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Douglass senior Drake Glover is the lead rapper for the Lyricist Society’s new song, “Peace.” The group has recorded original songs under the direction of Douglass teacher Quan Neloms since 2010.
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Douglass students write, perform, edit music video

Black Lives Matter, police brutality, black-on-black crime and being aware of what’s happening in one’s own community congeal lyrically in the song “Peace,” written by a Frederick Douglass Academy senior Drake Glover and featured by junior Deon Butler, as part of a Lyricist Society project. Glover has been apart of Lyricist Society since the beginning of his junior year at Douglass. “The music wasn't very hard to write, but it took some time,” said Glover, who wrote the song with Butler.



Douglass resource teacher Amanda Morris works out a treadmill during her prep time.
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Douglass staff gets fit

Last summer, Douglass Academy middle school science teacher Sheryl Rucker and ELA Instructional Specialist Christopher Bryant started exercising together. Rucker, a science teacher, said her goal was to lose weight before her wedding next summer.
















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The amazing life of Bowles

Western librarian promotes passion for traveling By Adrian Alaniz and Esmeralda Espitia The Western Express From his mid-20s William Bowles, the librarian at Western International High School, spends days away from school traveling to exotic locales, such as Egypt, Switzerland, South America, Central America, Turkey, Nigeria and Japan. Bowles is a generous and thoughtful guy who everyone should get the chance to know.


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