As she sat in the piercing chair for the first time, Sophia Vinnick (11) was anxious as she was about to make a commitment that would positively transform her channels of self-expression from that point...
Overwhelmed with a combination of her class workload and social disputes at the end of her freshmen year, Bailie Govek (11) possessed no motivation to continue going to school. As tears threatened...
Malea Wiener (11) points out sea life in a touch tank of the Preuss Tide Pool Plaza at the Birch Aquarium, Nov. 4. Wiener volunteers at the aquarium, talking to visitors about local marine species and...
Everyday, for the past two years, Jayden Park (9) practices archery. Park has the skill of a player seasoned by extensive experience, having only started two years ago in the seventh grade. Every two weeks,...
Being the fourth out of seven siblings, Javier Torres’ (11) household was never quiet. At least in the ears of the children because their parents didn't know how loud they all were. Torres’ parents...
As the plane begins to accelerate down the runway, Nick Pearson (11) feels nothing but shaking. Reaching a certain point of the road, the plane begins to lift off from the ground. The shaking stops. Looking...
As a brand new student walking into her first-period AP English Language class on the first day of school, facing a classroom full of students she’d never met before, and feeling a heightened sense...
In the third set of the men’s singles finals against Patrick Henry High School, April 6, co-captain Allan Fang (10) was up 21-20. Fang had achieved a major comeback since his first set when he had...
This season, the girls water polo team needed a goalie. Despite it being Chloe Kaelin’s (12) last year, she stepped up to play the position.
“I want to do as much as I can before I graduate,”...
According to the Castelloes, their trust in each other to follow through with passes helped them earn points and play well in games.
“I think most of the time, it is just trust that we rely on,”...
Measure D would revise the San Diego Municipal Code to allow the city of San Diego to use Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on construction projects and make the city eligible for state funding and financial...
Attending his first football game as a first-aid-certified athletic student aide, Larson Smith (11) was finally able to help a wounded football player under the instruction of athletic trainer Christina...
For five days in a row, Aiken Wang (12) started his morning at 8:00 a.m., checking in and taking attendance for his San Diego political science summer youth program, which ran from Aug. 1-5, instructing...
During dinner, I was sitting at my kitchen table, comfortably slouching in my chair with one leg propped up on the edge, the other swinging back and forth. As I swayed from side to side, munching on...
When Kaitlyn Arciaga (9) won her first one-mile race in track, two girls stayed in front of her for the majority of the race until the end, when Arciaga was able to sprint past them and win.
“There...
When I was little, my mom would make me take naps. I hated naps. The idea of going to sleep at the same time, mid-day, every day when I wasn’t even tired was just so unappealing to me. I hated the fact...
Looking back at photos from when Layla Salem (9) and Mariam Salem (11) were in their first year on the same club soccer team in 2014, Mariam can be seen pointing and bossing around Layla as they play.
Starting...
Every member of the wrestling team this season is a first-year wrestler. Despite the inexperience of his players, wrestling coach Kristian Wahlgren said he believes in his team’s ability to perform.
With...
When 11-year old Shayna Mehta (9) sat down in her middle school cafeteria and opened her lunch of daal rice, a traditional Indian dish, she noticed people looking at her a little differently. Followed...
As a freshman at UC Berkeley, Wil Mumby changed majors. Unsure about his current major in media studies and how it might not support his career interest in journalism, Mumby participated in a journalism...
As a perfusionist, Kaitlynn Ly assists in the bypass of the heart and lungs through the management of the heart-lung machine, also known as “the pump.” She works alongside the surgeon and the anesthesiologist...
Do you know the people who are always in the background of Homecoming proposal posts, awkwardly watching every time but never getting asked? Yeah. That’s me.
Recently, I witnessed my friend...
Video camera in hand, rushing down to the field, Juhno Lim (11) stepped in front of the black hole to capture the excitement and cheers overflowing from the stands, highlighting the key moments of...
