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Phones are silenced. The room goes black except for one spotlight on the center of the stage. The audience waits quietly until the dance team flies out in their sparkling black corsets, ready for the first dance of the L.A. Lights Winter Concert. The school’s own dance team, period 2 and 3 beginning dance…
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The Chamber ensemble performed for the first time alongside the concert strings and strings classes at the Winter Concert in the Performing Arts Center on Dec.4. The strings orchestra played five pieces and the smaller, advanced chamber and concert strings groups played pieces by Ravel and Vivaldi separately. The concert also featured the Sycamore…
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For the first time in 19 years, the Varsity football team played in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) finals against Paso Robles High School on Dec. 7. Although the game ended in a 13-10 loss, meaning the Panthers are not moving on to regionals, the team was undefeated in the Camino league and won…
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1983: that’s the last time the freshman football team went undefeated until this year, when they finished an undefeated season with a 49-7 win against Thousand Oaks. “It’s always high anticipation playing Thousand Oaks, even if we won all our games before that, since they are our school rivals,” said Kevin Koenig, head freshman…
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Man of la Mancha has gone onstage as Marilyn Strange’s first full production with the theater class. Despite minor setbacks, the class has formed close bonds with each other, as well as with their new director. Strange has received a positive reaction to her teaching and directing styles from the cast members in her…
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“We were sitting in class and there was a knock on the door,” said Mariana de Maillé, senior. “And in walks some strangers I didn’t recognize, along with our principal and some of our other administrators, my mom, and a lady dressed up like Wendy (from the fast food chain).” De Maillé was chosen…
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A handful of teachers have decided to let their razors rust this No-shave November in order to raise awareness for men’s health issues, especially prostate and testicular cancer. Students can donate money to keep their favorite teacher’s beard growing, and all money collected will go towards the Movember foundation to fund cancer research. As…
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The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) was on campus from Nov. 16-19 to visit classrooms as well as meet with students, parents, and staff members. As one of six regional accrediting associations, WASC evaluates more than 4,500 high schools to determine if they are “trustworthy institutions of learning,” according to its website.…
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After 23 years of working as a campus supervisor and school security enforcer, 93-year-old Louis “Lou” Trevisan retired on Oct. 29. Students, faculty, and staff gathered in the quad during lunch on the day of Trevisan’s retirement to celebrate and thank him. Later, the faculty held a more intimate celebration where they shared humorous…
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Traveling to a foreign country for a year, attending a new school, and living with a family you have never met can be daunting. But every year, students all over the world, like juniors Louise Lisra and Darleen Hunziker, take on this challenge. This year, Lisra and Hunziker joined the EF (Education First) foreign…