Do you ever crave a new taste, yet are afraid to step out of your boundaries to explore the unknown options? Vestry is a Michelin Guide featured restaurant in New York City, with a contemporary vibe suitable for intimate gatherings. Located on the first floor of The Dominick hotel, this restaurant allows its guests to…
Impacting Others Through Sharing Perspectives: Emma’s Story
Through marshalling over 20,000 volunteers to organize beautification projects, free medical clinics, homeless assistance, and more, the 1DayLA movement has united to bring Los Angeles hope. The movement took place on July 18-24, where volunteers from all over the country gathered to demonstrate the power of love. According to a report from the U.S. Department…
Where did All the Trees Go?
These days, more and more people are paying attention to environmental issues, such as climate change. One of the issues that is always around us is deforestation. Nowadays, deforestation is happening due to logging, natural disasters, urbanization, mining, farming, and agriculture. According to the World Bank, 1.3 million square kilometers (larger than South Africa) of…
Mornings to Remember
It was five am. Loud voices pierced into my ears. I opened my weary eyes to find it still dark. My mother had called me to wake up. This week, I began morning runs with a non-profit organization called Happy Runners. This group would run and stretch weekly in order to improve their running techniques…
Returning to School In-Person at Oxford Academy
Ranked as the number one high school in California and eleventh in the nation, Oxford Academy is officially recognized as a top-tier school. Despite this, Oxford Academy was just one among the countless schools that had no choice but to use the distance learning approach for the 2020-2021 school year. Teachers and students alike had…
College-Bound Senior Asks Test-Optional Policies to the U.S. Colleges
There are many college-bound seniors who are anxious and struggling on whether to take the standardized tests or not since the test centers are gradually cancelling or closing, due to new factors. For instance, one student registered to take an ACT test, but had to change the location three times. In Hong Kong, 9 SAT…
Interlochen Arts Camp 2021
Interlochen Center for the Arts was founded in 1928, hosts 2,800 students from all over the world each summer, and has 90,000 arts camp alumni. This arts academy and summer camp in Michigan reopened their campus this summer, welcoming students from all 50 states, as well as various parts of the world. The camp had…
An Exciting Experience at the Torrance Farmers Market
Despite living in Torrance, California my entire life, I only just visited the Torrance Certified Farmers Market for the first time this summer. This market, located in Wilson Park, has a variety of farm-grown fruits and vegetables, flowers, and street food, and is open every Tuesday and Saturday, from 8 am to 1 pm. I…
Getting your Own CPR License!
In 2015, the CDC claimed that 357,000 Americans died from cardiac arrest. Only a handful of these people were treated in the hospital. The reasons for these deaths is because no one was there to perform CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is very easy to learn how to do simple CPR, since there is minimal…
The CV Marching Falcons’ Return
As the pandemic has stretched on for over a year, vaccinations have become increasingly available to the general public., Because of this, most public schools, including those in California, started requiring their students to return to school in person. This also means school activities and extracurriculars, such as music groups, sports teams, and clubs will…