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Sophia Tran

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor

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Winter Guard places 15th at championships

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor April 30, 2026

As the final notes of their show for the  Winter Guard championship echoed inside the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine, the Color Guard stood surrounded by a sea of gold flags, costumes, and backdrops,...

Gymnastics sweeps all events in first meet

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor April 3, 2026

 In its first meet of the season, gymnastics came out strong with a 218.7 to 200.5 win over Rancho Bernardo. Individually, the team saw strong performances from Bella Paguyo (10) who won the all-around...

Ramasamy, Chow qualify for DECA Internationals

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor March 13, 2026

At the California State Career Development Conference (SCDC), hosted at the Anaheim Marriott, Vamshi Ramasamy (10) and Emi Chow (10) placed in the top six in Food Marketing and Accounting Applications,...

Chess Club places third at city-wide tournament

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor February 13, 2026

Lucas Ding (9) sat across from his opponent, eyes fixed on the chess board as the clock ticked down at the 2026 Regional High School Teams Championship, Jan. 11. Instead of reacting to the move in front...

Boys basketball wins Battle of the 56, 62-39

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor January 23, 2026

Up by just six points at halftime, boys basketball was locked in a tense battle with Mt Carmel, Jan. 9. Every possession mattered, and every mistake weighed on the game, according to forward Caleb Hardy...

ASL hosts holiday bazaar fundraiser

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor December 19, 2025

The sound of laughter and conversation mixed with the rustling of cookie bags as students and families gathered around the ASL Club’s table at the Deer Canyon Holiday Bazaar Fundraiser, Dec. 12. There,...

Koppa travels to Spain for cultural program

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor August 29, 2025

Standing on the edge of a 15-foot cliff over the Mediterranean Sea, Sanchay Koppa (11) had a choice to either step back into safety or jump into the unknown waters below. His nerves stiffened his body...

Unified PE links special ed students and peers

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor August 29, 2025

A new program designed to bring special education and general education students together through sports has been introduced to our campus this year. The program, called Unified PE, is taught by special...

Holding Up the Sky

Sophia Tran and Karis Chen May 13, 2025

Eva Porter (12) scrolled through endless webpages as she scoured the internet searching for articles that she could use for her APES assignment. Glaring headlines of climate change news flashed across...

The game of life: a major change

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor May 13, 2025

In the chaotic months following the 2016 presidential election, political science major Nathan Glovinsky (‘15), sat at a table with other satirical newspaper writers on the UCLA campus frantically brainstorming...

Allie Lim (10) skis toward the finish line at the Mona ParkYongPyong ski resort for the International Junior Ski Competition in Pyeongchang, Korea where she placed second, Feb. 11-13. This was Lim's second year participating in the international competition.

Lim skis, competes internationally

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor March 14, 2025

As Allie Lim (10) stood at the starting gate, her skis rested on the icy slopes of the Mona ParkYongPyong ski resort for the International Junior Ski Competition in Pyeongchang, Korea. The competition...

Embarrassment is a social construct

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor February 13, 2025

Embarrassment is a universal human experience, often filling one with an overwhelming desire to disappear or escape.  However, lately, I’ve been noticing faults in this emotion, finding that my own...

Note by Note

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor January 24, 2025

As Victor Mirea (11) sat in front of his students during one of his electric guitar lessons, he heard the students' uncertain strumming, shaky notes that were weakly plucked faltered through the air....

Holding up the sky

Holding up the sky

Karis Chen and Sophia Tran December 20, 2024

Eva Porter (12) scrolled through endless webpages as she scoured the internet searching for articles that she could use for her APES assignment. Glaring headlines of climate change news flashed across...

MacMartin finds fruitful passion in gardening

MacMartin finds fruitful passion in gardening

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor November 22, 2024

Twenty-three years ago, science teacher David MacMartin knelt down in the yard of his first home to plant the seeds of a passionfruit vine. His hands gently burrowed through the soil, carefully cultivating...

Sanchay Koppa (10) demonstrates how to build a Legos with the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Explore Engineering Notebook, Oct. 9, Koppa mentors elementary school students to prepare them for the engineering, design, and creativity required in robotics.

Koppa mentors future STEM students

Sophia Tran, Final Focus Editor October 11, 2024

Sanchay Koppa (10) entered the classroom, his eyes scanning as his young students busily worked on their LEGO projects, their laughter filling the room. But in the midst of the activity, he noticed one...

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