Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Achievement (MESA), is a college and career prep program for students and schools from predominately underprivileged communities. The program has been promoting the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with 2020 being their fiftieth anniversary. For these past fifty years, MESA has shaped and guided thousands of students, and helped them become…
Valencia High School Choir Explores New Online Learning Techniques
COVID-19, commonly known as the “Coronavirus,” has been dominating the media in resourceful news, debatable topics, misleading numbers, and even memes to evoke humor. As the pandemic spreads, schools all over the world have shut down in precaution, leaving students with ambivalent feelings. Valencia High School’s choir, in particular, is one of many programs affected. …
Multicultural Week at Sunset Highschool
There’s no doubt that the United States has become more diverse throughout the years. The U.S culture can’t easily be labeled as a single heritage; different ethos merged overtime to develop it into the multicultural country it is today. In my community in Bethany, Oregon, there is no dominance of a specific ethnic group, but…
New Culver City High School Mural Honors Diverse Cast of Real-Life “Superheroes”
It’s a late Sunday afternoon in Culver City, California, and the air is filled with booming Spanish-language music and snatches of conversation. Today, the local high school is packed with onlookers waiting to witness the culmination of a process months in the making: the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new mural full of real-life superheroes of…
Korean Schools Help to Keep Culture and Language Present in Later Generations
One should never forget their background and culture, no matter how distant or disconnected they might seem. This is why many people hold special after school programs to help kids from forgetting their heritage. One example is the local Korean School in the small community of La Crescenta. Attracting students from many different areas, the…
The MOCA Museum; Modern Art at its Best
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), which was founded in 1979, is the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. The MOCA Museum houses the most compelling collections of modern art in the world, containing about 7000 objects and diverse historical exhibitions. MOCA showcases the most significant and challenging…
What it Means to be a Boyscout of America
The Boy Scouts of America has been a national tradition for many children in the United States, and dates back to 1910 when it was founded by Robert Baden-Powell. It is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with approximately 2.3 million youth participants. The Boy Scouts…
[Editor’s Column] Whitney High Attends USC History Bowl Competition
On March 1st, the Whitney High School History Bowl team competed at the 2020 University of Southern California (USC) regional History Bowl competition. History Bowl is a nationwide competition for elementary, middle, and high school students that tests students on history Jeopardy-style, complete with a buzzer system and moderator. There are different varieties of difficulty…
Movement: The Musical Talents of The Youth
I recently attended an event led by an organization of young boys and girls aged 10-16 who share their musical talents with the elderly. This event, called “Movement”, took place at a nursing home in Beaverton Oregon. The young musicians played various classical pieces from Beethoven to Dvorak. When the event started, most of the…
Valencia High School’s Mito Walk and Roll: A Journey for a Cure to Mitochondrial Disease
Most people know the mitochondria as “the powerhouse of the cell.” Yet, when one has mitochondrial disease, it is like “running a house on a battery” as student, Nadia Maciejewski puts it. Nadia, a junior at Valencia High School, is one of approximately 20,000 people in the United States affected by this rare condition…