Every day I live and breathe the arts. From the moment I step onto the Orange County School of the Arts campus, I begin to soak in the “art school” scene before me: a mass of bizarrely dressed high schoolers absentmindedly incorporating their artistic talents with...
Don’t trust kids with technology, get us updated textbooks, and improve our schools at the bottom. These were some reactions that high school students had to a conversation between outgoing Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines and Los...
Diamond Bar High School alumna Lavanya Jawaharlal fought through the shark tank that is high school, vying for the highest grades and the best SAT scores. Jawaharlal was able to rise above her peers, only to head back into the shark tank – this time on national...
I used to have a job. Let me tell you why I'm currently unemployed. In my last blog I talked about the pros and cons about having a job and going to school. I wasn't able to overcome the con's due to me slacking off in school, let my homework pile up, and I was...
In the last few years, Foothill's curriculum was faced with immense changes as new Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were implemented. The Common Core standards have been thoroughly input into the curriculum, and now the NGSS is becoming...
Travel is one of the most highly regarded methods of learning. History classes and textbooks can teach the facts, but it is not until students immerse themselves in the diverse culture of a foreign...
Americans thrive on controversy. We all love debating the topics that we are most passionate about whether it be abortion, immigration or the death penalty. However, sometimes a topic will come up that we think is controversial, when it actually is not. The perfect...
I do not want to write this article. I am editor-in-chief of my school's magazine, am incredibly passionate about both writing and journalism, and have been in journalism class for four years, but I am still searching for the motivation to type words onto a piece of...
On Feb. 19, students in San Marino High School teacher Peter Paccone’s United States Government class were treated to a special surprise: former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan. Riordan paid a visit to SMHS as a guest for a Civic Learning Meet and Greet, a program...
