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Ava Gillis

Ava Gillis, Staff Designer

Ava Gillis is a sophomore and a staff designer on The Sidekick. She enjoys reading in her free-time and you can often find her in the kitchen making cookies at all hours of the night. You can contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter @gillis_ava.

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Students are told that telling anything to an adult makes one a “tattletale” or a “snitch,” including when someone committed a wrongdoing. The Sidekick executive editor-in-chief Sally Parampottil writes about the negative side of team loyalty and the resulting hesitancy to tell on friends and teammates when they have committed a crime.

[Photo] One bad apple

Sally Parampottil, Executive Editor-in-Chief
May 14, 2021
Life as a Pencil

Life as a Pencil

Ava Gillis, Staff designer
January 31, 2021
According to The Sidekick communications manager Sreeja Mudumby, cursive has become outdated, but it is still being introduced in elementary school classrooms. Mudumby thinks replacing the cursive requirement with American Sign Language will  help young children. Graphic by Ava Gillis.

[Photo] “Sign here, please”

Sreeja Mudumby, Communications Manager
January 19, 2021
The Associated Press declared that Joseph R. Biden is the 46th president of the United States. The Sidekick executive editorial page editor Camila Villarreal urges Americans to remain critical of political leaders despite political affiliations.

[Photo] Remember: we have work to do

Camila Villarreal, Executive Editorial Page Editor
December 4, 2020
Its just hair

It’s just hair

Ava Gillis, Staff designer
October 23, 2020
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