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The Cypress
The student news site of Brookline High School

The Cypress
The student news site of Brookline High School

The Cypress
School improvement plan: administration

School improvement plan: administration

Rosa Stern Pait and Valentina Rojas
February 5, 2016
School improvement plan: academic and financial support

School improvement plan: academic and financial support

Rosa Stern Pait and Valentina Rojas
February 4, 2016
Headmaster Deborah Holman demonstrates how to navigate the new, BHS Diversity Matters web link on the high school's main webpage.

Students and administrators meet in weekly “Lunch and Learn” session to discuss race and inequality

Sara Hogenboom and Sarah Gladstone
February 4, 2016
School improvement plan: racial equity

School improvement plan: racial equity

Rosa Stern Pait and Valentina Rojas
February 3, 2016
Seniors Donnaya Brown and Anijah Lender sit next to a petition poster in the atrium on Jan. 29. Leon Yang / Sagamore Staff

Students seek change in second atrium sit-in

Leon Yang, Sports Writing Editor
January 29, 2016
Peeps on the Street: Students discuss protest on inaction regarding race

Peeps on the Street: Students discuss protest on inaction regarding race

Kendall McGowan, Managing News Editor
January 22, 2016
Senior Donnaya Brown sits in protest in the atrium with juniors KeiAntey Gamble and Destiny David during C-block. Photo by Kendall McGowan/Sagamore staff.

Senior calls for action on race and equality in protest

Kendall McGowan, Managing News Editor
January 22, 2016
Brookline Police Officer Prentice Pilot (Left), Police Chief Dan O'Leary (center), Officer Zerai-Misgun (right)

EXCLUSIVE: Interviews with Brookline police officers and Police Chief on racial discrimination investigations

Bertina Xue, Arts Layout Editor
January 22, 2016
Students sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," an African-American folk song, to commence the MLK day assembly.

MLK assembly focuses on challenging institutional racism

Jake Brodsky and Chris Bell
January 21, 2016
Students in the new Racial Awareness class listen to a lecture by their teacher, Malcolm Cawthorne. The class is offered solely to sophomores Tuesdays and Thursdays during z-block.

Racial Awareness class garners mixed reactions from sophomore students

Valentina Rojas, Writing Editor
January 21, 2016
A woman holds a sign at the protest in front of the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Jan. 18. Protestors showed their support for Officers Prentice Pilot and Estefinos Zerai-Misgun.

“Town of Brookline MLK Celebration: Keeping the Promise” congregates both supporters and protestors

Sarah Groustra and Louie Goldsmith
January 20, 2016
Members of the Brookline community, including people who participated in public comment, talk amongst themselves before the meeting begins. The discussion lasted for approximately two hours with 33 speakers.

Members of the community express their opinions on race after claims of prejudice and discrimination in the Brookline Police Department

Bertina Xue, Arts Layout Editor
January 14, 2016
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