Every Witch Way is a popular children's television series that aired on Nickelodeon. The show follows the life of a teenage girl named Emma Alonso, who discovers that she is a witch with magical powers. She attends Iridium High, a school for witches and humans, and navigates the challenges of being a witch while trying to fit in with her human friends. The main storyline revolves around Emma's powers and her struggles to control them. She must learn to harness her magical abilities while keeping her identity as a witch a secret from her human friends. Throughout the series, Emma faces numerous obstacles and conflicts, including evil witches, time travel, and the threat of her powers being exposed.
And although it's no longer advised, back then it was a popular pastime for visitors to stroll among the pelicans lining the wooden structure offering them handouts. Old postcards often featured the big brown birds as a symbol of the beach & tropical climate
Not just in Florida, but throughout all of North America from the late 1950 s until the early 1970 s the use of DDT and other pesticides nearly wiped out the Brown Pelican population completely. After nearly disappearing from North America in the 1960s and 1970s, brown pelicans made a full comeback thanks to conservationist who lobbied for the government to ban the use of DDT.
Throughout the series, Emma faces numerous obstacles and conflicts, including evil witches, time travel, and the threat of her powers being exposed. The show also features a love triangle between Emma, her best friend Andi, and the school's resident bad boy, Jax Novoa. Emma initially has feelings for Jax, but their relationship is complicated by Jax's involvement with the school's rival group, the Panthers.
GREEN, DEVILISH AND DISINTEGRATING
On the second floor of St. Petersburg High School, students in skinny jeans and eyeliner and hoodies sail past the locked doors, past the dark space, past a subtle sign marked archive room.
What's inside goes largely unnoticed. The 1937 mud-speckled football jersey. The mascot's tuxedo with green lapels, glasses tucked in the pocket. The 1943 school spirit cross-stitch and the 1974 letter sweater. The dented green megaphone that belonged to someone named Becky.
They are the things that transform a school from somewhere you have to go, into somewhere you want to be.
But the framed drawing of the Green Devil is shattered. The foam hand lost its fingertip. The diplomas crumble to the touch.
History is breaking down.
St. Petersburg High has more heritage than many schools. It opened in 1898, and the first students graduated in 1901. In 1926, it moved into a towering new three-story specimen of Mediterranean architecture on Fifth Avenue N.
Thousands of students circulated through the school, donning green and white at games; forming fraternities, clubs and rituals; fostering school spirit. With tradition comes memorabilia.
In 1904, the boys baseball team had striped sweaters. In 1910, the girls basketball team had green bows and team pennants. In 1914, young women began presenting each other with flower baskets. In 1966, majorettes wore white skirts. In 1977, moms clipped articles about the homecoming victory against Northeast High.
The alumni band together into tight groups that have grand reunions, even 60 years after graduation. They still come to football games, and they view their time at St. Petersburg High like some people view their time at college.
They save their mementos forever. And when they die, families find green and white things in the attic. Guess where they go?
"We get stuff all the time," said principal Al Bennett.
Bennett graduated from the school in 1980 and was assistant principal for years before taking over the top post. When he goes upstairs to the archive room, he is drawn to the glass case with the mascot suit, a shrine to Bob Pfeiffer.
"His old outfit," he said. "That's where I always go in there."
Pfeiffer, a gregarious paper boy turned mail carrier, graduated from St. Petersburg High in 1933. In a way, he never left.
He played the school's mascot, Mr. Green Devil, for decades. He dyed his pointed beard green and donned the green tuxedo, dancing to fight song St. Pete Will Shine and bouncing a cardboard pitchfork to keep time. He had a personal collection of 63 class rings and five pins. When the collection was stolen, he started over, building it from scratch.
The treasures needed a proper home, he thought. In the 1990s, Pfeiffer established the archive room in the school's old library, about the size of three classrooms. He devoted countless hours and dollars to maintain, preserve and organize the archives.
"This is my hobby. This is my thing," Pfeiffer told a reporter in 1998. "I don't play golf. I don't own a yacht."
But when he died in 2000, the archives lost their keeper.
