As of the 2019-2020 school year, the La Canada School District, LCUSD, has implemented the Diversity, Race, and Inclusivity (DEI) initiative. The initiative focuses on addressing key areas such as discipline, policies, curriculum, school activities, and involvements in order to promote those core values and enforce the community within schools. The district hired Christina Hale-Elliot,…
When it comes to languages, many of us seem to suffice in learning just one ? namely, English. After all, everything in America seems to be centered off of the English language, and according to the 15th edition of the Ethnologue, it’s the most influential language in the world. Many of us stumbled through the…
I stare outside my window. Yesterday, I was able to see the mountain just behind the row of houses facing mine. Today, all I see are rooftops from the street across, then a haze of opaque gray-white. The air filter in my room, usually emanating a blue light to indicate normal air quality, has been…
What causes Zoom fatigue? In a typical room full of people, it’s easy to ask the person besides you if you happen to miss something. But on-screen, missing out on information can mean having to awkwardly ask the speaker to repeat themselves. Because of this, online conversations require more focus and concentration, as zoning out…
My Experience Attending the Girl Up Leadership Summit “We need to talk.” A bold declaration challenging women and girls to discuss modern day issues and step up to new challenges, those four defiant words were the theme of this year’s summit, hosted by Girl Up. Girl Up is an organization by the United Nations aiming…
The world around us is moving fast — one day, we’re celebrating the start of a new decade, and seemingly the next, we’ve been caught up in a pandemic that’s sweeping across the globe. For some people, it is a devastating crisis that puts them on edge for their loved ones’ safety; for others, it…
During quarantine, it can be hard to find something to do. Sure, Netflix and Youtube are enticing for the first couple of days, but beyond the initial excitement of that sense of freedom, the hours spent staring at the screen and feeling your brain turn to sludge can get a bit old. Yet, doing absolutely…
On February 8, High School Insider held a Winter IRL event at G.C.C, Glendale Community College, open to all high school students interested in journalism. HS Insider is a journalism program managed by the L.A. Times, which allows students to publish their articles on an online blog. Partnering with executive producers from the local broadcasting…
On Thursday, January 16, the La Canada school district held a parent’s workshop in La Canada High School’s new cafeteria. The workshop talked about approaching children regarding race and diversity. The workshop was led by Mrs. Hale-Eliot, who presented on different aspects of racism and inclusion, in order to guide the parents to a better…
We’ve all seen it before— a sparse, simple stanza against a plain white background, accompanied by an aesthetic image or line art. A sentence or two (we don’t really know because there’s no punctuation) spaced questionably, stating something either blatantly obvious, a cliché, or some “unique” and “relatable” insight. Is this the new trend? A…
