In 1997, Starbucks began stocking a limited amount of small, plush bears. These bearista bears are dressed up according to the holiday season, from a ski outfit for winter to a pig costume for New Year’s Day. The bearista bears quickly gained fame in Asian continents—China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Singapore. The bears, then, came…
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Debating and its Impact on High School Students
Throughout high school, students fill their time with studying and diverse extracurricular activities, ranging from soccer to music to art. But perhaps one of the most strenuous yet rewarding activities is debate. Debating as an extracurricular activity represents a serious time commitment with endless hours of practice and dedication to achieve goals. It takes…
[Editors Column] The Benefits of Job Shadowing
Jobs in the adult world are frightening to think about. There’s a plethora of diverse jobs in this nation; yet, none of them seem like a good fit for us. The fact that we, as students, have to go to school every weekday is dreadful. Then, as the transition into adulthood approaches, we come into…
What it is like to be in Yearbook
On weekdays, I look forward to sitting in front of a computer in the morning to design pages for the yearbook. This is my fourth year in a yearbook class, but my second year at La Cañada High School. The moment I open the door to class, I see an Apple iMac, waiting for me…
You Never Think a Shooting Will Happen at Your School
Recently, there have been incidents that have caused great concerns of safety at school for students and staff at Crescenta Valley High School. At the end of October there was a school lockdown in the middle of 6th period. The cause of the lockdown was concern from a resident who told the police that they…
The Art of Active Listening
People might be thinking to themselves: what is active listening? Is active listening even a thing? Well, there is no special connotation associated with the phrase “active listening”. Active listening simply means that an individual is intently listening to another individual. In active listening, the listening individual is fully concentrating on what the other individual…
[Editors Column] Construction Chaos at Cleveland High School
Although there are many future benefits to renovating schools, there can be conflicts that occur during the change. As many schools are advancing, they are starting to modernize their campus. Cafeterias, auditoriums, and gymnasiums are being recreated to build an upgraded environment for students and staff. Cleveland High School is a great example of this….
Youth and Government’s Fresno Conference
California’s Youth & Government (Y&G) program held its first conference of the year in Fresno on November 9th. It lasted through the weekend until the 11th, three days and two nights. Youth & Government’s Model Legislature & Court (MLC) is a youth leadership and civic engagement extracurricular. The YMCA run program has been active for…
CodeDay LA Fall 2019
Starting at 11:00 am on a Saturday morning in Westlake Village, around 50 students aspiring to code a project or learn how to code, streamed into the doors of Hub101, where CodeDay LA was taking place. They came in, each with their own fresh ideas, and with a burning passion to code that sparked within…
Valencia High School is Taking Steps Toward a Healthier Community
On November 2nd, the Saving Hearts Foundation hosted a free heart screening at Valencia High School to help people stay healthier in the community. The Saving Hearts Foundation is a national non-profit foundation started by three UCLA undergraduates. Their goal is to prevent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by providing free heart screenings for young athletes,…