Highlights
2012 Prom Court profiles
PRINCESSES Diana Becerra Why did you run for Prom Court?: Throughout my four years, I tried to stay involved in school. I decided to give court a shot because I thought being on court would be rewarding for my four year at San Gabriel High School. How did you find out about making it onto
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Recent Posts
- May 19, 2012: Play Days Parade
- Stan Lee appears in various Marvel films leading up to the Avengers
- Don’t let the bad moments drag you down
- 2012 Prom Court profiles
- Hayes and Xie stumble in first round of CIF Playoffs against Temple City Rams
- ‘The Great Gatsby’ movie adaptation captures the Great Depression in a vivid light
- Knowledge isn’t everything when it comes to success
- Last blood drive of the year yields 97 donations
- Freshman Baseball ends season with a loss against Bell Gardens, 5-11
- Art Club hosts ceramic art sale to showcase dynamic artwork
Highlights
Last blood drive of the year yields 97 donations
The American Red Cross organization came to school on Friday, May 11 for the third and last blood drive of the year. Although the donor turnout was less than the last two blood drives, the drive turned out to be a success with 97 donors signed up. “It is fascinating how students donate blood and
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Staff members honor API achievement with haircuts
Crowds of students flocked around the pancake to see Riley Mason, Lindsey Ma, and principal Jim Schofield receive hair cuts on Thursday, May 3 after students raised San Gabriel’s API scores to 798. Ma, Mason, and Schofield promised the student body that the three of them would have their hair cut in front of the
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Matadors visit Fresno, Yosemite, and Solvang for annual band tour
On the evening of Wednesday, April 25, an estimate of 60 students departed to Fresno, California for this years annual “Band Tour.” Although these young musicians stayed relatively close to home this year, they got to do a lot of sight-seeing on their three-day/two-night adventure. On the first day band members woke up early to
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CST pep rally establishes testing goals for students
The school administration hosted a CST pep rally in the auditorium on April 27 to review previous statistics while directing the students into better goals for the 2012 STAR testing. Split into three sessions, the pep rally was also an experiment for whether or not hosting multiple pep rallies would be efficient for both the
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FBLA places at state, Oo announced as New Section President
Three students placed at the FBLA State Conference in Irvine over the weekend- sophomore Charlie Diep placed sixth in Business Math, junior Ryan Kao placed fifth in Computer Applications, and senior Shirley Li placed seventh in Accounting I. Although they placed in the top ten, only the top three in each event advances to nationals.
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Students participate in Day of Silence to raise awareness for LGBT
April 20 marked the day students of San Gabriel participated in the soundless, “Day of Silence.” DOS is a youth led event, presented to us by our LGTB Club, to specifically emphasize that need for equality by pledging to spend the whole day in complete muteness in order to represent those whose voices cannot be
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Breaking News
Matador speech and debate ends year-long season with Spartan Aloha Classic After the wearing State and National Qualifiers, the Matador speech and debate team finished Spartan Aloha Classic with all competitors advancing into the semi-finals at its last tournament of the year at Schurr High School on April 14. There were two finalist entries: sophomores Justin Yeh and Alex Luu in Duo Interpretation and sophomore Christopher Lan
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Environmental Club plants and harvests more Earth Day awareness through floral grams San Gabriel High School’s Environmental Club is selling its annual Earth Day grams at a table near the quad during lunch time from April 9 to April 20 in order to raise awareness for the holiday and fundraise money for the club. The grams include four different cards which all express the celebration of Earth Day, all
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OPINIONS
Don’t let the bad moments drag you down The sun is setting; it’s getting late, and you’re finally able to go home after a long day’s worth of sports practice. After a nice, cooling shower, you have the opportunity to begin working on your homework, but your mind goes off. You begin pondering a recollection of the events that have gone by during
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Knowledge isn’t everything when it comes to success All around high school I always hear people talking about things like what grade they got on a test, or if their GPA dropped. Sometimes I even think that’s almost all students worry about. The main reason behind this worry is that students are concerned about having a successful future. Most of the time, this
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ENTERTAINMENT
Stan Lee appears in various Marvel films leading up to the Avengers The genius, the mastermind, the co-creator of our childhood heroes has been in every Marvel film we may have ever watched; Where exactly is he? Stan Lee, the co-creator of Thor, the Hulk, Captain America, Spiderman, Ironman and most of the stars of the the Avengers has made his presence felt through the huge productions
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‘The Great Gatsby’ movie adaptation captures the Great Depression in a vivid light It is about over half a year too early, but as my excitement can barely be contained, I decided to channel this excessive abundance of enthusiasm into an article. The subject of my excitement? None other than the release of “The Great Gatsby” film. “The Great Gatsby,” in general, seems to encompass all of my
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SPORTS
Hayes and Xie stumble in first round of CIF Playoffs against Temple City Rams Fresh off their Almont League Doubles Title, Hayes and Xie took on Temple City Rams’ doubles team of Justin Lin and Leo Yan, the number two seed in Rio Hondo League, on Friday afternoon at Whittier Narrows Center. Hayes and Xie were unable to take the court because there were 19 matches scheduled for the
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On Friday, May 11, the Matadors confidently stepped onto the field for their final game of the season, but they were unable to pull through with a victory against Bell Gardens after losing 5-11. The Lancers were able to take a major lead in the second inning when they scored eight runs. During the first inning
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FEATURES
Prom started as a step for high school teenagers to a new stage in life All high school juniors and seniors look forward to their high school prom. Prom is probably recognized as the most memorable experience in high school years, and is now one of the biggest events in high school all over the world. How did prom even start in the first place? The answer to this takes
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Blow a raspberry to the worst in film with a Razzie It’s likely that when one thinks of movie awards, the Oscars will be the first to come to mind. These awards are presented to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. However, what about the opposite end of the spectrum? A Golden Raspberry Award, or Razzie for short, is
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