Imagine going up in front of a crowd. Palms sweating, body trembling, and your heart pounding faster and faster. As you begin to speak, the words just start to fall apart, jumbling into a huge mess of meaningless words. When considering the fact that 74% of people experience these symptoms, there is no doubt that…
Category: Community and School
Troy’s NJROTC BLT Camp: A Blast of a Time
BLT, or Basic Leadership Training, is a mini bootcamp hosted by Troy High School’s NJROTC unit, or Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps which can be an alternative to take Physical Education. Students, known as cadets, are taught things like how to march and care for a uniform, and, depending on which JROTC team one…
The Suns of DMHS
Popular Instagram account @humansofny uploads photos and stories of NYC citizens to show that everyone has an interesting story. Downtown Magnets High School aims to give a similar message by running their own Instagram account. Aptly called the Suns of DMHS, as their mascot is the suns, the yearbook staff at DMHS interviews random students…
Remember the Titans
On Friday, September 16th, the 25th anniversary of the consolidation, the Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (PVPHS) had a memorable celebration. A football game was held at the PVPHS campus, and high school students from the hill as well as alumni of the high schools before the three school consolidation came together to cheer on…
Team 1515
The BHHS Robotics team, also known as Mortorq or Team 1515, has long been an important part of the lives of many students interested in computer science. Team 1515 participates in the FIRST Robotics Competition every year. Robotics, as the name suggests, is mostly about building robots for competitions. The competitions involve a game played…
CVHS Clubs Prepare for New School Year
On Friday, September 9, Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) held its first day of annual Club Expo. At this hour-long lunch event facilitated by the student government, more than forty clubs advertised for their clubs. Club expo is an important annual event at CVHS in which more than 100 clubs on campus try…
Science Olympiad Tryouts
This September, North Hollywood is hosting tryouts for the 2016-2017 North Hollywood Science Olympiad Team. Science Olympiad is a team competition that facilitates bonding and teamwork between aspiring scientists. Participants select a couple of events they excel at to compete in. The competition consists of events with both a study portion and a building portion…
Students:What classes must I take?
As the new school year is starting, many students have certain classes they must take in order to earn credits to graduate. Generally, most students in the United States are required to take 4 years of english, a few years of mathematics, science, and social studies classes. In California, however, there is an A-G curriculum…
Are SAT Boot Camps Effective?
For many high school upperclassmen, summer is the best time to prepare for the competitive college application pool. Knowing this, many private institutions draw students to their summer SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) boot camps with promising results. However, the question is: is SAT boot camp worth it? Summer boot camp is a cram school to…
West Ranch Baseball Starts Training
The first game of the CIF Foothill League baseball spring season is 6 months, half a year, away. Despite this seemingly interminable time to prepare, the West Ranch High School varsity baseball team is already training vigorously like the season were next week. Two to three hour practices are held every single week day, while…