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The Student News Site of Sunlake High School

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The Student News Site of Sunlake High School

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Sports
Sophomore Emil Vargas playing valuable minutes in the game to help his team.
JV basketball Takes the Win
January 10, 2025
Junior, Adrienne Martin; Enjoyed winning the game aginst the Brooks Debartolo Collegiate high school. The girls varsity basketball team worked hard and brought their strengths together to win this game.
Shooting Hoops at Sunlake
January 9, 2025
Standing in their positions for her winter guard performance are Lucy and a few members of her color guard squad. The girl with FFCC shirt is Lucy. "We are all looking forward to our winter performance," Lucy added, saying that they are putting in a lot of effort.
Spinning into Perfection
January 9, 2025
Haylie listening to her coach giving instruction at a rehearsal.
Color Guard Rehearsal With Haylie
January 9, 2025
Songbirds - Student Literature
Enough (Poem by Isabella Gray)
October 5, 2023
They Say: A Poem by Isabella Gray
December 13, 2022
Mask of the Flame (Poem)
October 19, 2022
Amends (Short Story by Isabella Gray)
October 12, 2022
Student Life
Here is Amber at the First Priority meeting.
First Priority Meeting
Leah Foster, Staffer • January 9, 2025

On December 5th, Amber Clifton attended the First Priority Meeting that was held at Sunlake High School. Amber is a junior who likes to run and hang out with friends. When asked what First Priority was...

Standing in their positions for her winter guard performance are Lucy and a few members of her color guard squad. The girl with FFCC shirt is Lucy. "We are all looking forward to our winter performance," Lucy added, saying that they are putting in a lot of effort.
Spinning into Perfection
January 9, 2025
Junior, Naomi Lammers at the creative writing club. Naomi and her friends started this club because they enjoy writing and getting help from their peers. Naomi states, "Part of starting anything is continuing to experience and workshop until you find what's best."
Magic in Words
January 8, 2025
Junior, Naomi Lammers at the creative writing club. Naomi and her friends started this club because they enjoy writing and getting help from their peers. Naomi states, "Part of starting anything is continuing to experience and workshop until you find what's best."
Naomi’s Experience in the Creative Writing Club
January 8, 2025
Academics
Jazleen Vega, Junior, participates in a forensics expert's presentation during the Great American Teach-In. Week of 11/25-11/29
Jazleen Vega’s Crazy Forensics Story
Nathaniel Cortright, Staffer • January 8, 2025

Jazleen Vega, junior, got to experience an epic presentation from a forensics expert during Sunlake's Great American Teach-In. Jazleen is a great Sunlake student who plays soccer and flag-football for...

Jolynn Chen sitting among other HOSA members discussing what competitive events they plan on participating in this year.
Jolynn Chen Learning About HOSA
January 7, 2025
Ricardo Goode at the Great American Teach-in
Ricardo Goode at the Great American Teach-in
January 6, 2025
Speaker Tricia Alvarez came in to speak to some of Sunlake's forensics classes to talk. Junior Steven Gilmore found what she was saying was so interesting he states "I would have never expected the crime scenes to look like this and it was cool to actually see."
Great American Teach-In
December 18, 2024
Community
Mrs. Shea, a 9th grade math teacher, sitting at her desk.
Mrs. Shea and Her Transition from Middle to High School Algebra
Maddi Clift, Reporter • December 10, 2024

Mrs. Shea is a 9th grade algebra teacher at Sunlake, and just a year ago she was a middle school math teacher. As a student who had her in 8th grade and now 9th grade, I wondered why she decided to move...

This is an example of what Tate's streams look like
The Business Behind Teen Streaming
December 5, 2024
("School Balance", istockphoto)
The Juggling Act of Work, Family, and School
December 5, 2024
(Go Basketball, gobasketbalnow.com) The young division (7-9 yrs) in action
The GO Basketball Leauge
December 4, 2024
Opinion
("Teacher helping student with work", Getty Images)
Teachers Guiding Students to Success
December 6, 2024
Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Dictators; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
December 6, 2024
"No screens on school nights"
The Downgrade of Children’s Content
December 3, 2024
It's time to rethink how we do College Admissions
It’s time to rethink how we do College Admissions
March 29, 2021
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