By Srinand Mudunuri Staff Writer Summit Denali special services teacher and basketball coach Stephen Kirk, who started playing basketball and practicing martial arts at seven, talked about how his life was impacted by sports and how it has helped him change. “After seeing the faces of the parents and students at the senior night game, it made me feel like
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By Anthony Almanza, Nick Dedes, Srinand Mudunuri and Leonardo Arias Soto Staff Writers Students and teachers agree: the online learning experience was a pain. There was always a new problem, whether it was technology issues or just the overall learning gap it caused. According to NBC Bay Area, “Our analysis shows that the impact of the pandemic on K–12 student
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By McKenna Seegmiller News Editor The recent school shooting at Oxford High School highlights staggering problems in America – problems that have not been solved even after the deadliest shootings that have ripped our nation’s children from their parents. On Tuesday, November 30, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley entered Oxford High School with a semi-automatic pistol bought by his father and
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By Donovan Pelton and Kazuma Posley Staff Writers Yumi Ando, an east-Asian studies major, stated many of the “East Asian studies books I read were still mostly written by American authors. We did not read very many native texts.“ Even the novels considered as “classics”, such as “1984”, “Fahrenheit 451”, “Nickel and Dimed”, “Great Gatsby”, even the “Iliad”, are all
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By Van Tran Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has left me with so much time on my hands but no energy or places to explore. Due to safety concerns, California schools shut down in the midst of learning and transitioned to online schools. As I have been homeschooled before, online school went smoothly for me. I had started thinking of
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By Elizandra Zelaya, Angelina Gonzalez and Morgan Dundas Staff Writers For decades, school has been much more than just a basic education. Social skills, leadership roles, learning how to advocate for themselves and building relationships with their community. Now, students all around the world are being faced with finishing off their academic year behind a screen in their home. Summit
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By John Pache Staff Writer There seems to be a certain number of states that under-report hate crimes every year, if they do at all, and some even go as far as having no protection against them. Further down the line, there also seems to be a connection to states that went red in the 2016 election. The question
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By Mark Haiko and Angela Hwang Staff Editors Columbia Middle School (in Sunnyvale) eighth grader Logan Obrero said his annual seventh and eighth grade music class trips to Disneyland were canceled in early March due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which resulted in many disappointed students. Efforts were made to find alternate solutions, as the musicians need a goal for
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By Riley Quigley Staff Writer High school graduation rates in America are still lagging behind many other similarly developed nations. Many educators across America are trying to find a solution to this, increasing or decreasing amounts of homework, introducing new technology to the classroom, or changing the overall curriculum of their school. However, the solution might not be that simple.
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By Riley Quigley Staff Writer Graduation rates across the country have been steadily rising in recent years to the delight of many school workers. However, students in the United States still lag behind many other developed countries, with countries like Finland and Japan having a graduation rate that’s almost 10% higher. Dezaree “Ms. Dez” Doroliat has worked at Nea Community
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