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Getting work done from home needs a positive attitude and a clean workspace.

Staying motivated while working from home

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
May 18, 2020

If you’re anything like me, you’re all too familiar with the scene of sitting down at your laptop to do your homework and quickly becoming swept away by Instagram notifications, that one video YouTube...

April Fools’ Day is landing in the middle of our break, but that won’t stop us from celebrating from a distance.

How to pull April Fools’ pranks from a distance

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
April 1, 2020

Although social distancing has become the new norm, there’s no need to drop those pranks you had had in mind when you can go online with them. Thankfully, there are hundreds of pranks you can pull off...

Lather, Rinse, Don’t Repeat

Lather, Rinse, Don’t Repeat

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
March 15, 2020

In the US, the daily shower tends to start around puberty and become lifelong. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why? Perhaps your answer is: “because it’s healthier than showering less...

SDA Dance Ensemble students performing during a dress rehearsal.

SDAs first dance ensemble performs

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
February 11, 2020

On Friday Feb. 7, San Dieguito Academy’s first dance ensemble performed two contemporary shows at 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in the Clayton E. Liggett Theatre to showcase a blend of dance styles, celebrate...

Fourth period Spanish students listened to a presentation.

Corazon de Vida members tell their stories

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
December 20, 2018

Andrea Lopez, 22, Brisa Alonso, 23, Rocio Martinez, 22, and Samantha Alvarado, 22 lined up in the Media Center and faced around 60 students from Spanish 5 and Spanish for Spanish Speakers classes with...

The popular petting zoo featured some alpacas, dogs, chickens, a goat, and other animals.

SDA gets Bizarre

By Aiden Fullwood and Rithika Vighne
December 7, 2018

A stray goat jumped over the petting zoo fence and bounced to a patch of grass in time to Scottish bagpipe music. ASB candidates handed out candy and pastries to passerbys, displaying their “VOTE...

Max the Golden Retriever getting smothered with love and pets.

Calling all Dog Lovers

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
October 26, 2018

“THERE'S DOGS!” a girl yelled excitedly into her phone, while throwing her backpack down near the PAC and sprinting towards the bell tower, unafraid of getting her black shirt completely covered in...

Students enjoy their classmates karaoke in the Mosaic Cafe.

Missed Homecoming? Find out what happened.

By Devlin Ott and Rithika Vighne
October 23, 2018

1,100 students attended the 80s themed Homecoming Dance Friday. Spanning from the Mosaic Cafe to the gym and to the courtyard of the math and science building, there were many activities this year. Students...

Math teacher, Darlene Blanchard, dressed up as Luna Lovegood.

Witches and Wizards on Thursday

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
October 18, 2018

As an homage to Witch Thursday, the fourth day of homecoming week was Harry Potter day. Students dressed up as witches and wizards, or sported colors from their Hogwarts house.  During lunch, ASB...

Mustangs beat Warriors to kick off first home game

Mustangs beat Warriors to kick off first home game

By Alexis Price and Rithika Vighne
September 12, 2018

“I’m feeling good, we’ve beat the team before. We’re gonna go in with the same intensity as we did last game and we’re gonna win,” said junior Eli Anderson.   In the first home game...

Sound the Alarm - School is Officially in Session

Sound the Alarm – School is Officially in Session

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
September 5, 2018

A fire alarm went off yesterday morning during the extended homeroom period. Some students immediately filed out of their homerooms and Link Crew groups, only to be quickly informed by staff that it was...

Team Paradoxs Robot

Robotics’ Recent Success

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
March 19, 2018

It’s almost as if you’ve walked straight into an old fashioned American sporting event: corndog and ice cream stands lining the right wing, kettle corn littering the ground, each step a pronounced...

The Writers Conference featured seminars by a variety of writers.

The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

By Rithika Vighne and Aiden Fullwood
February 26, 2018

Students from San Dieguito Academy, Eastlake High School, Canyon Crest Academy, Torrey Pines High School, Mount Carmel High School – even the homeschooled.  It was a melting pot of sleep-deprived...

TIME Magazines 2017 Persons of the Year cover features just a few of the Silence Breakers who helped launch the movement against sexual assault.

TIME Magazine Recognizes the Silence Breakers

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer
December 13, 2017

TIME magazine has stepped forward with a unique choice for 2017’s Person of the Year. In fact, this person could be your neighbor, your classmate, or maybe someone you saw in the grocery store the other...

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