Flat earths, fake moon landings, and a new world orders are all concepts people believe or disbelieve. These ideas are commonly called conspiracy theories, an idea that a secret and often...
With teachers, classes and curriculum adapting to the new school year, courses such as CSU-ERWC, or California State University Expository Reading and Writing Course, have undergone revision to accommodate...
As the school year begins to come to an end, seniors in their CSU Expository Reading and Writing classes, ERWC, are discussing gender and society norms put on genders. The curriculum allows for students...
Each year, seniors currently taking ERWC are required to choose a topic that fascinates them to research throughout the course of the school year and present their findings in a 15 minute long presentation....
The Expert Project is an assignment given in the beginning of the school year to students who are taking the CSU Expository Reading and Writing (ERWC) program. For this assignment, students pick any topic...
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...
Rodas Hailu, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• January 18, 2013
Beginning on Feb. 5, the English Department will be providing free tutoring services for students who need help with their writing assignments.
Led by Ms. Stratford, Ms. Bean and Ms. Carlson,...
Students in the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) discuss the functions and implications of genocide throughout Feb. and March to better understand the world and the ramifications of their actions....
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...
The students from Ms. Hill and Mrs. Stratford’s ERWC courses raced with formulaic letters placed in-hand in a definition showdown. ERWC is a replacement English course offered for seniors, which focuses...
