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March 13, 2019

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BCCHS Coach now in jail after pretrial hearing

March 13, 2019

Itzel Luna and Casey Wanatick

Staff Writers

According to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Birmingham Community Charter High School (BCCHS) girls lacrosse coach Scott Silva is currently being held in the Men’s Central Jail facility after attending his pretrial hearing on March 5.

Previously, a bench warrant was out for Silva’s arrest after he failed to appear in court for his last five hearings. The bench warrant, however, was recently recalled at the March 5 court hearing, according to an email from Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office spokesman Frank Mateljan.

Silva’ trial has not begun as his next court date is set for April 5 at the Van Nuys Municipal Court Division 113. His bail is currently set at $595,000 according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department inmate information center.

Silva was arrested on Nov. 16 last year and is currently charged with 30 counts of sexual misconduct against minors. A restraining order was filed against Silva to stay at least 100 yards away from BCCHS and Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (DPMHS) along with the 13 named victims.

On Feb. 25, teens from the Change the Talk program came to DPMHS to educate students on sexual violence and sexual misconduct. They also reminded students that everyone under the Los Angeles Unified School District is a mandated reporter.

If anyone has any information regarding this case, please call the Sexually Exploited Child Unit, Juvenile Division at (213) 486-0580, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Photo released by LAPD BCCHS Coach Scott Silva was arrested back in November of 2018.

Photo by Julissa Rangel Juniors in LAUSD will take the SAT exam for free on March 27 under a new College Board initiative to provide free tests. Students are still welcome to take the test as many as times as they would like outside of school.

Juniors get free SAT under LAUSD Alexis Gutierrez Staff Writer

Rather than paying $64.50 and spending part of a Saturday taking a high-stakes test, juniors will take the SAT for free on March 27 duing schoo lhours.

“It affects us a lot because the SAT is one of the major things that colleges look for,” junior Jason Echeverria said. “I feel that having the opportunity to take the test for free and do very well on it is great.”

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has partnered with College

Board to bring the SAT to juniors for free.

This day is known as “SAT School Day.” If students are not satisfied with their score, they can still take the exam additional times but it has to be outside of school.

“I think it’s great because you don’t have to sign up,” junior Mariana Herrera said. “You’re kind of obligated to do it so it prevents procrastination.”

The first time this was done was last year on March 7 when students in Local District South took the test for free. This included 29 schools and roughly 4,000 students. Unfortunately, this did not extend

to Daniel Pearl Magnet High School’s class of 2019.

“Whether you are on the free or reduced plan, it doesn’t matter,” counselor Martina Torres said. “You’re going to have the SAT paid for.”

LAUSD worked on providing the free SAT test with the intention of helping students “raise their expectations for taking the SAT” and inspiring “students to improve upon their academic strengths and weaknesses,” as said in a released statement.

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DPMHS prepares for WASC accreditation Farah Faiza

Staff Writer

As Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (DPMHS) nears its Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredidation appointment, here’s a Q&A with English teacher Ron Baer to explain the importance of it. Baer is in charge of the WASC process for DPMHS. 1. What is WASC? WASC is the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. They look at schools for six-year approvals to see if it is up to their standards. If the school is not, then students’ diplomas are meaningless as schools have to be accredited.

2. If the school doesn’t get accredited, then how will it affect students applying for college?

It would not be good. If you’re applying for college and your school isn’t WASC accredited, there are many colleges that will not accept them. Maybe privates are different, but definitely, any of the UC’s and the Cal States would not accept a student, without WASC accreditation. Many schools get shut down because they don’t get accredited.

3. How are schools evaluated?

Through a lot of factors. We write the

report and they check to see if we’re doing what we say we are in the report. We talk about our strengths and we also look at things we need to work on. The WASC committee also says that ‘in the last visit, we saw this and we’re asking you to work on it.’ Focus groups are also conducted.

4. How long are schools evaluated?

WASC accreditation is every six years.

They also do a mid-year visit where they come back for one day to see us. It’s not considered very good if they come back for two days, that means they’re seeing some things that they don’t like.

5. When is the WASC visit and how is DPMHS preparing for it?

It is April 7 through the 10. We just finished our 190-page report that gets handed in for the WASC committee to look over and write what they see in the report. We’re going to have classroom visits by teachers, so teachers can say what they are seeing in the rooms when they go in there.

6. Why does WASC conduct focus groups?

They’re trying to find out if the school does what they say they are going to do.

Maybe, ‘well, it says that in English, you do this thing called seminars. Are you familiar with seminars? Have you done these be-

fore? It says that you’re always evaluating your work, have you evaluated your work?

Is there a rubric for you?’

Anything that’s on the report, their job is to put out another report saying that they’ve seen these things. They also put out another report saying the things we need to work on.

7. Who’s picked to be in the focus groups?

Well, there’s going to be a focus group of students and a focus group of parents when WASC comes. The parent group is done from four till almost six o’clock on a school day. And the student one, the way Mrs. Pevar worked, I believe, is that she tried to make it as random as possible. Doing something like every 20th student.

8. Is there a specific area in which you think the school will be told to improve on this time?

I think that they will tell us that we need to work in a more cross curricular manner. That we need to have journalism be more part of the school throughout.

Even though we talk about the article of the week, I think that WASC will say we need to go a lot further than just an article of the week to say we work with journalism.

March 13, 2019

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Special Reports 3

Inadequate action discourages student reports Itzel Luna and Shannon Sullivan

Staff Writers

After being bullied by a group of senior girls last year, Adrienne Bangert was the target of constant pushing, shoving and name-calling. She chose not to report it and ended up in trouble when the senior girls decided to contact the administration about the situation.

“I was treated like some kind of a villain,” Bangert said. “They didn’t listen to my story because I wasn’t the one who reported it but if they had, they would’ve very well known that I wasn’t the one creating these issues.”

