Sher-ing second selves


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As junior Dani Sher finished sketching on her paper in history class, she was surprised by the outcome of the doodle- a screaming face. She didn’t know how, but …

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Freshman Nathan Kim furthers his passion for math


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Freshman Nathan Kim was beyond excited when he won first place at the annual Southern California MATHCOUNTS contest on March 9, 2014. When he entered his first math competition in …

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Service Learning Leadership has plans to improve Peninsula High School


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As the second year of Service Learning Leadership rolls around, teacher and founder Heather Myrick prepares to tackle local and global issues with her students.
While some previous projects will remain, …

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Montagne


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Sophomore gets accepted to the Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy
Sophomore Thomas Montagne’s father, an engineer at Honeywell learned that
one of his colleague’s daughters had attended a prestigious STEM camp offered by
Honeywell. …

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Psychological advantages of “selfies”


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As Oxford Dictionary’s word of the 2013 year, “selfies” have been flooding social media websites. Most of the world has been caught in this frenzy- either directly participating in …

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Peninsula senior achieves ten year goal, despite fire


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Courtesy of Jacob Schneiderman
For almost ten years, Senior Jacob Schneiderman had dreamed of climbing the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park. In August of 2013, Schneiderman finally achieved his …

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Just for kicks


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Senior Makenzie Jordan was sitting on the bleachers one Saturday at a track meet, staring out at the field when inspiration struck her.
Makenzie saw all the shoes lying on …

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Griffin composes for LA Philharmonic


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In addition to playing the piano, violin, oboe and bassoon, senior Jason Griffin composes music. Griffin first began composing at age nine when he would improvise and make little …

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Self-diagnosing can be dangerous


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Self-diagnosing is becoming in the U.S. According to a survey taken by the Pew Research Center in Washington D.C. revealed that 35 percent of adults in the U.S. have used …

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Father still confined in China


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Nearly five years ago, junior Richard Hu’s father, Dr. Zhicheng Hu, an American citizen, went on a business trip to China. He has yet to return. Chinese police detained Dr. …

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