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Freshman Skarlette Smillie and her mother Sophina McDaniel created the “Girlz on Fire” group.

Girlz On Fire offers a safe space for girls in the Bay Area

Chariah Williams April 8, 2020

The transition from middle school to high school can be tough for many female students. Head of Youth Marketing and Communications freshman Skarlette Smillie and her mother Chief Creative Office and Lifestyle...

Oftentimes, American remakes of foreign films garner more revenue, which is unfair to original creators.

OPINION: Foreign films are too often unfairly stolen by American filmmakers

Neil Veira April 7, 2020

Though some people are comfortable watching a movie in a foreign language with subtitles, many still enjoy watching movies in English. “Godzilla” is one of these movies and was originally made in Japan...

The SORA app contains the newly-expanded book selection.

Students enjoy the wide selection of virtual books offered through the SCHS library system

Samantha Alde April 5, 2020

In February, the SCHS library initiated an increase in e-book selection by combining its database with the Santa Clara City Library. According to librarian Seana Shelby, all students now have access to...

“The Downstairs Girl” documents the life of Chinese-American protagonist Jo Kuan in post-Civil War Atlanta.

Melina’s Booket List: ‘The Downstairs Girl’

Melina Kritikopoulos April 5, 2020

I never reach for Young Adult fiction on library shelves since the repetitive nature of the stories bores me. Yet, Stacey Lee’s August 2019 novel “The Downstairs Girl” was able to keep me captured...

Senior Aldo Plascencia works at Water Spring, filling and carrying jugs of water for customers.

Students are employed in a variety of unique jobs and internships, some of which have temporarily stopped during the pandemic

Alina Jafri April 3, 2020

From lifting jugs of water to collaborating with NASA, many SCHS students have joined the workforce. The current shelter-in-place mandate due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, however, has affected many...

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