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Throwback Thursday, Gatsby Style
If you were to walk into any of Ms. Contino’s English classes last week, you would have taken a trip back to the roaring nineteen-twenties. The classes just finished reading The Great Gatsby, and to celebrate, Ms. Contino threw extravagant parties for each class. Student’s dressed in costumes that reflected the time period and brought in props such as...
[VIDEO] TALK
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“That Happens Here?”: Guest Speakers Enlighten Students on the Issues of Human Trafficking
An in-depth presentation about human trafficking was held on November 16 in the Dave and Donna Performance Art Center. Among the audience was the Modern World Literature classes in order to accompany their novel study of Q&A by Vikas Swarup, the story well-known for its movie adaptation, Slumdog Millionaire. The speakers included Chris Baker from a local tattoo parlor,...
Preparing for Winter Weather
The winter season is here! Time to bring out all the warmest blankets and buy hot chocolate. It’s the time where everyone brings out all of the Christmas movies and people start spending more time with their loved ones and everyone is just generally nicer. Here are some weird and helpful tips to make your winter season more enjoyable: Turning...
De-Stress Techniques for Final Exams
After Thanksgiving Break, it seems like everyone is ready for Winter Break to roll around. But first, one last obstacle stands in our way: midterms. Studying for these tests makes life a lot more hectic, especially when dealing with extracurriculars, work and homework. It’s easy to feel burned out by all the added chaos that midterms and the holidays...