The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

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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Cals MUN team is best in the country

Cal’s MUN team is best in the country

Michelle Kuperman, A&E Editor December 15, 2017

Cal High’s Model United Nations (MUN) team is certainly making a name for itself these days.   The most recent rankings placed Cal among the best 25 teams on the West Coast and in the top 150...

Doug Masons class is a splash of fun

Doug Mason’s class is a splash of fun

Narges Torabi, Staff Writer December 15, 2017

Doug Mason’s passion for aquatic animals is not confined by the boundaries of open water.  Mason shares his love for the ocean with his marine biology students on a daily basis with the help...

Multiple actors accused of sexual assault

Emilio Carrera, Staff Writer December 15, 2017

Many men and women have recently come forward with accusations of sexual assault against household names in the entertainment industry. These Hollywood players have created art that will live on forever...

District proposing significant changes

District proposing significant changes

Cameron Harris and Brian Nakajima November 7, 2017

Superintendent Rick Schmitt’s vision for sweeping changes at Cal High and other secondary schools in the district, is so far being met with resistance from students, teachers and parents. At an Oct....

Student arrested for alleged fire extinguisher attack

John Symank, News Editor November 7, 2017

A  sophomore boy was arrested on suspicion of battery after allegedly spraying a schoolmate in the face with a fire extinguisher, police said. San Ramon police Youth Resource Officer Jacob Benjamson...

Three Cal alumni killed in recent American tragedies

Three Cal alumni killed in recent American tragedies

Emma Hall, Managing Editor November 7, 2017

  In the past seven weeks, Cal High alumni were faced with a staggering tragedy with the loss of three former students who were killed in two separate American tragedies. Cal alumni Christina...

My experience at Cal as a foreign exchange student

Antonin Urban, Staff Writer November 7, 2017

I have been here for three months and I am fascinated by Cal High. I looked around the campus and everything was new and totally different compared to my old school.  In my hometown of Berlin,...

Teacher Miranda Kershaw leads French students in brief ballet lessons, where she teaches them poses along with French terms such as tendu and relevé.

Ballet brings excitement to French class

Junhee Park, News Editor November 7, 2017

Pirouettes, pliés and pointed feet. It’s all just a part of aday in Cal High French teacher Miranda Kershaw’s classes.  When the class has time, verb conjugations are left behind and the desks...

Freshman’s first homecoming memorable

Christine Oh, Co Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2017

As a middle schooler, I would always scroll through upperclassmen’s homecoming pictures on social media and hear about high school dance stereotypes.  A good week after my first homecoming experience,...

The Freedom Alliance Club placed American flags behind the Ed Noble baseball field for September 11.

9/11 survivor visits Cal

Ingrid Lam and Joanne Kim October 2, 2017

On the 16th anniversary of 9/11, a speaker visited Cal High and shared her experiences surviving the 2001 terrorist attacks that remain one of the deadliest act of terrorism in history.  One of...

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