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

San Ramon Valley High School senior Jake Sellar uses an angle grinder on a piece of steel while working in the schools auto shop class. Cal High had a similar class until 2006.

Most district auto shop classes are out of gas

Cal High’s former auto shop class gave students the skills to earn jobs straight out of high school. That was until it was discontinued in 2006. This begs the question: Should the school bring back...

From left to right, Chinese teacher Winnie Wang watches as senior Elva Chen and junior Cassidy Chiang stuff dumplings with pork and cabbage filling as a class activity for the Lunar New Year, which began last Saturday. If the Korean class starts next year, students will have the opportunity to experience Korean cultural activities similar to this at school.

Korean class approved for Cal

Gabrielle Huie, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

Cal High is planning to offer a new Korean language class next school year because of the number of students who are excited to learn about the Asian culture. Juniors Hana Kim and Cindy Kim conducted...

Aaron Hsi performed at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2022. He is the concertmaster for Cal High’s orchestra this year.

Cal High concertmaster reaches wider audience

Gabrielle Huie, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

With the violins, violas and cellos under his wing, senior Aaron Hsi has guided Cal High’s orchestra this year while perfecting his craft. Hsi has won many international competitions and been invited...

Scotty, left, and Austin prepare to throw dodgeballs at opponents in their Strategies of Recreational PE class.

Strategies in rec course connects students

Gabrielle Huie, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

Strategies in Recreational PE is a class like no other physical education class on campus. The class was added to Cal High’s course offerings last school year, and provides students with one year of...

Senior Dennis Zax works on a computer in class. Zax launched a machine learning start-up company this summer called ezML.io and now has eight employees working for him.

Senior creates machine learning startup

Gabrielle Huie and Sabrina Jackson Kimball October 5, 2023

Senior Dennis Zax accomplished his childhood dream this summer with the launch of ezML.io, a machine learning tech startup he started that has already garnered more than 10,000 users. EzML.io, which stands...

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