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Civics Class Endorsements

The ninth grade Civics class closely monitored the mid-term elections. The dust has settled and here are some of the candidates the students liked best. These are individual endorsements from the students and do not reflect the school's opinion. 

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Civics Class Endorsements

The ninth grade Civics class closely monitored the mid-term elections. The dust has settled and here are some of the candidates the students liked best. These are individual endorsements from the students and do not reflect the school's opinion. 

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Civics Class Endorsements

The ninth grade Civics class closely monitored the mid-term elections. The dust has settled and here are some of the candidates the students liked best. These are individual endorsements from the students and do not reflect the school's opinion. 

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Chaplin had the perfect situation every artist dreams of: unlimited time, unending control and millions of dollars at his disposal.

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Civics Class Endorsements

The ninth grade Civics class closely monitored the mid-term elections. The dust has settled and here are some of the candidates the students liked best. These are individual endorsements from the students and do not reflect the school's opinion. 

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Chaplin had the perfect situation every artist dreams of: unlimited time, unending control and millions of dollars at his disposal.

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Civics Class Endorsements

The ninth grade Civics class closely monitored the mid-term elections. The dust has settled and here are some of the candidates the students liked best. These are individual endorsements from the students and do not reflect the school's opinion. 

La música de movida madrileña

Music served as an influential medium through which young people shared new ideas and styles, ending an age of repression

Creativity and Constraint in City Lights

Chaplin had the perfect situation every artist dreams of: unlimited time, unending control and millions of dollars at his disposal.

Process and Pain: The Passion of Joan of Arc As a Reality Bending Work of Art

Joan of Arc as a figure was misunderstood by her country, by the people she believed she was sent to help.

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