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Since 1991, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Falcon, Mrs. Roybal, and Mr.Weisenburger have been staff members at DHS and were chosen to be part of the faculty quiz. “WOW! Is that Mrs. Roybal, said Sindy Roa, 12, she looks so different!”

Can you guess who your teachers are?

Rodas Hailu, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 30, 2013

Twenty teachers and staff members have been included in a quiz that shows their pictures from the 1991 yearbook to boost the moral of the faculty.   What originally started as pure enjoyment,...

In room B-214, Mrs. Neria feeds Kitsia Arenas, 12, samples of different liquids to experiment with her taste buds as students cover their eyes to gain knowledge about the factors that affect the sense of taste. “Teaching Psychology has been different from the other social studies classes that I have taught because of the experiments,” Mrs. Neria said. “Since it is my first time teaching the subject, sometimes the experiments do not go as I have planned, but my students are patient and kind.”

New class, same enthusiasm

Rodas Hailu, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2012

After over 20 years of enlightening students with United States history, Mrs. Dolores Neria is now teaching Psychology for the first time. Since more electives were needed at school, Neria was given...

Smooth rhymes fill the halls of DHS during sixth period as Mr. Olariu enlightens his students with jazz, during an advanced jazz lesson, in room L-102, to prepare for the fall jazz concert on October 31. Teaching at DHS since 2001, Mr. Olariu was taught to play a variety of music when he first attended college, at the age of twenty-one, and started his career playing a trumpet at a local bar in Russia.

Striving for the gold

Rodas Hailu, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 26, 2012

After escaping communism in his home country of Romania in 1989, band instructor Mr. Cory Olariu has since led a free life enriched with his passion for music.   As a child, Olariu had been...

During second period in the new Biomedical class, Mr. Hwang demonstrates how to find more information on the human body using a QR app. For students that have interest in becoming a doctor in the future, the new science class is offered in room X-2. “ It’s a very fun and interesting class to teach,” Mr. Hwang said. “I enjoy teaching it.”

Seniors rave for new courses

Marilyn Ramirez, Copy Editor/Co-Editor-in-Chief October 5, 2012

Just as all high schools in California follow the A-G requirements necessary to graduate, Downey is no different this year, with the exception of broadening the options of classes taken by primarily senior...

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