Natalie O'Dell, Business manager

May 16, 2019

As the result on a partnership built by dance teacher Nikki Beier and theatre teacher Keith Williams, American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a private arts college located in both New York City and Los Angeles has come for the first time to teach workshops to performing art students, and hold auditions for their camp and for scholarships, the former for freshman and sophomore and the latter for upperclassmen. AMDA’s visit started with workshops...

Natalie O'Dell, Business manager

May 15, 2019

In an attempt to bring real-life animal experience, High School Science Teacher Nicole Roberts contacted the Endangered Wolf Sanctuary’s outreach program in April.  About a month later, an educator headed down from Eureka with animal pelts, a planned slideshow, and a fennec fox, a small fox species native to the Sahara desert. Before unveiling the fox, the educator presented about the various endangered canine species housed at the sanctuary....

Jessica Carter, Staff Writer

May 14, 2019

On April 26, 28 high school students and five staff traveled to Chicago for an art trip to The Art Institute of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Senior Kennedy Brown was impressed by what they saw. “I liked being able to look at the college since I’m a senior. I was nice. I really enjoyed the art that they presented there, because they had a lot of real Van Gogh, Picasso, and Georgia O’Keefe pieces. There were all...

Kennedy Brown, Staff Writer

May 7, 2019

At 8:00 AM on Thursday May 2, 2019, a crowd of middle schoolers rushed into the Sun Theater for "Shrek Unplugged", which included a Q and A with the cast of Shrek and a sneak peak of a few of the songs. The cast sat at the edge of the stage, answering questions from students such as if any the cast members had previously been a fan of the Shrek movie before the performance, or who was playing what role. After that started to wrap up, the cast surprised...