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The Downey Legend

The School Newspaper of Downey High School

The Downey Legend

The School Newspaper of Downey High School

The Downey Legend

The AP Psychology program had a project where students, such as Valeria Gomez, 12, must create a baby out of a 2-liter bottle and use it to create a baby album correlating with child development and tells about her favorite moment with this project. “ A few days before the project was due I jokingly said, “let’s rip off the head of my doll and just put it on our bottle",” Gomez said. “ It ended up being really creepy but also ended up being a really nice looking baby bottle.”

Are You Ready Kids…

Adrian Soto, Writer March 20, 2019

“She first started by saying we are going to make babies,” has been a phrase floating around the halls of Downey High School as AP Psychology students created their “Bottle Baby: A Development...

In room B-214, Mrs. Neria feeds Kitsia Arenas, 12, samples of different liquids to experiment with her taste buds as students cover their eyes to gain knowledge about the factors that affect the sense of taste. “Teaching Psychology has been different from the other social studies classes that I have taught because of the experiments,” Mrs. Neria said. “Since it is my first time teaching the subject, sometimes the experiments do not go as I have planned, but my students are patient and kind.”

New class, same enthusiasm

Rodas Hailu, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2012

After over 20 years of enlightening students with United States history, Mrs. Dolores Neria is now teaching Psychology for the first time. Since more electives were needed at school, Neria was given...

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