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Philadelphia: A Student’s Perspective

By Hanna Schneider, Staff Writer • Nov 13, 2024
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From left, juniors Ava Hortega and Holly Korzun walk down a sidewalk in a park adjacent to Independence Hall. Hortega and Korzun are on Niles West News staff and visited Philadelphia to attend the National High School Journalism Conference. “I loved how everything was close to where we were staying. There were lots of things to do. I loved spending time with all the staff, and I feel like I got close to everyone. The parks were very pretty because all the leaves were falling,” Hortega said.
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