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79% of Falcons said they are proud to live in the U.S.

60% of Falcons said they would not consider themselves to be patriotic

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Like the youth of today, they sought freedoms in life and were dissatisfied with their government. Most notably, however, they understood that to be patriotic is not to have blind faith and pride in one’s country, but to constantly seek out and identify the ways in which their nation could be improved.

Although Gen Z may not be proud to live in the U.S. today, Americans should find comfort in their desire for change.

Like our nation’s founding fathers, the next generation of American citizens have their eyes set on a brighter future.

-TheFalconerStaff

145 Falcons responded to an anoymous poll sent out by the Falconer. Here are the results...

50% of Falcons are concerned that just 16% of 18 to 25-year-olds in the country are proud to live in the U.S.

73% of Falcons said they are dissatisfied with the current state of the U.S.

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Helene Gao

Jerry Wu

Natalia Mochernak

Anna Opalsky

Rami Kabakibi

Caroline Hunt

Kathryn Reese

Adriana Hazlett

Michele Kim

Cole Frost

Regan Guirguis

David Zhang

Maddy Miller

Martin Lee

Hannah Meltzer

Macy Swortwood

Sophia Gorba

Makaylah Gerling

Joy Ma

Elsa Goodman

Liv Weaver

Lexi Lamb

Cassandra Love

Ellie Koff

Eric Lee

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Mia Boardman Smith

A classroom at TPHS may feel comfortable for most, but walking into a room hearing another language and seeing a lifestyle completely different from one you see at home, causes international students to feel overwhelmed; but with the sheltered and English Language Development (ELD) programs on campus, international students are able to transition into their new life in a more approachable way.

Students from all over the world choose to attend TPHS because of its campus diversity, the size of the English Learner Program and wide selection of sheltered classes.

Being in a new environment makes it hard for international students to connect with their American peers. In sheltered classes, students find solace with other students who have gone through a similar journey to TPHS.

“[My class-mates] are also not good at English, so we can [become] friends, [even] though they are from another country, [we both] know what we are feeling,” Anna Lim (11), a sheltered English student from South Korea, said.

The social barriers that ELD students have to overcome when they first join TPHS are not easy; yet intimate classes make it easier to attend a new school in a new country.

“When you go to a regular class it’s kind of hard because it’s for Americans. But when you’re in ELD, it makes a seamless transition,” Ukrainian Max Kovalchuk (11), a sheltered English student, said.