TweetSenior David Moreno started high school in a country he never even visited before. He didn’t know the language or the culture of the people at his new school. He left all his friends in El Salvador when his family came to America his freshman year. He knew very little English, but with the help [...]

TweetShe kept her mind steady and words natural. Senior Dulce Barajas scrunched up her face and pouted her lips as she brought her fisted hands up in front of her. Her character Red Riding Hood was going to fight the big bad wolf that was right in front of her. The stared at each other [...]

TweetTen years ago, senior Rachel Cartmell roamed the halls of the high school. Trailing behind her mother, Calculus teacher Paula Cartmell, she would wave to teachers who passed by and hug members of the custodial staff. Today, she continues to wave to friends who walk in the halls, greet her teachers and stop to chat [...]

TweetSenior Kristin Hill walks to the choir room at the end of the hall and pauses before opening the doors. It’s been a long day already, but she continues to keep herself together for the sake of her class. As she enters the room, various choir students greet her with “hellos” and hugs. She admits [...]

TweetSenior William Jameson walks into the choir room carrying the same brown paper bag lunch with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and an apple inside that he has carried since Kindergarten. His backpack is packed full and he munches on his apple as he laughs making his way around the room talking to his [...]