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Fall fashion photo gallery

Yuval Shachar, Senior News Editor|November 2, 2021

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Senior Halle Burns (left) and senior Caitlyn Rose (right) pose with their fall fashion on October 22. Burns and Rose combined fashion and functionality and dressed fashionably for the cold weather.

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Yuval Shachar, Senior News Editor

Yuval Shachar is a junior in her second year of the Pitch. In her free time she enjoys painting and reading and being outdoors.

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