Author: Lindsay Filgas

  • New rules affect Club Day

    One day a year, clubs throughout the school gather in the quad to promote their club, recruit new members, and raise funds. In the past, many clubs took this time on “Club Day” to sell food to fellow students. This year, newly imposed rules restricted their ability to do so. Recently, the state made…

  • Show me the Money

    Before retiring, former Principal Athol Wong made it her goal to raise enough money to replace all the old lockers. Unfortunately, when students showed up on the first day of the new school year, they saw the same lockers as before, despite having donated money the previous year. “We currently have a portion of…

  • Jim Burke speaks to teachers about Common Core

    “An excellent education should not be an accident; it should be a right…” wrote  high school English teacher, Jim Burke, in his book “The Common Core: The Standards Decoded”. Common Core currently being implemented in CVUSD, but these new standards are still a source of confusion for many students and teachers. On August 22nd,…