Holiday cheer lights up Peninsula with snow many lively activities
Kelsie Garay, Sophie Harris, and Caitlin Sorensen
December 17, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Twinkling lights. Festive decorations. Sparkling trees. With so many options on the Peninsula, it can be a challenge to decide what to do during the most wonderful time of the year. In San Carlos, Eucalyptus Street celebrates Christmas by decorating all of the houses with an array of Christmas lights and d...
How people with indigenous roots celebrate Thanksgiving
Caitlin Sorensen, Staff Reporter
November 21, 2018
Filed under Features
The story told about pilgrims and Native Americans celebrating together in the first Thanksgiving has much more to the story for people with indigenous roots. “Pretty much all the Native Americans had was taken from them,” said Rubyette Olivas a paraprofessional who lived on the Yaqui tribe r...
Work Like a Senior
November 18, 2018
Filed under Showcase, Special Feature
There is no doubt that seniors have work. The question is: how much?
Transgender students navigate school, family life
Aviva Futornick, Online Editor
August 2, 2018
Filed under Features, Special Feature
One in 137 high school students in America identify as transgender. For 150,000 American teenagers, their sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex. “I was really excited because I had finally figured out what it was that I had felt was in a way the part of me ...
These hashtags took social media by storm
Brighid Bugos, Sports Editor
July 22, 2018
Filed under Features
Summer programs diversify student learning opportunities
Sarah Fazio, Staff Reporter
May 30, 2018
Filed under Features
Summer offers an opportunity for students to rest and take a break from the daily grind of high school, and it also offers the chance to try something new. Numerous colleges offer pre-college programs that give high school students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a field of their choice,...
Buildings names tell the story of Sequoia’s movers and shakers
Beatrice Bugos, Sports Editor
April 25, 2018
Filed under Features
Otis Carrington (Faculty 1907-1950): Carrington was a music and art teacher and later became the head of the music department he developed. He’s most famous for his children operettas because he found there were no operettas that suited his students’ voices. He also composed the Sequoia Hymn. He...
Cape Town drought foresees future weather issues
Sarah Fazio, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2018
Cape Town, South Africa, a major metropolis of nearly 4 million people, is running of of water. Historically dry rain seasons in the past few years have left reservoirs completely dry. City officials have pushed “Day Zero” to 2019 -- the point at which all taps would be cut off, but earlier this...
IB program distinguishes Sequoia’s curriculum
Soana Afu and Sarah Fazio
April 23, 2018
Filed under Features
Since 2002, Sequoia has been accredited as an International Baccalaureate (IB) school. Like IB’s more-common counterpart, Advanced Placement (AP), IB courses are college-level classes meant to prepare students for post-secondary success. “I think taking challenging classes is beneficial because...
Recent, diverse moves shine on the silver screen
Hannah Kloninger-Stever and Lauren Stevens
April 23, 2018
Filed under Features
“The more diverse [a movie] is, the more relatable it is, and the more people will want to watch it. You don’t have to resort back to white, straight, cis people. It will be successful anyway.” -Amy Abad, Sophomore
Textbook bias bleeds through to students
Rio Popper, Copy Editor
April 20, 2018
Filed under Op/Ed, Special Feature
Any textbook is vastly different from any other textbook–even when the books are about the same topic. The books used in California are different than the books used in New York, which are different from the books use din Virginia. Each books tells the story of history with a different slant. "Here...
College applicants weigh decision on whether or not to apply early
Rio Popper, Copy Editor
March 20, 2018
Filed under Features
While some college-bound seniors haven’t yet heard back from any colleges and have no idea where they’ll be attending next year, a few have heard back and know precisely where they’ll be come September. Many of these seniors who know where they will be going submitted their application to early...
