Downey at the X-Factor
May 27, 2011 • Mercy Watkins
Filed under Legends, Student Life
As a fundraiser the Downey music program attended the X-Factors audition process on May 9. at the USC Galen Center. Assistant Band Director, Matthew Fell, announced the field trips two weeks before the event, noting to students that it was a fundraiser that could help lower band fees for the following... Read more »
Band students named All State champions
March 7, 2011 • Mercy Watkins
Filed under Legends, Student Life
Because of simple song recordings onto personalized CDs they sent to judges, Johnny Arenas and Angela Villarreal were accepted into the All-State Jazz Choir over winter break. The All-State Jazz Choir is a music program that recruits high school students. The process of trying out can be considerably... Read more »
Genesis Anguiano chosen as new Girls State Delegate
March 4, 2011 • Julia Ruiz
Filed under Legends, Student Life
Junior Genesis Anguiano prepares to represent Downey High School as this year’s delegate for the 2011 American Legion Auxiliary Girls State. Girls State is a nationwide program that sets out to help high school girls, which have completed their junior year and understand local and state government.... Read more »
Studying Abroad: A Change of Scenery
March 4, 2011 • Julia Ruiz
Filed under Legends, Student Life
From Thailand to Los Angeles, junior Itsaree Rachatasumrit traveled across the world to get a new experience from a foreign country. Wanting to gain a new insight on American culture and a chance to improve her English, Rachatasumrit joined ACE, a foreign exchange student program, in order to do just... Read more »
Downey’s cadets
December 15, 2010 • Mercy Watkins
Filed under Legends, Student Life
Seniors Rolando Alvarez and Jean Pierre Dupart have been training at the United States Navel Sea Cadet Core since their Freshmen year; USNSCC is a Military Navel Program that shows the country’s youth what its like to be in Military Positions. Cadets train at the Navel Base in Seal Beach where they... Read more »
Divas Take the Costume Contest
November 5, 2010 • Thomas Beltran
Filed under Legends, Spirit, Student Life
On the eve when ghouls, goblins, and monsters are dressed up for Halloween, the annual costume contest was held October 28 during B lunch at the rally stage. As crowds emerged from all over the campus, people admired the costumes on stage. From Scooby Doo to Shrek, sophomore and ASB representative Carlos... Read more »
Studying Over Seas
October 18, 2010 • Anais Hinojosa
Filed under Legends, Student Life
After traveling halfway around the world, 17-year-old German exchange student Yannic Duckwitz arrived in California on Aug. 27, ready to join the junior class at Downey High. Driven by a desire to improve his English, Duckwitz carried on an extensive online search and was able to find what he was looking... Read more »
Dance: music made visible
June 2, 2010 • Wendy Mora
Filed under Legends, Student Life
Whether his future holds singing on Glee or dancing on So You Think You Can Dance, senior Evan Miller, is working towards his long-term dream of being a singer or a dancer. Miller has been dancing on the dance team for 2 years. He started dancing to prove to his grandfather that he had rhythm and it... Read more »
Acceptance into a new world
April 30, 2010 • Amanda Garcia
Filed under Legends, Seniors, Student Life
As the school year comes to a end, the class of 2010’s top graduating seniors are faced with a decision on which prestigious university they will be attending. Although still undecided which universities to attend Senior Christine Tran is one of the few that has the option of choosing between these... Read more »
Crafting one’s passion
April 30, 2010 • Victor Duran
Filed under Legends, Student Life
Playing videogames and collecting baseball cards are a couple teenage hobbies, but unlike most teenagers junior Anthony Ferrini II is utilizing his passion for carpentry to renovate Debra Lizardi’s cooking stations for her culinary arts class. Finding something you love doing and making it into a career... Read more »
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