Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Hansen
Mr. Hansen Behind the Scenes, bringing a smile on student’s faces with jokes and memes!
November 20, 2024
About the Contributors
Lisa Torres, Photographer/Writer
For her first year in Newspaper, Lisa Torres, 12, joins this year's crew as a photographer/writer. Torres hopes to achieve good grades this year, she also wants to have fun adventures and learn new things. Torres has plans of graduating from Downey with good grades and then going to Cerritos to then transfer to Cal State Long Beach to pursue a career in the medical field. With the free time that Torres has, she likes to Dance, Listen to music and sing, she also likes photography and visiting nature. Torres also enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Her favorite animal is a dolphin but has a dream pet which is a fat and chubby bulldog.
Torres was excited to join newspaper this year, after being in photojournalism last year and recommended by the teacher, "I am really excited to explore the creative side of newspaper, having new experiences to photograph and write about" Torres stated "it's really something I've always been curious about and ready to begin new chapters in my life."
Zachary Pepaj, Writer
As a first-timer in the newspaper team, Zachary Pepaj, 11, joins the team of newspaper writers 2024-2025. Pepaj enjoys playing rhythm and FPS (first-person shooter) games in their free time, but they also enjoy buying merch from their favorite bands. Pepaj's goals for this school year are to join the eco-club and get all their necessary academics done in preparation for next year’s college applications. Pepaj is also interested in theater and English, they’re in drama class here at Downey High School and hope to have a career in the English field.
“In this class, I'm looking forward to making the website more interactive by collaborating with people in other roles”, shares Pepaj. “So that I can make the website more user-based”. Pepaj cares about the readers and users of The Downey Legend and is looking forward to making things more user-friendly.
Nadia Phutsorn, Illustrator
Starting her first year on the Downey Legend as an Illustrator, Nadia Phutsorn,11, hopes to make connections here at newspaper as well as get back into art. Although she doesn't know where she would like to attend college yet, she wants to major in oncology. When she's not in school Phutsorn likes to draw and play the piano, both of which she has been doing since 6th grade. Despite describing herself as an introvert Phutsorn wants to use Newspaper to help her step out of her comfort zone and be a part of a bigger community.
“I want to hopefully connect with more people,” Phutsorn said. “For a long time I’ve avoided big communities, they made me uncomfortable in a way but now I want to settle in a place that makes me feel safe.”