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Glancing at the slips of paper in Mrs. Smiling at her tablemates, Breana
mr. royal’s iconic Vosskuhler’s hand, Andres Badillo, 11, Cho, 9, discusses Night with her friends.
quote becomes a anxiously awaits his topic selection for Collaboration, one of the Five C’s, was

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hot debate his APUSH poster. “We chose topics about a crucial part of English, as it allowed for

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the Industrial Revolution. It was a pleasure students to share their ideas about the text
picking [the topic],” said Badillo of the and gain insight from others around them.

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project.

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I do believe that there Eyes focused on their laptop screen,
Rachel Kim, Marissa Lee, Irene Kim,
are some dystopian
and Adeline Vo, 11, count down the
elements in our society. remaining time as their classmates wrap
And there are some up their group’s quiz. In AP Lang, juniors were
Avika Khandelwal, 7, looks down
at her assignment to reference the
information about The Outsiders it
contained. Students listened to the audio
of the book, providing a novel way to
experience the text.

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“Gothic” elements often assigned to teach their classmates
in our society. But about important concepts. Jelliza Sy, 10, uses her finger to blend

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out the chalk on her group’s drawings
combined, we do As she holds up a piece of chalk, of words and symbols that represented
not live in a gothic Natalie Ngo, 10, discusses the layout characters from In Cold Blood. The creative
dystopian society. of her drawing with her group project allowed for students to further
members. Students used their drawings analyze the motivations of characters from
Samantha Salubre, 12 to demonstrate their understanding of tne book, from the murderers to the victims.
characterization in the nonfiction novel they
I feel like in some aspects he is read.
correct, but we aren’t actually
living in a gothic dystopian
society. Things like the
pandemic and social
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some examples of gothic
dystopian events.
Allen Cui, 10

a new

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english and history classes turn over a new page
photos & text by bianca
tamodong, won jang &
kimberly wong

I have never read Harry Potter

before.
Ethan Kim, 8
I’ve never told anyone that I
read the first Keeper of the Lost
Cities book at least 30 times
over quarantine because I didn’t
have anything else to do.
Though it might have seemed all too easy to coast through your
humanities classes, you didn’t. I’ve watched you spend all period
perfecting your essay about The Outsiders, eyes focused on the
lines of text filling your Chromebook. I saw you revising your DBQ,
taking each one of Ms. Ho’s pieces of feedback and using it to craft
a more cohesive argument. I saw you staying awake during AP
Gov, even when the lights were off, hanging onto every word of the
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MEET & GREET
Krisha Mehta, 7
This year, you claimed your education. You took advantage of the an exclusive
new dual enrollment American History class and cracked open the interview with
dr. hind
pages of the novella Of Mice and Men. You didn’t sit by and let your
I actually sometimes have a relationship with your teachers fade away, you sent them emails I had been at Lexington for twenty
hard time reading. years and I was just ready to move up
of history memes and poetry recommendations. You took steps to to high school. I wanted to change.
Emma Doan, 7
discover something new about the human race in the pages of The My mom taught here. She was here
Time Machine, learned how to become more civically engaged, from 1968 to 1971 and she taught
music. As for [teaching] English, I’m
you really got to know the stories of the people who came before
take a you and learned how to write your own.
really loving the reading lists and

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the novels that we do at this level.
But the students are amazing. My
classes are just filled with really
You finally learned never to write off your humanities classes and let
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amazing human beings and they
the courses take you through stories of different times and places. all have really great perspectives.
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