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Health and AP Lang Teacher Sharon Spiers and History Teacher Robert Spiers are a married couple that have been teaching together for years. They love their job and being able to be in the same workplace.

The Power Couple of San Juan Hills: The Spiers

Grace Aitken, Op-Ed Editor March 12, 2018

There is no shortage of couples on high school campuses. Short, awkward premature flings to long, committed relationships fill the hallways and make up much of the gossip at school. What isn’t as common,...

Club leaders, Lindsay Backer, Megan Brooks, and Jordyn Apostalache (order left-right) await dancers to sign up to take master classes. All of the funds raised went to the HALO Dance 4 Autism Foundation.

HALO Club Raises Awareness for Autism

McKenzie M, A&E Editor March 12, 2018

On February 11, dancers from SJHHS’s dance program dedicated their Sunday afternoon to raising awareness for autism. The HALO club, standing for Healing Autism through Learning and Opportunities,...

Gavin Fleugge (11) and Riley Reese (12) are both expanding their knowledge and skill level in the field of firefighting to help them reach their dream career, being a firefighter.

SJHHS’s Future Firefighters in Training

McKenzie M, A&E Editor February 5, 2018

SJHHS students Riley Reese and Gavin Fleugge have both taken advantage of the unique Regional Occupational Programs, ROPs, that our district offers as well as extracurricular programs to help them get...

ASB members set up posters for the winter pep rally.

ASB Tech Boys Bring the Hype

Tatum Federman and Trazer Hazen, Captions and Social Media Editor February 2, 2018

The Associated Student Body (ASB) leadership class takes on many roles in bringing the school together with activities. One position in ASB, takes the form of a group of seven guys that are under the radar...

Vincent Maldonado (12) practices the marching band version  of the euphonium in-between practices. Maldonado also plays the concert euphonium, but prefers the marching version for Drum Corps due to it being easier to carry.

Musical Seniors Join Prestigious Marching Group

Kate Finman, News Editor February 2, 2018

Seniors Jordan Edwards and Vincent Maldonado will tour the country this summer with the prestigious drum corp Pacific Crest, playing euphoniums. Drum Corp International (DCI) is a high-level marching...

Cayden Walters (12) plays his viola in the 
instrumental music room during orchestra rehearsal. He is the section leader of the section and is rehearsing  John Williams Cowboys Overture for the annual December concert.

Violist Plays His Way to the National Stage

Kate Finman, News Editor December 20, 2017

Senior Cayden Walters is one of the top violists in the country. He was recently accepted into the prestigious All-National Honor Orchestra. He started to play the viola in fourth grade, because it was...

An example of Manny Romero’s recent portrait of a girl named Sailor demonstrates his talent with a camera. The gift of a camera at age 9 from his father sparked an interest in photography, and for 39 years hes been a professional photographer in his free time.

Office Assistant Moonlights as Photographer

Sam Newman, Co Editor-in-Chief December 20, 2017

Office assistant by day and professional photographer by night, Manny Romero is the face at the front desk of SJHHS and the face behind the lens. Before he was in charge of answering phones he owned...

Students Participate In National Novel Writing Month

Students Participate In National Novel Writing Month

December 20, 2017

For the past two years students and faculty at SJHHS have participated in National Novel Writing Month, more commonly known as NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo is a nonprofit organization that helps writers find structure,...

Jeri and Jared Tretter (12) celebrate Banana Day before passing the role onto two juniors. They sat on top of a trash can and ate their bananas at lunch in celebration.

Consistantly Quirky: Stallion Traditions

Ethan Clarke, Staff Writer December 5, 2017

San Juan Hills High School is the newest high school in the Capistrano district, but that has not stopped students from creating lasting traditions. In 2011, one of these traditions was created by a...

Danielle Serio holding the certificate for the Extra Miler award she won on November 8.

Danielle Serio Wins “Extra Miler” Award

Grace Aitken, Op-Ed Editor December 3, 2017

Recently, Danielle Serio, an English teacher at SJHHS, won the Extra Miler Award for her work with the Queer Alliance club. She serves as advisor for the club, which works to bring together both queer...

Seniors Madison Bowen and Brianna Rodriguez pose with their newly published book titled 32.

Madison Bowen and Brianna Rodriguez Publish their First Novel as High School Students

McKenzie M, A&E Editor November 13, 2017

After two years of nightly writing, editing, and waiting, seniors Madison Bowen and Brianna Rodriguez are now published authors. The girls started writing in November of their sophomore year. Through...

David Moreno, Mark Groothuis, and Rich LaRue all served in the Marine Corps. Bob Nietzel (not pictured) served in the Army during the Korean conflict.

From Korea to Kuwait, These SJHHS Staffers Served Our Nation

Logan Chavez, Staff Writer November 9, 2017

First, they served our country in the military. Now they serve again in the classrooms and around the campus of SJHHS. It turns out we have four veterans on staff. The oldest, Bob Nietzel, served in...

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