Juliette Suarez is a current Senior at Hoover and part of the ALMA Academy. She was a part of programs such as Talent Search to help her with college and Y-strong girls where it helps encourage and support women to create a safe space and find career opportunities through representational speakers. She has been a major involvement...

Hope...a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.  As seniors going out into the world, they have experienced something that is a first for the United States and especially the community that they live in.  The following seniors express their hopes, and fears, as 2020 progresses and the uncertainty...

Going into our final year of high school, we could not help but be excited about the events that would occur in the course of the year. It is one of the major stepping stones in a young person’s life and generally one to remember for sure. At the start of the year, many seniors were excited because they were getting so...

As an individual, I participated in the La Mesa protest because it's so sad how people's lives are mistreated and voices are unheard. Everyone has rights, but some police officers think they can do anything instead of being understanding and acknowledging others’ feelings or actions. History has not changed because people...

I was more than angry; it was an unexplainable feeling I felt when I first saw the video of George Floyd. I felt so mad I couldn’t finish watching till the end. It was quite shocking for me to see the way he was handled by the police. You could clearly tell the police knew what he was doing but still didn’t care.  For...

Recently, there have been many conflicts around the U.S and it hasn’t been looking so good. Many protests have been held for the Black Lives Matter movement but some of it are taking it too far, and see it as an opportunity to invade stores and cause destruction. On May 30th, 2020 in La Mesa, there was a peaceful protest that...

My assignment was to research 10 deaths by excessive police force, but it’s been emotionally overwhelming for me with all the incidents.  So much so, that I can’t feel excited much for my own personal celebrations. I care about the movement but I have to limit myself sometimes. I hope readers understand, but I hope I was...

Masoka Mwibeleca is a senior at Hoover High School. She's involved in so many clubs like Girls Academy, Peace Makers and Job Club. She doesn’t have favorite foods but she loves any African food. Masoka enjoys listening to Ali Gatie’s music and her favorite sport is to play is soccer. “What I feel about distance learning...

Chanmonita Loek, also known as Chan, is a senior in the ALMA academy. Chan has attended Hoover for all four years of high school and has been on the yearbook/ publication staff her freshman through junior year. Chan is a brilliant and hard-working student whose efforts have allowed her to graduate with honors. Chan’s plans...

Cassandra Hernandez is a senior at Hoover High School and one of  my closest friends and is a really nice person who will always listen to you if you have something to say or if you need someone to talk with. Cassandra´s favorite food is pasta or any Mexican dish.  Her favorite type of music is Pop and her favorite sport...

The 2020 yearbook, We ARE, is still available for sale, but only through the finance office on June 4.  After that, people will be able to purchase online again.  Online sales will stop on Monday, June 1, in order to monitor sales for June 4.  Unfortunately, the books will not arrive in time for the senior pick-up on June...

Before the shutdown the things that were normal like commuting to school, hanging out with friends just walking around with no masks on was something I really missed and realized I took it for granted. When everything goes back to normal, I want to do all those things with a more grateful heart other than that I have no other...

Recently, some areas of San Diego are starting to enlighten and open which is a good thing. But have you thought about what you want to do once everything opens up? I know I do. Since COVID-19 has taken away a big chunk of senior year, mainly everyone was looking forward to, I wanted to do something for my friend and possibly...

Face Masks are not easy for some people to wear when they are in public. It's either hard to breathe or they feel like they look ugly. People avoid wearing masks despite risking someone's safety for those two reasons. Fortunately, fashion businesses acknowledged this problem of wearing face masks and have created masks with...

In my opinion, I think it's best to stay in because many people are going go out and not follow the guidelines. I myself am going to stay inside for at least a good two weeks just to make sure that nothing pops off with this virus going around and also how people are going to be close to each other like it's any other day. I...