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

Sophomore Abbey Arteaga opens the Bluebook app, which is used for all digital AP exams.

Should Cal administer digital AP exams? – NO

Shelly Parekh, Staff Writer May 7, 2024

College Board is notorious for making high school students miserable, depriving them of money, sleep, and willpower. Their new method of creating unnecessary complications is digitizing AP exams. Last...

Brandon Andrews keeps a drumset in his room for his band.

Teachers bring tunes to classrooms

Shelly Parekh and Zak Syed March 28, 2024

Music is inescapable on Cal High’s campus. Whether it’s pop blasting from a student’s AirPods, lo-fi strumming from a teacher’s speakers, or classical streaming from the band room, music is everywhere....

BookTok revitalizes reading

BookTok revitalizes reading

Shelly Parekh, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

From character edits to book reviews, romance novels to murder mysteries, fan theories to reading challenges, BookTok has resurged the interest in literature. BookTok, a combination of short TikTok videos...

Hunger Games is back and better than ever

Hunger Games is back and better than ever

Shelly Parekh, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

Nov. 17, 2023 marks an exciting day for Hunger Games fans as the long-awaited “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” hits theaters worldwide. An adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ New York Times bestselling...

 New band director David Ellis is playing the tenor saxaphone, his signature instrument.

Music icon joins Cal staff

Shelly Parekh, Staff Writer October 5, 2023

After the long process of recruitment California High School faced while getting a new band director, the school welcomed band teacher and director David Ellis on Monday Aug.21. The school has gone through...

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