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The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

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A slide in the tutorial presentation shares thoughtful questions for students to discuss.

School makes additions to student support

Zoya Iqbal, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

Two ideas, one new and one old, have been incorporated into Cal High’s student support this year. The introduction of school-wide student support lessons created by Cal staff and the return of student...

Seniors Sophia Bonifacio, left, and Anne Yamada pose behind their scoreboard before a match. They both will be trying out for Cal’s beach volleyball team this season.

Beach volleyball to kick up sand in spring

Christian Jung, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

Cal High will introduce beach volleyball as a varsity sport for the first time this upcoming spring season, providing a truly unique opportunity for the girls who join the squad. Especially since there’s...

Sarah Eddings tries to get a point across to her AP Psychology class. Eddings, who has been teaching at Cal High since 2018, also teaches iQuest. She was named Cal High’s Teacher of the Year for the 2023-24 school year.

Eddings brings a wealth of experience to the classroom

Yashi Sharma and Zoya Iqbal December 13, 2024

There was once a student who felt apologetic for her introvertedness. The teacher emailed her saying that she didn’t need to apologize or change at all. She just needed to be herself. Years after the...

Freshman Yanxi Wang won the Cal Comic Club competition with her illustration that depicts an unforgiving, cutthroat game that reflects college courses and most educational systems.

Comic Club

Aditi Mandale and Juliet Salomone December 13, 2024

Cal High artists, they’re looking for you. The school’s new Comic Club gives students a chance to express their creativity through drawing and storytelling and while learning new skills. The club...

Students attended Cal High's annual homecoming dance last Saturday in the school quad. During the dance, a 16 year old boy who doesn't attend Cal allegedly attacked a female assistant principal at the front of the school after trying to leave the dance early.

Boy allegedly attacks female assistant principal during homecoming dance

Ylin Zhu and Mansi Swaminathan October 25, 2024

A female assistant principal was physically assaulted by a 16-year-old boy last Saturday during Cal High’s homecoming dance, police said. The boy, who was not a Cal student, was arrested and taken...

Juniors Abbey Arteaga, Kaden Chen and Andreas Zotos walking behind the new gates in the front of the school.

New gates tighten campus security

Gayatri Nair, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

The addition of new black iron fences and gates around the perimeter of Cal High has tightened security on campus this school year. Gates and fences were installed during the summer between the pool fence...

Measure Q yard signs are seen in front of houses around the neighborhoods of San Ramon. The parcel tax requires a two-thirds majority in the Nov. 5 election in order to pass.

Voters to decide renewal of parcel tax

Christian Jung, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

As the San Ramon Valley Unified School District approaches the expiration of a long-time parcel tax at the end of the school year, voters must decide next month whether to renew this funding source that...

Construction on the new home bleachers and press box was completed in late August in time for the Grizzly varsity and JV football teams’ season opener on Aug. 30 against Patterson.

New bleachers finally finished

Andrew Chen and Sophia Liu October 10, 2024

The Cal High stadium’s new home bleachers and press box are finally finished. After months of construction that began last December, the metal bleachers were completed just in time for kickoff to the...

A teacher sits in front of her desk, confusingly maneuvering between Google Classroom and Infinite Campus.

Google Classroom makes a comeback in the district

Kavin Jain, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

Students and teachers were greeted with Google Classroom at the start of the school year as the school district transitioned away from previous learning platform Schoology. The San Ramon Valley Unified...

Apoorva Gudisay, left, and Disha Chhabra showcase the HER Palette and Healing Hearts Club posters at the club fair.

Club deadlines see changes

Chioma Onyema, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

Cal High’s leadership class made the decision last school year to change club application due dates so they would no longer be due at the beginning of the school year. This change resulted in all of...

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