The Express

Silence Your Cell Phones, It’s Time for Film Studies

Griffin Orlich, A&E Editor • October 18, 2013

It is fourth period and it’s time to watch another movie. It’s not a substitute teacher who doesn’t have a good lesson plan, but rather a class called Film Studies. The students roll in chairs from...

Match, Set, Laugh!

Chetana Piravi, Center Spread Editor • October 11, 2013

When you hear the word “team,” you probably think of a basketball or football team. Maybe even an academic decathlon team. Very few of you, however, associate the word team with comedy. But that’s...

STAN Club Kicks Off the Year with Holiday Grams

Courtney Crane, Staff Writer • October 9, 2013

STAN (Students Take Art to the Nation) club is beginning the year with a fundraiser for the art classes provided at SJHHS. Students involved will be making holiday grams to be sold during the last week...

Commercial Music Rocks the Schedule

Nikki Rastegar, Staff Writer • October 8, 2013

Commercial Music, the newest music class at SJHHS, has already created a bond among its students. “It has been a good opportunity to [get to] know other students in this school with musical abilities,”...

Stallions Exhibit Art

Jessica Skolnik, Staff Writer • June 3, 2013

Brush stroking and photo snapping their way to the San Juan Capistrano Library, the art and photography of San Juan Hills students was displayed in the art gallery through June 4th. In the Digital Photography...

New Fine Arts Courses Offered 2013-2014 School Year

Alexea Malaletkin, A&E Editor • May 31, 2013

San Juan Hills will be introducing four new Fine Arts courses to the campus in the 2013-2014 school year. Classes offered include Introduction to Fine Arts, Commercial Music, AP Music Theory, and AP Art...

Artist to Know-Wavves

Griffin Orlich, A&E Editor • May 1, 2013

Wavves, a surf punk from San Diego, was started when lead singer and guitarist Nathan Williams dropped out of college, quit his job and moved back in with his parents. Looking for something to do to...

RedBox VS. Netflix

Griffin Orlich, A&E Editor • May 1, 2013

Times really are changing. 10 years ago the quickest way to rent/buy a movie was to go to stores such as Blockbuster. But now, there are no Blockbusters in sight. Instead, there are mail/instant...

The Great Gatsby

Makayla Thomas, News Editor • May 1, 2013

On May 11th, The Great Gatsby, based on the novel, will appear on screens everywhere. Due to its popularity and its classic nature, it is a book that has sometimes been read over and over again. The story...

Workaholics Review

Griffin Orlich, A&E Editor • May 1, 2013

I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, and The Office. These shows are considered by most to be among the greatest sitcoms of all time. And now a new classic has emerged. The show is called Workaholics and is shown...

Band and Orchestra: SUPERIOR

Jessica Skolnik, Staff Writer • May 1, 2013

For the first time in SJHHS history, orchestra received a unanimous Superior rating at the Band and Orchestra Music Festival on March 19, 22, and 23. Furthermore, Band also acquired a Superior rating...

The Fault in Our Stars

Brittany Christensen, Editor-in-Chief • March 29, 2013

“The Fault in Our Stars” may seem to be just like any other typical love story about fighting cancer, however John Green's untraditional, clever writing leaves readers emotionally attached to the...