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Andy Mercado

Andy Mercado, Staff Writer

Andy is a high school freshman. He’s Dominican but mostly speaks English (he was never taught Spanish that well), and he enjoys baking, music, and most of all, traveling. He wants to travel around the world when he’s older and has a good paying job, and discover new things.

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An Interview with Principal Falciani

By Andy Mercado, Staff Writer April 29, 2025

There are many things students might want to know about their school.  Maybe you want to know more about the school’s history, or maybe even the contrary; the future of CHAH. Well, that’s exactly...

Activities, like mask painting and bracelet making, at Bring Change 2 Mind's Mental Health Spirit Week.

CHAH’s very own Bring Change 2 Mind Club

By Andy Mercado, Staff Writer April 1, 2025

When we’re young, we have lots of things on our minds. School, homework, getting enough sleep, staying in shape, ect. It’s nice to do something that gets your mind off things. And that’s exactly...

Pet Day at School by hotta, available at Openclipart [https://openclipart.org/detail/322856/pet-day-at-school] under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) License.

CHAH should encourage more class pets

By Andy Mercado, Staff Writer January 14, 2025

I believe that CHAH as a school should encourage more class pets in classrooms. Class pets  can teach students about responsibility over living organisms and encourage them to behave better (for example,...

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CHAH Needs a Higher Language Diversity

By Andy Mercado, Staff Writer December 3, 2024

Students like speaking their own language. I mean, that’s pretty cool isn’t it? We all have a way of communicating. But there are MANY ways of communicating, in the form of languages! We have English,...

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