Bangert isn’t the only student who feels that more steps should be taken in regards to issues with bullying. Sophomore Ashley Pedraza filed a report after being cyber-bullied by a student from the school. She was told that no disciplinary measures could be taken against the girl who had posted a photo of her.

“There was a picture and they were saying that it doesn’t really look like me but you can see what I was wearing,” Pedraza said. “So they said that they don’t know if that’s me or not and can’t do anything.”

According to Pedraza, no disciplinary action was taken against the person who posted the photo. However, Principal Deb Smith has stated that although a person might report a bullying issue, they don’t have a right to know what actions were taken.

“If they’re not the person committing the problem, they don’t have the right to know what the consequence was,” Smith said. “That is confidential. There could be a risk plan written, a risk assessment done, an anti-bullying contract signed but that doesn’t mean that the victim has the right to know that.”

With the exception of having once removed all students’ access of cellphones on campus, not much can be done to stop certain incidents in which the instigator can’t be identified.

Photo by Jade Campbell Students are often dissatisfied by the lack of action taken by school administration against perpetrators after they report an incident.

“If we can’t figure out who it is, there wouldn’t be any real action taken except to pull the privilege of having cell phones on campus,” Smith said.

After an account on social media impersonating the school’s publication started to post bullying content toward students this school year, an email was sent out March 4 to parents warning that this privilege might be taken away once again.

The typical steps taken after a student reports something such as a threat or bullying depends on the situation. What usually happens is after a report is taken, Smith investigates who is responsible for the incident. If the issue is found to have significant credibility, additional steps will

be taken to address the problem.

This approach is unsuccessful according to Bangert. Last school year, her friend was sexually assaulted by a male student on campus. After reporting the misconduct to the administration, his punishment was to write an apology letter. To her knowledge, nothing else was done.

“She reported it and he got off scotchfree,” Bangert said. “She didn’t really get to know anything beyond that. I feel like if you’re the victim, you should get to know the entire punishment.”

In future cases regarding a student reporting a problem, both Bangert and Pedraza believe that more action should be taken to discipline students and hold

them responsible for their actions. They also want administration to better assist students who are involved in the dispute by giving them more emotional support and informing them of their perpetrators’ punishment.

Despite students feeling distrustful toward the administration, Smith still strongly encourages them to speak up.

“Things are happening that make schools unsafe and nobody is talking about it,” Smith said. “Violence in schools, particularly school shootings, every single one of them could have been prevented if somebody had talked.”

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Pearl Voice:

Do you trust the school to properly handle situations?

“It depends on what certain situation it may be because I know there are certain situations with drugs, and how school lets them go,” freshman Chareena Pascua said.

“I would trust some staff and not all the time, but depending on the situation given,” sophomore Angel Estrada said.

“I feel we need more drills to practice because right now we only do a few drills here and there,” junior Rose Chevere said.

“For certain situations yes, if it gets too out of hand, probably not but for the majority of it,” senior John Sendin said.

Photos and interviews by Sam Torres

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Restaurant Review:

March 13, 2019

Pinoy delights at Ninong’s Jade Campbell Photo Editor

With a goal of sharing traditional Filipino food and culture with their community, Ninong’s Pastries and Cafe brings the delicious taste of the Philippines to Northridge.

This family-owned and operated restaurant leaves you full with unique homemade Filipino foods. The restaurant is known for its use of ube, which is a purple yam native to the Philippines.

Breakfast is served until 12 p.m. and lunch until they close. As the restaurant gets packed on the weekends for breakfast, it is recommended to get to the restaurant around the time they open in order to get seating.

For those who want a taste of the Philippines through their flavorful pancakes, the Pancake Flight offers samples of their ube, buko pandan and mango- pina pancakes for $9.99. They also offer Ensaymada French Toast, which is a customer favorite for ube lovers who seek a twist on traditional French toast for $11.99.

These breakfast favorites are also featured on their lunch menu as well.

They also have a pastry section where ube-flavored desserts, pastes and even bread is available for purchase all day.

The urbanized interior is inspired by their love for ube, using purple as their accent color and wooden decorations. There is plenty of space inside to accommodate parties of any size and the friendly service at the restaurant may take some time because of how packed the restaurant may get at times.

Ninong’s is open every day except Mondays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Photo by Julissa Rangel Ninong’s Pastries & Cafe offers a variety of breakfast and lunch foods.

Photo by Alliana Samonte Juniors Nicole and Leticia Gabino will graduate and walk the stage one year early as seniors with the Class of 2019.

Twins take on college one year early

Alliana Samonte

Staff Writer

Sisters Nicole and Leticia Gabino are anything but average juniors. After taking several college courses during the past three years to fulfill graduation requirements, the twin sisters will walk the stage one year early.

“I feel at the same time excited but a little sad,” Leticia said. “It’s something new, something to experience and to discover.”

Since the summer of 2016, the Gabino twins have been taken 12 college classes at Los Angeles Pierce College and Los Angeles Valley College. With encouragement from their mother, they took up the challenge.

“It felt a little difficult to comprehend at first,” Leticia said. “We were competing with all these upper classes but they treated us like adults and they didn’t feel bad for us.”

They also hope to walk the stage at a community college next year.

“By next year, hopefully (with) our 60 units from Pierce, we’ll be graduating from there as well,” Nicole said.

Guidance counselor Martina Torres was the first person who helped get them where they are right now.

“I wish for them to experience their senior year here as a regular senior would,” Torres said. “But on the other hand, they want to start college and with the start of college they will find new and great things

to do there, too.”

Having enough credits to be considered seniors, the twins even sent out college applications to a numerous amount of universities. Some schools include Yale University and Harvard University.

Both Nicole and Leticia have career goals in the justice field. Nicole plans to be a civilian judge but to become a lawyer first while Leticia plans on becoming a lawyer.

“I’m really proud of them,” senior and close friend Hailee Kessler said. “They’ve been working really hard to get to where they are right now with graduating early so they can further themselves in education.”

