Larson East SELACO High in Downey High
Alexis Gutierrez, Writer
February 22, 2019
Filed under Legends, Student Life, Top Stories
Downey High has had a separate high school on its campus for decades called SELACO. Founded by a deaf man named Herb Larson in the late 1960s, it is under the Larson East PAU organization. SELCO is its own educational schooling; it is a regionalized program that provides deaf and hard of hearing...
Cheers without sounds
Sophie Prettyman, Staff Writer
November 12, 2014
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Junior Ilianna Delgado, Downey High School’s first deaf student to make the school cheer squad, shared her new experience as a junior varsity cheerleader. Delgado wanted to try out for the squad because of her love for dancing and to meet more people. The tryout process was the same for Delgado as...