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  • Freshman class swells to 655 students

    Friday, September 24, 2004 By: Kristin McKissic and Adrienne Turner

    The Class of 2008 is a whopper.

    At press time, there were 655 freshmen enrolled.

    That amount exceeds the number of seniors (279) juniors (340) and sophomores (413).

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  • Suspect found in murder case: Students and staff recall former Blue Jay

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: Jasmine Gaylor

    Lauren Wilson-Church woke up on the morning of Fri., Aug. 27, as an average Southfield High School student. She got dressed in jeans and a yellow T-shirt and headed out the door to catch her 6:43 a.m.

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  • Teachers tie knots

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: Shanae Howell-Hampton

    English teacher Faydra Khidr eloped and is now Faydra Nelson.

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  • Construction snarls parking

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: Shanae Howell-Hampton

    The school’s parking situation will get worse before it gets better, says Lindsey Rem, field engineer for Barton Malow construction company.

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  • Teacher contract talks inch closer

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: Shanae Howell-Hampton

    Interim Superintendent Dr. Beverley Geltner told the staff that she hopes to have a contract with union employees in the district by the end of October.

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  • John Kerry is best choice

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: LaTasha Cochran

    Those eligible to vote should do the entire nation a service and vote for Democrat John Kerry on Nov. 2.

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  • Another Blue Jay flies off to heaven

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: Princess Souvenir

    Once again Southfield High has suffered the loss of one of its young students. This time it was junior Lauren Wilson-Church, a mere 15-year-old who was strangled to death on the second day of school n

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  • State adds community service requirement for Merit Awards

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: Monique Patmon

    Seniors must now perform 40 hours of community service to earn a Michigan Merit Award.

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  • Superintendent takes paid leave

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: Rachel Wiedemann

    Superintendent Cecil Rice has raised eyebrows across Southfield for taking a paid medical leave rather than retiring as expected in July.

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  • Reese’s Pieces: Piece by piece, Coach David Reese assembles one tough football team

    Monday, October 04, 2004 By: James Andersen

    Looking to forget a 1-8 season last year, Varsity Football Coach David Reese has made the theme of playing as a unit, not as individuals, his motto for the season.

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The Southfield Jay Southfield High School Southfield, MI
Issue Date: Friday, September 24, 2004 Issue: September 2004 Last Update: Thursday, March 03, 2005
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At-a-glance

The entire B wing of the school is housed in air conditioned trailers on the school’s front lawn while the school is under a $43 million renovation.
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The staff of The Southfield Jay reaffirms its long-standing editorial policy with this opening issue of the school year. The paper’s editorial policy is as follows:
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Junior Shannan Barton and her fellow female classmates are gearing up to take on the senior girls in the annual Powder Puff football game.
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Landers to journey to Thailand
Nolwazi Landers, a 17-year-old senior at Southfield High School, won't be going off to college next fall. Instead she'll be on her way to Thailand to study business, technology, culinary arts and fas
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Junior Kelli Copeland has retained her title as captain of the Girls Varsity Tennis team for the second year in a row.
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Brandi Lindsay braves heels while junior Claudia Morrell

kicks up fashion a notch
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Looking to forget a 1-8 season last year, Varsity Football Coach David Reese has made the theme of playing as a unit, not as individuals, his motto for the season.
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To the surprise of staff and students, former Principal Dr. Donald Jones is back from retirement to lead the school as the interim principal while the search for a permanent Southfield High principa
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Superintendent Cecil Rice has raised eyebrows across Southfield for taking a paid medical leave rather than retiring as expected in July.
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Seniors must now perform 40 hours of community service to earn a Michigan Merit Award.
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