Learning from Home Survey Results
Story by Taylor Lee, Staff Writer
May 29, 2020
San Dieguito Academy released a Learning from Home survey from May 13 to 20 during the seventh week of distance learning. This was developed by California School Climate, Health and Learning Surveys in partnership with the California Department of Education. Here are the following results from the survey: ...
Everything SDA students need to know about the temporary grading policy for fourth quarter
Story by Taylor Lee, Staff Writer
May 22, 2020
The San Dieguito Union High School District officially voted to modify its grading policy at the board meeting on May 21, 2020. Here’s everything you need to know about the decision. High school students have the autonomy to choose between credit/no credit or a letter grade Students ca...
SDUHSD Hybrid Grading Policy Decision Faces Uncertainty
Story by Taylor Lee, Staff Writer
May 18, 2020
After many complaints and protests from community members, San Dieguito Union High School District announced that students will have a choice between a letter grade or a credit/ no credit grading policy for the fourth quarter. Superintendent Robert Haley sent out a letter on May 15 with the following message: ...
Thunderbirds honor frontline COVID-19 respondents with SoCal flyover
Story by Taylor Lee, Staff Writer
May 15, 2020
Six Air Force Thunderbirds soared through the Southern California skies to honor frontline COVID-19 respondents on May 15 at noon. “I thought this event was such an amazing way to salute the first responders and bring the community together. My dad sent me a video and I saw people outside of their hou...
New survey administers how students are learning from home
Story by Taylor Lee, Staff Writer
May 13, 2020
San Dieguito Union High School District released a Learning from Home survey on May 13 in hopes to assess the current nature of students’ connectedness and how to best support schools now and in the future. The questions encompass topics from routines, distance learning, relationships, and social and...
Test-optional universities leave some students relieved and others disappointed
Story by Madelyn Sequeira, Staff Writer
May 12, 2020
Standardized testing has played a major role in a student's journey to college for many years. However, now that the spring testing dates for the SAT and ACT have been cancelled due to the coronavirus, dozens of colleges across the nation have announced their decisions to go test-optional for the Cla...
An Open Thank You Note to Teachers
Story by Taylor Lee, Staff Writer
May 9, 2020
Associated Student Body (ASB) at San Dieguito Academy posted kind thank you notes to San Dieguito Academy teachers on @sdastudentlife Instagram for Teacher Appreciation Week from May 4-8. All notes were individualized for each teacher from their ASB student buddy or an anonymous student who wante...
San Diego begins reopening beaches: all you need to know
Story by Sydney Randolph, Staff Writer
May 9, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many beaches were closed to prevent the spread of the pandemic. Access to specific beaches in San Diego went into effect at sunrise on Monday, April 27th. Many more beaches county-wide will continue to reopen, but here’s a list of all the ones currently available to ...
Encinitas beaches are alight
Story by Kylie Schwartz, Features Editor
May 5, 2020
Impossibly bright, fluorescent blue waves have been crashing against beaches across San Diego County over the past few weeks. You may have seen this phenomenon on video or in photos and simply wrote it off as some kind of “camera trick”, but incredibly, this occurrence is completely natural. This ...
Athletes cut salaries to help others
Story by Ethan Davis, Staff Writer
April 30, 2020
It is widely known that many athletes make a large sum of money each year as a result of endorsement deals and pro contracts. However, as they remain financially stable during lockdown, there are many who have not been able to keep up with their standards of living because of pay cuts and layoffs. F...
San Diego cities begin reopening beaches
Story by Aidan Dillon, Staff Writer
April 29, 2020
Along the San Diego coastline on Monday, cities began reopening their beaches in a step towards a return to normal life. The beaches closed at the beginning of April and remained closed for a majority of the month to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Multiple protests took place throughout San Diego coas...
Grade Paradigm: SDUHSD students advocate for a new grading model for fourth quarter
Story by Taylor Lee, Staff Writer
April 27, 2020
In response to the San Dieguito Union High School District decision to do credit/no credit grading system, students are petitioning for a “Double A” system that would allow for an A or A- on their transcripts in the fourth quarter. Assistant principal Katie Bendix said SDUHSD, like many other di...