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Club Corner:

Honoring scholars at National Honor Society Shannon Sullivan

Staff Writer

Before another meeting of the National Honor Society (NHS) is officially called into order, members sit in groups to talk, eat lunch and do extra work.

Room 15 goes quiet as the senior officers and club sponsor Leah Pevar stepS up to the front of the room. The meeting is mainly informational, reminding members to pay their $10 member fee and to turn in their logs for service hours. President Astrid Cabrera also brings up different opportunities to achieve service hours, such as helping to tutor their fellow students in Spanish.

The club is open for members of all grade levels as long as they have and are able to maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 and complete 10 hours of community service each semester.

“National Honors Society is for students who are dedicated to going above and beyond,” Pevar said.

The club meets during lunch at least once a month and is a nationwide organization. Being a part of NHS is also beneficial for college applications.

The club exists to help recognize students’ hard work in academics, leadership

Photo by Harlow Frank President Astrid Cabrera, Treasurer Karina Mara and Vice President Michael Chidbacian discuss volunteer opportunities during an National Honor Society meeting on Feb 20. and give them the opportunity to participate in community service. Members are meant to excel in the four pillars: scholarship, service, leadership and character.

“You are given the opportunity to be known as someone who qualified for these certain requirements,” treasurer Karina Mara said.

Since all the senior officers are leaving this year, leadership positions such as president, vice president and treasurer

are opening up within the club. They’re not too concerned as to who will step up for these positions or for the future of the club.

“I have juniors and sophomores interested in continuing this club and I’m excited to see what they will do in the future,” Cabrera said. “I’m optimistic and hold hope that NHS will be one of the clubs that last.”

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Ways to raise school spirit across campus Cassia Ramelb Social Media Editor

Photo provided by Thomas Short Senior Thomas Short creates various types of videos on his YouTube channel and he hopes to expand his channel in the future.

PokeTom vlogs his way to success

Martin Garcia

Staff Writer

Thomas Short’s dream job has always been to have a YouTube channel.

His channel is called PokeTom. At a subcount of over 3,000 subscribers, he has Delatrune playthroughs, vlogging, heavy pokemon card unpacking and Cuphead comic dubs, or voice acting.

“They’re the (more fun) to make,” Short said about why he makes those videos. “The comic dubs especially help with my acting because I also want to be an actor. And the comic dubs actually help get my voice out there because more people share it around, and they get a lot of views.”

His dubs are sometimes used for

bigger channels. Comic Dub Cinema used some of his dubs for compilation videos and he said he was doing dubbing for an upcoming video by animation channel Bendy Dubs TV. His friends also know about his channel.

One, senior Quiser Nasir, even wants to help him.

“I’m subscribed, he’s been my friend for the longest,” Nasir said. “(I want him to) not change, but expand like creating his own website, starting to make merch. I asked him, I volunteered, since 9th- 10th grade. I want to help a lot.”

Several of his friends are supportive of his channel and look forward to the con-

tent he publishes.

“I am curious to see how he would react to the recent trailer of Pokemon Sword and Shield,” senior Melissa Hernandez said. “I know Thomas is a bigger Pokemon fan than me, from the cards to the games and the show in general.”

Short likes the videos he does but hopes to expand and start doing skits and more acting. His channel is something he wants to continue to grow even after he graduates.

“I like to be able to do whatever I want and that’s all about what my channel is,” Short said. “I like to do anything that I want and to be able to do that for a living would be awesome.”

occasionally uses his videos as inspiration for videos of her own. “ I t ’s k i n d o f

hard creating new looks but when you’re in the moment you just know what you wanna create,” Castillo said.

Her best friend and sophomore Ashley Pedraza believes she has a lot of potential.

“I love it because she’s doing what she loves,” Pedraza said. “She’s really good at makeup and I believe that she is going to get somewhere.”

With plans to continue YouTube and makeup in the future, Castillo’s goal is to gain more popularity on the content posted on both her YouTube and Instagram pages.

“I would love to be noticed for my makeup and how I’m trying to work my way into doing amazing makeup I would always wanna be known as funny,” Castillo said.

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Castillo beautifully blends on YouTube Mahali Sanchez Staff Writer

Influenced by many makeup artists’ (MUA) looks, sophomore Natalie Castillo was inspired to put her own looks out on her Youtube channel and Instagram page, @makeupbyn.xtaliiee.

Since middle school, Castillo always had an interest in makeup but never found the courage to post content on any social media platform. It wasn’t until last year where she started posting her content on YouTube and her Instagram page.

“I had so many influencers that would say how YouTube change their life and how fun it is to do it so I gave it a try,” Castillo said.

Like many other YouTubers, Castillo struggles to find creative content to put out.

She is mostly influenced

by MUA Manny Mua because of his funny and creative content and

In order for the School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) student transcripts and diplomas to be accepted at colleges and universities, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (DPMHS) must be accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). As part of the accreditation process, WASC conducted a parent-student survey analyzing DPMHS’ academic and social data and found that there is a lack of school spirit across campus. In an effort to raise school spirit, here are some ways to be more involved on campus.

1. Spirit Day Fridays Every Friday is Spirit Day. Students are encouraged to wear DPMHS wear. DPMHS hoodies, shirts, socks, backpacks and sweatpants are available for purchase from the student store.

2. Join a club There are several clubs that take place on campus throughout the week based on students’ interest. Support your peers by joining their club or creating your own.

3. Participate in Leadership activities Leadership plans numerous activities every semester, whether it be fundraisers or drives. There are several drives throughout the year where all profits go toward helping different causes and organizations. Currently, there is an upcoming Panda Express fundraiser on March 15 and stuffed animals and canned foods are being collected.

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Modern feminism has taken a wrong turn

March 13, 2019

Farah Faiza Staff Writer

Feminism started as a movement to help further rights in terms of equality for women. However, as more barriers have been brought down, more issues have been raised, changing the meaning of the feminist movement.

