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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

New to the Downey High School campus, Stephanie Gonzalez meets her first and best friend, senior Marlene Oropeza, in her ROP dance class during the first week. “At first it was overwhelming because I didn’t know anyone, but I love the friends that I‘ve made and the people I’ve met,” Gonzalez stated.

Just go with the flow

Mireya Navarro, Staff Writer January 21, 2015

After living with her dad in Boyle Heights since she was a child, Stephany “Sam” Gonzalez, 12, made a change in her life when she moved to Downey with her mom and left her history in Boyle Heights.   Leaving...

After transferring from Sussman Middle School in the fall of 2014, Mrs. Wilmoth now teaches English 10, for the first time at Downey High School, in the A building. “To be honest, I enjoy coming to school everyday to see what it can bring to me,” Wilmoth said. “It’s a job I have fun doing and that I love to do.”

The new, the better, and the change

Mireya Navarro, Staff Writer November 14, 2014

After teaching at Sussman Middle School for 20 years, Kimberly Wilmoth, decided to make a change in her career by becoming a sophomore English teacher at Downey High.   She was sitting in her...

Beginning this semester in the Math and English departments, the Downey Unified School District will require teachers to change their curriculum. Mrs. Orca has changed her curriculum after six years of teaching to fit the curriculum requirements.

Oh, the times they are a-changin’

Moises Martinez, Community Section Editor February 25, 2014

Beginning this spring, the Downey Unified School District will be implementing a series of changes to the curriculum that will affect primarily the English and Math departments. This year, students...

A Change for the Better

Kimberly Dominguez, News Editor October 12, 2011

Walking around the campus this school year is the new administrator, Ms. Julie Main. A new school year almost always consists of the same ingredients: good attitudes, new supplies, and avid willingness...

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