NEHS hosts multilingual poetry night
Cindy Phung, A&E Editor
• April 12, 2024
![Smiling widely, senior Dana Zafarani embraces English teacher and contest organizer Andria Benmuvhar after being announced as West’s 2024 Poetry Out Loud champion. Zafarani will represent West at the regional competition in February. “I’ve done Poetry Out Loud for the last two years. I’m a senior now, so I want to make it count,” Zafarani said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DSC_0030-1200x801.jpg)
Lines and rhymes
Serena Liu, Editor-in-Chief
• January 17, 2024
![English teacher Andria Benmuvhar stands in front of the bookshelves in her English classroom. After experiencing great sacrifices by her parents for her well-being, Benmuvhar gained an appreciation for her childhood. “Neither of my parents had a college degree. They were not making that much money, but they still found a way to send me to a private high school. At the time, [it] was nowhere near how much it costs today, but it was still a sacrifice. My dad would [also] take us out and we would do all of these [fun] things. It wasnt until later when I realized how much debt my father was in. When he got his pension, he literally kissed all of his credit card bills. He kissed the envelopes to send off all the debt,” Benmuvhar said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-19-1200x800.jpg)
Flashback Friday: English language arts teacher Andria Benmuvhar
Sakenah Lajkem, Staff writer
• December 8, 2023
![Teachers recount where exactly they were during the 9/11 attacks, 22 years later.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Black-White-Photo-Collage-Happy-Mothers-Day-Instagram-Post.png)
Where were you during 9/11?
Sakenah Lajkem, Staff Writer
• September 11, 2023
![Beaming after winning the regional competition, senior Zoe Skidis stands with English teacher Andria Benmuvhar. Skidis won the school-wide competition for Poetry Out Loud, the regional competition, and went to compete at the state competition. “We went up there, and it went really smoothly. I loved listening to the other poems. Its a little harder to focus on other peoples poems because youre nervous for your own, but it was still really cool,” Skidis said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Untitled-design-3.jpg)
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Grace Loethen, Staff Writer
• April 12, 2023
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