By Julian Medellin Staff Writer Kyle Ubod is a freshman at Summit Tahoma who is currently participating in a martial arts club. His practices are on Mondays and Wednesdays, and his tournaments are mainly on the weekends. Ubod won a plaque because of his victory in a local tournament. In those matches, each team would have every student fight against
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By Gino Moses Staff Writer Alfredo Lanuza is a tenth grader at Summit Tahoma. He plays soccer for the varsity team at his high school. He doesn’t play for a club team at the moment, but in the past he has played for teams in Redwood City. See below for the full athlete profile:
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By Annabelle Wilkinson Staff Writer “Breaking Bad” is the phenomenal five-season show that was created by Vince Gilligan and stars actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. The show started off with a small but steady fan base, but has since turned into the sixth most critically acclaimed show of all time after being nominated for 58 Emmys and taking home
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By Kainoa Garo Staff Writer Bianka Ortega is a Tahoma freshman. She is enrolled in a Visual Arts Expeditions course that teaches her how to draw pictures in different and effective ways. But the remaining question is: what inspires her drawings? The Visual Arts class is taught by Mathew Scicluna. He uses various methods to teach the students how to
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By Dylan Galiotto Staff Writer Gino Moses, a 14-year-old freshman, has had a joyful, lifelong experience with soccer. Most of his life revolves around the sport, and it has impacted him greatly. He plays for a club team, as well as for the Tahoma team. In a separate interview, he stated: “I mean, I guess I’ve helped the team –
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By Rae Frescas Staff Writer The Emoji Movie is a movie about a “meh” emoji named Gene who can’t make the face he is supposed to. Throughout the movie, this emoji goes through a “journey of truth,” trying to fight against what he is supposed to be. Let me just say that this movie is stupid. First off, the movie
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By Lilith Flowers, Kaitlyn Kelley and Sophia Nguyen Staff Writers The excessive internet filtering policies at Summit Public Schools: Tahoma are detrimental to a productive learning environment. Both teachers and students have voiced their concerns. Students will not be prepared for the distractions of an unfiltered internet, which is a problem that has grown as technology develops. According to the National
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By Kaitlyn Kelley Staff Writer “One thing I really like is there is no censorship in that class. He lets us talk about anything in that class that would be uncomfortable in regular school,” Tahoma junior Kaitlyn Tran said about the Advanced Drama Expeditions. Tran has been in the Advanced Drama class since freshman year, and she was interested in
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By Amelia Wolfson Staff Writer Tahoma freshman Janelle Langarcia has been playing volleyball for more than three years, and she has been on many different teams, including the Summit Tahoma volleyball team and other school and club teams. “The Tahoma coach would have an A team and a B team, and they would never combine them to mix the skill
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By Sabrina Toren Staff Writer The Emoji movie came out in 2017 and made headlines for all the wrong reasons. It was criticized and named the worst movie of the year; while in reality, that is not the case at all. It showcases a subject that is current to the youth of this generation in a creative and relevant manner.
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