Talon

Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and more take home awards from the 2023 Grammy Awards

Charlize Ocon, Social Media Manager • March 3, 2023

The 2023 Grammy Awards wrapped up at 8:30 pm, on Feb. 5. Various artists took home awards from the coveted show, earning not only a trophy, but a spot in musical history. Before the awards began, host...

Spanish-American woman named oldest person in the world

Max Pajonk and Conrad Weese • March 3, 2023

Maria Branyas Morera, age 115, is now the oldest person alive following the death of the French nun Lucile Randon —also known as Sister André — who lived to be 118-years-old. Morera has seen it...

Robbie’s Place rocks OPHS Rally

Jayden Bellemeur, Guest Writer • March 1, 2023

Coursing nerves, rushing adrenaline and a whole lot of excitement summed up these four teens' thoughts as they took their makeshift stage. Their audience: a crowd of roughly one thousand peers. The wholly...

A spotlight on OPHS artists

Madelyne Cascione, Senior Staff Writer • March 1, 2023

As students piled into the gym on Thursday, Feb. 23, Oak Park High School’s Dance Team, String Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Choir and a group from the International Thespian Society prepared to...

Lock blocks now occupy most classroom doors at OPHS

Megan McCoy, Features Editor • March 1, 2023

Lock Blocks are classroom safety devices that can immediately lock any door in a potentially dangerous situation. Oak Park High School has recently introduced lock blocks to every classroom door in the...

OPHS Mock Trial Team advances to county finals and gets second place

Penelope Klaudopoulos, Guest Writer • March 1, 2023

Oak Park High School’s “black” Mock Trial team secured their spot into the Ventura County finals for the second year in a row on Feb. 8. In the final round against Trinity Pacific school they earned...

LeBron James shatters NBA all-time scoring record

Lindsay Gould, Senior staff writer • February 27, 2023

Four NBA championships, four time NBA MVP, four NBA finals MVP awards, three time All-Star MVP, two Olympic gold medals and now: the NBA’s all-time scorer. During the Laker game on Feb. 8 against...

A secret new way to spill crushes

Penelope Kladopoulos, Guest Writer • February 14, 2023

Most couples look forward to the arrival of Valentine’s Day… and now singles can too. With this year’s Valentine’s day comes the arrival of something equally exciting for all those singles too...

Club spotlight: Letters of Youth Association

Audrey Wu, Guest Writer • February 10, 2023

Letters of Youth Association club at Oak Park High School is a pen pal exchange program with the students at the elementary schools of Oak Park Unified School District. The president of the club, junior...

Suspected surveillance balloon strains China-United States relations

Allie Wang, Editor-in-Chief • February 10, 2023

From Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, a high-altitude balloon of Chinese origin entered American airspace, heading southeast from Montana to the Carolinas. The balloon was shot down by the Air Force over the Atlantic...

Top 5 hiking trails in Oak Park

Aviva Medved and Charley Hough • February 10, 2023

Oak Park offers several scenic hiking trails that anyone can enjoy. With trails ranging from flat to steep, rigorous, hilly or a simple loop, there's a wide variety of options in the Simi Hills and Santa...

Oak Park Education Foundation will not offer accelerated summer school programs this summer

Sydney Herstein and Brooke Herstein • February 10, 2023

Oak Park Education Foundation has announced that for the summer of 2023, it will not be offering any acceleration programs. OPEF has been operating summer school programs at the Oak Park High School campus...

Load More Stories

EYE 2 EYE

EYE 2 EYE: Taking photos

Stop the snapping! The disconnect and devaluation of pictures and moments Penelope Kladopoulos, Guest Writer The high-quality cameras everyone has in their pockets have...

Sports

Varsity boys soccer prepares for the senior all-star game

This was a record-breaking season for Oak Park High School’s boys varsity soccer team, who went undefeated in league and had an overall record of 16-2. They finished first...

News

Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and more take home awards from the 2023 Grammy Awards

The 2023 Grammy Awards wrapped up at 8:30 pm, on Feb. 5. Various artists took home awards from the coveted show, earning not only a trophy, but a spot in musical history. Before...

Feature

Chess is cool now?

Over the course of quarantine and our slow return to normal, many games have seen sharp rises and falls in popularity. Chess has been no exception. Now on an upward trend,...

Sports

Super Bowl analysis and recap

Super Bowl LVII was one of the most watched super bowls in recent history. The number one seeds of both conferences faced off in the biggest game of the year on Feb. 12 with...