Category: Community and School

Of the more than 185 student clubs at Crescenta Valley High School, one club stands out above the rest. Attracting numerous students of different ethnicities and ages, Best Buds club promotes the equality of all students. Most students are well aware with the concept of bullying, in which one person uses strength or intimidation to…

Ramona, California – Troy NJROTC’s Team Black, the varsity equivalent of Troy’s drill team, traveled to Ramona High School to compete in a variety of drilling contests. Many NJROTC units from other schools, like La Habra and Troy’s nemesis Westview, also came to compete in the field meet. The field meet included events like Personnel…

Every Thursday evening, citizens from several different countries meet to share food, conversation, and time. They are international students, hailing from countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, or Korea, who have come to study at De Anza College in Cupertino. Hosted by Valley Church, International Student Fellowship has been meeting for over ten years.  Part of…

Seniors in the class of 2017 have just recently finished submitting most if not all of their college applications to various colleges across the world. While the nearly-college ready students are breathing in relief, there are still millions of current high schools students who aspire to gain admission into the best school they can. Here…

The school year of 2016-17 is halfway done. Many seniors are waiting anxiously for their early decision acceptances/rejections, since the deadline for regular submissions has just been reached. Juniors are now looking ahead to college essays and facing the stress of the college application process. Many students have not found out what they want to…

School has finally started again. After a very long three-week winter break, some students are happy to be back, while others desire to stay on winter break. A long vacation was an overdue reward for many students. Finals week and college applications were huge sources of stress for a majority of kids. Sam Crockett, a…

Submit, submit, submit. Seniors are racing towards the end of high school as they submit their remaining college applications and face their last few months of high school. But, of course, the last few miles are always the hardest. Having acquired knowledge from older siblings, relatives, and former high school alumni, seniors have probably  heard…

Cancer is the number one leading cause of death by disease of children in the United States. 13,500 children are being diagnosed each year and over 40,000 actively fight pediatric cancer. However, less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s budget goes to all childhood cancers combined. This results in a lack of effective treatments….

Many hardworking students strive to be the best in school, taking the most prestigious classes requiring the utmost responsibility from each student. Usually these students refer to these classes as Advanced Placement (AP) classes. But what if there are classes that are at the same level as or even more advanced than AP classes?The International…