Natalya Phillips releases debut album

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Madison Dearie, Staff Writer
December 13, 2011

We’ve all heard of teenagers who’ve become famous overnight but it’s something special when it’s someone from our own school. Last Christmas, Natalya Phillips recorded a debut single “You Remind Me of Christmas,” this year a debut album, “Whisper”…and she’s only a junior. The music... Read more »

Amber Nava hits all the right notes

Shon Cagungun, Staff Writer
October 27, 2011

Senior Amber Nava knows her way around a musical note. A talented singer, piano player and lyricist, Nava can put on a show, as she recently proved to a panel of American Idol producers. This musician is self-taught on the guitar and piano; she just picked up the latter in the past year. Now, she has... Read more »

New Swedish exchange student living the Californian life

Madison Dearie, Staff Writer
October 12, 2011

Out of 10 biographies sent to them by the program Face the World, parents John and Stacey Quartarone chose the student who would come and live with them for this year. “We chose Daniel, because he was funny. He wanted to experience the coast of California. He said he wanted to experience, you know,... Read more »

A boy in a man’s world: reflecting on the effects of 9/11

Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
September 20, 2011

On Sept. 11, 2001, the terrorist group Al-Quaeda, attacked the United Sates with various hi-jacked commercial airplanes.  Now 10 years later, a teenager’s foggy memory is all a student can look back on while facing the challenges of foreign affairs today. For many teenagers, all that remains in a... Read more »