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The mumbles of drizzling rain come by every night to dance down on my roof slowly their feet become tired and I watch them fall to their knees slipping down the glass my fingers reach out each one following the path of a different dancer their feet touch the grass like the sole of shoesContinue reading “Notes on Gymnopedie No.1”

Andria Subhit is a graduating senior at Pembroke Pines Charter High School and winner of our 2023 atala cover contest with this piece of digital art entitled Yue, which was inspired by feelings of loneliness and struggles with mental health. Andria has had her work on display and has also won first place in theContinue reading “Yue”

Click on thumbnails below to view full content of each featured work: This issue of the atala was designed, curated, and edited by Editor in Chief Samantha Villafane, Editor Emma Schenker, and NEHS Advisor Ms. Sarah Phelps.

Andria Subhit is finishing her junior year at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. She won first place in the 2017 Week of The Ocean Fair for Poetry. This digital art piece is inspired by the feelings of loneliness and struggles with mental health.

Elite and isolated, the chicken and the egg Compare compare compare til there’s none left in sight. 300 megapascals 400 degrees self imposed for constant metamorphosis Starve a little longer, validation will taste so good Your best is enough, and something you’ll never reach How dare you sit before your legs give out on theirContinue reading “Summa Cum Laude”

Raul Lopez is a graduating senior at Pembroke Pines Charter High School who enjoys writing poetry and shooting/editing pictures. “Layer 09: Love,” an example of digital art, features Raul’s poetry and photography, compiled using photoshop.

Kiley Irizarry won first place for “Perfect System” in the Poem for Two Voices category of the 2021-22 Broward County Literary Fair. She is finishing her sophomore year at Pembroke Pines Charter High School and is a member of NEHS. Kiley has loved writing ever since 1st grade when her teacher would assign creative writingContinue reading “Perfect System”

Melanie Jomsky is a graduating senior at Pembroke Pines Charter High School and a member of the National English Honor Society. In her free time, she enjoys creating art, making music, and writing. “Skin and Bones” is made from woodcut print and ink.

YingYing Zhu is a graduating senior and HIP historian at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. She has drawn all throughout her life and specializes in acrylic, digital, and ink prints. She is a past winner of the Marine Industries Art Competition. “Luna Moth” is an ink print.

Jailyn Joseph is finishing her sophomore year at PPCHS. She has always enjoyed drawing and joined many clubs and after school activities related to art. Creative expression is very important to her, and she hopes to share her art with the world. “Eris” was made with spray paint on poster paper.