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Whittier teen who cares for ailing mother graduates high school
A Whittier teenager who balanced his schoolwork along with being a caretaker for his ailing mother graduated from high school this weekend. He is now looking forward to pursuing a degree that will help people who are affected by the same illness as his mom. Preston Guinto graduated magna cum...
11-year-old girl becomes youngest to graduate from Irvine Valley College
IRVINE, Calif. - At 11-years-old, Athena Elling is the youngest student at Irvine Valley College to graduate with a Liberal Arts associate's degree. "I'm really, really happy and excited because I got to beat my brother's record," she jokingly told FOX 11. Her brother Tycho was the youngest student to...
Finals season is just around the corner
As the semester draws to a close, students often find themselves scrambling to pass their classes and meet every deadline they can. It is officially finals season, where students around the country clock long hours of studying and turning in late work. Finals in college run a little differently than...
Florida students compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — 13 Florida students qualified to compete in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee taking place outside Washington, D.C. this week. Three of the spellers, 8th grader Elvis Avetis, 8th grader Nathan Crabbendam and 6th grader Vel Sethirayar attend Orange County Public Schools. "I think one of...
Legal expert weighs in on new social media policy
A new social media policy which gives club advisers control over club accounts is unusual, unconstitutional and violates prior restraint, a legal expert said. The Student Organization Handbook’s social media policy states that access to club social media accounts will be “granted solely to designated club advisers” and the advisers will be responsible for overseeing and managing content.
CHS’s Caleb Fong wins Dan Stover Music Competition
Claremont High School sophomore Caleb Fong won the highly competitive 2023-2024 Dan Stover Music Competition on May 18 with his violin performance of “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,” by Camille Saint-Saëns. Fong’s win at the District 5300 Rotary Foundation Gala in Pomona included $3,000 in prize money. It...
UC student workers expand strike to two more campuses as they demand amnesty for protestors
Nearly a third of the academic and graduate student workers of the University of California are on strike, after the union of 48,000 members escalated its labor standoff by walking off the job at UCLA and UC Davis this morning. With as many as 2,000 UC Santa Cruz graduate students...
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