Amid the cheerleader dolls and the portraits of principals and the athletic hall of fame honors, a bronze military plaque sat alone on the floor.
1917-1918. In memoriam to the boys of this school who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War. Clyde Crenshaw Caswell, Edward Theodore Hall, James Abel Johnson . "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."
Stephanie Everhart was shaken when she saw it.
"Those were boys that went to this school, and it's sitting on the floor in a corner with dust on it," Everhart said. "That's when it really hit home for me. This is history. It's not just St. Pete history. It's Americana."
This year, Bennett and International Baccalaureate director Susan Farias asked Everhart whether she could help them organize the room. She owns an interior design business, and her daughter Alexandra is a sophomore at the school. Most in her family are Green Devils.
Everhart took one look at the room and knew: It wasn't about decoration. It was about preservation.
"It was such a shame to me, because it was like I was walking around and watching history disintegrate," she said. "Really. Little by little, you see all the papers that are yellowing and fading. I felt like it's 100 years of history up there, and we need help."
They have more memorabilia than they can handle, some of it stowed away in closets. Now they need money to pay for proper preservation and display. They need builders to help make cases. The school's service clubs are involved, but they need volunteers to organize and clean the room regularly the way Pfeiffer did.
"We were talking about doing period tables. One big table that would be through the '20s, one for the '40s, the '60s, the '80s," Bennett said. "We're going to get it together."
With the new push, some students have gotten curious about the room. Like Alexandra Everhart. When her mom took on the project, the 15-year-old cheerleader went straight to a stack of yearbooks and started flipping through one marked 1953.
Stephanie Hayes can be reached at [email protected] or (727) 893-8857.
If you'd like to volunteer time, talent or money to the school's preservation project, call St. Petersburg High at (727) 893-1842. Make checks out to the school with "archive room" written in the designation area.
See more St. Petersburg High School memorabilia in the archive room at links.tampabay.com.
As the series progresses, Emma's feelings for Jax evolve, and she must navigate her emotions while dealing with the challenges of being a witch. Every Witch Way also explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and self-discovery. Emma forms strong bonds with her human friends, Andi and her love interest, Daniel. Together, they face challenges and support each other through the ups and downs of teenage life. The show has been praised for its positive representation of diversity and its messages of acceptance and self-empowerment. It has gained a dedicated fanbase and has spawned spin-off series and a made-for-TV movie. Overall, Every Witch Way is a fun and magical show that appeals to children and young teenagers. It combines elements of fantasy, romance, and friendship, and explores the experiences and challenges of being a witch in a normal world..
Reviews for "Understanding the Magical Universe of Every Witch Way: Jax's Expansive World"
- Jessica - 2 stars - I had high hopes for "Every Witch Way Jax" as I love supernatural stories, but unfortunately, this book did not meet my expectations. The plot was convoluted and confusing, with too many characters and subplots that were never properly developed. It felt like the author was trying to include every supernatural creature imaginable without really focusing on a cohesive storyline. Additionally, the writing style was lackluster and didn't engage me as a reader. I struggled to connect with the characters and found myself skimming through the pages just to get to the end. Overall, I was disappointed with this book and wouldn't recommend it.
- Mark - 1 star - I was extremely disappointed with "Every Witch Way Jax." The writing was amateurish and filled with grammatical errors that were incredibly distracting. The characters were one-dimensional and lacked depth, making it impossible to develop any sort of emotional connection with them. The pacing was incredibly slow, and the story seemed to drag on forever without any real sense of direction. I found myself forcing to finish this book, and by the end, I was left feeling unsatisfied and frustrated. I would not waste my time with this book again.
- Emily - 2 stars - "Every Witch Way Jax" had so much potential, but unfortunately, it fell flat for me. The world-building was confusing and inconsistent, which made it difficult to fully immerse myself in the story. The dialogue felt forced and unnatural, with characters saying things that didn't align with their personalities. The romance aspect of the book was also poorly executed, with little to no chemistry between the main characters. Overall, this book lacked the depth and cohesiveness that I look for in a supernatural fantasy novel, and I would not recommend it to others.