Fabiola Ntakarutimana is a senior in the ALMA Academy at Hoover High School. She is seventeen years old, and is known for her bubbly and fun personality, and a very caring and loving student. Fabiola has contributed to JROTC, and choir, and has been in more programs for college opportunities. Fabiola also enjoys singing and...

Luz Ocampo is a senior at Hoover High School. Luz has participated in the food market that takes place at Hoover High School. The food market is an organization where Hoover receives food then that food gets distributed to all over the school. Luz helped in distributing the food to classes but not only that, she also organizes...

Dia de los Muertos originated long before the Spanish conquistadors.  The honoring of the dead started during the Aztec Empire. People have been celebrating “Day Of The Dead,” infused with Catholicism to create the celebration we know today. The spiritual holiday was originally intended to celebrate the Lady of the Dead,...

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup An American candy by the Hershey Company, it consists of a peanut butter filling encased in chocolate. It was created on November 15, 1928, by H. B. Reese. The peanut butter taste has made a big impact on the Halloween Industry. There is even cereal inspired by candy. The ratio of chocolate...

During Halloween, we love to get our groove on and although there have been many Halloween songs produced there are songs who have made it to the top ten most popular and loved songs during the month of scare. The first song is “Thriller” by Michael Jackson.  This song was released on November 29,...

Halloween is a very thrilling time aside from candy and scares you get to dress up as anything you want. Whether it's a vampire or a niche online meme it really is fascinating the variety of costumes there are when you put your creativity into it. Here are the top 10 Halloween costumes of 2024 in my opinion. Barbie and Ken   Barbie...

Scream (1996) Scream is a thriller created by Wes Craven in which we follow the life of Sidney Prescott and her friends. We watch as the villain “Ghostface” comes to terrorize them in their town. IT (2017) IT is based on the book written by Stephen King, in which we follow a group of children who are not...

On October 23, Hoover’s annual haunted house, “Into the Unknown,” opened its eerie doors for all students, friends, and families to experience the awaiting scares that hide within the house. The haunted house had a small preview for an hour at homecoming and it turned out to be a total hit! Now for a full experience...

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...