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Shirina Cao

Shirina Cao, Lifestyles Editor

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Strydom’s dabbles in a variety of mediums, including pencil sketches, pen sketches and digital art.

Sophomore’s YouTube Shorts reach thousands of views

Onyx Strydom has formed an art community of 35,000 subscribers through the short videos posted on her channel.
Seniors Shaan Janardhan and Naahur Sajwan face off in Bombay in the Bay’s All Male Dance.

Senior Indian Cultural Awareness club officers reflect on last month’s Bombay in the Bay performance

Despite the struggles of choreographing and managing the entire show, senior officers found reasons to keep pushing through their final performance.
Members of the dance team hold a pose in their competition pom routine, performing at the girls’ basketball game on Jan. 17.

Dance team brings back traditional halftime basketball performances

For the first time since 2019 and post-pandemic, the team uses their halftime performances to practice and perfect their competition routines.
Some of these couples’ best moments captured in photos (From top to bottom: Keys, Nakamatsu, Nitzan).

Sparks fly: The surprising ways teachers met their spouses

Stories include online dating, love at first sight and long journeys to being a couple.
Amy Hawthorne picks her most unique or intense and emotional photos to publish onto her website portfolio.

Honoring her late husband, parent becomes skilled photographer of her sons and other athletes

Amy Hawthorne has honed her skills over the years and has taken numerous memorable shots of the school’s teams.
If all of our icks culminated into one man, this is what he would look like.

Top 10: Icks

Things boys do that they really shouldn’t.
There are so many to choose from, but there is a clear

Top 10: romance tropes

From forced proximity to the classic love triangle — may the best trope win.
Senior Anisa Taymuree learns her solo dance alongside her choreographer Karen Chien.

Solos allow dance team upperclassmen to explore their individuality

Select juniors and seniors get the chance to explore styles and choreographers of their choice, while taking responsibility to perfect their own dance.
NewJeans members try to fly in to save the day — albeit through a YouTube live — by demanding HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk to reinstate former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin.

Famous K-pop company HYBE kicks out sublabel CEO for coup allegations

After CEO Min Hee Jin’s removal, K-pop girl group NewJeans faces an uncertain future.
Highlights of freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors dances during Homecoming week from Oct. 14-19.

Behind the scenes: Meet the choreographers who brought the Homecoming dance to life

Student choreographers created routines inspired by pop music and class themes to create energizing, engaging performances.
I’ve wanted to plop into a fluffy pile of snow, not fall off the lift onto the hard packed snow of the ski trail while everyone on the lift watches.

Don’t jump off the ski lift — the snow isn’t as soft as it looks

I fell off the lift while skiing with my friend, and I now refuse to get on another one with her.
Judges receive rubrics to score each performance out of 160 possible points.

How are Homecoming performances ranked?

Judges of the quad day performances look for appropriateness, inclusive participation and overall class energy when considering scores for each class.
During their first meeting on Sept. 12, Slime Club members mix a large bowl of glue with an activator to make slime.

New Slime Club is drawing over 60 members each meeting

Senior Rylee Stanton established the club after gaining inspiration from a friend.
The dance team sells homemade baked goods at their bake sale at the Sept. 5 home football game against El Camino to fundraise for competition and costume costs.

Dance team welcomes new assistant coach who focuses on their technique and fitness

For the new season, the 14-member team is drilling on skills such as turns and jumps to improve their routines.
Thomas Casavant teaches freshmen how to fix a section of their Java code.

AP Physics teacher expands course repertoire to Intro to Computer Programming

Using his experiences from working at Lockheed Martin, Thomas Cassavant learns to teach a class different from physics, his main expertise.
Wellness Center therapist Janae Smith writes in her notebook.

New Wellness Center therapist brings diverse work experience

Janae Smith, a trained mental health professional, shared her insight into self-care and plans to implement a yoga group.
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