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CHEMISTRY STUDENTS TAKE ON CHEMICAL V. PHYSICAL CHANGE LAB

Nino Galloway and Roxanne Knight-Rosenau
October 15, 2024

Zach Charbonnet (#26, Seattle Seahawks) runs the ball during an NFL game on Thursday, October 10th, 2024 against the San Francisco 49ers at Lumen Field. Photo Credit: Seattle Seahawks

Last Week In Sports: 10/7-10/14

Nino Galloway, Sports Writer
October 14, 2024
From jaw-dropping touchdowns, to the firings of major personnel, let’s dive into what has happened in the last seven days.
Trump lacks the appropriate ideologies to properly educate students.

EDITORIAL: Trump Politics Promote Ignorance in the Classroom

Southwest Shadow, Editorial Board
October 14, 2024
Conspiracy theories and party indoctrination being pushed by the right is now making its way into the minds of students.
Best of (Teen) Las Vegas 2024

Best of (Teen) Las Vegas 2024

Zelina Panissidi, Social Media Editor
October 14, 2024
For the tenth year in a row, students have voted for their choices of the best places in Vegas.
Catching the football, last year's Design Academy (DA) Senior Jayson Deguzman scores a touchdown for his team. Following homecoming tradition, the Professional Academy (PA) and Design Academy (DA) will compete in a flag football game at the assembly on Oct. 18.

Student Council Changes Requirements to Play in Annual Game

Angel White
October 14, 2024
Student Council shares the process and changes for the 2025 PA/DA game and assembly
In this Filipino Club meeting, freshman Aibreen Tulio-Quiambao is guessing the word on top of his head. This was part of a game to learn words from a Filipino dialect. “You are given a word in English and you have to try to say it in Tagalog, which is Filipino dialect,” Tulio-Quiambao said. “It was fun and Filipino Club has been really nice. It feels good to have a club where I can share my culture.”

CLUB PREVIEW: A LOOK INTO THE WEEK OF OCT. 14

Achilles Caranto, Staff Writer
October 14, 2024
Filipino Club makes leis, Polynesian Club practices their performance, and both clubs, as well as FBLA, are working on their Trunk or Treat designs.
Hog & Tradition’s unique and complex flavor combinations make pigs fly in this restaurant.

Step Into An Atmosphere filled with Pigs, Purple, and Plants at ‘Hog & Tradition’

Ava Torres, Staff Writer
October 14, 2024
Dominican BBQ Restaurant Hog & Tradition leaves big mark on Las Vegas food scene.
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.
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