In fact, rather than solving more problems or acting as a safe haven for women, it’s become a point of division rather than a unifying fight for equality. Feminists often can’t settle on an assenting opinion for important topics, like abortion, and display problematic behaviors amongst themselves, such as excluding members or groups that they should instead be defending.

This exclusion, which is specifically geared toward women of color and transgender women, prompted many feminists who don’t agree with this method to coin their own term: intersectional feminism.

This term visibly identifies a rift in the movement over an issue that has already been present since the women’s suffrage movement. Susan B. Anthony, a “feminist icon” fought so women could vote, but only believed that white women should gain that privilege.

Women of color, black women, in particular, have had their valid complaints dismissed or silenced because they don’t relate back to issues that concern white feminists.

White feminists have always had a greater impact and several of them use

Cartoon by Graciela Prieto Women around the world unite this Women’s Month and properly advocate for feminism. Rather than dividing because of their differences, they’re coming together, using their voices and uplifting one another. their platform to bring light to barriers that women of color face. When actress Jessica Chastain used her platform to ensure that for their upcoming Christmas film, her costar Octavia Spencer received equal pay, she made appropriate use of her power. White women may not understand the struggles of women of color, but that doesn’t mean they cannot advocate for them.

However, this can also lead to white women derailing and speaking over women of color, which prevents them from addressing their own struggles in the ways needed. A serious issue has been the lack of roles in Hollywood for women of color and transgender women. Rather than use her influence to help the two groups

secure roles, self- proclaimed feminist Scarlett Johansson played the lead Major Kusanagi in “Ghost in the Shell,” which originally featured a Japanese woman in the anime. She later took the role of Tex Gill, a transgender man, in Rub & Tug and only dropped the role due to backlash rather than through the realization of her own mistake.

There’s also much shaming within the movement, evident with how some refuse to accept transgender women because they don’t consider them “actual women.” Women who choose to be housewives are at risk for shame, despite the feminist movement initially being about women having a choice, whether it’s to be a housewife or a career woman.

Feminism needs to be considered as a collective action and geared toward the betterment of the whole, rather than the individual. The issue stems from the fact that individuals try to assess problems from their own standpoint and opinion, but they should consider what is actually good for the majority of the women they claim to represent.

Right now, feminism is divided, but if the movement is more united on key issues such as inclusion and representation, then it will have a greater chance of success in achieving equality for women.

Women’s influential impact to be celebrated this month Itzel Luna Staff Writer

From inspiring actresses like Yalitza Aparicio to Title IX activists like Bernice Sandler, women have consistently defied odds despite limited opportunities and should be celebrated during this March’s Women’s History Month.

Sandler, who was a part of campaigns against sex discrimination, led to the passage of Title IX. This federal civil rights law passed as a part of the Education Amendments of 1972 that protects discrimination in federally-funded education based on sex.

Title IX requires schools that receive federal funding to give equal opportunities to both sexes. Title IX increased the funding that went into girls sport and it drastically benefitted many of them.

When the law was passed, one in 27 girls participated in high school sports.

Now, two in five girls play high school sports.

Norma McCorvey, an abortion rights activists most commonly known as her pseudonym, Jane Roe, helped gain the right to legally terminate a pregnancy for women all over the country.

The landmark decision of the U.S.

Supreme Court Case, Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973 making abortion legal in the United States.

According to College Board, this monumental decision has dramatically increased the number of women that move on to higher education. In 1970, just three years before, only 25% of female high school graduates moved on to college. By 2008, the proportion grew by nearly 49%.

From being a small town preschool teacher in Mexico to becoming the first indigenous women to be nominated for an Oscar and being on the cover of Vogue Mexico, Aparicio has brilliantly overcome obstacles and challenged the status quo.

Viewers fell in love with her portrayal of Cleo in the Oscar-winning Netflix movie “Roma.”

Aparicio gave a voice to the underrepresented Mexican community. Being a dark-skinned woman from a poor region in Mexico, she challenges the typical view of beauty and has become someone that many Mexican-American women can relate to.

After becoming the target of many racist comments, including being called a “damn indian,” by soap opera star Sergio Goyri, which he later apologized for, Apa-

Photo by Wikimedia Commons Celebrate the accomplishments women have made throughout this year’s Women’s History Month. Some influential women include Bernice Sandler and Yalitza Aparicio. ricio bravery is evident as she represents her culture with her head held high and inspires many young Latinas. By using her platform to properly advocate for women of color, Aparicio has allowed young girls and women to be proud to be cultural women.

“I’m showing off the diversity we have in Mexico,” Aparicio said in an interview with NBC. “I’m representing this community that is extremely talented but sometimes, we don’t notice them.”

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March 13, 2019

Editorial:

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Photo from safety4sea.com A zero- toerance policy is something that victims can depend on. A system that is sure to be there for them in sexual assualt cases.

A zero tolerence policy is something schools and work places should adopt to make sure all students and emplyees are protected.

Lack of dicipline leads to problems

Incident reports filed by students at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School have been ignored by the administration which raises concerns of how the school enforces disciplinary measures.

Especially as our school’s administration constantly reminds us to keep the school a bully-free zone, things have gotten out of control as of late.

And as social media plays a part in our everyday lives, online bullying has become common.

According to Principal Deb Smith, a victim does not have the right to know what the consequence will be once a situation has been reported. We think this is unfair because the victim should have the right to know what actions are taken.

When a student reports something

as serious as bullying, a threat or harassment they confide that an action will be taken seriously whether it’s a small snap into reality or talk with the bully. A simple sorry note or an ask for forgiveness does not solve anything. There’s a chance that the same thing can happen again. We are high schoolers, therefore, we need to take responsibility for our actions and be able to get confronted about anything reported by another student.

Not only do we need to take responsibility for our actions but we need to know that there’s a limit for everything.

