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Get to Know: Lucy Berliant

Get to Know: Lucy Berliant

Devon Ling-Efird April 18, 2019

To most people, a selfie is just a casual photo: a quick Snapchat reply or another post to your Finsta. For Lucy Berliant, a senior at Garfield, her “selfies” are best described as works of art. Combining...

Next Year’s Budget Cuts

Izzy Lamola April 1, 2019

Last week, members of Garfield’s Building Leadership Team (BLT), figured out the budgeting for the next school year. This team is built up of various teachers, staff members, and student representatives,...

#UnfilteredTruth Movement

Milena Haile April 1, 2019

Garfield’s very own alumna Allani Seals and past Y-Scholars mentor Theresa Hardy have started their own movement to tackle racism in the classroom. “The #unfilteredtruth movement was started by Trailblazer...

Art by Molly Chapin

23rd and Union

Izzy Lamola and Milena Haile February 1, 2019

23rd and Union is a corner with some of the richest and most deeply-rooted history in Seattle. But things are changing. Everybody is scrambling for a spot in the Central District. Whether it’s developers,...

Art by Cecilia Hammond

Are We Safe?

Sav'ell Smalls February 1, 2019

On January 4th, 2019, an article titled, “I’m A Seattle Teacher: School Safety isn’t taken seriously enough,” was published in the Seattle Times. The author? Garfield’s own Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser,...

Painting the World

Ke'Von January 31, 2019

The murals of Garfield tell the inspiring stories of marginalized communities all the way from the thriving towns developed by the indigenous people of this land to the various alum that became huge moguls...

Volunteering for a Better Seattle

Molly Chapin November 19, 2018

For the last 40 years, dedicated volunteers have been gathering at the Broadway Campus of Seattle Central College to help tutor people who are learning english or trying to strengthen their academic skills...

Photo by Jefferson Ashby

Get to Know Ms. Shirude

Tsion Belgu November 19, 2018

One word you would use to describe Garfield? Active, there’s a lot going on at this school all the time, we have some really amazing programing happening. We also acknowledge a lot of the issues that...

Art by Ariel Cook

GHS Thrift Shop

Camryn Soo November 19, 2018

This fall, Garfield students can save their wallets and support their peers by donating clothes to the GHS thrift shop. Organized by the class of 2021’s Vice President Maxine Embry and Senator Claire...

The Club Beat

The Club Beat

Tea Fortune October 18, 2018

PROJECT PENGYOU Meets in room 221 every other Tuesday. Culture is something that everyone can take part in. Project PengYou is a club that holds meetings in which members discuss Asian culture in America...

Art by Ariel Cook

Bless the Rains Down in Africa Town

Hailey Gray October 18, 2018

Residents on their morning coffee runs, drivers on their route to school, and nearby business owners have gawked and wondered why Earls Cuts and Styles is now covered in fresh red, green, and black...

Why Are You Here?

Why Are You Here?

I’m an honest to God Seattle Native. I was born at Swedish before they started taking over the world
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