The pages of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School junior Sylvana Prieto’s leather journal are covered with messy doodles, notes and illustrations. Journaling is one of the many coping skills that students, including Prieto, learn through the program Erika’s Lighthouse,...
This year, the nearly 80 clubs at Fountain Valley High School have adjusted to the restrictions of distance learning. Clubs can no longer hold meetings in-person on campus or get together for socials and volunteer opportunities. But a series of changes to the way...
Fountain Valley High School’s first COVID-19 case has been confirmed, two weeks after Huntington Beach Union High School District schools reopened for in-person instruction on November 3. According to HBUHSD’s COVID-19 dashboard, one FVHS staff member tested positive...
Only a week after Los Alamitos High School in Orange County reopened, a student tested positive for COVID-19, according to Spectrum News 1. This is happening across the country as high schools rush to reopen, risking the lives of students, school staff and families. ...
Several students are taking online classes this year that involve minimal teacher guidance, including sophomore Giselle Khalil. She is enrolled in World and Regional Geography class through the platform Edgenuity, during the period she would usually play lacrosse. “It...
The first group of Fountain Valley High School hybrid students returned to campus on Monday, Nov. 3 for their first in-person classes since March, a highly anticipated day that came after two months of distance learning at the start of the 2020-2021 school year....
With distance learning, students and staff have to adjust to a new learning environment that has boundless effects, both good and bad. Distance learning allows students to have more free time and learn at their own pace with video lessons. But at the same time, it can...
Distance learning has affected many aspects of student life, such as the transition to different class schedules. One of the biggest changes has been the Los Angeles Unified School District's addition of advisory periods. “I think it was a combination of the district...
On August 17, 19 and 25, La Cañada High School, Crescenta Valley High School and Flintridge Preparatory School started their 2020-2021 distance learning school year. Due to the high number of coronavirus cases in California, many schools have decided to transition...
My freshman year’s been strange so far. I’m not exactly sure what I expected upon my entrance into high school, but I know that I’m missing out on quite a lot. Thanks to the COVID-19 virus, I’ve lost the opportunity to make some new friends, the chance to embarrass...