Our school administration cannot prevent bullying, but they can help students who have been or are being bullied. No student should feel like their issues are not being given enough attention. If situations like

these continue to arise, students will not want to report things that endanger their safety.

If you feel that your school administration is not adequately addressing harassment based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability or religion, feel free to contact these numbers: Your school superintendent at 213241-1000 California’s State Department of Education at 916-319-0800 U.S Department of Education, Civil Rights Office(OCR) at 415-486-5555 U.S Department of Justice at 202-5144092 or 1-877-292-3804 (toll-free number)

Pearl Voice:

Have feminists taken feminism too far?

“Now I do,” freshman Leah Seidman said.

“It was important back then. I think that we’ve achieved equality and that we don’t need it anymore.”

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“Some not all,” senior Brian Herrera said.

“There are some that are like, that’s the only thing that’s their main focus of any conversation and whenever you bring up an artist they’ll be like ‘Oh he did this to a female’”

“I do think it has gone too far,” junior Ethan Voorheis said. “I feel that feminism in the past was a really good advocation outlet for them and they were able to unite. Now I think it’s gone too far and it’s just like dominance over quality of women.”

Photos and interviews by Alliana Samonte

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Boys tennis sets in season

March 13, 2019

Martin Garcia Staff Writer

Their first preseason game was on Feb.28, but the boy’s tennis team hardly has past experience to go by.

In this season of the Birmingham Community Charter High School boys tennis team, there’s one returning varsity player, two returning JV players, and no Frosh team due to lack of members. For a month, training and conditioning have been separated into three courts.

“If you were on court one you were varsity, which was more advanced so you did stuff quicker,” said Evan Gleason, a varsity freshman. “The second court was like the middle, like your probably varsity and the third court they do basic stuff.”

It wasn’t until Feb. 25, that the team started doing match plays against each other.

“A lot of the kids, we’re all basically new, (and) we’re not, our expectations are very low,” Gleason said. “Because we’re a brand new team. So our goal is just to make playoffs.”

That means unless the team pulls a surprising underdog season, they may end up with a score lower than last year’s overall score of 8-7. The main problem is that the seniors on the team last year graduated, and left the team with less experienced players.

All three of the DPMHS players on the team are new, with varsity freshmen Gleason, Ethan De Barraicua (JV) and senior/ Managing and Special Reports editor of The Pearl Post Rudraj Koppikar (varsity).

Gleason joined to switch out of P.E. and De Barraicua joined because his father wanted him to.

Koppikar has a friend in the girl’s tennis team, Karina Mara, but he joined for his own reasons.

“She influenced me,” he said. “But also I didn’t want to be bored second semester. You know, seniors leave. Otherwise, I’d just go home and be bored.”

Gleason thinks that the current four seniors on the team are doing well, including Koppikar.

“All the seniors are actually pretty good,” Gleason said. “None of them are like, awe we’re not going to win anything, we might be able to win a few games.”

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Photo by Christine Valenzuela Freshman Evan Gleason practices volleying on March 7.

Photo by Itzel Luna Senior Ben Sanchez performs his backstroke during BCCHS swim practice on Feb. 27. Sanchez has been swimming for seven years.

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Sanchez pulls through in new season Mahali Sanchez Staff Writer

Although water polo and swimming weren’t his only choices, senior Ben Sanchez found his calling for a high school sport.

Sanchez first started with swimming when he was ten years old and later transitioned to to water polo. His swimming coach encouraged him to try out for water polo but his brother influenced him to try out since he played as well. “ I have been playing for about seven years now, but I used to do cross country,

track and soccer before really choosing water polo and swimming,” Sanchez said.

Although he enjoys water polo and swimming Sanchez also understands the importance of balancing school and sports. While he maintains good grades Sanchez makes sure that he talks to his teachers for his missing assignments and does all his homework on time.

“I really just try to stay on top of school because that’s what I know I’m going to do in the future,” Sanchez said.

Although Sanchez does not plan on continuing water polo or swimming in college, he did enjoy the time he spent in the

water and all the games he played with his teammates.

“I wish next years season the very best win or lose,” Sanchez said.

Statistics: Games Played: 22 Points: 69 Goals: 47 Shots: 82 Assists: 22 Steals: 56

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Volleyball spikes into new season Harlow Frank Staff Writer

With new and returning players, boys volleyball is on its way to a great and successful season.

In preparation for this season, Birmingham Community Charter High School Patriots have been working on passing, setting, hitting, and learn their rotations.

As for junior varsity, it’s a lot of the players first time playing and learning the game.

“We practice passing, serving, hitting, and just working as a team in general,” junior varsity outside hitter Rami Charr said.

At practice, they start of with two laps around the main gym, and they group into a circle for stretching. They warm up with passing throwing the ball to each other. Then after they’re done passing they go into the butterfly drill, where they line up in 2 lines on each side of the net and one lines throws the ball over the net and the other passes the ball to the person in the center. After that they rotate to the next spot. After that they get into practice where they practice passing and hitting an working on communication,

“Every day I do 500 passes and 300 digs, that’s when you dive for the ball, and that’s on my free time,” varsity sophomore Om Patel said. “At practice we focus on hitting, potioning, and formation.”

Making their way to championships and obtaining rings are their top priorities for this season and plan to due so through teamwork and communication on the court.

“Going through our rotations that our coach gave us and communicating is very key in volleyball,” said junior varsity middle blocker Christopher Sarenana said.

Currently, the Patriots have a record of 1-1 with a loss to Francis Polytechnic Senior High School with a score of 3-0 and a win in their latest game against James Monroe High School with a score of 3-1.

With Junior varsity with a record of 0-2 with both loses to Polytechnic Senior High School and James Monroe High School.

The boys varsity and JV season opener will happen on Wednesday March 13th against Granada Charter High School.

