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THE BROOKLYN LATINEER
VOX DISCIPULORUM
The Brooklyn Latineer is a voice for the discipuli of TBLS. We strive to represent the diversity of ideas, beliefs, and cultures that exist within our school in every issue we publish.
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2 days ago4 min read
‘Tis the Season; NYC’s Festivities are Here
By Tasniha Islam & Valeria Valle Rojas, Class IV This year, take advantage of your OMNY card and visit New York City’s most iconic...
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2 days ago2 min read
The Brookie Lover’s Secret
By Foteini Gatsia, Class IV Photo credits: Pexels Cookie + Brownie = Brookie This simple equation revolutionized the cookie game! This...
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2 days ago4 min read
Playing With Fire: The Wildfire Issue
By Emma Kitaygorodsky and Taliah Wasserman, Class II In November of this year, New York and New Jersey were covered with smothering...
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Jun 223 min read
R3 Versus R7 Lunch
Amelie Borges, Class III Photo Credits Public Domain Pictures 10 A.M. or 1 P.M. lunch? At The Brooklyn Latin School, you get to...
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Jun 222 min read
3 Things You Can Do To Help the Environment
Allyson Tadros, Class II Photo Credits Pixbay We have all heard about global warming and how our planet is in need of our help. But where...
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Jun 222 min read
NYC Schools and Book Bans
Amelie Borges, Class III Photo Credit: Public Domain Pictures Banning books is nothing new, but in recent years the number of banned and...
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Jun 224 min read
Standardized Testing Going Digital: Good or Bad?
Emma Kitaygorodsky, Class III Photo Credits Pixbay In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the digitization of standardized tests...
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Jun 222 min read
Book Corner: Magistri and their Favorites
Ariana Rangini, Class II Photo Credits Pixbay Walking endlessly through the aisles of a bookstore or library, the overwhelming abundance...
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May 73 min read
Caffeine Addiction
Eve Kagami, Class II and Salma Ghaly, Class II Photo Credit: Pixabay As we’re all taught, caffeine is one of the most common addictions...
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May 74 min read
That’s A Wrap On Spotify Wrapped!
Calla Braiker, Class III and Amelie Borges, Class III Photo credits: Google Image December marks not just the end of the year but the end...
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May 72 min read
A Neighborhood Gem - Ubi Market
Allyson Tadros, Class II and Ariana Rangini, Class II Photo credit: Eve Kagami, Class II Nestled among the different shops on Grand...
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Jun 21, 20233 min read
The IB Curriculum: Selection Process and Opinions
Tasfiah Rahman, Class II Photo Credit: https://publicdomainpictures.net/en/hledej.php?hleda=curriculum One of the attributes that make...
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Jun 21, 20234 min read
INTERVIEW: The History of TBLS
Matilda Curley, Class IV Photo Credit: Personal Every morning, the L trains are filled with kids in khakis. Amidst this sea of beige, you...
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Jun 21, 20233 min read
The Problem With the Willow Project
Calla Braiker, Class IV Photo Credit: The Guardian (Bryan Olin Dozier) If you were online at any point in early March, you have heard of...
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Jun 21, 20233 min read
INTERVIEW: What's Going to Happen Next in Ukraine?
Emma Kitaygorodsky, Class IV Photo Credit: Prexels A little over a year ago, President Putin of Russia ordered a full-scale invasion of...
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Jun 21, 20232 min read
Music While Studying
Eve Kagami, Class III Photo Credit: Pexels The truth is, after long hours of school, then potential extracurriculars, and then a pile of...
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Jun 21, 20234 min read
It’s Time To Face The Music
Lila Butterworth, Class IV and Taliah Wasserman, Class IV Photo Credit: Personal How Do Songs Become Popular? Due to the increasing usage...
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Mar 2, 20232 min read
REVIEW: Great Movies In Theaters Right Now
Walin Wasee, Class II Photo Credit: Dreamworks animation Puss in boots: The Last Wish Released on December 21, 2022, 11 years after the...
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Mar 2, 20233 min read
The Mental Health Epidemic of '23
Calla Braiker, Class IV; Lila Butterworth, Class IV; and Taliah Wasserman, Class IV Photo Credit: Jackson Joyce, NBC News Disclaimer:...
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Mar 2, 20232 min read
OPINION: Bring Khaki Shorts to TBLS
Arahan Datta, Class III, and Eve Kagami, Class III Photo Credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/scouts-in-a-forest-with-binoculars-5036676/...
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Mar 2, 20233 min read
The Tripledemic
Amelie Borges, Class IV, and Emma Kitaygorodsky, Class IV Photo Credit: Pexels Health is not a laughing matter. Awareness surrounding...
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Mar 2, 20233 min read
OPINION: Why We Should Consider Our Energy Expenditure
Matilda Curley, Class IV; Emma Stompor, Class IV; and Fatima Zahra, Class IV Photo Credit: Matilda Curley It looks like discipuli aren’t...
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Jun 24, 20223 min read
Taking Action on Climate Change
Angela Chan, Class IV Photo Credit: https://grist.org/climate/do-we-need-more-scary-climate-change-articles-maybe/ On April 6, hundreds...
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Jun 24, 20223 min read
Why Procrastinate?
Epiphany Das, Class III Photo Credit: Pexels Picture this. You have an essay due at 11:59. You “start work” on it at 11, but barely get a...
