Every Voice Matters
March 11, 2020
Communication and public speaking are important skills to learn and practice in the classroom
Peeling back the layers: American Born Chinese replaces The Scarlet Letter
January 31, 2020
Examining how the minority experience is taught by white HAmLit teachers
Teachers’ favorite books
January 6, 2020
10 teachers discuss and recommend books that are significant to them
Cross pollinating culture: why the Indian greeting “namaste” should not be popularized in the West
September 27, 2019
Unpacking the controversy behind Western usage of the Indian greeting “namaste”
Rolling out the jade carpet: Exploring the recent surge in Asian representation in media
Hannah Lee, Emily Xia, Ruth Feng, Elena Khan, and Aditya Dash
September 27, 2018
The impacts from new films "Crazy Rich Asians" and "To All the Boys I've Ever Loved"
HAmlit students and teachers share views on new grading system
Meghna Gaddam
September 15, 2015
Ever since word spread about HAmlit classes changing their grading system, the campus has run rampant with rumors about what this means: will it be easier, harder or more stressful? These are all questions students are addressing with their own opinions. What students don’t know, however, is tha...
Busted: “The 15 – minute rule”
Neha Ramchandani
February 5, 2014
MYTH: Students are allowed to leave campus if their teacher is more than 15 minutes late to class. STUDENTS SAY: Senior Justine Kang remembers a particular incident when she was a TA for a class of freshmen. She was outside the classroom among the other students, patiently waiting for her teach...
Statistical breakdown
Jennifer Lee
March 14, 2013
Criminologist Jackson Toby wrote in a 2001 issue of Weekly Standard that “although mass murders inside of American schools are statistically very, very rare, when they do occur, they are more likely to take place in good suburban schools than in bad inner-city schools.” The same is true...
On that day: Teachers reflect
Lisa Zhang
September 11, 2011
English teachers David Clarke and Vennessa Nava and History teacher Viviana Montoya-Hernandez describe the day when they heard about the 9/11 news. Clarke was a teacher at another school at the time, while Nava was still a college student. ...
