The Founder and Director of MERITO — Multicultural Education for Resources Issues Threatening Oceans — Foundation, Rocio Lozano-Knowlton, held two objects up to the class: one was a reusable water...
Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• March 17, 2020
With schools closing due to the coronavirus, many families who depend on school lunch programs are finding themselves without a school-provided meal. In response, the California Department of Agriculture...
Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• March 14, 2020
In order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, local schools, including the Oak Park Unified School District, are shutting down. OPUSD, as of March 12, will shut down for the week of March 16.
This...
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly attacked by a man on Thursday Mar. 5, around 4 p.m. while walking on a trail near her home in the area of Sunnycrest Dr. and Trefoil Avenue in Oak Park.
“We got wind...
In remembrance of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting which took place on Dec. 14, 2012 in Connecticut, the parents of students who were killed created the Sandy Hook Promise. Their goal is to protect...
Alex Goldbeck, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• March 10, 2020
After the Oak Park Unified School District’s Wishtree was blown over during a storm over winter break, the future of the tree was uncertain. At the beginning of the semester, the district claimed the...
Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• February 28, 2020
For the first time in school history, the Mock Trial black team competed for either first or second place in the Ventura County competition.
Over the course of four days, during the week of Feb. 24,...
Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• February 26, 2020
The third spirit week of the 2019-20 school year began with Mamba Monday as a way for the school to honor those who lost their lives in the recent helicopter crash in Calabasas.
Students came to school...
Current Oak Park High School senior Eagle and future University of Pennsylvania Quaker Clark Slajchert tied the Ventura County’s season scoring record with a 56-point game against Warren High School...
Black History Month has long been addressed by some teachers in the Oak Park Unified School District, but, according to Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Jay Greenlinger, it is time to be more...
Kiss Cancer Goodbye, a 12 person team put together by junior Lilly Fuller, are working with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to raise money toward researching the cure for blood cancer. Fuller’s goal...
Loren Yona, Graduated Digital Features Editor
• February 11, 2020
In light of a trend of incidents that were concerning to the Oak Park High School administration and community leaders, representatives from the Anti-Defamation League were brought onto campus to give...
