Raven Report

RCSD bids farewell to four schools after declining enrollment threatens the district

Mia Padilla and Ysabelle Punzal December 24, 2018

Due to budget cuts, a loss of funding and a decrease in enrollments, Fair Oaks Community School and Taft Elementary School will be combined into one campus, and Adelante and Selby Lane Spanish Immersion...

STEM-focused TIDE Academy to open, engage students next school year

Andrew Mancini, Staff Reporter December 24, 2018

Enrollment has begun at the District’s newest, specialty school, TIDE Academy, set to open next year with a founding Freshman class. TIDE, short for Technology, Innovation, Design, and Engineering, will...

New Hillsdale Dining Terrace caters to San Mateo community

Madeline Carpinelli, Staff Reporter December 17, 2018

  As the holiday season approaches, Hillsdale Mall’s long-awaited new food court, as a piece of a larger project with a movie theater and bowling alley, has finally opened its doors to...

Grant money loss slims down SAFE

Beatrice Bugos, Editor-in-Chief December 11, 2018

The $250,000 grant from the 21st Century ASSETs Program will no longer fund the next five years of the SAFE Program, which offered afternoon tutorials and enrichment activities to Sequoia for the past...

Photos by Aviva Futornick

A Dramatic Victory: ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ wakes up confidence, teamwork

Zoe Dufner, Staff Reporter December 11, 2018

The Sequoia Players fall production of “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical about American musical comedy in the 1920s, opened Saturday, Nov. 10 in Carrington Hall giving students vital and beneficial...

Media specialist Elizabeth Snow checks out books to incoming International
Baccalaureate Environmental Systems and Societies students.

Media Center renovations aim to maximize space, improve efficiency

Beatrice Bugos, News Editor August 2, 2018

Starting June 1, the Media Center will be being remodeled to better meet the student body’s needs. The project is a part of Measure A, a bond passed in 2014 to fund construction projects across the Sequoia...

Hundreds of students gathered on Mar. 14 to protest gun violence in school shootings. The walkout featured
students’ speeches, such as senior Shasta Sholes, president of the Social Justice League.

Students stage show of solidarity for school shooting victims

Sam Brook and Shannon Coan June 2, 2018

Enough. Nunca más violencia. Never Again. We call BS. Nosotros somos el cambio. These are the words and posters that filled the air as students and staff walked out to protest gun laws and honor the victims...

Political unrest puts Global Glimpse trips to rest

Nick Abraham and Mackenzie Clarke May 30, 2018

The annual Global Glimpse trips to Nicaragua have been rerouted to different countries because of growing political and social unrest in the country. After Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced...

Weddings unite students in celebration of marriage equality

Weddings unite students in celebration of marriage equality

Lauren Stevens, Staff Reporter May 2, 2018

The Sequoia Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA) held their annual marriage fundraiser Feb. 16 in the quad. About 100 students gathered to be married or have their vows renewed from earlier marriages. Students...

Student-led group petitions to change ‘Cherokee’ name

Aviva Futornick, Online Editor April 25, 2018

A new student-led group, ‘Ready for Ravens,’ was recently created to petition the change of Sequoia’s team name from Cherokees to Ravens. The club, which meets once a week, is currently working...

Practice field re-opens after lengthy renovation process

Rio Popper and Christian Pardo April 25, 2018

After nine months of work, the field formerly known as Nicotine Field has finally been finished, and is now open to athletes and will soon open to the public. “We started construction at the beginning...

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...

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