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When the 2020-2021 school year comes to a close on June 2, so will the first year of the newly revived The Talon at Clayton Valley Charter High School. I would like to take this time to reflect on the steps I personally took, reflect on some hardships we had faced, and share what team members thought about their experiences regarding their first year. My role as a journalist began at the dinner table, eating udon noodle soup with my mom, dad, and brother, just before Thank

The onset of the pandemic forced students out of classrooms in the interest of safety, and many CVCHS staff were sent home as well. Nonetheless, teachers were obliged to bridge the gap between campus and conceptual understanding. Several teachers were surveyed on their ongoing response to distance learning. "Work-life balance does not exist in teaching, either remote or in-person," said Karin Westbrook, an English teacher, but "I want to look ahead to when I can have kids in

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Fast-paced journalists scurrying around the room. Editors clamoring around written pieces to be submitted only minutes before the deadline. The exhilarating life within a newsroom. As of the late 2019-20 school year, students at Clayton Valley Charter High School, home of the ugly eagles, have begun to revive The Talon , the school’s student newspaper that had been active until the 2017-18 school year. The final issue was published on May 30th of 2018, the second issue the f

The beginning of a movement in an effort to rewrite American history through perspectives of minorities.