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The School Newspaper of Downey High School

The Downey Legend

The School Newspaper of Downey High School

The Downey Legend

The School Newspaper of Downey High School

The Downey Legend

May the fourth be with you

May the fourth be with you

Anais Hinojosa, Arts & Entertainment Assistant May 11, 2011

Star Wars mania hit the hallways on May 4 as fans of all grades brought their lightsabers or dressed up as their favorite character in celebration of Intergalactic Star Wars Day. The word about the day...

Remembering The Beatles

Remembering The Beatles

Anais Hinojosa, Arts & Entertainment Assistant April 15, 2011

The world was met with one of the greatest disappointments in music history on April 10, 1970, when Paul McCartney announced the break-up of the legendary band: The Beatles. Heartbreak spread, but people’s...

Artist of the month: the long and winding road

Artist of the month: the long and winding road

Anais Hinojosa, Arts & Entertainment Assistant April 4, 2011

After several years as a multi-talented musician, junior Randell Milan is finally recording his first album under the label Thunder Bolt. The opportunity arose at a friend’s gig, where Milan was discovered. Apart...

English classes write outside the box

English classes write outside the box

Anais Hinojosa April 4, 2011

Pushing the limits of everyday assignments, students in several English classes throughout the school have taken on writing tasks that require more than just analyzing literature out of a textbook. Whether...

School musical today, Broadway tomorrow

Anais Hinojosa, Arts & Entertainment Assistant March 7, 2011

With the auditions are over with, the cast for the upcoming drama musical production, “Little Shop of Horrors,” has been determined and is posted in front of B-102. With the stars of the show appointed...

Drama produces comedy night

Anais Hinojosa, Art & Entertainment Assistant February 16, 2011

Drama students put on the first production of the year on Tuesday, February first, opening night of the annual Comedy Night. The families of the actors sat along with students, looking forward to a good...

Chosen as artist of the month for his unique talent, sophomore Jaime Vega beat boxes his way to the stage.  Vega is also known as "J-FEX" among his friends for sound effects he is able to produce.

J-FEX: Man made music

Anais Hinojosa, Arts & Entertainment Assistant January 26, 2011

After stumbling across a YouTube video last summer, sophomore Jamie Vega developed a new hobby: beat-boxing. Upon watching the video from a UK beat-boxing battle championship, he became intrigued by...

Strums of pure passion

Strums of pure passion

Anais Hinojosa December 15, 2010

Not knowing that it would one day become one of the greatest passions in his life, seventeen-year-old junior Cullen Griffin first stumbled across the guitar when he was a little boy of only five, looking...

A family gone indie: The Holy Child

A family gone indie: The Holy Child

Anais Hinojosa November 5, 2010

Setting out to stimulate audiences, 17-year-old junior Carlos Sanchez came together with his two brothers and along with three other talented musicians, they created The Holy Child. This family based indie...

After a month and a half of living in Downey, Yannic Duckwitz, a foreign exchange student from Germany, is glad to say he is adapting to the California weather. Duckwitz has become a Viking due to his strong enthusiasm to improve his English and has also joined the Junior Varsity Football team.

Studying Over Seas

Anais Hinojosa October 18, 2010

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...

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