May 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion
District Assessments are supposed to determine what skills students have learned in a particular subject. Some believe that teachers should be rewarded with a bonus whenever their students do well on their district assessments w...
Samantha Anderson and Lucero Naranjo
May 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Nowadays school is a lot different than it was even a few decades ago. There is a larger focus on higher test scores and higher grade point averages across the nation. To prevent their student from being rejected by colleges...
John Naranjo, Opinion Editor
May 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Now that the day to commit to a college has passed all of the seniors know what they will be doing in the fall. Some will be headed off to college while others might be taking a year off or headed straight into the workforce. Th...
Kimberly Alvarez, Executive Editor
May 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Students in high school always appreciate a nice place where they can hang out or get some work done. For a lot of people on campus, some hotspots include boba tea restaurants—and for the traditionalists—Starbucks. The coffeehouse features a dive...
Samantha Anderson, Staffer
February 15, 2018
Filed under Opinion
English is a requirement in every grade in high school. Among the many readings a student has to analyze, many of the selections are over a hundred years old at least. Across their four years of high school students in this di...
John Naranjo, Opinion Editor
February 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
I hate to say it but there are a lot of things in my life that I take for granted. The clothes on my back, the roof over my head and even the incredible people in my life are all just a few examples of this. As humans, I think it...
Lucero Naranjo, Staffer
February 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Oftentimes when students find themselves working away or spending precious time on some art project, they can question the real value behind the extra curricular requirements. Despite what certain students might believe, extracu...
Ellianna Aguilera, Staffer
December 14, 2017
Filed under A & E, Opinion
Celebrities are seen to be the most influential people in the world, they are everywhere from the covers of magazines to being the stars of popular television shows and movies. They often have a positive impact in the world. A...
Lucero Naranjo, Staffer
December 14, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Different perspectives always create different stories. The way the media presents news always manages to get people to think a certain way whether they realize it or not. Presentation always affects perspective which results in tw...
Yesenia Gonzales, Staffer
December 5, 2017
Filed under Opinion
“Creating this new tardy policy that may be deemed “too strict” isn’t set to harm the students but rather to help them. This new policy will encourage people to change their daily habits, which in the long run only help...
Lucero Naranjo, Yesenia Gonzales, and Samantha Anderson
November 4, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) courses have always been the subject of debate. Some believe they should have a place as a requirement for graduation while others think they should be considered only as extracurricular activi...
John Naranjo and Kimberly Alvarez
November 4, 2017
Filed under Opinion
In most films, shows or literature that take place in a high school, there is generally a time in which a character will fall victim to the biggest bully in the halls: peer pressure. For the most part peer pressure is seen in a...
