![After graduating high school on June 17, seniors Martin Ponce and Sabrina Vidrio will be attending community college in the fall of 2015. “Even though our squad is going to different colleges,” Ponce said, “we’re sticking together.” “Yeah, I’m kinda stuck with him,” Vidrio said.](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_0023__72-900x600.jpg)
Welcome to the good life
Mireya Navarro, Staff Writer
• June 16, 2015
![Getting chocolate sauce poured on his ice cream, Eduardo Ubillus, 11, chats with another student on June 4, outside the J building. Ubillus enjoyed working with the students in Cramm’s class.](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DSC_0079_72_2-900x598.jpg)
Shaking it up
Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
• June 16, 2015
![On June 3, in the gym, junior Cintia Macias, a member of the yearbook staff, helps pass out drinks to the students who showed up for the yearbook distribution party. “I was happy to see the students looking at the book and smiling because their friends are in it,” Macias said, “I loved the excitement the students got when they got the yearbook.”](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_0077_2_72-900x600.jpg)
A sense of nostalgia
Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
• June 15, 2015
![Senior Jaime Garcia asked senior Grace Choi to prom, on May 22 at snack, using green balloons to symbolize the green light featured in The Great Gatsby, which ties into this years prom theme: The Roaring 20s. “It took a lot of planning and thinking in order to get everything perfect,” Garcia said, “but at the end of the day, it was all worth it.”](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_0161_2-900x658.jpg)
To ask or to be asked
Noemi Lozano, Copy Editor
• June 5, 2015
![On May, 27, senior Gabriel Garcia expresses his feelings about all his hard work on his business presentation. “Do what you love and the money will come,” Garcia said. “It was a pretty awesome feeling knowing that all my hard work paid off.”](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_0133_2_72.jpg)
Taking care of business
Sophie prettyman, Staff Writer
• May 29, 2015
![On Mar. 18, students from Downey High School attended the Yale University meeting held by Daniela Dellarza to receive information about the university. The meeting provided information on the campus like financial aid, housing, and requirements for going to Yale.](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/YaleUniversity_V_Rosales-900x600.jpg)
Scouting out the Ivy League
Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
• March 25, 2015
![On Feb. 25, the students in the Sprench Club were able to experience how the Jewish people lived and reenacted the Holocaust. “Considering the fact that I have a Jewish cousin, I learned a lot about the background of the Jewish culture,” Steven Kuyper, 11, said.](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sprench-club_V_Rosales-900x600.jpg)
The history of tolerance
Celine Spence, Public Relations
• March 10, 2015
![During the last week of February, both seniors and cousins, Andres Diaz and German Diaz, celebrate the top applicant reception letter they received from the University of California, Santa Barbara. They both plan on attending the ceremony together and are excited for what there is to come.](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_9988_2_72-900x614.jpg)
Becoming a gaucho
Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
• March 10, 2015
![On Feb. 24 during lunch Camille Norczyk , 11, talks about how she enjoys talking to kids and getting them prepared for what’s to come for them in the future. “I like the feeling of people looking up to me,” Norczyk said.](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_9024_72_2.jpg)
Born to lead
Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
• February 25, 2015
![The varsity colorguard team performs their 2015 winterguard show titled, Aphrodite on Feb. 8 in the gym. “Performing is fun because you get to be with your friends,” Roa stated.](https://www.thedowneylegend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_4566_2_72-900x600.jpg)
To the beat of their own drums
Celine Spence, Public Relations
• February 18, 2015
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