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Southwest Shadow

Southwest Shadow

An Hour in ... Fashion Design

An Hour in … Fashion Design

Journalism Foundations
December 4, 2018
Seniors in Fashion Design IV are at the beginning stages of their capstone.
An Hour in ... Culinary

An Hour in … Culinary

Amanda Masek
November 28, 2018
Culinary students prepared snacks for open house.
An Hour in ... Dungeons and Dragons

An Hour in … Dungeons and Dragons

Cosette Zielinski
November 16, 2018
Dungeons and Dragons is a pen-and-paper roleplaying game.
An Hour in ... Chicago JEA/NSPA Fall Convention

An Hour in … Chicago JEA/NSPA Fall Convention

McKenna Thayer
November 8, 2018
Journalism students travel to Chicago to participate in the JEA/NSPA Fall Convention.
An Hour in ... Medical Terminology

An Hour in … Medical Terminology

Madison White
October 29, 2018
Students in medical terminology taught the class lessons on medical vocabulary.
Junior Emily Giblin inserts a suctioning tube in the mannequin patient’s mouth. GIblin had to confirm with Respiratory Science teacher Vicki Smith that she was correctly helping the patient. “I have practiced suctioning, charting, and the basics of tracheotomy care many times,” Giblin said. “Now I feel I have it seared in my head.”

An Hour in … Respiratory Science III

Cosette Zielinski
October 3, 2018
Juniors in Respiratory Science III are practicing tracheotomy care on mannequin patients.
An Hour In ... Algebra II

An Hour In … Algebra II

Kyle Bayudan
August 31, 2018
As practice, students in Algebra II participated in a scavenger hunt about the point-slope formula.
An Hour In ... Chemistry

An Hour In … Chemistry

Noel Sarte-Saad
April 27, 2018
Sophomores created elephant toothpaste as their first lab in Chemistry.
An Hour In … Speech and Debate

An Hour In … Speech and Debate

Grinesa Bajrami
April 9, 2018
Speech and Debate members have an after school potluck.
An Hour In ...Photography

An Hour In …Photography

Vinh Tran
April 5, 2018
Photography students take photos for a project and their portfolios.
An Hour In ... Graphic Design I

An Hour In … Graphic Design I

Alyx Beeten
March 21, 2018
Graphic Design students take pictures and alter them to their assigned art styles. The finished product will be printed onto a shirt.
An Hour In … English 11

An Hour In … English 11

Grinesa Bajrami
March 12, 2018
Students in English 11 present their favorite speeches with their own personal twist.