Issue #3: January
New Year; Same Us.
It’s all here. Opinion pieces on New Year, New Me. Thoughts on the cultural in’s and out’s of 2024. A deep dive into grading, another into cafeteria food. An examination of our country’s mistreatment and misdiagnosis of people of color. Beautiful profiles of fellow students, and a profile of one very beloved Principal. A series of pieces on the effects of social media. And, right before we launch into Black History Month — a special, curated section on blackness featuring voices of students and staff. What more could you want? We are The Python Post. It’s a new year, and we’re still here.
Black History Month: A Python Post Special Section
In this month's special section, we wanted to feature everything that is Black, and we wanted to show the value of being Black. We are honored to have faculty and students of Comp Sci High express the ways in which Blackness is centered and prioritized within their life. We worked closely with Destiny Francis, Ms. McNair, Toure Parker, and Mr. Mosley. We acknowledge the importance of having the ability to be expressive in any space you are in. So we asked one question to all our writers: What value does being Black hold to you?
— Maty Diagne & Shane Forbes
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Evelyn Kedelina writes a piece straight from the heart about her relationship with her identity.
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Quianna McNair thinks deeply and critically about the way Black women are treated in this moment.
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Destiny Francis talks about the personal, cultural, and global value of being Black.
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Mr. Mosley discusses how he views blackness as a responsibility to be “anything other than common.”
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Toure Parker on an experience of tragedy, how it shaped him, and how he views his own identity as a result.
Investigative Reporting
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Laila Ayala tries to get to the heart of why students fail, in a multi-part deep dive into grading, teacher practice, and more.
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Emilie Davis, Tae-Vaughn Gayle, and Jeremiah Padial take on school lunch — reporting on its history, current status, and those who make it.
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Morlaye Bangoura offers his insight into our country’s racist history, and racist present.
Profiles
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MadysonLove Jacobs and Brianna Osorio profile CSH students who have to work to make a living.
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David Cardoso profiles one of CSH’s stellar students: Fatoumata Diawara.
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Arnel Nsowah-Asante profiles the one and only Ms. Alder, Principal of CSH.
Community
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Briana Chavez & Samuel Garcia dive deep into the state of trash in New York City.
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Destiny Calderon interviews members of our community to see if the holidays are really dead.
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Jeniffer Cruz Dabrowska interviews some members of our 9th grade class to see how they view their class identity as a whole.
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Jaria Fofana on how CSH supports its students after high school.
Sports
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Renee Belton writes about Kobe Bryant on the 4th year anniversary of his passing.
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Cristopher Vargas Marte with a deep dive into baseball’s “small market teams.”
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Tyler Dabideen on how to navigate sports, even if you can’t make it as a professional.
Arts, Culture, & Social Media
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Fathima Ballee and Nyah Serrata — our resident culture critics — give us the trend forecast for 2024.
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Pablo Colon on scrolling and staying up.
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Humu Fofana on how her relationship with social media has evolved.
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Adyel Lantigua goes in depth on not just Gypsy Rose Blanchard, but what her story represents about how we use and abuse social media.
Opinion
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Djenabou Diallo gets insightful about New Year’s resolutions.
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Jasmine Jean Baptiste offers her opinion on religion, and how it can be used for good and misconstrued for less-than-good.
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