“Our biggest challenge during this season is probably El Camino Real Char-

ter High School, because they always go against Palisades Charter High School and that’s like the championship so we really have to prepare ourselves,” varsity middle blocker Antonio Serrano said.

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Photo by Martin Garcia Freshman Janna Holley positons to make a pass against Mira Costa High School on Nov. 28.

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Holley shoots for future ahead Tylin Jarrett

Staff Writer

Photo by Itzel Luna Sophomore Amelia Sanchez performs freestyle during BCCHS swim practice on Feb. 27. Sanchez has been swimming for four years.

Sanchez dives into new season Alliana Samonte

Staff Writer

With four years of experience, a few scratches underwater never stopped sophomore Amelia Sanchez from scoring goals.

Sanchez plays as a set for the Birmingham Community Charter High School girls varsity water polo team. After watching her three older brothers play from the bleachers, swimming for six years and being encouraged to try out by her mother, Sanchez knew her passion for water polo would continue throughout her high school years.

“I started playing because of my brothers, all three of them had played before so it got me curious,” Sanchez said.

“I honestly thought I was just going to be

swimming,” Sanchez has a hard time balancing school with sports but manages to keep up her high GPA. During her freshman year Sanchez won “Rookie of the Year” but this year she is determined to be better than ever and ready to show that she is ready to play.

“My goal is just to do better than last year,” Sanchez said. “To be more involved and help the team.”

By having two brothers play the sport and one still playing, Sanchez definitely feels the competition but knowing that she is the baby of the family, she knows that she doesn’t have to live up to their expectation of the sport but she does not want to disappoint.

Winning against Granada Charter

High School girls water polo team twice was the best moment for Sanchez and her team to experience, as well as making it to California Interscholastic Federation this season.

“I guess the best feeling is coming back,” Sanchez said. “Like when we’re down by two or three points and coming back and scoring all those goals and saying we won.”

Statistics: Games Played: 24 Points: 73 Goals: 67 Shots: 72 Assist: 6 Steals: 20

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Photo by Casey Wanatick Junior Angie Rumbo gets in line for a drill during practice on Jan. 29

of conditioning, a lot of running, a lot of sprinting, push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, all that stuff.”

Last season the Lady Patriots went 14-8 and won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championship but lost the first game in the regional playoffs. The team will be looking to do as good as they did last year.

“I’m really looking forward to pretty much just playing and being out on the field,” junior and varsity player Maria Ruiz said. “I’m really excited to see what the season brings.”

The team has also focused on working on communication and becoming closer as a team.

“This season we are communicating a lot more and I appreciate that,” Ticas said.

“Getting to know all the new girls is really great.”

The Lady Patriots will kick off the season against the Oak Park Eagles on Mar. 6.

It will be a season of new and familiar faces for the team.

“They’re just all very resourceful women,” Susnow said

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Girls lacrosse prepares for current season Casey Wanatick

Staff Writer

Lady Patriots girls lacrosse head coach Brittany Susnow leads the team in drills on a Friday afternoon practice as she gets pumped for the upcoming season.

“They’re a great team so I hope we win a lot and it’s going to be awesome,” Susnow said. “Also just traveling on the bus with them. I haven’t done that since high school so it will be awesome to live that again.”

This will be Susnow’s first year coaching the Lady Patriots. She is also a mathematics teacher at Birmingham Community Charter High School (BCCHS).

“I think she’s great,” junior and junior varsity captain Karen Ticas said. “She’s a great coach and very sweet. She’s really good at math.”

The girls have been running old and new drills along with new plays in order to prepare for the upcoming season.

“We’ve been doing a lot of plays, introducing new plays and a lot of drills to fix up things they needed to work on last from last season,” Susnow said. “Just a lot

Since the age of three, freshman Janna Holley has played the game of basketball at a high level.

The 5’3” point guard is now starting for Birmingham Community Charter High School’s varsity girls basketball team.

This season, the Lady Patriots attained a record of 15-12, going 4-3 in league play. They had a shortened league schedule due to the teacher strike this season. During their season, Holley averaged 7.4 points, 3.8 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game.

Being a big fan of basketball growing up, Holley was influenced by athletes such as NBA legends Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter growing up.

“This past season, I’ve learned how to compete against taller and bigger players. I’ve also learned from some seniors[that were on the team], as well,” Holley said.

With such skill that puts someone on a varsity sports team as a freshman, it’s almost a given that the player will go on to play collegiately.

“Yeah, I for sure want to play in college,” Holley said. “I’m not sure where though since I’m just a freshman.”

Holley has not only earned the respect and trust as a basketball player from her teammates but from her coaching staff as well. Head coach Victor Koopongsakorn was quite impressed with the player Holley has become.

“Janna has had an outstanding freshman year,” Koopongsakorn said. “She is our best ball defender. She also has the responsibility as the point guard to bring up the ball and run our offense.”

He has been coaching for a while at Birmingham, so being blown away by a freshman is not very likely to happen.

Holley, however, is that freshman that blew him away with her talent and hard work all season long.

“It is a lot of work for a freshman, but she hasn’t backed down from the challenge and is excelling on both sides of the ball,” he added.

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Photo by Martin Garcia Freshman Janna Holley receives a pass duirng a game against Mira Costa High School on Nov. 28.

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‘Golden Hour’ keeps country Musgraves glowing

Farah Faiza

Staff Writer

With the creative addition of pop and synthesizers to traditional country music, Kacey Musgraves forges her own style in a music genre notorious for gathering mixed feelings in recent years.

During the 61st Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, her album “Golden Hour” took home the Album of the Year and Best Country Album awards and her sappy single “Butterflies” won Best Country Solo Performance. Musgraves’ “Space Cowboy” received the award for Best Country Song. “Golden Hour” initially debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums and also includes her singles “Rainbow” and “Slow Burn.”

