MCHS Student News
By Kyle Wu The recent Sonoma County evacuations caused by the Glass Fire forced schools to temporarily close and posed great psychological challenges that made it difficult for students and teachers to continue distance learning. According to Maria Carrillo High School Principal Katie Barr, the school’s priority immediately after the evacuations of around 70,000 Sonoma […]
By Leo Herbstman, assistant editor Santa Rosa City Schools District has decided to continue distance learning until the end of the first semester after a 7-0 vote by the board on September 16. Although the vote did not cover any time past the end of the first semester, there is a lot of uncertainty about […]
Rida Abdel-Mageed CSU San Diego Gabriela Acevedo Santa Rosa Junior College Ariana Acheckzai University of San Francisco Wyatt Adams U.S. Navy Shanti Adams University of Oregon Charles Aguda U.S. Air Force Johvaun Aguirre-Hill Santa Rosa Junior College Melanie Alameda Resendiz Santa Rosa Junior College Christina Albergi-Donaldson Santa Rosa Junior College Isabella Aldred Santa Rosa Junior […]
By Dante Benedetti, staff writer COVID-19 is not only a direct threat to our health, it is also causing some other problems that maybe weren’t foreseen. Measures that are in place to prevent the spread of COVID and the possible death of many, are causing some rather interesting social interactions. Of course, human life is […]
By Leo Herbstman, staff writer Santa Rosa City Schools will have to revise their budget in a dramatic way. As part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised budget due to effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, the $64.2 billion allocated for the state Local Funding Formula (LCFF) will be reduced by 10 percent for the 2020-2021 school […]
By Sam Leitch, copy editor After the College Board required AP exams to be taken online in light of the current coronavirus outbreak, students at Maria Carrillo High School and across the world faced a dire, unforeseeable problem: that as a result of software glitches or other problems with the internet format, several students faced […]
By Megan Chang, staff writer A long-standing feud that has driven friends and family into raging debates: Spotify or Apple Music—sorry, Pandora.The competition between these two rivalries is intense, as Spotify has a family of 130 million subscribers and Apple has 70 million users. With quarantine, music serves as a bigger outlet than ever, whether […]
By Kyle Wu, Editor Even though California has gradually relaxed its shelter-in-place order, the piecemeal reopening has not significantly benefited local businesses, who are still struggling to survive the pandemic. According to The Press Democrat, many businesses lack much needed resources, and are struggling to stay afloat. Pedy Lawson, the owner of Pedy’s Petals, a […]
By Natalie Roe, staff writer With the shelter-in-place in effect, we are barely able to see our friends. It has temporarily closed down movie theaters, dine-in restaurants and amusement parks, which are common places that teenagers would hang out. While this has caused many of us to resort to video games, crafts and movies to […]
During these hard times where we are made to stay home all day, it goes without saying that life can get a bit boring. It can get very tiring staring at a computer for school all day. However, there is a way to break the monotony: reading. Unfortunately, all the libraries in Sonoma County are […]