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Helping the team practice for their next match, club adviser Jose Gomez thinks about his next move on the board. The team will be playing Sierra Vista HS for their next game on Tuesday, October 22. “There are lots of kids at other schools that are at a high level, but so do we,” Gomez said. “It just comes down to how long you have played the game for. I think practicing on the daily, even for just thirty minutes, helps a lot in terms of gameplay.”

Chess Team Back On the Board After Five Years

Johnny Tao, Staff Writer
October 12, 2024
Players of the SWCTA Chess Team will compete against students from other schools.
Lifehacks: Optimism Edition

Lifehacks: Optimism Edition

Philipos Alebachew, Editor in Chief
October 11, 2024
It's easy to be negative when stressed or faced with a hopeless situation, but these tricks will have you looking on the brighter side of things in no time.
Preparing her notes for her speech, junior Mikayla Manaligod tackles her topic. She focused on refining her points before the class presentation.“We started with watching a video from last years speech and had us grade the speeches based on a few categories like nonverbal, hand gestures, posture, and tone,” Manaligod said. “Right now were just finishing our speeches up.”

An Hour in … Communications 101

Amelia Castellanos, Staff Writer
October 11, 2024
Students in Communications 101 work on their speeches.
Scanning into her AP Human Geography class, sophomore Hareyna Tecle holds her ID up to the scanner. The scanners have been introduced in most classes since last Friday. “I feel like it’s productive,” sophomore Hareyna Tecle said. “It’s a really great idea; it’ll be a nice way for us to check in and for teachers to do attendance, more easily and more accurately.”

Administration Implements Attendance Scanners In Classrooms

Jon Escala and Rheyland Simon
October 9, 2024
Teachers are now using new attendance scanners, replacing the traditional way of taking attendance.
“We have a lot of different concepts for our meetings,” Meteorology Association president Brian Price said. “We have much more experience and use more experiments now, so it’s really interactive. We have a lot we’re looking forward to.”

CLUB PREVIEW: A LOOK INTO THE WEEK OF OCT. 7

Achilles Caranto, Staff Writer
October 9, 2024
FCCLA begins Star Events, K-Pop Clubs rehearses performance, Volleyball Club resumes games, Meteorology plans experiments.

Speech and Debate participates in first tournament

Rylee Del Moral, Shadow Files Reporter
October 8, 2024
Learn how Southwest's Speech and Debate team felt about their first tournament of the year.
A single entrance point gate is being built around the school, just outside of the G building entrance. The gate entrance has been up since the first day of school and has since expanded to the bus stop. “[The gate is for] safety and tracking too, so we make this place the safest that it can possibly be for everyone inside of it,” Assistant Principal Eric Gant said.

Campus Entrance To Become Single, Gated

Natalia Klonowski, Staff Writer
October 8, 2024
Admin will be able to easily monitor one entrance point, instead of two.
Q&A: Are you informed about the events of Hurricane Helene?

Q&A: Are you informed about the events of Hurricane Helene?

Adrienne Vera-Perez and Philipos Alebachew
October 7, 2024
Learn how aware Southwest is about Hurricane Helene
LAST WEEK IN SPORTS: 9/30-10/7

LAST WEEK IN SPORTS: 9/30-10/7

Nino Galloway, Sports Writer
October 7, 2024
Crashes & crashing out, a single move that cost one team an entire championship, and runs most people couldn’t make if they tried.
Books are for Everyone

Books are for Everyone

Hayden Hunt, Staff Writer
October 7, 2024
Find the perfect book for you based on your interests
After a long stretch of gameplay, senior Micah Tiongson takes a break to get a drink of water. Breaks are regularly taken to ensure students played to their full ability. “It was like 100 degrees and I was really thirsty,” Tiongson said. “You can risk getting heat stroke and passing out in this heat so I always make sure to drink water.”

An Hour In … PE

Philipos Alebachew, Editor in Chief
October 4, 2024
Students from the Physical Education course and Lifetime Fitness courses participate in various sports to stay active.
As students find their academic paths, Janelle Kelly discusses the importance of having perspective in planning for the future. “Sometimes you have to step away from what you're in the midst of and look at the big picture,” Kelly says. “Ask yourself, where am I going? What am I doing? Why am I doing these things?”

Students Navigate Their Future with Strategic Academic Planning

Isabella Sandoval and Natalia Klonowski
October 4, 2024
By planning with counselors, students are making choices about their education in order to stay on track for their post-secondary choices.
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