Southwest Shadow

Rock climber extraordinaire: Meet Lily Gurdison

Juliana Borruso
December 30, 2019

Rock climbing since the age of nine, freshman Lily Gurdison has learned discipline and travelled across the country through her team.

An Hour In . . . Algebra I

Alyx Beeten
December 30, 2019

Students review their tests to understand what they need to work on and correct their mistakes.

Neat freak: Meet Jessica Ye

Journalism Foundations
December 28, 2019

As some people may find organizing to be boring, freshman Jessica Ye uses it as a hobby to pass time.

Utterly Overassessed

Southwest Shadow
December 20, 2019

Standardized tests impact students' mental health due to the tremendous amount of pressure put on students themselves and by parents to get a good grade.

Altered posting schedule, school operations closed for Winter Break

Kyle Bayudan
December 16, 2019

Normal posting schedule changed due to semester exams.

Fire alarm malfunctions during first period

Grinesa Bajrami
December 13, 2019

The fire alarm malfunctioned during first period causing a drill.

Dental II students carve wax teeth

Kamiran Hinton
December 13, 2019

Following learning about the dentitions and tooth morphology, students in Dental II are creating 3D tooth sculptures that model a tooth to scale.

EDITORIAL: Disagreement does not equal malice

Southwest Shadow
December 11, 2019

Understanding that a bad ad doesn’t make a person a bigot is absolutely fundamental if you want to enact any sort of real change.

TikTok not sharing the spotlight

Dean Carrasco
December 11, 2019

Social media app TikTok has been taking videos off from people who are LGBTQ+, disabled or plus sized to "protect" them from bullying.

English 10 students prepare for presentation in place of semester exam

Kyle Bayudan
December 11, 2019

To express their knowledge on Asian literature, students are performing a puppet show as their semester exam.

EDITORIAL: Deck the halls with homemade goods

Southwest Shadow
December 11, 2019

Gift giving is not the only way to tell the ones you care for that you love them.

Medical Terminology students design skin models

Zoie Puaala-Edra
December 10, 2019

Students in Medical Terminology are putting together 3D skin models as their end of quarter project.