Amanda Lerma

Szeto seizes seasonal sports opportunities

Amanda LermaJanuary 16, 2020

Senior Wesley Szeto’s family pushed him into athletics, resulting in his current placement on the football, badminton, and track and field teams. Szeto embraced his love for badminton and began...

Opinions Staff Stance

Account restriction jeopardizes student work

Amanda LermaNovember 19, 2019

Originally, Chromebooks allowed students to access their personal email accounts as well as their school accounts, but starting this year, the school placed a restriction that forces students to use...

Life & Art

Chan matures through modeling

Amanda LermaOctober 24, 2019

The camera clicks as junior Shana Chan poses, staring at the photographer behind the camera. Maintaining an aura of confidence, she shifts, twisting her body to strike a new pose...

Focus

Students need knowledge about nutrition

Amanda LermaSeptember 27, 2019

Proper nutrients help the human body perform at an optimal level, and some students’ ignorance about what nutrition is hinders them from leading a healthy lifestyle. The food plate, a...

Life & Art

Dumbo flies straight into viewers’ hearts

Amanda LermaMay 8, 2019

Following the classic story of the baby elephant who discovers he has the ability to fly, Dumbo soars to new heights as a live-action film. The movie is packed with...

Sports

Varsity boys volleyball check San Marino off hit list

Amanda LermaApril 2, 2019April 4, 2019

Varsity boys volleyball triumphed in a dramatic home game against the San Marino Titans on March 7, exciting the audience with a 3-1 win. SG took the lead in the...

Life & Art

Review: Welcoming all wizards

Amanda LermaDecember 24, 2018

J.K. Rowling invites fans to return to the Wizarding World with the newly released movie Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald. The film occurs months after the time frame of Fantastic...

Features

Fighting for safety Q&A

Amanda LermaDecember 14, 2018February 27, 2019

Francisco Lerma is the father of reporter Amanda Lerma. Working as a firefighter for the past 12 years, he discusses the issue of safety in the event of a disaster....

Life & Art

Review: No longer the villain

Amanda LermaNovember 13, 2018

Investigative journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) researches a massive story behind the widely popular organization called the Life Foundation, founded by Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed). During his investigation, Brock comes...

Opinions

Asian, Latino Ethnicities need acknowledgment

Amanda LermaOctober 22, 2018

The world consists of multiple ethnicities that often go unacknowledged. Ethnicity is a large portion of a person’s background, so when individuals become miscategorized, it is upsetting. A popular assumption...