The student news site of Bellaire High School

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The student news site of Bellaire High School

Three Penny Press
The student news site of Bellaire High School

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Alia Hassan

Alia Hassan, Features Editor

Senior and second-year staffer Alia Hassan is excited to serve as a Features editor for TPP, where she aspires to showcase the diversity of Bellaire High School through its students and teachers. Outside of TPP, she is involved in the debate team, serves as co-president of the Food for Houston club, and is a member of the German National Honor Society. In her free time, she enjoys hiking in national parks, hanging with friends, and baking!

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Sun poses for the evening gown competition at the National American Miss pageant. The evening gown competition is one-third of the total contestant’s score.

Beyond the gown

Alia Hassan, Reporter
May 27, 2025
Rexford takes photos at a late-night football game. According to Rexford, going to games are “really cool because there are always nachos and overpriced candy.”

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Riley Rexford

Alia Hassan, Reporter
May 20, 2025
My sisters, mother and I are in front of the famous treasury, which lies at about the halfway point on the Petra path. Contrary to its name, the treasury is actually a large tomb, but during the Byzantine era, it was used as a church.

Where time stands still

Alia Hassan, Reporter
May 5, 2025
The team takes a group photo at the atrium of the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Hassan and Tran collected their semi-finalist awards after advancing finalists were announced.

From Bellaire to the big leagues

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Apr 30, 2025
Babajanov and junior Meadow Lam ensure the team keeps possession of the ball. Babajanov tried to transition the ball to the offensive side of the field to score.

A new goal

Alia Hassan, Reporter
Mar 18, 2025
Hypercompetition often fosters stress, which is normal, but there are ways to mitigate it. (Infographic provided by Catherine Xue and Alia Hassan)

Break yourself until you make it

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Feb 19, 2025
Iqbal welds together pieces of scrap metal to do tack welding, a method of temporarily fixing one metal piece by welding several small pieces of metal together. Welding is a skill Iqbal uses to build his go-kart.

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Faraz Iqbal

Alia Hassan, Reporter
Jan 24, 2025
Rimawi explains how the word “tomato” is spoken in various Arabic dialects. In Fusha or standard Arabic, it is “tamatem.”

Arabic 101

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Jan 23, 2025
Perepelitsa hands off the microphone to senior and club member Anand Thiagarajan to complete the sentence on the screen. The sentence read, "Once upon a time there was a donkey who was fat, but who had a vast nose."

Fairy tales? Not so sweet

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Nov 1, 2024
Jan performs tricks at the Bellaire Chinese Club Welcome Party. According to Jan, when he was learning tricks, he would “play in his grandma’s room and [occasionally] destroy furniture.” (Provided by NICOLAS JAN)

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Nicolas Jan

Alia Hassan, Reporter
Oct 29, 2024
Henry’s first day at Bellaire as Rossow’s student teacher in August 2019, teaching German. According to Henry, “[Rossow] was very supportive, very helpful in terms of helping us understand the mechanics of the language. That helped me propel my studies.” (Provided by HENRY)

Not in love with romance languages

Alia Hassan, Reporter
Oct 14, 2024
The Bellaire Debate team celebrated Nationals together after going out to dinner. This is Stubbs’s last year as Bellaire’s debate coach.

‘The best seat in the house’

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Sep 23, 2024
Senior Noa Ohana visited Edinburgh Castle. "It's so walkable in Europe," Ohana said. "I think we walked all around Edinburgh about four times. It's gorgeous, but it's really small."

Summer happenings

Tanvi Dubey, Clarissa Li, Helen Beebe, Catherine Xue, Alia Hassan, and Davis Adams
Sep 17, 2024
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