Isabella Maldonado, Opinion Editor
Isabella is in her senior year and her 7th semester in journalism. This is her second year as an opinion editor for The Communicator. She loves the law side of journalism, which really inspires her and her articles. Outside room 300 she loves baking banana bread, hanging out with her friends and being a swim teacher. She is so excited for her final year in journalism!
![February - Kelly Maveal works at her desk under the pressure of the drop-add deadline for semester two. Because of the snow days during finals week, the drop-add deadline has been pushed back several times. “[We weren’t] getting the face time with students to be checking in with them on how things are going and reminding them of certain deadlines,” Maveal said. “I think that with the snow days, we lost some of that momentum…it was hard to stay motivated and consistent and finish the year strong.”](https://chscommunicator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240202_103311-1200x900.jpg)
![Volunteers get ready to load meals onto buses to be delivered to families in need. These volunteers worked tirelessly to help the AAPS meal program and came to have real connections with the families they delivered meals to. “A lot of families were isolated for a period of time,” Margolis said. “They look forward to those deliveries, and [volunteers] developed relationships with families.” Photo courtesy of Liz Margolis.](https://chscommunicator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-8.39.31-AM.png)
![Diego Rodríguez plays an opioid addict in an emotional scene on the start of recovery. He is a main character in a new musical “Painless” about opioid addiction that Becky Brent’s health class saw yesterday in the Craft Theater. “[He] took pride in being an athlete, and when [he] lost that, [he] kind of lost everything,” Rodríguez said.](https://chscommunicator.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/W27bs7gp628JamLjduQvQLVggMiAFY70zJfKWoof-900x600.jpeg)
