Dare To Be You

As the 2020 school year is up and running, many students are attending school amongst the COVID-19 global pandemic. Now, as the flu season rolls in, many ponder over what is best for their family as the "twindemic" is almost upon us. The word  Twindemic  highlights a severe threat of a flu outbreak alongside COVID-19.  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has advised many families to get the flu vaccine to prevent further strain on healthcare workers. As a result, the CDC hopes that individuals who take preventative measures will reduce the number of people who have the flu. With information being released daily about the pandemic, many individuals are worried about the effect of the virus as the country enters the flu season. While the flu has turned into a perennial issue, this year it has become a hot national topic within the United States. South Forsyth High School, along with other Forsyth County Schools, are finding different ways to protect their students and staff.

 Mr. Jonathon Arant is the 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year. Throughout his twelve years of teaching, he has left a print on everyone as he continues to inspire his students and coworkers around South. Congratulations to our 2020-2021 SFHS Teacher of the Year, Mr Jon Arant!!  #southstrong pic.twitter.com/4L60JR4luD — SouthForsythHS (@SouthForsythHS)  September 14, 2020 His teaching journey began as a special education teacher for a Sunday School at the local church he attended. As an educator, he focused on developing meaningful relationships with his students to help them feel comfortable in a school setting. "The children in the Sunday school class inspired me to look further and see if I wanted to make it into a career," Mr. Arant reminisced. "You can never tell someone what this job is like. Even the job I did at Sunday school could never prepare me for this amazing job." Mr. Arant comes to school every day with a smile on his face and ready to change his student&#

 Michelle Obama gave a compelling speech on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC); on August 17, 2020, from a virtual platform at her home. At the beginning of her speech, Obama emphasized the highlights of Biden's leadership. Obama voiced her opinion of how crucial it is to have a huge turnout of voters this year. As her speech continued, her topics shifted to different ongoing issues such as the Black Lives Matter Movement and President Donald Trump's leadership over the past four years. Obama spoke about Joe Biden's leadership. Obama described Joe Biden as, “...a profoundly decent man, guided by faith… a terrific vice president... He knows what it takes to rescue an economy, beat back a pandemic, and lead our country.” Due to the ongoing issues of today, many people have struggled to mail-in ballots or go to local polling places. As a response, she elaborated on the importance of voting within our country.  Mrs. Obama could not stress enough on how im

We pragmatic human beings are mapped out to look forward to tomorrow. Despite everything, the clever bit is that we see the benevolent in everything. It could be a patient waiting for a donor or a child waiting for a cure. What is this???? This is waiting for tomorrow and together we can reach this tomorrow.  Tomorrow is not written in a manual! We don’t know what's forthcoming tomorrow! Tomorrow has already made up its mind. We have this moment to do something considerable. This our golden opportunity to build a better tomorrow.  From the first breath that we take in, medical professionals work around the clock for our generation to grow and prosper. So, think big and then if we fall we “Fall Forward.” At least you will see what hit you.  Futuristic thinking does not happen overnight and requires a lot of persistence and elbow grease. Take the example of SpaceX/Tesla. Elon Musk has one objective in mind to make space travel reachable to the common person. He is thinking of tomorro