Dear Jaguars, With the departure of several South East staff and the co-location of Valiente College Preparatory Charter School on its way, it’s easy for continuing students to feel discouraged and anxious about what next school year will hold. When you receive your...
Three years ago, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 949 into action, paving the way for competitive cheer to become a sport. Now, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has officially recognized the sport, listing it under its sports...
In June 2017, the University of Southern California housed over 150 rising seniors for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s annual Youth Leadership Institute. This post is dedicated to the 2017 USC YLI familia and future YLI participants. Stay woke! High school teaches us...
As the Airbus A380-- the largest commercial aircraft in the world-- took off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), my anxious self became one with the altitude. In other words, I was experiencing an all-time high; I’d be landing in Japan in under 20 hours....
The Leadership class at South East High School is no stranger to criticism. Every class fundraiser and school dance is met with a bombardment of harsh comments from disappointed students. Praise is almost unheard of. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4t-99JBxbc Every...
It was a year and a half ago when South East High School’s College Center received a welcome addition to the team. Today, she’s left campus but she’s also left a message engrained in the minds of all students: “You can go to college.” Liliana Ochoa-Springer is her...
My parents have been living in this country for over 20 years. There might have been some uncertainty among my parents in their first years here, but it dissipated once they settled in. When neighbors stopped frantically shouting “la migra” (slang for U.S. Immigration...
Feelings of comfort and reassurance are hard to come by in large metropolitan areas. The outskirts of Los Angeles have been my home for the entirety of my life, but despite this, I’ve never felt comfortable in the hustle-and-bustle of downtown Los Angeles like I...
Video game developer Blizzard Entertainment announced "Overwatch"’s newest playable character during this year’s BlizzCon, a convention based on Blizzard’s video games. The character, Sombra, is a Mexican female known to be the world’s best hacker. In the media,...
“We have to pack our bags now, mijo,” my dad said in his native tongue of Spanish upon finding out that our next president would be Donald J. Trump, the coward who has managed to offend almost every group of people, including Hispanics, Mexicans in particular. My dad...
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