The student news site of Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin.

The Highlander Online
The student news site of Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin.

The Highlander Online
The student news site of Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin.

The Highlander Online
Sofia Grbic

Sofia Grbic, Staffer

Sofia Grbic is currently a sophomore at Homestead high school. She has always had passions for creativity, learning, and adventure. She immensely enjoys playing volleyball, listening to music, making art, or spending time with her friends and family. For the future, she hopes to pursue any occupation that coincides with the ability for her to travel the world, better the environment, and to meet and help the largest amount of people as possible.

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Fighting to pursue her interests in math, Kayla Bublitz shares how important it has been throughout her life to practice respect and compassion for the women around her as a means for supporting the differences that make each of them unique.

Lifting up the fellow woman

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
June 1, 2021
Regardless of the changes needed to be taken to accommodate virtual participants, the homestead art community held a gallery from May 24 - May 27 to withhold the annual tradition. The winners were released and given their prizes on May 26 and were chosen by votes from the art staff, faculty and student body.

Art department announces gallery winners

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
June 1, 2021
As a teacher of psychology, Melissa Blahnik has gained insight to how critical it is for society to value the facts about different people so that it can limit prejudice that is based in fallacy. Blahnik scrutinizes how significant it is to spread information that is rooted in fact so that people can see that many of the discriminatory beliefs that degrade other minority groups often originate from no factual basis. “From my studies throughout being someone who educates and who has been educated, I have found that so many of the beliefs that individuals hold as factual are truly false, and it is so important to make sure to spread information that lifts up others instead of information that reduces their validity,” Blahnik explained.

Men are from Earth; Women are from Earth

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
May 28, 2021
Change starts young. As a firm believer in teaching youth that they must use their opportunities to thrive in life, Kimberly Miszewski, math teacher, explains how crucial it is to turn see problems as ways to learn to evolve.

Mistakes are learning opportunities in disguise

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
May 27, 2021
As someone who chose to pursue her dreams of studying computer science despite the lack of female representation available, Manal Roumani has been a source of inspiration to dozens of promising young students who have wanted to follow their dreams but felt like they couldn’t given the fact that others like them hadn’t done it before. With smiling eyes, Roumani stands proudly in front of a poster displaying prominent women in engineering and mathematics in history, proud of how she works hard every day to be part of this historical movement. “One of the most important things a young woman can do while she is on the pathway towards her dreams is to be kind and have a positive impact on the people around her to help uplift the world.” Roumani said.

Growth STEMs from diversity

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
May 27, 2021
The growing memorial sits outside on the Highlander Walkway for students to remember Jacob Howard.

Students and staff remember late classmate Jacob Howard

Hannah Kennedy and Sofia Grbic
May 18, 2021
Event raises mental health awareness

Event raises mental health awareness

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
March 26, 2021
Of 192 students, 46.6% report that their worries have gotten worse from the pandemic, 10.9% say they have increased tremendously, and only 2.6% have said that their worries have actually improved drastically, meaning only 13.5% have had any improvement in their anxiety at all.

Pandemic distress impacts teen mental health

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
March 17, 2021
Students eagerly hold up “2021” to show excitement for a fresh start.

Sophomores set 2021 resolutions

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
January 21, 2021
Biden environmental plan sparks hope for battle against climate change

Biden environmental plan sparks hope for battle against climate change

Sofia Grbic, Staffer
January 12, 2021
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