Due to cold and snowy weather, PHS was closed on Friday, January 12, and Tuesday, January 16. Because of this, students were able to enjoy a 5-day break from school as the cold days aligned with Martin Luther King Jr. and the weekend.
After coming back to school, Cutlass staff interviewed students about their long weekends.
Casey Heinritz is a sophomore at Palatine High School. Besides writing and taking photos for Cutlass, Heinritz is a tennis player and yearbook photographer. Some of Heinritz's favorite activities are biking, walking his dogs, and cooking. His favorite dish to make is soft tacos. In the future, Heinritz wants to be an electrician. He’s currently taking electronics at PHS.
Alessandra Mireles is a sophomore at Palatine High School. She is a reporter for PHS Cutlass and involved with the Mariachi and CAD Drafting club. She has a love for biology and hopes to become a biology major in the future at Chicago University. She has two siblings, a younger brother and older sister, and two pigeons. She loves to read books and comics in her free time outside of school
Sonia Jezierski is a Senior at Palatine High School and this is her 2nd year being an editor for Cutlass. She is the president of Ecology Club, enjoys testing her scientific knowledge as a captain of Science Olympiad, is the marketer for Foreign Exchnage Club, and the president of Choir. Jezierski also participates in Tri-M, Yearbook Club, Rho Kappa, Student Council, Service Club, NHS, and is a manager of Boy’s Gymnastics. Sonia frequently writes in her free time and enjoys spending her time volunteering at animal shelters. She hopes to study at a 4-year university to become an Environmental Scientist once she graduates high school.
