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“This is not an ordinary high school student. This is a student with poise and she has experience. You could just tell. She carries herself in a very confident way,” music teacher Mario Clopton-Zymler said.

COVID-19 Forces Exchange Student to Return

Ashley Sah, Videographer
May 9, 2020
Performing For Black Excellence

Performing For Black Excellence

Ainsley Snyder, Executive Managing Editor
February 25, 2020
Rite Idea: Auch for Education

‘Rite Idea: Auch for Education

The Editorial Board
November 1, 2019
A Persisting Culture of Ignorance

A Persisting Culture of Ignorance

Lauren Sheperd, Web Managing Editor
May 21, 2019
Seniors initiate the tradition that begins the Sankofa performance.

Sankofa Family Reunion: An Outlet for Students and a Call for Reflection

Ellie Vahey, Web Managing Editor
March 4, 2019
Producer Lawrence Butler (‘13), teaches Sankofa performers how to work a soundboard.

Leading Us Through History

Ainsley Snyder, Spotlight Editor
February 26, 2018
Sankofa poster adverstising pre-show and real showings.

Current Events Spur Raw Sankofa Preview

Lily Roth, Web Managing Editor
February 24, 2017
Superintendent Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings addresses an audience of students, teachers, parents and community members at the annual State of The Schools Meeting.

Hutchings Updates the State of the Schools

Grace Lougheed, Emet Celeste-Cohen, and Astrid Braun
March 3, 2016
In an announcement made Thursday, Feb. 25, Principal Reed called for students to honor Trayvon Martin by not putting the hoods up.

‘Rite Idea: Take a Stand — and the Consequences

The Editorial Board
March 3, 2016
Sankofa members put their hoods up for a 10-second moment of silence to honor Trayvon Martin during the Feb. 26 Sankofa performance.

Reed Responds to Last Week’s Hoods-Up Act

Grace Lougheed, Campus and City Editor
March 2, 2016

Sankofa Portrays Powerful Messages

Rowan Gingerich, Journalism II Reporter
March 1, 2016
The poster advertising Black History Month Spirit Week that was placed on walls throughout the school and posted on social media.

A Reflection on Hoods Up

Ose Arheghan, Investigations Editor
February 27, 2016
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