rooftop garden would be the perfect place to sunbathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey were all so sad that they had nowhere to do it during school, and when I heard about the project to innovate the rooftop garden, it just hit me. I think a sunbathing station would be the perfect senior goodbye gift,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theogony<\/em> reached out to the club asking if one had to be completely bald to join, and was given a response stating the club \u201cdidn\u2019t exist,\u201d but Theogony<\/em> mentor Lorie Elle, who happens to be balding, could contact Principal Palace for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images courtesy of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Graphics by James Libresco for <\/em>Theogony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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