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Student No-Shows Throughout State

Sofia Cordoba and Itzel Esquivel May 30, 2024

Currently, student absences are at an all time high in the United States. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly 11.5% of students were chronically absent. The pandemic resulted in statewide physical school...

A Volar!

Diego Urbina, Staff Writer May 30, 2024

El Aeropuerto de Hayward fue fundado en 1942 cuando el ejército de los EE. UU. adquirió la propiedad y construyó el aeropuerto. Al principio, su objetivo principal era servir como base durante la Segunda...

Trump Faces Stormy Weather (Again)

Aundrea Mabana, Staff Writer May 30, 2024

Allegation after allegation, scandal after scandal: former U.S. President Donald Trump cannot seem to escape being the focus of controversy. The 45th POTUS garnered much criticism and sparked heated debate...

Digital Divide: Racial Gaps in Technology

Elisandra Hampton, Copy Editor May 30, 2024

In a 2016 poll conducted by Google and Gallup on 16,000 students, Black and Latine respondents were more likely than White respondents to show a strong interest in computer science. Their parents were...

A gym rat undergoes the creatine cycle.

Getting Big or Getting Rigged?

Layla Black, Graphics Editor May 30, 2024

There is a noticeable increase in the use of creatine in teens. Potential reasons include its availability to customers of any age without any guardian consent and its popularity as a top muscle gain supplement. According...

Mt. Eden paraeducators.

The Growth of Inclusive Education

Diego Urbina and Sofia Cordoba May 30, 2024

Special education is defined as educational services, designed specifically to meet the needs of students with disabilities. These include accommodations for each student to meet their individual needs,...

Division Digital: Brechas Raciales en Technologia

Elisandra Hampton, Copy Editor May 30, 2024

En una encuesta realizada por Google y Gallup en el 2016, a aproximadamente 16,000 estudiantes, los encuestados negros y latinos tenían más probabilidades que los encuestados blancos de mostrar un gran...

Clocking Out!: The U.S. to Ban TikTok

Sofia Cordoba and Diego Urbina April 29, 2024

Saying goodbye to edits of your favorite characters may seem like an unthinkable reality, but thanks to the bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee this March to ban TikTok, it is our foreseeable...

Sound the Alarm!

Catherine Escoto, Co-Editor April 29, 2024

No one truly knows what to do in the case of disaster, especially since people may not be in the safety of their own home. They may be out shopping, at work, or, in the case of Mt. Eden students, at school. California...

Teens navigating adolescence and parenthood.

Knowing the Basics: Sex Education in California

Sofia Cordoba and Ricardo Grande April 29, 2024

Currently, California’s state law, known as the California Healthy Youth Act, requires that students in grades 7–12 receive sexual health education as well as HIV prevention education at least once...

Long-term Tennyson Substitute Arrested in Social Media Child Exploitation Sting

Kaylyn Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief April 29, 2024

On March 1, the Hayward Unified School District released long-term Tennyson High School substitute teacher Joseph Rudolfo Martinez from employment after he was arrested on child exploitation charges. According...

Profesor sustituto de Tennyson arrestado por explotación infantil en redes sociales

Kaylyn Nguyen and Catherine Escoto April 29, 2024

El 1 de marzo, el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Hayward despidió a Joseph Rudolfo Martinez, sustituto a largo plazo de Tennyson High School, después de que él fuera arrestado por cargos de explotación...

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