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Jun 24, 20222 min read
Circe: A Book Review
Salma H. Ghaly, Class IV Photo Credit: goodreads “When I was born, the word for what I was did not exist.” TRIGGER WARNING This novel...
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Jun 24, 20223 min read
TBLS Traditions
Minan Osman, Class IV Photo Credit: https://www.brooklynlatin.org/ourpages/auto/2015/10/17/60408571/brooklyn_latin_school_20151020_1115.j...
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Jun 24, 20223 min read
The Breakdown of TBLS’ Budget
Apollo Restitullo and Matthew Jung, Class II There is a common consensus among the various students and faculty present within Brooklyn...
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May 17, 20224 min read
Statement on New Dress-Down Day Policies
Adriana Vink, Class II Dear TBLS Cabinet, We are writing to you in response to the newly implemented dress code policies for non-uniform...
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May 17, 20223 min read
Too Much Homework? Here’s What Some TBLS Discipuli Think.
Joanne Ye, Class IV Photo Credit: Pexels How much is too much? Are students receiving too much homework at TBLS? Here’s what some...
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May 17, 20222 min read
Film and TV: The True Enemies
Emma Page, Class III Photo Credit: Pexels Many adults like to attack teenagers for being glued to their phones or consoles. As a result,...
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May 17, 20223 min read
The SAT Isn’t as Simple as It Seems
Amiyah Collins, Class IV Photo Credit: Wikipedia In our own school, many of the students have recently taken the SAT and/or studied for...
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May 17, 20224 min read
Can’t School Trips Be a High School Thing Too?
Rachel Lim, Class IV Photo Credit: https://publicdomainpictures.net/en/hledej.php?hleda=school+trip As TBLS students enter already more...
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May 17, 20222 min read
A Taste of the Neighborhood: Affordable Places Near TBLS You Should Try
Salma H. Ghaly, Class IV Photo Credit: Geraud Pfieffer on Pexels Many TBLS discipuli hang out after school with their friends, but most...
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May 17, 20223 min read
Anti-Asian Violence in NYC
Angela Chan, Class IV Photo Credit: The New York Post Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been a surge in hate crimes and...
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May 17, 20223 min read
Snow and Heat
Sayera Bhuiyan, Class IV Photo Credit: Yuliia Students step over and into puddles as the rain pelts their umbrella and for the...
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May 17, 20222 min read
The Pros and the Cons of the Mask Mandate Removal
Zaara Ahmed, Class IV Photo Credit: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/family-kids-face-mask-shopping-mall-1641857761 There is a...
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Apr 26, 20224 min read
A Sleepless Discip’s Guide to IB: IB Electives
Jimmy Zheng, Class II Courtesy topvectors from Public Domain Pictures. Disclaimer: This article contains both genuine information and...
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Mar 20, 20222 min read
Send Vending Machines to TBLS
Muntasir Ansary, Class IV Photo Credit: https://stock.adobe.com/276717612?tduid=0b7932b48deff6ee30bed59679fcc557&as_channel=affiliate&as_...
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Mar 20, 20224 min read
988—America’s Upcoming Alternative to 911 for Mental Health Emergencies
Radiah Jamil, Class I Photo Courtesy: JSI Four officers from the Walnut Creek (California) Police Department arrived at Taun Hall’s home...
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Mar 20, 20223 min read
Congested Hallways, Crowded Classrooms–What’s the Deal?
Cindy Truong, Class II As returning discipuli trickled back into the atria from summer break this year, they were confronted with the...
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Mar 20, 20222 min read
The Interesting Case of TBLS Pages
Zaara Ahmed, Eve Kagami, Class IV Something that any school values is enhancing their students’ creativity, and the media is no...
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Mar 20, 20222 min read
Slipping Into an Alternate Universe - 1Q84 Book Review
Lucas LaBella, Class III “Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted.” -Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 What I...
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Mar 20, 20223 min read
Are Subways Becoming Safe Again?
Epiphany Das, Class III Photo Credit: https://publicdomainpictures.net/en/index.php In the midst of quarantine due to the pandemic,...
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Mar 20, 20222 min read
Destruction of the Blue Park
Elizabeth Balgar, Class IV Photo credit: quartersnacks.com In December of 2021, right before winter break, the NYPD came to remove some...
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Mar 20, 20223 min read
And Then There Was None Book Review
Sayera Bhuiyan Try and imagine this. It's the late 1930’s in the UK. 10 people get a letter from an unknown person. They are invited, for...
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Mar 20, 20221 min read
Gaze Afar
Chenyi Andrew, Class III The digital art, “Gaze Afar,” is an illustration that symbolizes the many who are situated in the mires yet...
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Mar 20, 20222 min read
The Black Atlas
Shamaina Destin, Class III My poem is about the expectations placed on black women and how that as a result has affected my view on...
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Mar 18, 20223 min read
Black Student Alliance Art and Writing Winner Interview 2022
Q: How long did your piece take you: A(Shamaina Destin) : My piece took about 1-2 weeks to make, but most of that time was spent...
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Jan 25, 20222 min read
Metal Detectors: A School Safety Procedure or School Safety Issue?
Ethan Chu, Class I Photo from https://www.nyclu.org/en/news/nypd-brazenly-ignoring-law-school-safety On three different days Nov. 15th,...
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Jan 19, 20222 min read
Tips and Advice for Cold Classrooms!
Amina Khan, Class I Photo by Misskaterina from Public Domain Pictures Disclaimer: This is a work of satire! Please do not misuse school...
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