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The student news site of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

The Eagle Eye

The student news site of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

The Eagle Eye

The student news site of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

The Eagle Eye

Seniors in their class color outfits gather at the football field to watch the scrimmage before the Welcome Dance.

First of many lasts

Lauren Kesic, Copy Editor Sep 1, 2015

It only comes once a year. It is the most talked about dance on campus. It is the Welcome Dance. This year's Welcome Dance took place on Aug. 21, giving students the opportunity to dance the night away...

Adam Campbell used Sprinkles cupcakes to ask Carlee DiNicola to prom.

Promposals of 2015

Avery Lewis, Staff Reporter May 18, 2015

Senior year is winding down fast, and as you finish up those last AP, IB and final exams the thought of summer as a graduate is crisper than ever. High school will forever be over. Finally. Before seniors...

The Dash for Cash donation on May 1 raised a total of $2,573 in just one minute.

A minute for Nepal

Joe Fedden, Staff Writer May 14, 2015

As Californians, we view earthquakes as a natural aspect of life. If the ground gives a little shimmy, we smile, laugh and go on with our days. Our last devastating quake was in 1994, in Northridge....

Tyler Kaegi smizes as his senior model friends cheer him on.

Senior swagger

Megan Snader, Staff Reporter May 1, 2015

Three stories up on R3 when the sun goes down, seniors are the reason why songs are blasting and professional male models are coming to SMCHS. The class of 2015 has been amping its fierce factor by...

Members of the Blueprint teen reading blog pose for a picture at their last meeting.

From Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss

Perla Shaheen, Copy Editor Apr 29, 2015

There’s nothing that can quite compare to the feeling you get when reading the perfect piece of literature. Whether it’s a compelling book or a heart-wrenching poem, works of literature inspire our...

Sworn oaths are not taken lightly inside the courtroom and the name of the defendant will forever be protected and hidden.

Fate in peers

Sophie Yeh, Staff Writer Apr 24, 2015

Within the walls of this court, defendants’ consequences are not decided by adults, but by their fellow high school students. This is Peer Court. And defendants of misdemeanor charges must answer to...

A group of seniors take a break with a little over three miles to the finish line.

A 13.7-mile journey on foot

Carlie McCabe, Staff Reporter Apr 22, 2015

Us seniors have heard about it since freshman year. We've heard about the highs and absolutely heard about the lows. We were afraid that such history (horror stories included) would repeat itself and were...

Tokyo/Beijing MUN Trip

Tokyo/Beijing MUN Trip

Maggie Morris, Copy Editor Mar 18, 2015

From March 5-15, 10 SMCHS seniors experienced chilly (and sometimes freezing) weather, intense pollution, squat toilets, a tremendous amount of sushi and fried rice and two entirely foreign cultures. Led...

Nancy Hormuth and students who were present at the blood drive smile as they check other donors in.

Give life

Monique Beals, Staff Reporter Mar 15, 2015

Needles and blood certainly are two things that high school students try to avoid at all costs. But on Feb. 26, SMCHS students ushered in the season of Lent by looking past these fears for the greater...

Nationals bound

Nationals bound

Kiera Makowecki, Staff Reporter Mar 3, 2015

The weekend of Feb. 21, the SMCHS varsity ice hockey team participated in the State playoffs that determined which team the league will choose to represent California in Chesterfield, Mo. for the 2015...

Librarians Jolene Finn and whatever the other one's name is excitedly advertise the ongoing poetry contest that ends Feb. 27.

Poets never stanza-lone

Maggie Morris, Copy Editor Feb 24, 2015

Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes and you. That's right, your name can fall amidst those of the greatest poets of all time. That is…if you submit poetry...

The girls are ecstatic with their fourth place finish.

V-chur takes Florida

Carlie McCabe, Staff Reporter Feb 20, 2015

It's 6 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5. A giant charter bus pulls up to SMCHS ready to make its hour-long trek to the San Diego International Airport. Twenty-four anxious, overly-ecstatic, spray-tanned varsity...

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