T
he Reno News & Review devotes an issue each year to those people whose ages all end with the same suffix. Titularly and predictably, we call it The Teen Issue. We do it differently each year, but this year, while we were in the planning stages, Rainshadow Community Charter High School announced its doors would close—due to funding issues—unless it could raise some money. It was an emotional time for everyone at the school, and most of these pieces were created during the darkest period before the Redfield Foundation and an anonymous source came to the school’s rescue. Not surprisingly, the students took this opportunity to express their personal struggles, concerns in life and their personalities through their art and written work. The donations are enough to keep the school open for at least another year, giving them time to come up with more funding. This school is not like the typical high school you see in movies. It’s open four days a week to cut down transportation costs for students, and the school has special perks, like allowing students to sell the baked goods they made in the professional-quality kitchen at the school. Rainshadow is tailored to give students real world experience and get them out into the community. compiled by
Sage leeHey
sagel@newsreview.com
MCkeNNa DavIS, 17 years old
“In four years, I think I will be going to college and have a job. I also think I will be continuing my art as a hobby.”
STuDeNTS FRoM RaINSHaDoW CoNTRIbuTe HopeS, love aND aNgST 14 | RN&R |
MARCH 21, 2013
