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Participating in a fingerprinting activity, senior Roxana Huve assists fellow club member Branden To with applying his own fingerprint to a CD. "I love being able to find and identify fingerprints," Huve said. "It [was] so fun, and looked really nice afterwards."

Criminology, Forensics newest club on campus

Donovan Allan, Staff Writer
October 2, 2024
Club activities include fingerprinting, analysis, and guest speakers.
Focusing on the monitor, junior KJ Palacios participates in a game match. While Palacios was a member of the Esports club last school year, he decided not to participate this year. “Even though it was fun, I wanted to spend my junior year working on my resume for college," Palacios said. "It’s not that I left for any bitter reason, I just wanted to do other things.”

Esports Club ushers in new additions

Donovan Allan, Staff Writer
October 1, 2024
Esports Club introduces new games to their roster.
Where Are They Now: Daniela Garcia-Montiel

Where Are They Now: Daniela Garcia-Montiel

Achilles Caranto, Staff Writer
September 30, 2024
Here’s a look at 2022 graduate Daniela Garcia-Montiel’s life after high school.
The rapid spread of wildfires has had life-threatening effects on California, as well as regions surrounding it. In 2020, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) reported that four million acres were burned across California. “Wildfires will literally come through and burn a large majority of what they come into contact with,” Environmental Science teacher Martha Horner said. “They’ll burn down the trees, the biomes, the houses…People need to be extremely aware of where they live. We are right next door to a region that has the appropriate type of biomass and living plants that are ripe for forest fires to occur in.”

California Wildfires Fueled by Increased Gas Emissions Cause for Concern

Zelina Panissidi and Amelia Castellanos
September 30, 2024
Communities evacuate as flames threaten homes and forests.
The divide between opportunity and affordability grows wider within today’s academic landscape.

You’re Not Behind, You’re Just Poor

Adrienne Vera-Perez, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
September 30, 2024
The academic playing field has become increasingly uneven, spotlighting the widening class divide that separates high schoolers.

Nursing Students Practice Workplace Readiness Skills

Yara Ahmed, Staff Writer
September 30, 2024
Newly hired Nursing teacher Maria Ortega teaches students crucial skills in preparation for tests and clinicals later this year.
With a crochet hook and yarn in hand, Fibers I teacher Brandon Lafountain demonstrates how to join separate crochet pieces together. Students were given the creative freedom to crochet an accessory according to their skill level. “We started with our crochet basics,” Lafountain said. “Now they get to choose either to do a hat or a bag.”

An Hour In … Fibers I

Rylee Del Moral, Shadow Files Reporter
September 28, 2024
Students in Fibers I demonstrate their crochet skills.
Playing on their newly purchased Ping Pong table, PE coaches Anne Kalenowicz and Michele Schmitt rally back and forth. Other pieces of equipment were also ordered to encourage students to exercise. “These are activities that they can continue throughout life,“ Schmitt said. “Our job as a teacher is to introduce them to all these different games so that they have options going forward in terms of working out and such.”

Girl’s PE Switching to Daily Exercises Instead Of the Mile

Johnny Tao, Staff Writer
September 27, 2024
Female students will now focus on daily body conditioning activities alongside their usual sport, as opposed to running the mile every two weeks.
'Best Halloween Candy' Contest

‘Best Halloween Candy’ Contest

Zelina Panissidi, Social Media Editor
September 27, 2024
Tell us your favorite Halloween Candy for a chance to win.
Hitting a high note in the song “Goddess” by Laufey, junior Danna Kim focuses on controlling her vocals. Kim was given the opportunity to perform on stage during last year’s Coyote Coachella. “I was so happy I wasn’t the only one singing,” Kim said. “Everyone was amazing and such great singers/performers and it made me feel heartfelt when singing mine as well.”

Classically Born Soloist: Meet Danna Kim

Zelina Panissidi and Joy Ryan
September 26, 2024
Junior shares her experience as a multilingual opera singer and pianist.
With the help of his teammates, sophomore Cameron Kefale weighs out the precise amount of sodium bicarbonate needed for the lab. Students had to work together in groups to execute the procedures. “Personally, I loved working with my teammates when it comes to labs like this,” Kefale said. “The mass of all the different substances had to be spot on because otherwise, the result might come out different.”

An Hour In … Chemistry H

Johnny Tao, Staff Writer
September 25, 2024
Chemistry H students completed all the lab stations and wrote down their observations.
After signing up to volunteer to make posters, senior Janna Bouffard sketches out a design which will later be painted and hung in the hallway to promote Movie Night. Student Council began selling tickets for $5 starting September 17th and will stop on September 27th in the cafeteria. “I’m glad I got the opportunity to help,” Bouffard said. “They should get more recognition on the posters because they often tend to be overlooked in the hallways.”

Student Council To Screen ‘High School Musical’ for Annual Movie Night

Mason Rafferty and Angel White
September 25, 2024
Student Council shares the process to selecting the homecoming movie and theme.
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