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Students answer the question, “If life is a game, are we wining or losing?”

21 May 2016

If life is a game, are we winning or losing? Read some of the student’s response to the prompt below. Jesus B. Life is like a game. Are we winning when we have more […]

Views from our fathers…

21 May 2016

Students reflect on their experience with their dads as part of our rites of passage writing program – writing to critically think about our identity and how that affects our lives today. Elizabeth C. […]

Be a hero…

15 Apr 2016

If you had one superpower what would it be? Students at George Washington High write the following in response… Mind-Reading by Miriam M. Mind-reading enables me to completely understand people I may have thought […]

Exploring community in the far Southside…

14 Apr 2016

I take the Indiana toll bridge to head to George Washington High located in the far Southside of Chicago. Most of the time when taking a major bridge I am captivated by the […]

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