![During last year’s club feud, BSU President Philipos Alebachew hosts the game show. With the game on the line, Alebachew waited for the competitor to answer. “I really enjoyed it,” senior Sydney Hester said, “I feel like it was a great way to bring all the clubs together in a competition. There were a variety of questions that a lot of people could answer, and different point-of-views were tossed around to see if they were the correct answer [shown] on the board.”](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-30-at-8.53.07-AM-1200x799.png)
![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.](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_5421-1-e1728064543737-1200x792.jpeg)
Guiding students’ futures, ensuring they stay on their desired path
By planning with counselors, students are making choices about their education in order to stay on track for their post-secondary choices.
Designing the future of education
Freshmen, sophomores begin to design their dream classrooms.
Mastering the Art of Cake Design
With the guidance of Chef Hadobas, the students learned all the skills included in the Cake Decorating unit.
![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."](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0522-e1727891800748-800x1200-1-e1727893243981.jpg)
Open to all students interested in mystery and investigation
Club activities include fingerprinting, analysis, and guest speakers.
‘Madden’ and ‘Street Fighter 6’ featured in new lineup
Esports Club introduces new games to their roster.
Promoting Consistency Over Tests of Endurance
Female students will now focus on daily body conditioning activities alongside their usual sport, as opposed to running the mile every two weeks.
Homecoming theme to be announced
Student Council shares the process to selecting the homecoming movie and theme.
Aiming to increase connectivity within the class
Class of 2027’s Student Council is preparing for the first sophomore-only event.
TSA, HOSA, and Key Club meet this week
TSA starts mock competitions, HOSA hosts guest speakers, Key Club continues service activities and RTC preparation.
Students signed up for these new classes at the end of last year
AP Seminar, AP African American Studies, AP Calculus BC, and AP Literature and Composition have all been added to the course catalog.
NHS, CGC, FBLA meet this week
NHS members get to know one another, CGC continues to compete, FBLA shares more about their competitions.
Students advised to stay inside
Wednesday morning, several large wildfires originating in Southern California have pushed smoke, haze, and polluted air into Las Vegas. The air...
![Assistant Principal Cameron Roehm stands outside the cafeteria entrance handing out green temporary IDs to the students who forgot their IDs. This policy revamp was created due to last year's temporary ID weakening security measures causing it to be inefficient. “In the past, we did not see much success with the sticker IDs,” Roehm said. “With the new policy, [administration] is starting to notice a decrease in the sales of temporary IDs.”](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-11.08.37-1.png)
Combating security risks concerning safety
SWCTA introduces new lanyard policy and urges students to bring their lanyard daily.
Efforts made to reduce distractions during instruction
Students are now required to place their cell phones inside non-locking signal-blocking pouches during class time.
Furthering school spirit
The assembly will be held on August 23rd.
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