Sophia Lopez, graduating PPCHS senior and our 2023-24 NEHS Vice President, is a long-time artist who has contributed her realistic sketches of animals to our 2022, 2023, and 2024 issues of the atala. “The Tiger” was created using black prismacolor pencil. Sophia also writes poetry: her free verse poem “Orchids” in this year’s issue.
the atala is designed, curated, & edited by the Pines Charter Chapter of the National English Honor Society. It showcases original student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and art. Like its namesake — the small, bright butterfly that grew from near extinction to rising numbers in our part of the world — this little literary journal aims to grow our love of writing and expand our community’s appreciation for the literary arts. View more posts
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