After living with her dad in Boyle Heights since she was a child, Stephany “Sam” Gonzalez, 12, made a change in her life when she moved to Downey with her mom and left her history in Boyle Heights.
Leaving...
After teaching at Sussman Middle School for 20 years, Kimberly Wilmoth, decided to make a change in her career by becoming a sophomore English teacher at Downey High.
She was sitting in her...
Moises Martinez, Community Section Editor
• February 25, 2014
Beginning this spring, the Downey Unified School District will be implementing a series of changes to the curriculum that will affect primarily the English and Math departments.
This year, students...
Walking around the campus this school year is the new administrator, Ms. Julie Main.
A new school year almost always consists of the same ingredients: good attitudes, new supplies, and avid willingness...