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Penelope De Soto '24 said, "I like how [my bag] doesn’t have a zipper and I can just easily access the things in there. I also don’t like how backpacks feel on my back." Graphic by: Belen Hibbler

To use purses or backpacks?

Why do some students use purses over backpacks at school? Kids have brought backpacks to school with them since the late 1940s, are they still just as popular today? In a Time article “A Brief History...

Junior Makayla Good shared the story on her bag, "My grandmother handmade my purse out of an old pair of jeans, it is very special to me and I love showing it off." Photo by: Alina Calamia

The cat’s out of the bag

Malia Gutierrez and Alina Calamia December 11, 2019

VHS students ditch their backpacks and trade them for bags and purses [dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]n the VHS campus, people are choosing to carry a purse and hold their school supplies, rather than carrying...

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