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The Student News Site of McCallum High School

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Delaney Lavelle

Delaney Lavelle, staff reporter

Delaney Lavelle is a first-year staffer on The Shield who loves to write captions. She is involved with volleyball at McCallum and outside of school. She played for AJV 14 Lite club and Freshman B team at McCallum last year. She also enjoys speaking French and hopes to go to France again soon. Lavelle also loves wakeboarding, smoothies, and the color blue.

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FROM TUTOR TO TEACHER: Special education teacher Miles Korzekwa enjoys McCallum’s classrooms and community. When he's not teaching, he enjoys running, the outdoors and his dog, Sam. Before coming to McCallum, he was a tutor on campus at the University of Texas for two and a half years. “I really like McCallum so far,” Korzekwa said. “It’s a lot different from where I graduated. My class had 69 people, so this is massive. But I’ve really enjoyed the culture here and everyone’s welcoming.” When he was looking for teaching jobs, McCallum offered an attractive location, but during his job interview and a campus observation allowed him to see that there was a lot more to like about the campus and the special education department than just where it was. "Seeing what I had already heard from some people about McCallum actually in action was really cool to me," he said. The city of Austin offered other benefits beyond an ideal workplace. "I’ve been trying to get into running again, so Austin’s perfect for that." He also said he wanted to become a special education teacher because it gave him a chance to tap into his talents and prior experience in finance and as a tutor. "I wanted to combine both of those things," Korzekwa said.  "With special education there’s a lot of data analysis but you're also getting to work one on one with kids, which is why I didn’t want to go into finance, which isn’t really working with people. I wanted to see the progression throughout the year and keep building upon that, and seeing actual partners being made. I've worked with a lot of students, and I really like working with students because they typically want to be there, and that’s always enjoyable.” Caption by Delaney Lavelle.

Fresh faces across the faculty

Daniela Di-Capua, Carson Duncan, Nellie Eschberger, Delaney Lavelle, Josie Linton, Beatrix Lozach, Katie Martin, Sophia Manos, Aubrey Macedo, Harper Binfield Maxwell, Tallulah McAuliffe, Elizabeth Nation, Maddie O'Connor, Arwen Pelletier, Riley Pita, Eva Sanchez, Adele Seeboth, Fletcher Vandegrift, and Nico Williamson
August 27, 2024
COLALEO IN THE YELLOW SUIT: Senior Joe Colaleo rehearses ferociously confronts the Tuck family about the water that turns people immortal as the cast of McCallum Theater’s fall production Tuck Everlasting blocks a scene. The rehearsal is for the actors to know where to be placed and stand throughout the show. “I am feeling great about the process and creation of the show as a whole,” Colaleo said. “We are working really fast, we are super prepared. Everyone is working really hard, and we are just finishing up learning set traffic, cleaning and perfecting the show.” In the show, Colaleo plays The Man in the Yellow Suit, a character he was hoping to get when auditioning. The character is greedy and selfish and his goal is to become wealthy by selling water from the spring in the woods. “I want the water to sell for money and they are stopping me,” Colaleo said. For Colaleo, Tuck Everlasting represents the start of his senior year and the final season with McCallum Theater. “Playing this role as a senior is very fulfilling and fun,” Colaleo said. “Everyone looks up to you and you get a sense of accomplishment and pride when you see others doing well.” Looking back on his four years in theater production, Colaleo said he wants to do everything he can this year to support the underclassmen and have fun in the rest of the shows this year. “I really appreciate the process a lot more this year, knowing it will be one of the last times I’m doing something like this at McCallum and I won’t see a lot of these people for a long time,” Colaleo said. Caption by Nate Williams.

‘Everlasting’ rehearsal process nears its end

JoJo Barnard, Sunday Cardinal, Tegan Hahn, Delaney Lavelle, Lilah Lavigne, Beatrix Lozach, Sophia Manos, Tallulah McAuliffe, Josie Mullan, Riley Pita, Adele Seeboth, Nico Williamson, and Nate Williams
September 10, 2024
Freshman Paityn Jones speaks as part of the panel during the Black History Month assembly during fifth period. Jones said that being a member of the Knights Steppers and having Black teachers have given her spaces where she can be herself.

Opening doors to appreciating Black history

Shayla Allen, Gaby Esquivel, Lillian Gray, Carlo Hinsdale, Delaney Lavelle, Beatrix Lozach, Josie Mullan, Chloe Seckar-Martinez, Francie Wilhelm, and Chloe Lewcock
March 5, 2024
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