Menchú

[ men-choo ]

noun

1. Ri·go·ber·ta [ree-g, uh, -, ber, -t, uh], born 1959, Guatemalan author and social reformer: Nobel Prize 1992.

Example Sentences

Trinidad Menchu, a recent graduate of Dorsey Senior High, said her phone helps her concentrate during independent work because it allows her to listen to music.

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Trinidad Menchu, who was a senior last year at Dorsey, recalled an assembly where the school explained how and why the lockers would be used in classrooms.

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When Menchu entered the class, teacher and football coach Irvin Davis was adamant about locking cellphones away, explaining that he wants them to get the most out of their education.

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“You wouldn’t see a phone on site,” Menchu said.

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Though it’s still a work in progress, Johnson and Menchu agree that classrooms using the lockers have seen much higher student engagement — the first step on the school’s mission to raise test scores and the number of students who qualify for college.

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