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West Seattle High School’s (WSHS) Chinese program is closing down and teachers in the program are informed to transfer to a different high school. At WSHS, 475 both former and current students have signed a petition to help teacher Ying Yu continue her Chinese program.  She shares that initially, the program offered only four classes with 90 students but with her initiatives, the program grew to be full-time with 154 students and 137 students on the waiting list. (Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting YouTube Channel: Seattle Schools Board Meeting May 8, 2024, [58:25])
SPS may consolidate 20 elementary schools due to budget shortfall
Sabi Yoon, Staff Reporter • June 14, 2024
Located on the corner of 8th and 67th St, Take 5 Urban Market has been a keystone of the Whittier Heights neighborhood for
17 years.
Explosion Wrecks Local Corner Store
Noir Goldberg, Staff Reporter • June 14, 2024
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Asian Student Union (ASU) selling bubble tea at the front door entrance during lunch
Celebrating Asian American Heritage Month with the Asian Student Union
Sabi Yoon, Staff Reporter • June 11, 2024
After his leadership in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, Binda began the start of his Washington state governmental campaigns. Currently holding a seat on the Lynwood City Council, Binda is now running for the Washington State Congress.
From Adversity to Triumph
Abby Bekele, Staff Reporter • March 19, 2024
A space not just for women
A space not just for women
Madeleine Clark, Staff Reporter • February 5, 2024
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Bright future is the artists sixth solo studio album, released March 22, 2024. Lenker has steadily gained popularity over the last few years, with her most popular song being anything, a tender ballad from her 2020 album Songs. (CC by 2.0)
Adrianne Lenker's future is bright
Nani Nikolic, Staff Reporter • June 11, 2024
Almost every conversation in the film is about sex or tennis, and these conversations feel like rallies of the senses. While this could make the move passably brilliant, it really only makes it entertaining. Challengers is a joyous trainwreck of the senses, each one of them thrown around against the audiences will.
Broken hearts and broken rackets
Xander Howarth, Opinions editor • June 10, 2024
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Henry Willy [pictured left] taking the field with his teammates in a 10-11 loss vs. Saas.
Boys lacrosse poised for a playoff run this spring
John Filipini and Jason Liu May 20, 2024
Why the Indian child welfare act needs to be honored
Why the Indian child welfare act needs to be honored
Jude Cole, Staff Reporter • May 14, 2024
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