From 8 to approximately 4:30 many students leave the safety of their homes to travel to school, taking with them backpacks that weigh about 40 pounds, nearly as much as an average packed suitcase. They wait outside for transit if they don’t have rides to get to school and are met in class by the […]

Leela Briggs is a junior in high school in Brooklyn, New York. In school her favorite subject is English because in that subject almost anything can happen. The love for this subject has sparked an interest in working at the Ditmas Examiner and made her the creative personal that we at the Examiner know and […]