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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

Post-It project

Amanda Moussiaux and Rachel Tetreault Feb 28, 2017

  Need a daily dose of inspiration? Try scrolling through inspirational quotes. Recently, the Guys Givin' Back organization has been picking up the trend that motivates and inspires people to do...

Air + Style

Hannah Prince, Print Editor-in-chief Feb 28, 2017

  For centuries, music has brought a diverse group of people together. The variety of genres create a unique sense of unity for listeners' preferences. One of the most recent genres is electronic...

By standing under the art "Cat", Mary and Katrina feel proud and confident.

Rising stars in the art show

Amanda Zou, Photo Editor Feb 8, 2017

Since the start of the Annual Art Show on Jan. 26, the library and B building are displaying many SMCHS art students' works. Through these paintings and projects, students deliver messages, tell stories...

New SMCHS teacher, Ms. Vanni, smiles for a picture in between teaching environmental science and biology.

New teacher on the block

Margaret Driscoll, A&E Editor and News Editor Feb 8, 2017

Towards the end of 2016, science teacher Cristal Miller ended her teaching career at SMCHS, leaving the faculty and administration in need of a new Environmental Science, Biology and Chemistry teacher...

According to the Brain Injury Alliance the purple area is where many head injuries, including mine, often are injured and located.

My hidden injury

Rachel Tetreault, Web Editor-in-chief Jan 23, 2017

It was an average game day for my teammates and me: the whistle blew and the soccer match began against the Mater Dei Mustangs. Little did I know that the game would change my life. As I go against...

Loud and proud

Cristina Zapata, Print Editor-in-Chief Jan 10, 2017

A large crowd of spirited students gathered on Friday Jan. 6 to kick off the highly anticipated boys basketball season. With the local sportswriter Steve Fryer present, it was obvious that the Nest cheered...

Seniors Alyssa Beamish and Dina Saccacio pose together as Ocampo's first portrait models.

Smiles for senior year

Cristina Zapata, Print Editor-in-Chief Dec 9, 2016

A picture is worth a thousand words, and if it's taken by senior Nina Ocampo, it only costs $0. At the start of the second quarter, Ocampo announced to her several hundred Instagram followers that she...

The phenomenon of Snapchat explained.

10 seconds

Chloe Le, Web Editor-in-Chief Dec 7, 2016

For many students at SMCHS, there are millions of things that stress us out. There are tests, homework, deans, grades, dying tablets and the social life. But the one thing that makes a student's behavior...

Boston and MUNtreal

Boston and MUNtreal

Dessi Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Editor Dec 6, 2016

    Intro, Boston: College Loop and Fenway Park When we received the news last year that the 2016 Senior MUN B Trip would visit Boston, MA and Montreal, Quebec, I knew I had to be a part...

Mass is a time for respect and reverence not an excuse to skip class.

New mass schedule

Ivanna Rea, Managing Editor Dec 6, 2016

On Thursday Dec. 5, SMCHS enacted a new bell schedule for students and faculty. A call for change arose after only 587 students (1/3 of the school population) attended the All Saints Mass in October....

Deck the nations

Deck the nations

Chloe Le, Web Editor-in-Chief Dec 5, 2016

Cramming in lessons for government, preparing for their next conference and their final exams, the MUN senior class always dedicates one day to leave it all behind to decorate one tree. For almost...

Junior Madison Louderback looks at her Lenova Yoga tablet with a new view and new prescription glasses.

IT ruins eyes

Rachel Tetreault, Web Editor-in-chief Dec 5, 2016

Class begins, laptops open and students put on their glasses. Many students have come across problems with their eyes ever since the integration of the school laptops for. Providing students with their...

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