In the morning, in an office the size of a closet, English as a Second Language (ESL) and Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) teacher Cynthia White gets ready for the day. She signs into her...
In most television productions Christmas in the United States is generically portrayed as a season for gift-giving and caroling into the wee hours of the night. However, something that sets the real America...
The lights on the Christmas tree shone brightly and added a warm and joyful hue to the living room, as his two little boys sat excitedly around the presents surrounding the tree and waited for the okay...
Chemistry teacher Juan Campos faces a classroom with rows and rows of desks. In the back are tables full of chemicals for his next class. Campos once used chemicals in a different way. He was a drug analyst,...
Many families have holiday traditions. Some are religious, some are ethnic and some are just silly. In
my family, we combine the religious and ethnic aspect by hosting Posadas — a nine-day Catholic...
"My mom recently went to Ghana, and that impacted me because it showed me that I need her. It's kind of hard to do things without my mom."
junior Kofi Obeng
Today, going home after a long day of school has changed for senior Kevin Nguyen since the stress of the past has gone away. He no longer feels that he does not belong in his home, or rather, the place...
"Usually [our opinion] depends on who we grow up with, why we’re growing up with them. Usually, we just wanna fit in, but people that like country music, they like standing out. I live in Texas, so you...
Christmas means more than just presents and store specials. As everyone hurries through the hustle and bustle of planning parties, baking special treats, buying gifts, and decorating, it can be easy to...
A potent ketchup smell lingers around the Print Shop as technology teacher Alx Eller and her daughter, English teacher Nichelle Keithley, eat their typical breakfast of hot dogs. Outside the school building,...