Musgraves also paid homage to Selena Quintanilla-Pérez by performing “Como La Flor” at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Feb. 26, 24 years after Quintanilla-Pérez last performed there. It was a dream come true for her to be able to pay her respects to the popular Mexican-American artist through music, a love shared by both.

Born and raised in Texas, Musgraves started writing her own songs when she was eight years old, begininng with “Notice Me,” but wouldn’t actually begin to make a profit until she was 18, and began recording demos. Initially, she learned to play the mandolin, but later took guitar lessons in her hometown - an instrumental decision in her life.

While her songs have gathered an

Photo from NBC Thirty-year-old country singer Kacey Musgravees performs pop track “High Horse” off of her Grammy-winning record “Golden Hour” on Saturday Night Live on may 13. The country star is well-known for her genre-bending musical style and progressive lyrics. audience, she faces a lack of exposure on sings “Kiss lots of boys, or kiss lots of girls drag queens Trinity “the Tuck” Taylor and mainstream radio stations, likely due to if that’s something you’re into.” The song Monét X Change at her concert in Los Anher progressive lyrics, which don’t fit the also makes a reference to recreational geles during the season four finale and mold of conservative country music. drug use. crowned the two of them.

As a staunch ally for the LGBT comShe has long supported the show Catch the magnificent Musgraves on munity, Musgraves also strives to include “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which features a her upcoming Oh, What a World tour or such themes in her music as well, which is competition between drag queens, and her set at Coachella later this April. rarely seen amongst other country songs. even served as a guest judge on “RuPaul’s In her single, “Follow Your Arrow,” she Drag Race All-Stars 4.” She was joined by

Fabulous female leaders to celebrate this herstory month Rosa Lemus

Photo Editor

March is recognized as Women’s History Month in the United States and pays homage to the many contributions women have made to modern society. Here are just a few of the wonderful women to rejoice over this month.

Photo from Universal Pictures Marsai Martin, 14, stars in film “Little.”

At only 14 years old, actress Marsai Martin is set to become the youngest executive producer this coming April when her comedy film “Little” hits theaters. The Texas native came up with the idea for the film after watching Tom Hanks’ 1988 comedy “Big.” Martin also depicts Diane Johnson in comedy show “Black-ish.”

Photo from Netflix Yalitza Aparicio stars as Cleo in “Roma.”

Photo from Flickr Amy Tan is a Chinese-American author.

Photo from Netflix Laverne Cox, 46, is an LGBTQIA+ activist.

Oaxacan-born actress Yalitza Aparicio made history for becoming the first indigenous woman to be nominated for best actress for her role in the movie “Roma.”

Before starring in the hit film, Aparicio wanted to teach preschool in her native town of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca. After reluctantly showing up to a casting call in Tlaxiaco, Aparicio was granted the role of Cleo, a housemaid in Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón’s new film. Soon after receiving an Academy Award nomination, the actress faced tons of backlash for her indigenous roots. Despite fervent criticism, Aparicio remains unbothered, choosing instead to use her platform to draw attention to Hollywood’s necessity for diversity.

Author Amy Tan has changed the lives of many first-generation children through her powerful, relatable works of literature. Her most famous work is “The Joy Luck Club” which revolves around Chinese mothers and their Chinese-American daughters. Tan highlights the struggles of adapting to American culture while trying to hold onto tradition. As a first generation Chinese-American herself, Tan understands how complicated living between two cultures can be. Tan was eventually awarded the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service and went on to write several other books, including several works related to building and managing businesses.

Actress and LGBTQ+ icon Laverne Cox became well known when the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” aired in 2013. Since then, the actress has made an even bigger name for herself. Cox is an avid advocate for trans rights and made history when she became the first openly transgender person to receive an Emmy nomination in an acting category. She has spoken out about her identity struggles as a child and admitted to encountering days where she still does. One way she shows support for trans youth is by initiating the use of #TransIsBeautiful. Her devotion to the LGBTQ+ community has encouraged many others to accept themselves for who they truly are.

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Jordan Peele delivers enthralling horror in ‘Us’ Alexis Gutierrez

Staff Writer

Jordan Peele’s new psychological thriller, “Us,” follows a family of four on their beach-side vacation turned nightmarish survival battle.

The film stars Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Tim Heidecker, Yanhya Abdul-Mateen, and Anna Diop. Duke and Nyong’o, who were previously in “Black Panther” together, play parents to the family’s kids, Evan Alex and Shahadi Wright Joseph.

The trailer depicts a content family on a drive to the beach nodding along to Luniz’ 1994 hip-hop hit “I Got 5 On It.” When they arrive on the beach, the couple’s son wanders away, stumbling upon a gory man on the beach bearing scissors. It then cuts to nighttime at the family’s beach house where the family spots a group of four masked, red jumpsuit-clothed people standing in their driveway.

The group immediately scrambles and captures the family, taunting them with their similar looks and sinister mannerisms. The masked family, eerily referred to as “the tethered,” are the Wilsons’ doppelgangers, who plot to kill off the members in order to detach from them. A distressed Duke whispers, “Who are are you people?” to which his son answers, “It’s us.” As the trailer progresses, “I Got 5 On It” becomes more and more distorted, providing an appropriately eery

Photo by Universal Pictures Oscar-wining actress Luptia Nyong’o portrays two vastly different roles in Jordan Peele’s new psycological horror movie “Us.” tone for the film.

In 2018, Peele became the first African-American screenwriter to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay “Get Out,.”

More recently, he produced “Blackkklansmen,” which gained six Academy Awards nominations and won director Spike Lee

the Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay.

Peele is most notable for his intricate stories with deep, symbolic meanings.

Fans have already begun to formulate theories about what some of the symbols in “Us” might mean. According to Peele,

“Us,” unlike the 2016 film “Get Out,” is not about race but rather explores people and how “we’re our own worst enemy.”

Rated R, haunting “Us” hits theaters March 22.

