By Ziara Jones

This basketball season, Coach Tarver felt proud of Patterson High School’s girls basketball team for trying their best to win. The girls basketball team won 8 games and lost 7 games.

Coach Tarver was proud when they played against Central High School even though Patterson lost that game. Patterson High School had a close game against Central. The score was 40 to 46.

“I was most impressed with the performance of the girls  at that game. All the way to the end they worked together very hard. It was a really tough game; it was a high emotion game for Patterson High.”, Coach Tarver said. “I was impressed by the score because they had lost last year but it was score of a blow out, but this year they were very close.”

Tyshenna Avery scored 12 points, the most points in that game. Patricia Escobar had 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and 6 points.

The Patterson High girls basketball team is looking towards to what they hope will be an even better season next year.

By Meylin Diaz

Three students from Patterson’s Student Government Association attended a leadership convention in Ocean City, Maryland from March 27 through 29. Meylin Diaz, Keon Johnson and Brayan Pacheco represented Patterson High School at the Maryland Association of Student Councils (MASC) as delegates of the Associated Student Congress of Baltimore City.

The students learned great tips and received the keys to leadership. Ms. Brenda Moreno Martinez was doing a great job by helping others as an adviser.

This trip was a great opportunity to learn more about how to get the keys to  leadership. I learned how to be a leader and that our voice is our power . The part that I enjoyed most about the trip was when we got all the keys to leadership. I think Patterson gave me this great opportunity because this way I can teach others what I learned. The purpose of the trip was to learn about how to be a better leader and how to help others.

Versión en español (Spanish version):

Yo decidí venir a Ocean City porque esta es una gran oportunidad para aprender como obtener las claves para el liderazgo. Aprendí como ser un mejor líder y que nuestra voz es nuestro poder. Lo que más disfrute del viaje fue cuando obtuvimos todas las claves del liderazgo. Patterson me dio esta gran oportunidad porque de esa manera puedo enseñar a otros lo que aprendí. El viaje consistía en aprender como ser un mejor líder y como ayudar a los demás.

Meylin Diaz, Keon Jonhson y Brayan Pacheco representaron a la preparatoria Patterson en la Asociación de consejo Estudiantil de Maryland. Como delegados del congreso de Estudiantes Asociados de la Ciudad de Baltimore, los Estudiantes aprendieron grandes consejos y recibieron las claves del liderazgo.  

Ms. Brendahizo un gran trabajo ayudando a otros como consejera.

RETRACTION: In the article, “Students show off professional skills at conference”, which ran on the front page of the January 2019 print edition of the Patterson Press, Jill Biden was incorrectly referred to as the “former First Lady of the Obama administration”. The correct title for Mrs. Biden is “Second Lady”, as she is the wife of former Vice President Joe Biden. The former First Lady is Michelle Obama, who was not present at the Great Schools conference.

This error was NOT made by the students who wrote the article. The authors correctly used the title “Second Lady” and it was erroneously changed to “First Lady” during the editing process. The Patterson Press takes full responsibility for this error and sincerely apologizes to its readers and the authors of the article. This retraction will also appear in the May 2019 print edition of the Patterson Press.

Black Lives Matter (Dasia Whitfield)

Immigrant Stories (Essence Talley)

Pedestrian Safety at School (John Dingzon)

Soccer Without Borders (Asende Baele)

The Arts at Patterson (Moses Jeuronlon)

By Dasia Whitfield

Teen depression is something that is very common. Many teens deal with depression. Everyone deals with depression differently. Some teens speak about it and some prefer to keep it to themselves.

In 2017, 11.01% youths from the age 12-17 reported suffering from at least one major depression, according to the website, Mental Health America.

Mr. Licier, the principal of cohort 2019, a person that deals with teenagers every day, stated that “Depression is a state of emotional instability”.
Depression could be handled in so many ways. Often, when a kid is really suffering and has no one to go to, it could lead to suicide. Suicide ranked as the tenth leading cause of death among Americans for many years.

Some people could maybe cope with depression if they had somebody to talk to or felt comfortable discussing it with someone.  “Dealing with depression could be hard to deal with because some people have the inability…not wanting to socialize or be with anyone else”, said Mr. Licier.

Depression is natural, but I think that it could be prevented if people go out and enjoy life and do something productive. Diamond Oliver a 12th grader who attends Patterson High, stated that “Yes there are a lot [of things that can help,] such as doing activities that you like, such as hanging with friends and family, getting out the house, thinking positive, and writing how you feel down.”

Dealing with depression could cause a bad feeling because sometimes when you feel like you have no-one, then you feel like you have no support and you can’t really explain your feelings and what was going on in your head.

According to the website, WebMD, depression can be prevented and avoided from coming back by taking very good care of yourself, reaching out to family and friends when times get tough, get help immediately if you feel like you are depressed instead of waiting because the feeling can get worse. Get enough sleep and eat well.

By Essence Talley

What is bullying? Bullying is typically a way to force someone to do what one wants. Bullying can occur on social media or in person.

People get bullied for different reasons, such as jealously or wanting to have power over other people. Bullies might pick on you because of the way you look, a rumor they heard, or a simple argument.

“It may make people feel better about themselves”, explained Valerie Flores, a senior at Patterson High. Valerie recounted her own story about being bullied in the past.

“I told them to stop but they didn’t, so I I told an administrator”, Valerie explained.

Mr. Licier, an assistant principal at Patterson High, explained one of the reasons people don’t fight back against bullying.

“Because [they think that] if they ignore it, it might go away. Some people aren’t comfortable with conflict”, said Mr. Licier.

If you are experiencing bullying, go to an adult for help or call the command center at 443-984-2000.