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October 2023 / Afghanistan, Countries, Education and Learning, Immigration Stories, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2023, U.S. History and Government

Untitled

by Safeya Ahmadi My name is Safeya Ahmadi. I am from Kabul, Afghanistan. I came to the U.S. in 2020. I came here by airplane. The trip took 2 days. Read More

October 2023 / Arts, Education and Learning, Family, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2023, U.S. History and Government

My English Teacher, Pocahontas

by Noriko Hattori When I was six years old, my family and I visited my cousin who lived in Seattle, Washington. At the time, the Disney movie Pocahontas, was all… Read More

October 2023 / Community, Education and Learning, Goals, Informative Writing, Nonfiction, Personal Narrative, Philosopy, SPOTLIGHT 2022, U.S. History and Government

My Social Improvement Plan

by Alex Laheb During the past two years of the covid-19 pandemic, I saw that America had systemic racism in every state. When George Floyd was killed by a police… Read More

October 2023 / Art, SPOTLIGHT 2022, U.S. History and Government

Martin Luther King

Illustration by David Chambers (graphite)  … Read More