Anaya Zenad and her peers changed their middle school name to Betty Reid Soskin, to honor the oldest National Park ranger and a local civil rights icon.
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Student-led project leads California middle school to find new name
By: Bo Evans
and last updated 2021-07-06 15:55:45-04
EL SOBRANTE, Calif. â The name of the building you work in, the bridge you cross, or the school you attend may not matter to some, but itâs important to Anaya Zenad.
âUsually the name of a school is supposed to be something nice, and itâs supposed to be something we can look up to. But we found out it s not something we can look up to,â said Zenad.
Last school year, as an eighth-grade student at Juan Crespi Middle School in northern California, Zenad led a school-wide research project on the Franciscan missionary. Every student participated.
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