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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

STEM education

STEM education

Gillian Steffey, Print Editor-in-Chief Mar 6, 2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology visited campus last month to host an interactive event in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. The event was led by the MIT Women's Initiative...

Courtesy image from Cell, where the research journal was published. Left is Zhong Zhong, right is Hua Hua.

The clone wars

Mia Ross, Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018

What was once merely fantasy is now a reality: scientists, for some time now, have been cloning animals and refining the process each time. On Jan. 24, National Geographic reported that Chinese researchers...

Blinded by the light

Blinded by the light

Rachel Tetreault, Web Editor-in-chief Aug 24, 2017

After predicting the exact date 38 years ago, students and staff witnessed a scientific phenomenon: the solar eclipse. On August 21, 2017 at 10:22 a.m., the eclipse lasted only a couple of minutes...

Bill Nye signs his book for Megan Vanni, mentioning her students at SMCHS.

Blast from the past

Rachel Tetreault and Ian Gutierrez Apr 23, 2017

As the VHS tape starts to play, the familiar "Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill Nye, the science guy!" rings throughout the room. Students turn their heads towards the catchy tune of the Bill Nye show, paying closer...

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...

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