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Mr. Boroski Reads Dariana Pallasco's Piece at the Capitol to Advocate for Gun Reform

By Mr. Boroski
​     I went to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. last weekend to attend meetings with Representatives and Senators to discuss the issue of gun violence in schools and our communities. I attended the March for Our Lives rally on Saturday as well. 
     With Dariana Pallasco's permission, I read her piece "Through Her Eyes" Sending Our Condolences to Uvalde. as my opening statement about gun reform to elected officials. After reading Dariana's piece there was not a dry eye in the room. After the lobbying meetings and march on Friday and Saturday, today, Sunday, June 12th, 20 Senators announced an agreement on gun reform laws. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-reform-deal-senators-announcement/ Even after the tragedy at Sandy Hook, there has been no federal legislation on gun reform in America, until now. It may not be everything we sought in the meetings but it the first step that our country needed. Senators likely to announce agreement on gun reforms Sunday.
     Dariana's art is proof that what we do at Coop matters. Art can move people and create change in our country/world. Please congratulate Dariana for the role her creative writing piece played in this historic legislation. Click here for more photos of Mr. Boroski at the Capitol.
END-OF-YEAR ARTS PERFORMANCES & AWARDS (Photos by Mr.  and Mrs. Esposito)
Congrats to Dancers' on Their
​End-of-Year Performance
Rachel Kearse Wins Best Actress Award for Stephen Sondheim awards at Shubert 
Congratulations to nominees Aji Tajudeen (Best Actor), and Selena Zamora (Best Supporting Actress). Great job to Autymn Brown, Kayleigh Householder, and Lauren Wiedenmann who performed in the opening and closing numbers. 
Matthew Judd, Jocelyn Francisco, Joseph Barrett at CT COLT Poetry Contest! 
Springfest Band Concert featured Studio Lab Band, Concert Jazz Band, and Wind Ensemble
124 NHPS Students Awarded Seal of Biliteracy Dual Language Certificate
Creative Writers Feel the Love at Their Spring "Phresh Content" Showcase
POETRY
The Stars in the Sky Created and Performed for International Festival of Arts & Ideas by Miniya Ture
Garden Kayla Tirozzi Away From Sailing Johana Perez-Altamirano Not America Mariana Zepeda Burn Your Wings if You Wish to Fly Jaidyn Wein What’s Going on with You? Sincere Hayden​ Journey of the Blanket  Eva Berthelot-Hill Death Is My Fake Friend Corie Thomas I Must Be Dreaming Miniya Ture Our Galaxy Is Just a Big Black Hole Ariana Morera Right Person Wrong Time Brianna Lane Flowers are Like People Breyanna Wolf 
Mania Dariana B. Pallasco Everyone's Mad Dariana B. Pallasco The Devil Dariana B. Pallasco Losing Your Love 
Anelis Perez Sitting by the blazing fire Tiernen Sands My Guardian Angel Sharnise Humphrey Moye The Rugby Game Janiah Swan What Jesus Provides Me Neily Mellado-Valdez Twilight Sean Moore America Antoine Pittman made to be Chele Swaby Rose Imani Tatman A Downpour of Us Adi Clermont The American Dream Kiaharra
Moore ​Our Miserable Love Trinity Ford Dear America Maerose Parker My Guardian Angel Sharnise Humphrey Moye Feather Memories Gabriella Alvarracin The American Dream: What Is It? Michael Chung Realize Jaynesha Pearson Life’s Incandescent Touch Nelly J. Padilla
ESSAY & OPINION
Letter to America
By Janaya Winstead 
Dear America,
     I wish you would stop judging me based on my looks, my gender, and race. I wish you would stop debating, preventing, questioning, and degrading me from doing a lot of things because I am a woman and not only a woman, a Black woman, a woman of color. READ MORE...
The American Dream
Nolan Wazni
    The American Dream is something that everyone strives for: Being successful on your own terms and living a happy and comfortable life, however that may manifest itself for you. However, the way that America’s systems and social programs are built causes this dream to be just that for many: a dream. READ MORE...
Beauty is pain.
​Piper Zschack 
     Being cradled in depression’s fist from a young age caused my spirit to grow into the gaps between its unyielding fingers. The shape that I take as I enter my adult life is a product of the ways that it stifled my evolution. We fit together like the weed in the concrete crack, inseparable. Synonymous. READ MORE...
The American Dream
Julian Jaca 
     The American dream for me is to just have an equal and balanced life. My American dream is to always chase my goals. I want to always have a goal so I can always have something to strive for and I'll always be leveling up. I believe all my goals will help me be a better me and that is my American Dream, to be the best me I can be. READ MORE...
Read more essays and opinion pieces by Ezra Nierenberg, Ryan Tuxpan, Jake Warner, and more here...
HELPFUL LINKS
CREATIVE WRITING
Aaron Jafferis and Tahj Galberth of "The Word" Literary Arts Program led workshops for 9th, 11th, and 12th Creative Writers.
REVIEWS
Review of “Bonk.io”
​(5 out of 5 stars!)
By Cassandra Clermont
​"The Social Dilemma”
By Ezra Nierenberg 4/22
VISUAL ART
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Art by Isabella Galik
Ms. Granata and Students at New Haven Rally for Reading
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​Read more: www.newhaven
independent.org/article/ready_rally
Women's History Month: Art & Writing Collaboration
Disney Artist and Alum Dana Terrace Speaks with Visual Artists
Interview by Alexis Mendyk
Dana Terrace spoke with Visual Artists on Thursday, April 28 about how she started drawing and animating in school every day. Her first job was animating at JibJab. She dealt with many rejections until the team at the show Gravity Falls had her help out. Then she started working with Ducktales, Tangled, and now has created her own show, The Owl House. Dana led the artists in an activity where they were able to make their own story plot and adventures, along with their own characters. The group even learned from her how to do episode brainstorming. Click to read interview.
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