The Express

Link Crew Helps Struggling Freshmen Achieve Academic Success

Sarah Salinas, Feature Editor • October 21, 2015

Link to Success. This is not only the name of the new program introduced by Link Crew this year, but it is also exactly what Link Crew leaders are doing by helping their underclassmen who are struggling...

CUSD Approves Honors Classes

Jimmy Burns, Staff Writer • October 2, 2015

Effective immediately, accelerated courses, such as English I, II and Algebra II/Trigonometry, will now be weighted on a 5 point scale, according to a press release from CUSD. If you’re a junior or...

Link Crew Leaders Welcome Incoming Freshman

Chetana Piravi, Editor-in-Chief • August 20, 2015

With 670 new freshmen entering San Juan Hills School this fall, Link Crew leaders and advisers Kim Stanga and Katie Klingbeil have been busy. “We have a great group of Link Crew kids this year and...

LGBT Center OC Summer Events

Kaela Lawson, Center Spread Editor • June 12, 2015

The LGBT Center OC is “calling ALL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, Queer +, and Allied” youth to join Youth Empowered Act’s (YETA) annual Color Me Equal Leadership BootCamp. It occurs from...

Grad Night 2015

Carley Neilson, Staff Writer • May 29, 2015

Attention all seniors- it's your time to party one last time with your class! There is no better way to celebrate with your class than attending the day after graduation: Saturday, June 20, 2015 at the...

The Poached Poet of SJHHS Library

Brandi Ortiz, Fiction Editor • May 15, 2015

In late May, our school librarians were devastated to discover their prized William Shakespeare bobblehead was missing from the front desk. Stolen, most likely by a delinquent student, it has yet to be...

Kat Fernandez Wins Directing Change Competiton

Karan Bhatia, Staff Writer • May 15, 2015

Video production student Kat Fernandez(11) has won the statewide Directing Change Competition for her video “Hurdles”. Fernandez was recognized in May during an awards ceremony in Sacremento that included...

Government Surveillance and The Patriot Act Application Coming Under Question

Kaela Lawson, Center-Spread Editor • May 4, 2015

The controversial Patriot Act is up for reauthorization on June 1, 2015. A few days after the September 11 terrorist attack, The Patriot Act was created to increase the power of law enforcement agencies...

Kat Fernandez Places in “Directing Change” Competition

Karan Bhatia, Staff Writer • May 1, 2015

Video production student Kat Fernandez(11) is heading up to Sacramento on May 19 for the next level of competition in the Directing Change contest. The contest is part of statewide efforts to prevent...

Ressler’s Replacement Announced

Valerie Ziesmer, Staff Writer • April 29, 2015

Jennifer Smalley has been appointed to serve as the next Principal of San Juan Hills High School, replacing Tom Ressler, who has served for seven years. The announcement was made last week at the regular...

Seniors Win Clash of Classes

Riley Glenn, Sports Editor • March 27, 2015

The annual “Clash of the Classes” competition was held this past week. “Clash of the Classes” is a competition between the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes to determine which...

SJHHS students compete in NOSB competition

Ellie Holt, Art Editor • March 27, 2015

2015 marks the inaugural year of SJHHS students competing in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) is a science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM) based...