A Mario Kart themed race ran through campus at the last Homeroom Olympics event of the year today. In a tightly contested group race, teacher Angela Vazquez-Herrera’s homeroom took first place, leaving...
Harry Styles, the shining star of the now-disbanded teeny-bopper group One Direction, has released the solo album we always knew, but never expected he would. “Harry Styles” is a self-titled homage...
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...
By Mary Ford, Arts Editor; Humor Editor March 24, 2017
As concert performances go, Umphrey's McGee can run hot and cold. Sunday night, they were on fire. Normally reminiscent of a free-form rock group like Phish, Umphrey’s McGee brought their sound...
Fight or flight. Those two instinctual responses have been drilled into my head ever since those cold, hard days on the Kindergarten playground: that’s right, flight or fight. However, on this very day,...
With a flight booked home from Berkeley early Monday afternoon, the expectations of seniors Katie and Eric Wimsatt to qualify for the final rounds of the 2017 Cal High School Speech and Debate Tournament...
By Mary Ford, Arts Editor; Humor Editor February 15, 2017
About 2,000 protesters gathered in downtown Encinitas Saturday Feb. 11 in defense of Planned Parenthood and against potential actions of the Trump administration toward the nonprofit organization....
By Mary Ford, Arts Editor, Humor Editor January 3, 2017
“Did ya miss me?” is the blazing question and the cliffhanger premise for the third season of the BBC smash hit “Sherlock.” Fans of the show have waited three years, interrupted only by a mild...
By Mary Ford, Arts Editor; Humor Editor November 18, 2016
Bruno Mars embraces a lavish lifestyle on his newest release, “24K Magic,” which dropped Thursday. The album, a compilation of sounds from 70s funk to 90s hip-hop, contains plenty of synthesizers,...
The eclectic Childish Gambino released “Me and Your Mama,” the first single off his upcoming album “Awaken, My Love!” this past weekend. The single is a departure from the experimental hipster-rap...
A walkout and protest was held by students in response to what they said was the racism, sexism and intolerance of President-elect Donald Trump today during third period. About 150 students participated...
ASB was playing music and dancing as students piled into the gym during homeroom for the first assembly of the year, celebrating SDA’s 20th anniversary.
Freshman Ada Ellisman kicked it off with...
Dear future president,
Do you know how many people live on this planet? As I write this, the current population is 7,449,791,931 humans. And every day, this number climbs by 220,000.
With every person...
By Mary Ford, Arts Editor; Humor Editor October 10, 2016
Don’t get me wrong. I’m as much for Hilldigard as the next mildly socialist millennial. However, in terms of debate accomplishments and holding up a strong forefront, I have to give Donald the advantage...
Five San Dieguito Speech and Debate competitors advanced beyond the preliminary rounds of the Jack Howe Invitational in Long Beach last weekend, at the team’s second tournament of the season.
Seniors...
A small fire broke out in room 33 at about seven this morning, said teacher Darlene Blanchard. Due to a lighting blowout before school started, classes were moved for the day while smoke in the room was...
There always seem to be a bit of an air of excitement on the first day of school. New year, new you, as the cliché goes. Most kids walk around with confidence. Freshmen walk around in confusion. There...
Ten years ago, Journey seemed dead. Fans complained about a band unable to connect to their music and to their fans, about concerts lacking in energy. Band members talked about disbanding, about no more...
In the third installment of the Captain America series, part of the 13 and counting Marvel movies in one of the largest franchises known to Hollywood, stuff, predictably, goes boom. But in balance with...
This Thursday night, the SDA theatre program will be debuting their limited-run production of the modern comedy “Zap!” The play is put on by the Drama Production class and will run April 21-23 and...
Talented neofolk band The Lumineers is best known for the annoyingly catchy and commercial song “Ho Hey.” It's that song that creates a collective groan in the car yet one not sufficient enough to...
After the most recent Homeroom Olympics event, Best Cheer, teacher Blaze Newman's classroom continues to lead in first place, teacher Stephanie Siers’ homeroom follows in second, and Rie Tsuboi has...
Breaking News - In a surprise move on his already spontaneous campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced this morning his nominee for vice president-Bernie Sanders.
“It’s...
Onlookers cheered as Japanese exchange students danced to popular music from their home country at lunch; some SDA students even joined in on the choreography in the last dance.
Hey SDA! Guess what we are celebrating this month? Just guess.
If you said Manly Month of March, you are technically right. Here at SDA, we have chosen to dedicate a whole month in celebration of testosterone-fueled...
Fresh off the success of her violent anthem “B**** Better Have My Money,” Rihanna changed up her sound and dropped the first single off her upcoming album “Anti” titled “Work” on Wednesday. ...
The annual Battle of the Bands final was held on Thursday, Nov. 20 in the gym. Five acts, three bands and two singer/songwriters, graced the stage to compete for a grand prize. The band Rubenstein Drive-By...
Two acts played today at lunch on the third day of Battle of the Bands. Noah Williams, a solo act, started the show, with the satirical scream-o band Doodle Bob following.
Many students came to the PAC at lunch to watch the second day of Battle of the Bands. Solo singer Kennady Tracy went first and band Be All, End All followed.
The annual liquid nitrogen lab was held in teacher Russ Davidson's chemistry class. Students froze different objects in the lab, and even were allowed to eat cheetos frozen in the liquid.
At the end of homeroom, bands students spontaneously marched around school and performed medieval tunes to promote the Fall Concert. The concert will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the PAC tonight.
Last Saturday, the San Dieguito Academy Speech and Debate team competed at the first tournament of the season at Classical Academy in Escondido. The events offered at the tournament were Policy Debate...
Muse is angry again. On the new album, “Drones”, due out June 8th, the band retraces its roots back to stripped down anthems against society. Already released for the new album are the singles “Dead...
