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BIPOC authors of three new books being introduced into the English curriculum

English curriculum highlights authors of color

Charlotte Nicks, Graduated Senior Staff Writer September 11, 2020

A national push for increased inclusion of figures of color in public school curriculum has become local. The campus may be quiet, but that doesn’t mean the student body isn’t bustling with activity.  In...

Distance learning will solve our testing crisis

Distance learning will solve our testing crisis

Charlotte Nicks, Graduated Senior Staff Writer September 11, 2020

What makes a good test? It seems obvious, but a test must actually measure what it was intended to measure. This is called test “validity,” according to Professional Testing , and is key to the design...

Oak Park High School parent explores the Back-to-School Night website.

Back-to-School night takes a technological turn

Daisy Calderon, Graduated Photo Editor September 10, 2020

Unable to host Back-to-School Night on campus this year, faculty and staff members worked to create custom videos of their classes that introduced parents to the course and its expectations. These videos...

Water. Earth. Fire. Air. The last airbender has risen in popularity once more.

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’: A new Aang-le for modern television

Mina Jung and Lucy Anne Heine-Van Fossen September 10, 2020

Just finished “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and feel empty? Yeah, us too. This hollow feeling you’re experiencing is most likely because ATLA is the best TV show of all time.  “Long ago,...

Goodbye

Goodbye

Alex Goldbeck and Atmika Iyer May 6, 2020

When we signed on to be the 2019-20 editors-in-chief last year, we did not know about the year we were going to have, and we would not want to trade the experience for anything else. Let’s start at...

Staff appreciation signs made by MCMS PFA Hospitality Committee Co-Chair Krista Laughton placed at Oak Park High School

PFA puts together a virtual staff appreciation week

Rebecca Oddes, Senior Staff Writer May 6, 2020

The staff at Oak Park Unified School District have had to work harder during remote learning in order to effectively deliver curriculum through online platforms. With the pandemic changing school life...

Los Angeles skyline clearer than it has been in years due to decreased air pollution.

Evaluating the environment of a 21st-century pandemic

Sam Barney-Gibbs and Bailey Andera May 6, 2020

“Playing with fire” seems to be an uncomfortable phrase to many, especially to those who were forced into panic as the Woolsey and Camp Fires laid ash and smoke seemingly everywhere. It may hit too...

 Dr. Ken Jones instructs his students in his final days at Oak Park High.

Physics and engineering teacher Ken Jones to retire

Navya Batra, Graduated Digital Media Manager May 5, 2020

Upon entering room F-8, one can see a group of boys playing cards in the back right corner and a few single kids dispersed throughout the room, studying. Physics and engineering teacher Ken Jones sits...

Dr. Leslie Heilbron  has decided to retire after 16 years of serving as an administrator at OPUSD.

OPUSD Assistant Superintendent Heilbron retires

Shoshana Medved, Graduated Ombudsman May 5, 2020

After sixteen years as an administrator in the Oak Park Unified School District, Dr. Leslie Heilbron is retiring at the end of June this year. Heilbron spent six years as the principal of Oak Hills...

Senior co captains Aubrey Billig and Havi Rubenfeld warm up together in preparation for upcoming softball games.

Aubrey Billig and Havi Rubenfeld, puzzle pieces together

Isabella Alves and Payton Sitarz April 29, 2020

Aubrey Billig and Havi Rubenfeld have been a part of the Oak Park softball program for all four years, ending their last season being the only seniors left in the program. After being team captains for...

Senior Kelly Dobson swings to hit a golf ball at the Calabasas Country Club.

Kelly Dobson Swings Far and Flies High

Hannah Malik and Aidan Meek April 29, 2020

With a swift stroke, the one wood smacks the dimpled ball, driving his ball through the air. It soars across the golf course like the planes he flies through the sky, as his finger trails its path through...

Community members place painted rocks along the trail posts of Medea Creek.

Oak Park community paints rocks along the trail posts

Shoshana Medved, Graduated Ombudsman April 27, 2020

Dozens of painted stones now sit on the Medea Creek trail posts, featuring everything from inspirational quotes to Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson.  This trend, known as the #kindnessrocks movement, has...

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