The BILA Wave

By Khamani Mitchell & Tyrone Beckford, with reporting by Elijah Canton

On November 20, BILA had its first movie night this year in the library, held by librarian Ms. Davis for community bonding.

But it would be interrupted by an unannounced evacuation drill. Students who exited the building to get their phones stood outside for thirty minutes.

Ninth grader Matthew Exea said that he wasn’t impacted by the evacuation drill. “It shouldn’t have been delayed because it was planned in advance,” he said.

However, about thirty students and staff still gathered for the movie night.

We asked students and staff why they showed up even with the unplanned evacuation drill. Ninth grader Armani Henlon said, “I just came here to watch a movie and have some fun.”

Ms. Sanon, BILA’s speech teacher and the Young Royalty Step Team coach said, “Well, what brings me here is to support my colleagues. Definitely to support the students who want to be in the movie night. I love being involved in the school.”

The next movie night on Friday, December 19 will be holiday themed to celebrate the holiday season. The cost of the movie night is two dollars which comes with refreshments and popcorn. The movie night will start at 2:30 and end at 4:30.

The school will watch Home Alone, a movie about Kevin McCallister, a kid who was left home alone, leading to him having to take down two burglars who were robbing his parents home while they attempted to return home to Kevin.

There was a vote for which movie was going to be watched, here are some of the honorable mentions made by students and staff.

Ms. Sanon said, “I would pick something lively, maybe Home Alone,” following up with “maybe even the Grinch.”

Tyller Mullings, a tenth grader, said that he wanted to watch Nightmare Before Christmas.

Not every student wanted to watch a Christmas-themed movie. Tenth grader Jean Bazelais said, “It would be World War Z or The Conjuring.”