"SMCHS varsity ice hockey moves on to the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME tomorrow morning against Regis Jesuit from Colorado," the announcer of Fast Hockey exclaims.
It is Sunday March 22. Just seconds before this...
You walk into the first day of math class and sit down, preparing yourself for a nice long nap because this class will be the death of you, as usual. You sneak a peek at the board and see that your first...
I arrived in a new city on March 6, 2015. The buildings were unlike anything I had ever experienced. Different styles of architecture could be seen from any vantage point. I immediately appreciated the...
It is an early Saturday morning at SMCHS, but definitely not an uneventful one. As one reaches the main track at SMCHS, the rolling sound of hundreds of strides reverberates the ground. At the front of...
We all have those days when it seems like all we want to do is just go home to Netflix calling your name. While we all know these days happen far too often, it is always important to exercise and even...
I look over to my friend Courtney, a little confused as to what’s going on. There are 110 teenagers sitting on the floor of a dimly lit room with candles spread about. Soft acoustic Gospel songs...
They call us their Santa Margarita angels.
“I’ve never seen such poor students so joyful,” said Nancy Hormuth, director of Campus Ministry. “It’s a joy that is so genuine and authentic that...
Even in sixth grade, now math teacher Gary Fox knew he wanted to teach.
“My dad always told me, ‘Figure out what you love doing more than anything else and try to make a living out of it,’”...
She steps out onto the runway and her mind immediately sets on the bar. As she prepares herself for the jump, she visualizes what she needs to do and how it will feel when she hits each position accurately....
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...
A social norm is a rule that dictates how a person should act in a given group or society. Social norms can be as simple as shaking hands with someone when you meet them or stopping your car at a red light....
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...
