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Homeroom Olympics, Parking, and More at the Forum

Homeroom Olympics, Parking, and More at the Forum

By Erin Maxwell, Staff Writer May 16, 2017

Students and faculty gathered in Room 61 during lunch today for the last Forum of the school year. Led by seniors Katie Wimsatt and Blake Stoner-Osborne, the attendees enjoyed free pizza while listening...

Firefighters Extinguish Fire Outside of Woodshop Room Sunday

Firefighters Extinguish Fire Outside of Woodshop Room Sunday

By Linnea Leidy, Staff Writer May 15, 2017

A fire occurred outside of San Dieguito Academy’s woodshop room on Sunday around 3:45 p.m. The Encinitas Fire Department was notified by a passerby who tried to put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher,...

SDA Junior is Finalist in Competition to Cover Jimmy Awards

SDA Junior is Finalist in Competition to Cover Jimmy Awards

By Layla Gantus, Staff Writer May 15, 2017

SDA junior Olivia Olander is a finalist in the competition to be a reporter for the Jimmy Awards, the national high school musical awards. There are 10 contestants in the running and she is around the...

Students Dance to Japanese Music

Students Dance to Japanese Music

By Kate Sequeira, Online Editor May 11, 2017

Students gathered outside of the PAC today for a Homeroom Olympics event put together by Japanese teacher Rie Tsuboi’s homeroom. The activity was organized as a part of the “Taking Care of Each Other”...

Torrey Pines Teen Shot by Police

Torrey Pines Teen Shot by Police

By Olivia Olander and Julia Shapero May 8, 2017

A Torrey Pines student was fatally shot by police early Saturday morning following a call to 911 reporting a 15-year-old boy standing outside the high school, according to a news release from the San Diego...

Students Nominated for Ben Vereen Awards

By Nadia Ballard, Staff Writer May 8, 2017

The musical that wowed and amazed SDA students back in February received a nomination for the 2017 Ben Vereen Awards, a competition for San Diego County high school musical theater. Out of the 24 schools...

New SDA Principal Announced

By Mary Ford, Arts Editor May 8, 2017

Adam Camacho, principal at Earl Warren Middle School, will replace current Principal Bjorn Paige who is departing for Oregon. In an email, San Dieguito High School District Superintendent Eric Dill said...

Students do Tai Chi to Relieve Stress

Students do Tai Chi to Relieve Stress

By Kieran Zimmer, Features Editor May 5, 2017

Partially barefoot and void of negative energy, students gathered on the wet grass in front of the PAC Thursday during homeroom to practice Tai Chi, put on by science teacher Eric Smith’s homeroom as...

A cyanotype developing in the sunlight outside.

Today at SDA: Cyanotypes

By Sylvia Young, Staff Writer May 4, 2017

Students in Russ Davidson's AP Chemistry class used their knowledge of chemistry to create cyanotypes, a type of blue and white photo created by blocking sunlight

Today at SDA: Culinary Arts Makes Baked Potatoes

Today at SDA: Culinary Arts Makes Baked Potatoes

By Kate Sequeira, Online Editor May 2, 2017

Students in Scott Huntley's fourth period culinary arts class made bake potatoes today as a part of the potato unit.

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