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The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

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Junior Paloma Jackson Kimball works on completing a climb. The Cal High junior started the Climbing Club, which also focuses on getting student to clean the environment.

Climbing Club

Srikar Thippavajjula, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

Among the many unique and popular clubs at Cal High, one is catching the attention of people who love the outdoors and want to help preserve the environment: the Climbing Club. Started by junior Paloma...

Students who attended the San Francisco field trip gather around while sharing their notes about the historical sites they visited. Students visited the American Civil Liberties Union, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Memorial, George Mascone Center and the police department.

Project highlights history, diversity

Riya Reddy, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

Throughout the years, Cal High students have unfortunately witnessed many discriminatory incidents on campus that have targeted certain groups of people. As a way to combat these incidents, a group of...

Jaemin Kim, Katelyn Pak, Jerry Xu, Evan Lee, Aswath Subramanian, Nam-An Pham, Ayaan Bazaz, Aditya Patra, Alexander Pak, Kanishk Krishna, and William Li, members of the XR EDU club, work on the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition in the library. The club is a state finalist in the competition for the second year in a row.

XR EDU club is now a state finalist

Anvi Kataria, Photo Editor February 14, 2024

Cal High’s XR EDU club has made it past the first stage of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition as state finalists for the second year in a row. The club will now have to advance two more stages...

Some TAs help teachers on a day-to-day basis, while some don’t help at all, spending most of their time on their phones.

What do TAs actually do to help?

Keerthi Eraniyan, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

A small percentage of Cal High students serve as a teacher aide (TA), dedicating one or more periods of their school day to help teachers by running basic errands and completing tasks, such as passing...

Leadership students load cars with bags of toys for the Michelle Obama toy drive.

Cal students deliver holiday cheer

Noah Young, Staff Writer December 18, 2023

Cal High leadership students delivered nearly 500 toys to Michelle Obama Elementary School (MOES) in Richmond on Dec. 8 as part of its annual holiday toy drive with Cal’s sister school.  The goal...

Starting next semester, students will receive detention automatically after having 5 tardies.

Automated detention system starts in January

Srikar Thippavajjula, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

Students better not be late when they return to campus on Jan. 9 after winter break. Starting next semester, a new automated system is being introduced to keep track of tardies and automatically issue...

Cal High’s home bleachers and press box are being torn out and replaced. This construction forced changes to graduation.

Home bleacher construction alters graduation

Ben Barba Zuniga, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

Seniors will be celebrating their graduation on campus after all. And everyone is invited. This was not initially believed to be the case last month when seniors and their parents received an email from...

People of all ages enjoy ice skating at the Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink in San Ramon’s City Center.

San Ramon celebrates holidays with winter festivities

Saya Kubo, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

Embrace this winter by enjoying Kristi Yamaguchi’s Holiday Ice Rink, the Snow in the Bay event, and the Garden D’Lights in Walnut Creek with family and friends. These are among the many festivities...

Animal Outlook Club members gather to make pet toys for a local animal shelter. The club was created to support animal welfare and educate students on campus.

Club Spotlight: Animal Outlook

Camille Miller, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

Animal Outlook was created to support animal welfare and spread knowledge to raise awareness about the truth behind big industrial organizations and their treatment of animals. Founded in 2021 by 2023...

Photography teacher Paul Fortayon explains to a student how to develop film. He has taught at Cal for 24 years but is leaving for an administrative role at Golden View Elementary.

Paul Fortayon leaves after 24 years

Sherlyn Hernandez and Sophia Liu December 15, 2023

After 24 years of teaching at Cal High, Photography 1 and Advanced Photography teacher Paul Fortayon is leaving Cal to begin a new path in his life. Fortayon has accepted a vice principal position at...

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