"We are the Change" was organized by Mrs. Wendy Turner, a Dunbar English teacher and school media adviser. She said that the vision for the event was to raise awareness of violence in Lexington, to give student voices a forum, and to give attendees insight into the many community resources available to them. "We have been organizing this since right after the tragic death of Trinity Gay," she sa...

Former Dunbar ESL student, Raphael Mokombo, knew he was being taken back to Dunbar, but he had no idea what was in store for him when he arrived in the school parking lot on Sept. 22. Currently enrolled at BCTC as a freshman, Mokombo simply believed that he was returning to get paperwork for college. But Mrs. Cathy Yaun, who was an ESL teacher at Dunbar, arranged a special surprise with his f...

Less than one percent of students who take the ACT, a major standardized test, earn a perfect score. Five of these students are at Dunbar. CJ Labianca, David Ma, Ananth Miller-Murthy, Nisarg Patil and Ben Xie explained the effort behind their perfect scores. “Sleep, bring a snack, and don’t freak out during the test," said junior David Ma. To get a perfect score on the test, students...

The words ‘teacher’, ‘friend’ and ‘mentor’ are just a few ways to describe Patricia Esrael. She taught in Lexington schools for nearly four decades and is remembered for the care she took of each of her students as individuals. Esrael passed away on March 16. She left a lasting legacy that includes her son, two step children, three grandchildren, seven step grandchildren and her many studen...