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Essaye Tekia

Essaye Tekia, News & Features Writer

In his 1st year as a Chatterbox staff member, Essaye Tekia is striving to work as a writer and
journalist for the News and Features team. He hopes to hone his photojournalistic skills so
that he can be prepared for his work in journalism in college.

Essaye is an avid member of the Arts Program at Walnut. He is a second year Marching
Band member and also is in Senior band. Other interests include plant growing and calisthenics.

Essaye hopes to go to UC, where he’ll major in journalism, after which he hopes to become
an investigative journalist.

When he isn’t on social media or practicing his clarinet, Tekia usually takes walks or plays
his favorite game, League of Legends.

All content by Essaye Tekia
Members of Black Culture Club work on a poster that will later hang in the Forum. Black Culture Club has been planning their festivities in recognition of the month for weeks, even coming into school on snow days to prepare.

Students emboldened by Black History Month

Essaye Tekia, News & Features Writer
February 12, 2019
Pamela Owens observes as she lets one of her Ethnic Studies students, Hannah Begashaw ‘19, asks Richard Aughpin, an acquaintance of Owens, questions about his deportation back to the UK.

A new perspective on the immigration debate

Essaye Tekia, News & Features Writer
January 16, 2019
SENIOR Chase Pope has distinguished herself as a high achieving and socially conscious student, as exemplified through her acceptance into the Smithsonian Secretary’s Youth Council, a selective organization that seeks to give youth chances to express their opinions on and influence what they do at the institution.

SENIOR Chase Pope inducted into the Secretary’s Smithsonian Youth Advisory Council

Essaye Tekia, News & Features Writer
December 11, 2018
Thousands of women have used the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport on Twitter to share their stories of sexual misconduct. Some of those voices are WHHS students.

[Photo] Waves of women declare #WhyIDidntReport

Chyna Smith, Style and Culture Section Editor
November 15, 2018
Two students work to diagram and deconstruct a Latin sentence with the guidance of Kathleen Keener. Latin, a fundamental part of the WHHS curriculum, is sometimes criticized as unnecessary and outdated.

Students question the Classics at WHHS

Essaye Tekia, News & Features Writer
October 9, 2018
Two students work to diagram and deconstruct a Latin sentence with the guidance of Kathleen Keener. Latin, a fundamental part of the WHHS curriculum, is sometimes criticized as unnecessary and outdated.

[Photo] Students Demand Action remembers 5/3 victims

Kasey Shao, News & Features Contributor
October 9, 2018
Alma Russell, ‘20, gazes down at a soaked desk in the journalism lab. On top of the already hectic first week of school, another element of discomfort was added to student’s first few days with the realization that HVAC units throughout the school had begun to drip.

A stormy start to the school year

Essaye Tekia, News & Features Writer
September 25, 2018
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