Girls Varsity soccer ranked second in league
Charlie Nicks, Senior Staff Writer
February 13, 2020
After a successful preseason with an overall record of 9-2, the OPHS Varsity Girls’ Soccer team kicks off Coastal Canyon League play, winning three out of their first four games. Despite facing challenging opponents, the team is ranked first in the league, as of Jan. 29. “Oak Park is in Division...
Coronavirus spreads internationally
Atmika Iyer, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2020
Dec. 31, 2019 — Wuhan saw the first case of the coronavirus and became the epicenter of a deadly epidemic. From one city, the virus has spread to France, India, Japan, Nepal, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Canada, the United States and more, according to the Washington Post. This spread...
Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crashes, leaves 9 dead
Lucy Anne Heine-Van Fossen, Kellen Beckett
February 12, 2020
Salary caps, luxury taxes and personnel changes. Just a few reasons why any NBA player would never want to stay in the same city for too long. It takes a special type of player to be able to play in the same franchise for 20 seasons. The player would have to first be drafted by a top franchise and be...
Teachers and students initiate #NoWasteWeds
Atmika Iyer, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2020
A group of Oak Park Unified School District teachers, staff and students have been meeting regularly to discuss different ways to promote environmentalism and sustainability at Oak Park High School, led by math teacher Robin Midiri. This group began brainstorming ideas to develop environmental awareness...
Benioff leaving Medea creek after 13 years
Brooke Yungfleisch, Senior Staff Writer
February 4, 2020
Medea Creek Middle School Principal Brad Benioff is changing positions starting July 1. Benioff has been the principal at MCMS for the last 13 years. He will become OPUSD’s new Director of Student Support and School Safety as current director, Stewart McGugan, will be taking over Dr. Leslie Heillbron’s...
Student athletes commit to various colleges
Atmika Iyer, Editor-In-Chief
December 15, 2019
Student-athletes at Oak Park High School took part in National Signing Day where high school athletes sign a letter of intent for playing their respective sports in college. There will be a second one in the spring. Seniors Ori Bitton, Malia Cohen, Abigail Dermott, Kelly Dobson, Grace Hanley, Havi...
Was it truly in the stars?
Shoshana Medved, Public Relations manager
December 12, 2019
Sorry to break it to you, but your breakfast today was not determined by the fallacy of free will. Grabbed some pancakes instead of granola? The heavens above made that decision. Drowned said pancakes in way too much syrup? Why … that was scrawled within the stars. As seemingly every teenager knows,...
Oak Park CAASPP scores higher than surrounding schools
December 10, 2019
After half a year, it was announced that Oak Park High School placed within the top 1% of California schools on the standardized California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress testing, more commonly known as the CAASPP test. 91% of Oak Park students met the English standard and 74% met...
No, It’s Not Weed
December 10, 2019
CBD seems to be everywhere in the news recently, but does it deserve the attention? Positive or negative opinions aside, the product is a bit of a mystery in its infancy of public use. However, CBD manufacturers’ claim of positive impacts on health and industry potential has people wondering what it ca...
OPUSD plants roots for remembrance
Atmika Iyer, Editor-in-Chief
December 10, 2019
“Tree of Thanksgiving Planted on the One Year Anniversary of the Woolsey Fire in Oak Park November 2019” That is what the band around six sycamore trees freshly planted on each school campus within the Oak Park Unified School District says. Superintendent Dr. Tony Knight visited...
Student opens fire at Saugus High School
Atmika Iyer, Co editor-in-chief
November 15, 2019
A student at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita opened fire at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. Two students were killed and three were injured, according to the Associated Press. The gunman shot himself and was hospitalized as well. The 16-year-old gunman came to school with a .45 caliber semi-automatic...
Oak Park mother accused of felony offences
Emily Francis and Lucy Heine-Van Fossen
November 3, 2019
An Oak Park mother has been accused of committing lewd acts upon a minor, oral copulation of a person under 16, furnishing marijuana to minors over 14, and maintaining a place for selling or using controlled substances. On here arraignment on Oct. 25, she pleaded not guilty on all accusations. Superi...
Sam Barney-Gibbs, Emily Francis, Mina Jung, Rebecca Oddes, Juliette Setudeh-Nejad, and Aidan Scott
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‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ is the existential question asked of every 7 to 10-year-old. The answers may vary from cowboy to princess, astronaut to doctor...
Sawyer Nicoll, Photo Editor
February 13, 2020 • No Comments
No movie in recent memory has been more fascinating than the critically-panned box-office-bomb sensation of last month that is… “Cats.” I have never seen another film...
Sawyer Nicoll, Photo Editor
February 13, 2020 • No Comments
Holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas shut down the United States; restaurants close and people around the country gather to celebrate. On the other side of the world,...
Blake Hanlon and Preston Green
February 13, 2020 • No Comments
Varsity girls basketball has moved up from the CIF Southern Section Division 3A to 3AA for the 2019-20 season, There are six divisions for varsity girls basketball from...