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Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

With the help of a designer, his partner and good old fashioned hard work, English teacher James Ratti has turned a vision into reality.

James Ratti: world traveler to landscape artist

By Bobby Gorelick November 10, 2020

James Ratti is a world literature and AVID teacher who has taught at HHS for 13 years and is passionate about the environment, social justice and traveling.  When the pandemic began, similar to many...

 A system like quarantine is heavily reliant on the efforts of its participants. As residents of the country with the highest number of COVID-19 infections, Americans have a heavy responsibility to participate in the quarantine. Protests against the quarantine, which have flared up across the U.S. only help to prolong the virus’s stay in the U.S. and put the lives of many at risk.

Quarantine Protests: Ill aimed discontent

By Dexter Tatsukawa May 16, 2020

With over 1 million Americans infected, the U.S. now has the highest number of COVID-19 cases according to NPR. Even so, these numbers have not stopped some from protesting the measures used to keep...

Trying new things can be a positive distraction from being at home constantly.

Students and staff use their free time to pick up new hobbies

By Karuna Chandran and Madhavi Karthik April 29, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreaks can be stress-inducing for many people, according to the CDC. However, according to the Australian Government Department of Health, learning a new hobby can offset this stress and...

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