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Chloe Lewcock

Chloe Lewcock, staff reporter

This is sophomore Chloe Lewcock's first year as a staffer on the Shield. After discovering a love for photography, Lewcock's first thought was to join a commercial photography class, followed by the decision to additionally join MacJ, giving her the best shot at putting her talent to work. In joining MacJ, Lewcock hopes to both strengthen her photography skills and find a new appreciation for writing. Specifically, she's hoping to learn more about reviews and opinion pieces. In addition to photography, Lewcock spends her free time reading, although she can't pinpoint a favorite book (it changes every time she finishes one), baking, watching rom coms (specifically "13 Going on 30") and dancing.

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FUN WITH FRIENDS: Sophomores Hazel Trominski, Julia Rasp and Zalie Mann pose for the camera during Pink Week’s lunch festivities. Students in the science courtyard throughout the week enjoyed the activities while spending time with friends and sporting their best pink wear. Rasp went all-out during Pink Week, pink being her favorite color. “I think it’s awesome that they’re raising money for breast cancer awareness and doing fun stuff and that a lot of it is student-organized,” Rasp said. Caption by Camilla Vandegrift.

Pink Week 2022 sets standard for fun, fundraising

October 4, 2022
During the first faculty meeting of the school year, principal Nicole Griffith welcomes new social studies teachers Jennifer Richter and Catherine ONeal.

New school year brings mix of young, veteran teachers

September 20, 2022
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Tabitha Villarreal

September 2, 2022
Senior Maya Cidale (Mal) alongside senior Kathryn Dooley (Evie), junior Henry Mayes (Carlos) and senior Anderson Zoll (Jay) perform Ways to be Wicked, a number in which the four evils reunite to take over Auradon. For Cidale, developing her character was a significant aspect of her rehearsal process. “It was actually a very interesting process finding my version of Mal,” Cidale said.  “I started off by pretending to be Regina George if she had magic on her side, but then I took a closer look at how all of the iconic mean girls achieved that status. I realized it was all about making people second guess themselves. From that realization, I stemmed every tactic from wanting people to question what they know is right.” Reporting by Alice Scott.

‘Descendants’ brings Disney magic to life

September 13, 2022
Elder conducts the McCallum freshmen orchestra in the 2021-2022 school year.

[Photo] Budget constraints force Mac orchestra directors to take over Lamar Middle School program

September 7, 2022
FOCUSED: A lot of my moms work consists of her working from home, and that means meetings. While some are on the phone and some are on Zoom, they still require intense focus. As I watch her in this meeting, I can see how she is really paying attention to whatever is going on, and I know that once shes done, the light will go off, and we can hopefully hang out.

Love, labor and the little moments

September 6, 2022
CHEMISTRY STRESS: After finishing her world history final sophomore Ellie Knoll already begins studying for her chemistry final which is the next day. Finals have been going on all week and its really stressing students out. “I’ve never been very good at chemistry so I just tried to write down as much as I could, but I still don’t know if it’ll be enough.”

McCallum adopts new final exam incentive policy

September 3, 2022
ONE LAST HURRAH: Members of the senior dance company hold hands at the end of their piece called Sound and Color, the closing dance of the student directed-dance show. “It’s a very sentimental moment because it’s like the end where we all are holding hands and were all connected,” senior dance company member Wynter Winston said. “The senior dance was wholesome and had us reflecting on all the times and memories we shared together as a senior company.” Caption by Grace Vitale. Photo by Meredith Grotevant.

Finding ‘Solace’ on the stage

May 14, 2022
Librarians Jain Orr and Lauren Alindogan pose for portraits to promote reading and the library in general. Alindogan said that Orr is a terrific mentor and also an excellent big-picture thinker who embraces change that will make the library better serve the communitys needs.

Orr does so much more than just check out books

April 8, 2022
ANONYMOUS PIZZA ENJOYERS: Two unidentified diners and their dog, Waffles, sit at a picnic table in front of Little Deli, a pizza restaurant in the heart of Crestview. Little Deli, originally a sandwich shop, added a pizza kitchen to the business in 2009 and has been attracting huge numbers of customers for years. “It’s a great gathering spot for the community,” one of the diners said. Photo by Camilla Vandegrift.

A photo walk through Crestview

January 18, 2022

When setting a Pink Week fundraising record is secondary

October 17, 2021
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