Samantha Hoyos Ramos was born June 9, and is a senior at Hoover High School. Samantha is very involved in Hoover and the community, being an active member of many clubs and sports. She has participated in soccer, softball, and flag football. She is also on the swim team. She works hard, committing herself fully to every sport...

Favian Ramos is a 17 year old senior at Hoover High School and in the AOIT academy. He says he expects to get his senior year over with because he is excited to start community college. Favian is a genuine person, who really loves music and loves his cat. He is shy, but once you start to know him, he is a very expressive...

Exciting news Cardinals, Alicia Keys, who famously stopped a Hoover last year to shoot a Nike campaign, has agreed to a special performance for Hoover. The concert will take place in the football field and the students will be called to attendance through the intercom during their fourth period. The performance will last...

Currently Hoover High School’s bell schedule consists of four periods a semester with each class being roughly one hour and thirty minutes long. Next school year however, this will change and Hoover will revert back to a six period class schedule. After previously adopting the four-period schedule, the administration believes...

Hoover High School has undergone a lot of construction throughout the past couple of years. Whilst making major improvements and strides to better the campus’ infrastructure, Hoover has not seen the last of these major changes. Built in the 1940s, the 1600 building stands as the current oldest building in one of San Diego’s...

At Hoover, seniors have the privilege of getting either 1st or 4th period free. However, starting next year this privilege will be taken away as the administration at Hoover believes it is time for a change. Starting next year, rather than potentially having a free period, students must choose a class to fill the empty space...

Since there are only two more months of school, Hoover has a new policy which will be useful and can improve the school’s overall attendance. This new policy is changing the passing periods from five minutes to three minutes. We know this would be a game-changing policy for the students who often show up late. It is time...

At Hoover, students have the opportunity to clear their attendance with an easy solution, Saturday school. Fortunate for those who actually attend, unfortunate for those who chose to stay home and get some extra rest. Hoover has come to the realization that the attendance for Saturday school is very low and inconsistent,...

After much consideration and discussion among administration, Hoover has decided to change the start time to 7:30 AM indefinitely. “Looking at past and current data regarding student tardiness, we find that we have not improved our first-period tradies with the late time start. So, the San Diego Unified School District...

Hoover High School will now have a rotating class schedule for the 2025/2026 school year. After giving it much thought, the administration has decided that this new schedule will benefit students. Starting August 2025, there will now be a rotating school schedule after the administration team had decided to change schedules...

It has come to light that Grad Night for the senior class of 2025, has been delayed due to unavoidable circumstances and complications related to the event. There are three main reasons why Grad Night was delayed. Lack of funds to attend the event was the major cause. Disney tried to allow some time but they did not receive...

Starting this school year, students have been having a problem with attendance, and the district is getting strict with attendance. After spring break, every senior must clear all their absences and tardies in order to graduate. If seniors want to graduate on time, they must have no more than 8 absences and 8 tardies. “We...

Due to unfortunate circumstances, one of Hoover High School's own academies will soon be closed. As of last school year, 23/24, there has been a decline in the amount of students who have chosen to enroll in certain academies. And for the current school year, the enrollment number into specific academies was hoped to have...

When students come back from spring break, Hoover will be providing healthier and more nutritious options for breakfast. Hoover has gotten many complaints by student’s parents that the breakfast school provides is not as nutritious as it could be. Hoover has heard these complaints and is now changing up the food. Say...

The next upcoming school year, Hoover High School will be limiting their bathroom passes to only two bathroom passes per week for every student. “Students would be in class longer making sure they are not missing out on learning,” said one of Hoover's Associate Principals, Ms. Cherese Wilshire.  “Students will be more...

The reason why Hoover had canceled these electives is because the school board has decided they can no longer afford these three classes for the district. Culinary doesn’t fit in with any of Hoover’s academy requirements.  Also with food costs going up, culinary will increase their budget and be pulled from Hoover’s school...

When students come back from spring break, there is not going to be a nutrition break anymore after the first period. The administration has taken note of students’ concerns.  There have been many complaints from students saying “The line is too long” and students have complained about being late to class and said...

There is going to be a new school policy here at Hoover that the administration is calling Campus Beautification. Basically, if you are a senior and have way too many tardies or absences, you will need to spend 30 minutes after lunch cleaning up the school. If you missed a day or came in late, you’re going to spend that...

This year's 2025 yearbook is now on sale in the finance office. Editor-in-Chief, Alejandra Ramirez, lead her staff in creating a book that was reflective of the current year, after Hoover had one of its challenging years in 2024.  She wanted to create a book that was fun and that reminded the student body of the great things...

At the beginning of the new year, the academy known as ALMA will now be called VAPA, which stands for visual and performing arts. According to VAPA Director, Mr. Michael Heu, the change was needed because programs in the academy are growing.  Also, there is funding available for arts programs in public schools and the VAPA...

Ms. Carillo Ms. Carillo, as she prefers to be called, always wanted to be an actor or a lawyer but she became a teacher by accident. She never wanted to be a teacher because she was scared that karma was going to get her and it did. Everything she gave to her teachers, she got double of it. What motivated her  to keep...

Ms. Munoz Ms. Andrea Munoz is currently the Academy of Health and Healthy Communities counselor and head counselor of Hoover High School. She originally started school with the intention of becoming a lawyer. However, after getting involved in community service at a middle school, she discovered a passion for volunteering...

Ms. Westfall Ms. Jane Westfall is the director of the Academy of Health and Healthy Communities (AHHC), and has been teaching at Hoover for eight years. Ms. Westfall was born and raised in Ocean Beach, here in San Diego. When she was younger, she wanted to be a scientist out in the environment and she did that for a...