Surf Strands: where are they now?
Marlie Langer | Student Life Editor April 14, 2025 As the winner of the 2025 San Clemente High School Battle of the bands, Surf Strands is not your typical high school band. Since their formation, […]
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The concert craze
Marlie Langer | Student Life Editor May 2, 2025 Concerts have had a rise in popularity among Southern California high school students. Some have only begun to attend these shows while others have made it […]
Finals/AP Season: cramming or consistent practice?
Celia Mann | Social Media Editor May 2, 2025 Finals and AP Exams season means late nights, little sleep, and sipping coffee or energy drinks almost daily for teenagers across the country. Students find themselves […]
Under pressure: A look inside our school’s stress surge
Audrey Folia | Head Editor May 1, 2025 With AP tests on the horizon and finals soon after, the environment at SCHS is tense. While students were once enjoying spring break and looking toward summer, most […]
Why have California’s public universities gotten so hard to get into?
Carly Altman | Head Editor May 2, 2025 The University of California (UC) system has become one of the most well regarded public university systems in the country. With nine undergraduate campuses spanning across the […]
Supreme Court case threatens to destabilize church-state division in schools
Sienna Miller | Head Editor May 2, 2025 The Supreme Court is considering whether Oklahoma can endorse the country’s first publicly supported religious charter school, a decision that would significantly dismantle the long-evolving church-state […]
Stassi Shroeder returns to reality TV after 5 years away from spotlight
Emma Sutherland | Writer March 26, 2025 In this past week, Stassi Shroeder, iconic star of seasons one through eight of Bravo TV’s VanderPump Rules, has made her comeback into the realm of reality entertainment. […]
Andy Hopper and why understanding matters
Catarina Wilfong | Writer April 18, 2025 Recently, in the Texas House of Representatives, an awkward moment occurred in which Andy Hopper, a Texas Republican Representative, revealed his lack of knowledge on a topic he […]
Undercover Tesla: EVs going incognito due to current controversies
Ryan Bautista | News Editor 17 April 2025 What happens when a billionaire businessman becomes a government employee and starts implementing radical changes to the government that people may not like? Well, the obvious answer […]
Journey to space, what a waste
Kat Piantka | Newsroom Manager & Head Editor April 17, 2025 On Monday, April 14, 2025, Jeff Bezos launched his 11th human flight under the New Shepard Program but with a special twist; for the first […]