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The sparsely-occupied quiet area in the library during lunch (Photo: Claire Wu, The Puma Prensa) By Claire Wu, staff writer This September, Maria Carrillo High School’s Study Spot, a place in the library for studying and tutoring during every Advocacy period, reopened after its appearance last year, causing crowding and noise at the now-popular studying […]

Teacher Cindy Lui working on letters of recommendation through the Common App website (Photo: Cohen Ferrari, The Puma Prensa) By Cohen Ferrari, Sports Editor Until the Nov. 1 early action deadline for most colleges passed, the top of Maria Carrillo High School English teacher James Hart’s website read, “I’m sorry to say, but I’ve got […]

MCHS theater lighting rig during testing showing five broken lights out of nine total (Photo: Rosemary Cromwell, The Puma Prensa) By Rosemary Cromwell, editor and Jon Donohue, editor The theater lights in the Maria Carrillo High School Performing Arts Center have been in dire need of fixing since 2017. The lighting board and wiring systems […]

A burned down house that had been cleared. (photo courtesy of Myrea Heaps, junior) By Audrey Rauh, staff writer and Sofia Yocum, staff writer  Three large wildfires, the Nuns, Tubbs, and Pocket fires, destroyed over 110,700 acres of land in both Napa and Sonoma counties in 2017. Even after five years, countless residents continue to […]

Gobernador Newsom abrazando representantes de United Farm Workers después de haber firmado la propuesta 2183. (De la sitio web publica de Gob. Newsom, editada por The Puma Prensa) Por Dana Borunda, escritora de planta Después de sentir una fuerte presión; en forma de demostraciones, negociaciones con Campesinos Unidos (conocidos como UFW) y el Consulado de […]

Cartoon depicting voting, speaking on a podium, and protesting (Photo: Graphic made using Canva by Georgia Laganiere, The Puma Prensa) By Georgia Laganiere, editor (All numerical information in this article is from the Secretary of State’s website) One week ago today, thousands of registered voters cast their votes in the midterms, the election that happens […]

By Dana Borunda, staff writer and Rebecca Almendra, staff writer Some students in the Associated Student Body class, better known as Leadership, have been concerned this year with the amount and process of spending. Although some concerns can be legitimately attributed to kinks in organization or communication, most of the others can be explained by […]

People walking around Club Day, robot from robotics club (Sofia Yocum, The Puma Prensa) By Sofia Yocum, staff writer Every year, Maria Carrillo organizes Club Day, an amazing opportunity for all students to either share their own clubs with the school or find a club that interests them. Hosting Club Day has been beneficial for inspiring […]

The MAP test home screen, what a student sees before taking the test. (Photo: Kevin Wei, the Puma Prensa) By Christian Bon, web editor, Heyman Luong, staff writer, Kevin Wei, staff writer, Rosemary Cromwell, editor, Jon Donohue, editor In Sep. 2022, the Santa Rosa City Schools District required sites to administer a standardized test called […]

Student opening up the Minga App (Photo: Logan Cheriff, The Puma Prensa) By Logan Cheriff, staff writer During the first week of the 2022-2023 school year, the Minga app was announced as an all-encompassing virtual platform meant to replace traditional means of school event notifications, announcements, and the physical identification card.  The Minga app has […]