Will My Best Be Good Enough? Realizing That Other Students Have More Advantages Makes Me Worried About Getting Into College Page 10 for People Who Care About Teens
May-June 2012 also in this issue www.layouth.coM Racial profiling 6 ‘Injustice’ art contest winners 14 Understanding the newspaper by and about teens mental illness 16 Will my best be good enough? Realizing that other students have more advantages makes me worried about getting into college Page 10 For PeoPle Who care about teens About L.A.Youth How L.A. Youth started Former teacher Donna Myrow founded the nonprofit teen newspaper in 1988 after the Supreme Court Hazelwood decision, which struck down student press Senior Writers: Jennifer Gonzales-Romero • Ha Young Kwen, Wilson HS • Jessica Marin, Culver rights. Myrow saw a need for an independent, uncensored forum for youth City HS • Kristy Plaza, Duarte HS • Christian Santiago • Stephany Yong, Walnut HS expression. L.A. Youth is now celebrating its 24th year of publishing. Staff: Angela Aie, Walnut HS • Rocio Arenas, Granada Hills Charter HS • Emily Bader, Cleveland HS • Rosie Baek, South How L.A. Youth is doing today HS • Emily Bai, Arcadia HS • Flor Carolina Barillas, South Gate HS • Victor Beteta, University HS • Maceo Bradley, Animo Locke HS #3 • Tyler Bradshaw, Redondo Union HS • Heidi Carreon, Gladstone HS • Andrew Chen, Walnut HS • Jinny Choi, L.A. Youth now has a readership of 350,000 in Los Angeles County. Thousands of La Cañada HS • Sydney Chou, Sonora HS • Camille Didelot-Hearn, L.A.C.E.S. • Avika Dua, Walnut HS • Seth Falcon, Alliance students have benefited from L.A. Youth’s journalism training. Many have graduated College-Ready Middle Academy #5 • Amy Fan, Temple City HS • Araceli Gutierrez, Cleveland HS • Sareen Habeshian, AGBU from college and have built on their experiences at L.A.
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