Hurricane Michael devastates Southeast Coast
Minakshi Shivananda and Kayleigh Emberton, Staff Writer and Sports Editor
October 18, 2018 • No Comments
Hurricane Michael arrived at full force last Thursday, heading straight for Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Panama City experienced the worst of the storm with winds up to 155 miles an hour and heavy rain. Since then, the death toll has risen to 29 and major destruction of infrastructure in the Florida Panhandle, as well as cities in Southwestern GA and the Southeastern coast. Many people living in these areas experienced power outages, flooding, and no school. Although Hurricane Michael passed...
Lauren Holiday, Kate Haas, Alyssa Freyman, Sadie Rawlings, Grace Drawdy, Brooke Eldridge, Shreya Mishra, Nisha Roy, Kayleigh Emberton, Minakshi Shivananda, Elijah Cho, Olivia Waletzke, Shree Delwadia, Sierra Wamsley, Daria Waber, and Douglass Seely
October 17, 2018 • No Comments
Students arrive at the Atlanta airport, 4,671 miles away from their homes in Leipzig, Germany. This is their first tour of America, visiting Washington, D.C. a couple of weeks before. They meet their student hosts from South Forsyth High School and take a bus to the high school. American high school is a new concept to them, new stores intrigue them and different dishes of American food amaze them. They welcome the new atmosphere and are ready to discover the American culture. Following the...
Facebook scandal shines a light on the lack of social media regulation
Will Logsdon, Senior Editor
April 16, 2018 • No Comments
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, testified last week in front of Congress to clarify the circumstances of the Cambridge Analytica Scandal as well as to defend the tech giant's reputation. Republican and Democratic lawmakers reprimanded Zuckerberg for the security breach within Facebook's servers as well as the illegal data collection of its users. Zuckerberg was noticeably uncomfortable and anxious when he testified. Dressed in a blue tailored suit instead of a washed out grey t-shirt which...
Sierra Wamsley, Associate Editer
October 3, 2018 • No Comments
Boxes as far as the eye can see sit, brimming with books where the words pour from the sheets. Smiles cover the children’s faces as they scramble to pick one from a pile, each one more interesting than the last. Now the children are students in schools, reading and rereading their precious...
Understanding forks in the educational road; trade jobs on the rise
Douglas Seely, Staff Writer
September 19, 2018 • No Comments
College often seems like a gate-way into adulthood. Towering high with an even higher cost to pass though, many overlook other options. Trade jobs, any profession requiring manual labor or mechanical skill, are opening up for people entering the workforce. As schools focus on higher education, less...
Finding the common factor between Football and Marching Band
Sadie Rawlings, Staff Writer
September 14, 2018 • No Comments
One breath, another, and another. The trumpeter blows his horn as he marches across the field. The football player breathes in and out before running to the tackle. The ballerina lets a breath out before she begins her pirouette. The lead in the school play takes a deep breath before his performance...
Varsity Volleyball to begin State Championship this Week
Shreya Mishra, Staff Writer
October 17, 2018 • No Comments
This week is filled with anticipation for the Varsity Volleyball team. Persevering through the season so far, the team has placed 2nd in the region on Monday, October 15th, beating...
South is now 1-1 in region play after loss to milton
Kayleigh Emberton, Sports Editor
October 16, 2018 • No Comments
Students, families, and friends sit in the bleachers cheering for the players down on the field. Shaking the stands with their cheering, students glow and glitter under the stadium...
39 South students take the next step in their athletic careers
Kayleigh Emberton, Sports Editor
April 19, 2018 • No Comments
Young athletes wait patiently in a room surrounded by their closest friends and family, anticipating the moment when they will sign the paper which secures their athletic college...
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Esha Ariyur, Contributing Writer
August 21, 2018
Dear Editor, As a 17-year old woman of color with future ambitions to be an executive at a Fortune 500 company, I find the statements given by executives at FTSE companies in the UK justifying the lack...
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[Staff Editorial] Millennials: a Silenced Generation
May 24, 2018
As high school students, we have the power to change issues of school safety and diversity. In result of the mass shootings and the idea of creating change in the community, an uproar of peaceful protests...
Echosmith’s new single “Over My Head” is a huge hit
May 15, 2018
Echosmith is an emo-pop cultured band made up of artists related by blood; the Sierota's. The band was formed in Los Angeles in 2009 and was signed to Warner Bros. in 2012. Originally, Echosmith had 4...
Transformers 2007 Movie Review
May 14, 2018
Transformers was one of the first movies to ever use CGI animation to such an extent in creating robots in our real world. Set in 2007, it would be years before Pacific Rim or Reel Steel were directed....
Lauren Bunker and Alyssa Freyman
May 21, 2018
The sun beats down on students as they relax on their vacation. Little kids toss around beach balls and seagulls circle looking for their next meal. In the city, students shop and laugh with friends as...
Dorm room decorating made easy
May 17, 2018
Graduating seniors take a new and fresh step into the beginning of adulthood when attending college. Harder classes, new friends, tight money budgets, and less time for friends and family come with the...
Playlist: Dancing the night away at prom
April 4, 2018
Butterflies are fluttering around in stomachs, nervousness paired with excitement makes for an interesting mix of emotions that has one feeling sick but still smiling. It's prom day and groups of friends...
Walking down the runway at the DECA Prom Fashion Show
January 24, 2018
RSVP Prom Pageant and the Tuxedo Wearhouse sponsored this year's Prom Fashion Show. Fairytale dresses, two-piece dresses, and illusion dresses are in this season for Prom, according to the show. Other...
Staff Writer
Shree is a freshman here at South. “Life is short, and so is she; so she makes the best out of it.” She lives by this quote everyday. If you run into...
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Associate Editor
Sierra Wamsley is a junior at South Forsyth High School. She is beyond thrilled for her third year year on The Bird Feed staff. When she is not working ...
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Opinions Section Editor
Elijah Cho is a sophomore in South Forsyth High School and is very grateful to be able to be in the Journalism group once again. Despite deciding to full...
