Bill SB-328 States No Middle Or High School Will Start Earlier Than 8:30

Sleeping is precious and helps us learn. Without sleep we would be tired and feel dead. Recently a new bill was passed, called Pupil Attendance. Schools can no longer start earlier than 8:30 a.m. Some schools have already taken advantage of this law and start at 9:30 or 10. On the down side students would be released later than usual, depending on the amount of classes the student has. Want to learn more about the new bill? Click here.

NHS Community Clothing Drive

Giving back to the community comes in many different forms. For some, it may be in the form of working at a volunteer job to benefit those less fortunate. For NHS, it comes with giving back to a local hospital. As a school-wide event, NHS collected over (# of pounds/ clothes) during their first ever NHS Clothing Drive, which ran from April 29 to May 17th.

The Importance of Multilingualism

Hola, Bonjour, Ciao, Hallo. All different ways of saying the same thing, just in different languages. Not only does being bilingual look cool but it can open so many doors for so many new opportunities.

Studies show that Spanish speakers are highly sought after job candidates with 70 percent of the workforce predicted to be Spanish speaking. Being able to check off the little bilingual box on job applications will give you a greater advantage over monolingual applicants who apply for the same position. Not only are you more likely to get picked for the position but, you also get paid 5-20% more per hour compared to a monolingual person. Want to read more about how being multilingual helps you? Click here.

Things to Do Over Summer

With school ending soon, a lot of people are looking forward to not having to sit through classes and finally having a break from the stress of school. However, summer brings the opportunity to learn things that you wouldn’t or don’t usually learn in school. There are online courses and courses hosted at college campuses nearby that are interesting and suited to personal interests. If you want to find out more about these courses, click here!

How to Help Prevent Violence

The shooting of the Chabad Synagogue in Poway is a terrible event that never should have happened. After such events, people often try to find reasons and ways to prevent further tragedies. One of the harsh realities about these events is that as long as there are things that make us stand out from one another, whether it be the color of our skin or what we believe in there will always be people that will be out to get us. So, the best thing we can do to prevent further tragedies is to actively work on preventing them. To finish reading, click here.

Women’s Swimming has a Record-Breaking Season

This year’s Women’s swim team was one of the fastest in school history. In all, four school records were broken: The 200 medley relay, the 100 butterfly, the 100 breaststroke, and the 100 backstroke.

The 200 medley relay was broken at league finals by a team consisting of Sarah Longbrake (19) doing backstroke, Rachel Sapper (21) doing breaststroke, Erin Kluge (22) doing butterfly, and Kaiya Miller (20) doing freestyle. They finished with a time of 1:53.08, a full second off the record of 1:54.11 set in 2012. To learn more about these swimmers, click here.

Victories for the Granite Hills Lacrosse Teams

Eagles Varsity Baseball Out Hits Hillers

The Granite Hills Varsity Baseball team defeats the Grossmont Foothillers with a score of 6-3 on May 8, 2019. The Eagles’ win over the Foothillers completes the four game Granite Hills vs. Grossmont series leaving the Eagles with a 3-1 series victory.

To kick off the ballgame, Granite Hills started off by tracking down fly balls, and didn’t take long for pitcher, Noa Ponciano (21), to throw his first strikeout to send the Eagles to bat. Granite Hills’ lead-off hitter Ryan Fenn (20) layed down a bunt single to start off. Soon after, the Foothiller’s defense ended the inning leaving the game scoreless.