Sierra Zounes Archives

Today at SDA: Senior Tiles Are Up

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
May 29, 2014

Today at SDA: Dress Up Your Homeroom Teacher

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
May 27, 2014

Students dress up their teachers for Homeroom Olympics, and then put them on display in front of the PAC to be judged. Check out the winners here.

[Photo] Decorate Your Homeroom Teacher Winners Announced

By Sam Winter, Online Editor
May 27, 2014

Contestants line up to be judged on their handiwork.

[Photo] Fires Break Out in North County

By Elizabeth Tarangelo, Staff Writer
May 14, 2014

Students can see smoke from the fires to the north from the softball field at San Dieguito Academy.

Every Pint Counts

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
April 23, 2014

When the San Diego Blood Bank visits San Dieguito Academy, it is one of the only times where being negative can be beneficial in the lives of others. The Blood Drive returned on April 22, allowing students,...

Today at SDA: Naked Juice Truck

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
April 23, 2014

Today at SDA: Feeling the Beat

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
April 21, 2014

Today at SDA: Day of Silence

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
April 17, 2014

On April 17 the Gay Straight Alliance club held their annual Day of Silence event, in honor of people from the LGBT community who have been “silenced” because of their sexuality or gender identity....

Today at SDA: Mr. Brice in Jeopardy

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
April 1, 2014

[Photo] Pancake Panic

By Katie Clark, Staff Writer
March 29, 2014

Today at SDA: Senior Tiles

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 31, 2014

Today at SDA: Flapjacks for Lumberjacks

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 27, 2014

Today at SDA: Burgandy Soul

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 26, 2014

Today at SDA: Arm Wrestling Champions

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 24, 2014

[Photo] Homeroom Olympics: Arm Wrestling

By Gabby Catalano, Arts Editor
March 21, 2014

Spanish teacher John West challenges English teacher Rob Ross during the arm wrestling competition, with West coming out victorious.

Pi-high Hopes

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 19, 2014

Students recite as many digits of Pi they can remember to teachers from the math department on Pi day to earn prizes such as various coupons and a cookie from Culinary Arts.

Today at SDA: Japanese Exchange Students Odori

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 17, 2014

Today at SDA: Pi Day

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 14, 2014

Today at SDA: Powering Up

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 10, 2014

Today at SDA: Four Legs Are Better Than Two

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
March 4, 2014

Today at SDA: Restoring History Brick by Brick

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
February 27, 2014

Today at SDA: Olympics for the Brain

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
February 25, 2014

Today at SDA: Club Meet Club

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
February 11, 2014

Today at SDA: Elective Fair

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
February 7, 2014

Today at SDA: Students Embody SDA

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
February 4, 2014

Mustang Musings: Time Travel

By Sierra Zounes
January 31, 2014

Though time machines do not exist to the public, the Mustang asked SDA where (or when) they would travel, given the chance to bend time. Answers ranged from as soon as 1969s Woodstock to Victorian France,...

Fire Drill

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
January 14, 2014

As if today wasn’t hot enough. At 2:40 p.m, a fire alarm went off, making students evacuate almost to the new field. “Something was burned in the Adult Education office,” said Assistant Principal...

Today at SDA: Juggling Duet

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
January 8, 2014

SDA Student Awarded for Charity

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
January 6, 2014

Senior Keri Jucha was 18 hours away from death back in 2007. She suffered from a brain abscess: puss in the brain that caused her to speak only gibberish and immobilized her right leg. Jucha spent five...

Today at SDA: Bazaar 2013

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
December 12, 2013

Today at SDA: Community Day Singer

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
December 10, 2013

Today at SDA: Ping Pong Team Champions

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
December 9, 2013

[Photo] Today at SDA: New Mural

By Caroline Daniel, Staff Blogger
December 8, 2013

Allyne Powers paints the newest mural next to Senior Court.

[Photo] Remarkerble: Double Double With A Side Of Toil And Trouble

By Peri Anderson, Staff Writer
December 6, 2013

Today's comic comes to us from Room 102.

Today at SDA: Snow Sculpture, Minus the Snow

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
December 4, 2013

Today at SDA: Facilitators Unite

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
December 3, 2013

Today at SDA: Signing Off

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
December 2, 2013

[Photo] Remarkerble: Catching Fire

By Peri Anderson, Staff Writer
November 22, 2013

Today at SDA: Rainy Friday

By Sierra Zounes, Manon Wogahn, and Sam Winter
November 22, 2013

Breaking It In

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
November 21, 2013

Something I’ve learned through my 11 years training at my Kung Fu studio is the importance of awareness. You can be the most gifted MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) champion on the globe, but if you aren’t...

Not my Bloody Fault

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
November 15, 2013

Not everyone can handle the same amount of physical exercise. I know that many of my fellow instructors can go for hours continuously practicing, while I get winded after the first hour. Students are the...

Today at SDA: The Aqua Nymphs

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
November 15, 2013

Today at SDA: Strange

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
November 14, 2013

Today at SDA: The Endos

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
November 12, 2013

Today at SDA: Sacred Cow

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
November 6, 2013

[Photo] Today at SDA: Vinegar Tom

By Sam Winter, Online Editor
November 4, 2013

Vinegar Tom, the Indie/Alt Rock group of Seniors Nate Willert, Jared Davis, Cole Driscoll, Rhys Robertson, and SDA Graduate Tanner Rumsey, perform at the first day of Battle of the Bands.

Not for the Faint of Heart

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor
November 4, 2013

Here’s a health tip that I wish I didn’t need to give: if you’re going to exercise, make sure you drink water, eat food, and get up at least an hour beforehand so you can accomplish the first two...

Mustang Musings: Spooky Stories

By Sierra Zounes and Sam Winter
October 31, 2013

It’s Oct. 31, and SDA students are decking themselves out with creative costumes, and getting ready for a night of Halloween fun. The Mustang chose to celebrate this holiday by asking students for their...