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The Student News Site of University Prep

The Puma Press

The Student News Site of University Prep

The Puma Press

Veteran Mawee Aguon teaches Foundations in Composition class.
Reflecting on Service
By Hannah Salemy, Reporter • November 9, 2023

This year, while we’re all relaxing on our day off for Veterans Day, history teacher Damin Bauer will be in Washington, DC. “I get together with five soldiers from my...

Israel-Hamas War Affects Community
Israel-Hamas War Affects Community
By Simon Alpren and Avi Patel November 9, 2023

Five weeks after Hamas launched terrorist attacks on Israel, the current death toll is 10,000 Gazans according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, and about 1,400 Israelis according...

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UPrep puts up French flag to welcome their guests. “UPrep really is their favorite thing about being here. They really enjoyed getting to know the school, getting to see how we work as a community,” Williams translated.
The French Connection

University Prep is finalizing a plan to establish a Global Link France with a high school in Saint Brieuc called St. Pierre. In October, the head of St. Pierre, David Hersin, and...

Finnish Students visit the Space Needle on their trip to Seattle.
Finnish Students Visit UPrep

In October, University Prep welcomed a group of students from Finland. Mikayla Patella-Buckley, the chair of the science department, visited the high school where the children...

Mirna Ruiz wipes off a desk in a math classroom. “On a typical day...after class, I come, I prepare things, I start in the first classroom on the third floor, and it is generally unoccupied,” Ruiz said.
An Unsung Hero

Every day, when the clock strikes 2:55 p.m., and students across the school close their computers, pack up their things and rush out the front door, Mirna Ruiz, supervisor of the...

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Senior Jack Angelone and ninth-grader Brandon Liu during a match.
Kings of the Court
By Grady Stone, Reporter • November 9, 2023

After an undefeated regular season, the University Prep boys varsity tennis team took home the title of 1A Emerald Sound league champions in October for the 11th time in school...

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Ninth graders Cormac Chandler (left) and Abby Popchuk (right) perform a musical number.
Performing The Prom
By Hannah Salemy, Reporter • November 28, 2023

Behind three nights of stunning solos and complicated choreography was a group of talented individuals dedicated to the production of The Prom. The...

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Hello! My Name Is...
Hello! My Name Is...
By Carter Headstrom, Editor-in-Chief • October 13, 2023

Brandon Liu (he/him) is a ninth-grader coming from The Evergreen School, located in North Seattle. At a new school for the first time since elementary, Liu is getting accustomed...

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No Time For Community
No Time For Community
By Sofia Delgado-Pack, Reporter • November 9, 2023

It’s becoming a pattern: I open up Schoology to look at what I’ll have during Community Time that week, and it’s always a never-ending list of activities: advisory, clubs,...

A Broken System
A Broken System
November 9, 2023
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