


![Deanna walkout “It’s a way to pay respects and makes it seem real and close to home because I feel that the people that don’t put as much importance to this issue…It can happen to you at any moment. I feel like it grounds you as a human. It makes you [realize] that these victims were really people and not just names or a body count,” said junior Deanna Lim.](https://i0.wp.com/highschool.latimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/deanna-walkout.jpg?w=352&h=527&ssl=1)
![Emil Allen walkout “I think it’s about time that serious action is taken for these sort of things. Sandy Hook, we were like never forget and those other shootings like Kent State and Columbine, we [said] never forget, and then nothing happened. But I feel like now since the victims of this shooting were older and their peers that had to go through that ordeal are older, now they’re advocating for change. Its different than the other times in which its been elementary schools. I’m glad that this is happening. It looks like we actually might get some change out of this one and make sure this doesn’t happen again,” said junior Emil Allen.](https://i0.wp.com/highschool.latimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/emil-allen-walkout.jpg?w=352&h=527&ssl=1)
![Rana walkout “I think it’s very inspiring and empowering for all the students to take lead in this because we’re practicing our First Amendment, and we’ve never [been] more powerful than this year because of all the school shootings that have been happening. I support it 100%. It’s okay if I get marked absent, if I get in trouble. Missing school is worth speaking out on all of the lives that were lost,” said junior Rena Youssef.](https://i0.wp.com/highschool.latimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rana-walkout.jpg?w=355&h=533&ssl=1)

![Sam walkout “I’m honestly really happy with how many people showed up, like I was tearing up earlier because this is a really sensitive subject to me and it’s not fair that people should be in fear about us at school…[Schools] are where our safety is promised the most, and it’s very necessary and important,” said senior Sam Bui.](https://i0.wp.com/highschool.latimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sam-walkout.jpg?w=355&h=480&ssl=1)
by Aozora Ito, Editor-in-Chief and Cecilia Nguyen, News Editor
by Aozora Ito, Editor-in-Chief and Cecilia Nguyen, News Editor
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