Trinitee Latimer (12) jumped for joy when she received her acceptance email from her dream school, Xavier University of Louisiana. But she plans not to attend after all. On May 14, just one day prior...

It was a Thursday after cheer practice, and then 10-year-olds Kyla Kuo (12) and Daisy Shetzer (12) sat in the corner of Wendy’s that they called their own as a weekly tradition. The two laughed...

A block of clay stood before a 10-year-old Audrey Nguyen (12), but to her, with a touch of imagination and a dash of colorful paint, it held the potential to become a vase or a sculpture. She was at...

When Alex*, now a senior, made his first online sports bet in winter 2022, he was wracked with nerves at the uncertainty of how the Warriors would perform. Five dollars quickly disappeared as the plays...

Jordyn Vales (9) passes the baton to Kaitlyn Arciaga (10) to finish the second leg of the 4x400 relay, March 23. The team ended the relay with a time of 3.58.

Atri Pandya’s (12) coaching style is simple: keep it fun. During a tennis lesson, Pandya weaved sarcasm with praise while hitting the ball back and forth with his 13-year-old student, who responded...

Yes Zeina Nicolas I couldn’t tell you the number of times I’ve been in class and could see someone near me on their phone playing a video game or scrolling on social media. Whether...

Since the beginning of 2022, the first thing CTE teacher Paul O’Beirne has his students do when they walk into his classroom is put their phones in their assigned pockets of a phone holder....

Alexander McAllister (10) [third from the left] practices with his rowing team at Mission Bay, Feb. 8. McAllister has learned to work in unison with others on the water.

Vanessa Lee (12) was waiting for a chicken delivery. Specifically, a pet chicken delivery to her home, Jan. 10. She anticipated the soon-to-be pets with excitement and nerves. Lee had her first...

Tonight, Kirstie Wilkinson (12) will come close to flying. Suspended onstage by only the tips of her satin-covered toes touching the floor, she will twirl and leap as a Sugar Plum Fairy on the opening...

When developer Keith Rhodes purchased three areas connecting Camino Del Sur and Carmel Mountain Road in 2004, his first proposal was for the land to be developed for “shopping center commercial and...

As The Nexus Editor-in-Chiefs Jillian Sinder (12) and Grace Tseng (12) sat down at the round table with other publication editors from all over the country, Nov. 3, they immediately felt an unspoken...

Ismael “Izzy” Cruz-Heredia (’23) passed away on Oct. 28. He was the second youngest in a family of nine people. His sister, Liliana Musgrove, said that he was a bright spirit. “Being raised...

Hastings’ maternal grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 53, and her paternal aunt was diagnosed with the same illness two years ago. As a woman with this genetic disease in her family, Hastings...

[metaslider id=14632] As they plan their last rally together in ASB, Mackenzie Huynh (12), Kaya Nepomuceno (12), and Julia Oshiro (12) said they look back on their years of working together bittersweetly...

Adam Rabanal (11) demonstrates a standard rifle flip while training for his armed exhibition competitions Sep. 28. Rabanal focuses on the fine details of the rifle flips he does, including the rifle's...

Poway Unified School District’s (PUSD) resources are being spread thin to cover the upkeep of many campuses due to a lack of funding for facilities. To replace every single maintenance need in PUSD...

The Shower Effect On a gloomy day in May, Gray Clink (12) was walking his dog in his canyon when an idea spontaneously struck for an AP Photography project. “I took a picture of my bedroom and...

Jamie Fusaro-Mobley (12) didn’t always look like a rock star. “I went from being a shy kid who sat in the corner of a room, talking to nobody, to who I am on stage in my everyday life,” Fusaro-Mobley...

Before Earth Day, this year celebrated April 22, executive members of Advocates for a Better Environment (ABE) Club saw an opportunity to spotlight future career paths in the environmental field. Co-presidents...

In the low light of her gray garage, Rebecca Kim (11) ran through her dance routine once again. She began moving to the rhythm of K-pop megagroup Twice’s bubbly song, “More and More,” trying...

When I found out my phone had been stolen in Reno, Nevada, I was pretty mad. Almost mad enough to chase down the offender myself! What I didn’t know at that moment was that an excursion away from...

Mia Remer (12) steeled themself for the trick that would either make or break their routine—six rifle rotations with a double turn. They’d already been trying to catch the rifle to no avail, but...

Ideas flew around the group of students sitting at the table, and Ronnie Volman (12) was quick to respond to each point of discussion with political insight and specificity. On Tuesday, January 3,...

Art by Ella Jiang I want to know my schedule early It's too early to determine my schedule Zeina Nicolas Cora Reyes-Castelloe Visuals Editor Staff Writer I filled out the Course Request Form...

On Oct. 31, Netflix’s Heartstopper actor Kit Connor came out as bisexual on Twitter, telling his followers “congrats for forcing an 18-year-old to out himself.” The begrudging coming-out followed...

Max Liu (11) decided over the summer that he wanted to revive a club which previously existed on campus, but was then inactive—Model United Nations. “I was actually in Model UN [during] online...

Using religion to overcome challenges During quarantine Sutchin Somanathan (11) experienced a hyperfixation associated with  obsessive-compulsive disorder. When the space bar on his keyboard made an...

Photos courtesy of Brian Maienschein and Kristie Bruce-Lane The blazing sun beat down on me as I marched through the streets of downtown, sign raised high, shouting with close to 100 other individuals....

A DJ blasted pop music in the quad, an indie band performed live in colorful attire by the theater, volunteers passed around silent disco headphones next to the gym, and students milled about. It was...

It all began one fateful August evening, in 2021. There was chatter, there was laughter, and there was a lingering question in my mind—what am I doing here?—because frankly, I was bored. It was...

Nirja Trivedi (11) stepped into the classroom with a fluttering mixture of excitement and nervousness, keenly aware of the two judges staring at her from across the room. She had received a selection...