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      April 12, 2019

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Photo: "Kamala Harris" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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      Jerry, also known as Sushi and Maui, is the newest Jerry, also known as Sushi and Maui, is the newest addition to English teacher Kathryn Gong-Guy’s classroom. After taking a Buzzfeed quiz titled “Your Food Preferences Will Reveal What Pet You Should Have” for a warm up as a class and receiving the answer “fish,” Gong-Guy adopted this blue betta fish. Gong-Guy is not an animal person, but due to her first period’s persistence, she gave in. “I do feel an attachment to this fish,” Gong-Guy said. “Sometimes when I wake up in the morning and the fish is not swimming around in his usual energetic state, I'll feel kind of sad.” Jerry’s previous home was a Petco, but now it is a Hawaii themed tank on Gong-Guy’s shelf.

First photo: Gong-Guy, her first period class and Jerry smile on Zoom.
Second Photo: Jerry swims in his tank. 
Third Photo: Gong-Guy and Jerry pose together. 

Reporting by Akhila Ayyadevara.
Photos courtesy of Kathryn Gong-Guy.
      Click the link in our bio to learn more about the Click the link in our bio to learn more about the investigation launched by Director of Student Services Andrew Yau after Executive Director David Porter received an email notifying him of the first student to test positive for COVID-19, including accounts from Horton Connect attendee Melawit Solomon (8) and Distance Learning Support Teacher Shauna Yelnick. 

Photo: Students in the seventh through ninth grade cohort complete their schoolwork during Horton Connect on Sept. 28. Shauna Yelnick sits on the far right.

Reporting by Alexandra Rozmarin and Janessa Ulug. 
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Reporting, filming and editing by Katherine Nguyen.
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Reporting and design by Akshara Kollu.
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      Read about Class of 2020 alumni Hannah Van Gelder, Read about Class of 2020 alumni Hannah Van Gelder, Sophia Singh and Joel Jaison speak on starting college during a pandemic. Link in bio.

Photo: UPA alumna Sophia Singh poses at her desk in a corner of her room after finishing her computer science midterm.
Photo: UPA alumna Hannah Van Gelder sits on her bed in her dorm at Marymount Manhattan College.
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Reporting by Akshara Kollu.
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