Fall Show Preview
Sara Javkhlan
October 18, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
When you think of Shakespeare, you probably think back to the time in your freshman year when you had to study and perform Romeo and Juliet in your language arts class. Most would agree that it was a tragic play that was tedious and boresome at times. That is not the case for The Comedy of Errors, the...
Far Trekking Music Teachers
Camryn Soo
October 18, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
After 41 long hours on the road, Garfield’s new Band Director Tomisha Price-Brock arrived in Seattle from Atlanta, Georgia, roughly three weeks into the school year. As Price-Brock adjusted to cold rainy weather, she began to settle into to the region. Garfield’s Jazz teacher Clarence Acox, ...
Student Submissions
Various Authors
October 18, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
The Day I Couldn’t Fly By Josephine Nguyen Josephine is a senior at GHS with a physical disability. She has run track in the past, loves writing and is hoping to start playing lacrosse soon. It was the summer of my junior year of high school, and I was going to be a senior in the fall. During...
The Morning Hustle
Grady Canty-Swapp
October 18, 2018
Filed under Sports
When Seattle Public Schools changed the bell times once again in 2017 it changed the schedule Garfield had newly adopted just two years before. Following these schedule changes the football, volleyball, soccer and swim teams all switched to morning practices. Our football, volleyball and soccer practices ...
Editorial: We Stand With Our Teachers
Julia Lin, John Volk, and Delphi Drake-Mudede
October 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
On the morning of September 28th, hundreds of students filed into the Garfield High School gymnasium. Some held signs, some took pictures, and some had no idea why they were there. Teachers held binders with their names on them, hoping to organize their disoriented pupils amidst the chaos. “We real...
The Club Beat
Tea Fortune
October 18, 2018
Filed under Features
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 and beyond. Project PengYou also wants students to gain a sense of community within Garfield. “My...
Bless the Rains Down in Africa Town
Hailey Gray
October 18, 2018
Filed under Features
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 paint, with the words “IMAGINE AFRICA TOWN” neatly pasted on top. Africa Town, a new Black com...
Teaching for Black Lives.
Sav'ell Smalls
October 18, 2018
Filed under News
Jesse Hagopian is one of Garfield’s most beloved teachers. Students have raved about his ethnic studies class, calling it one of the best classes they’ve taken. Now, after publishing his second book, he hopes to be able to impact people beyond his classroom. For years, Hagopian has been extremely...
Counselor Shuffle
Tova Gaster
October 18, 2018
Filed under News
In a chaotic start to the school year, many students found themselves with their counselor assignment suddenly changed, disrupting years of supportive relationships many students had developed. All 10, 11th, and 12th grade students in the Highly Capable Cohort (HCC) track were switched to Mr. Courtney...
Student Advisory Board
Millan Philipose
October 18, 2018
Filed under News
Starting this fall, students from across Seattle will have a new way to voice their opinions about our city’s public education system. The newly-established Student Advisory Board to the Superintendent (SAB) will include at least one student from every high school in the Seattle Public Schools. Although...
After School Enrichment
Sophie Reichert
October 18, 2018
Filed under News
F or several weeks, talk of an after school detention program has floated around Garfield, as students feared being penalized for a simple tardy after lunch. Contrary to the murmurs around school, Rob Jones, Youth Services Liaison at Garfield, paints the program in a more positive light. “Administration...
News Flash
Tea Fortune
October 18, 2018
Filed under News
Safety At Garfield On October 10th, an email was sent out by Principal Howard to parents regarding an incident that happened recently at Garfield. A student saw online information that appeared to be a threat. Although they suspected that it might have been a joke, they informed administration, who...