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Artists who will help you get through mercury’s retrograde

At first glance, 26-year-old hip-hop singer George Miller, Joji, doesn’t look the type to sit behind a camera filming edgy content for YouTube. However, that’s exactly what the Japanese-born artist did for six years, stopping in late 2017 due to a lack of interest in his online persona “Filthy Frank,” and poor health. Since then, Miller has released sappy, melancholic records “In Tongues” and “Ballads 1” under record label 88rising. In November of 2018, Miller became the first Asian artist to fill the top slot of Billboard’s top R&B and hip-hop chart with woeful “Ballads 1.” Wistful single “TEST DRIVE” exhibits the artist’s musical diversity, with its trap-influenced intro and ballad-sounding outro.

Mahali Sanchez

Staff Writer

In a time where most artists produce similar-sounding music, individuality is key. Here are some of our favorite upand-coming artists of the decade, whose scintillating sound sparks joy.

Hayley Kiyoko is an American dream pop/synth-pop singer, songwriter and actress. Before launching her solo career, Kiyoko was in an all-girl group called The Stunners with R&B singer Tinashe and appeared in different children’s films like “Lemonade Mouth” and “Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster.” The 28-yearold now uses her platform to advocate for LGBTQ rights, emphasizing the necessity for a more inclusive, diverse entertainment industry.

Twenty-eight-year-old Teyana Taylor is a Harlem-based singer, actress, dancer and model. Some of her earliest work dates back to collaborations with artists John Legend and Travis Scott on Kanye West’s 2012 record “Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer.” Taylor also played a dancer in the music video for West’s 2016 single “Fade,” which won her an award for best choreography at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. In June of 2018, Taylor issued musically diverse record

Photo by YouTube Artists like Hayley Kiyoko, Joji, Teyana Taylor and Mac Ayres offer listeners a sweet and mellow sound. Kiyoko, 28, is best known for pop track “What I Need” which features R&B singer Kehlani. Before releasing music, Joji portrayed Filthy Frank.

After dropping out of a prestigious music school, Mac Ayres pursued a career in the production of R&B music. The 21-year-old taught himself the majority of the instruments he plays and spent the majority of his early life singing in choirs.

His dreamy, mellow sound can be found in the sweet and sappy track “Easy,” where he sings, “I can say that loving you is easy, I don’t need to prove a single thing.” The New York native’s smooth, sweet vocals shine throughout rich, soulful “Get to You Again.” The two tracks appear on the musician’s 2018 record “Something to Feel.”

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“Apex Legends” comes out of gates storming Sam Torres

Staff Writer

The new free battle royale game “Apex Legends” by Respawn has gained a lot of traction with over 25 million players just two weeks after its release.

Battle royale games have amassed popularity since the release of the popular PC games “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” and “Fortnite.” In a battle royale game, your character is put with either a squad of a few other people or by itself and must fight on a map that decreases in size. The goal is to be the last team or person standing.

“Apex Legends” was released on Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC on Feb 4. The game is heavily based on teamwork and communication, implementing a system of “pinging” or highlighting an area or item of interest.

The map is built with varying regions each with different level rarity of loot.

The game is very fast paced and a round is shorter compared to other battle royale games. With each match being fast paced, it is either kill or be killed. There is armor and support characters to give an extra boost as well as the fact that there is no fall damage so surviving is easier.

There are eight playable characters with each having a different set of abilities.

The characters, called “Legends”, are categorized in classes that serve different purposes such as team support and team defense. With each match starting in squads

Photo from Flickr.com With no real advertisment campaign leading up to its launch, “Apex Legends” has taken the world by storm in less than a month. of three, the characters all have a purpose in supporting your squad.

When a squad member takes too much damage, they get knocked down and can be revived by a teammate, which can render both players vulnerable. If you are knocked down, an enemy can execute you. Executions are animations done before an enemy eliminates your player. If

a squadmate dies, their banner can be retrieved so they can be brought back to the game from one of the many beacons sprawled across the map.

“Apex Legends” has been seen as the successor to “Fortnite” and brings cooperative play to another level in a battle royale game. The “Legends” and weapons in game are also customizable with items

from skins to player executions being different for each character. The game does a great job with its map named “Kings Canyon” as it brings an eye-popping sci-fi theme to a battle royale game.

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Four apps to make school life a little bit easier

Cassia Ramelb Social Media Editor

School can be overwhelming at times. Here are a few apps that will help you make your school experience a bit more efficent.

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Whether you’re a mathlete or math challenged, being confident in your math skills is key. Asking for help with math homework just got easier with Photomath.

Instantly solve problems from arithmetic to calculus with the camera on your phone. Detailed steps and graphs guarantee comprehension.

Whether it’s a typed or handwritten, the Photomath camera can read any problem. The in-app Monthly Genius Subscription gives access to supported textbooks.

Available on IOS and Android.

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Flora-Focus and Habit Tracker is the cutest digital planner to manage everyday tasks. Set a schedule for any task or event.

Plant a new seed to begin a new task. As more tasks are completed, the planted seed will grow and blossom.

Staying on task and focused is easier with the in-app timer alerting when the task is done. Flora subtracts electronic distractions in life letting you be more attentive and active in. Available on IOS.

Forgetting to complete homework ends with the help of The Homework App. The app’s simple design lets users organize, color code subjects and add tasks to your in-app calendar. Track all assignments by enabling push-notifications. The timetable schedule adapts to a busy life no matter if it rotates or repeats.

Work smarter, not harder with in-app tutorials to guide you through the app.

Easily stay on top of work with office times and professor-contact details. In-app upgrades unlock access to instructors, subtasks, pictures and the removal of ads.

Available on IOS and Android.

Pocket Schedule Planner is the best digital way to manage school life. Get alerts for when class ends and where the next class is. Add courses, instructors, tasks and holidays.

View your week by organizing assignments by date, course or priority. Quickly update tasks with a single push of a button.Upgrade to pro for extra add-ons.

Available on IOS.

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