This year, the 2021 graduation ceremony was held at Petco Park on June 11, 2021.  These are just some of the highlights of the ceremony.  Congratulations to all the seniors!

Gray Boul 2021 Gabriel Sosa 2021 Andrea Meda 2021 Oscar Vicente 2022

The 2021 Senior Class Cabinet worked tirelessly to coordinate an evening to celebrate the seniors at Hoover High School.  This Hollywood Movie Premiere style event, complete with a red carpet, spotlights, marquees, and a Class of 2021 Tribute film was held in the beautiful front quad with the new building as a scenic backdrop....

Being the introvert that I am, I can say that I wouldn't go out with friends very often before Covid, in that sense, the Covid pandemic didn't affect me much. One way in which Covid did affect me is my school life. Going out with friends or even making friends with who to go out with has always been an obstacle throughout my...

I saw this post on TikTok where @ivanantoniochacon said," if you are ever in danger don't call the cops, figure it out yourself because the cops would probably kill you because they wouldn't know who called for help." I don't understand why we haven't passed this phase. We need a rest. We need to scream to be understood,...

Everyone always talks about how much they hate wearing masks, sometimes they can be bothersome. For example, when you leave your house and lock the door but remember you left your mask on the kitchen counter and have to go back to get it. There’s also those times where your mask makes it harder for you to breathe. However,...

Olivia Isabel Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003, in Temecula, California. She is an American actress and singer who is known for her roles on Disney Channel’s, Bizaardvark, and the Disney+ series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Olivia can also be recognized for her debut single “Drivers License” which...

Saray Jimenez Lopez is a senior at Hoover High School. She is 18 years old she was born on February 8, and is an ALMA student. Saray used to live in Arizona until her family decided to move to San Diego so Arizona holds a special place in her heart along with San Diego. Saray is the type of friend that lends you a shoulder to...

On March 19, 2020, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched the Stop AAPI Hate center.  The purpose was for Asians and Pacific Islanders to report incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination,...

Philip Vera Cruz was born in the Philippines on December 25, 1904. He organized with Cesar Chavez and Larry Itliong, was a leader in the Asian American Movement, a farmworker, and a leader in the labor movement. As a kid he would tend to his father’s water buffalo. At about the age of 22 Vera Cruz moved to the United states...

Jerry Yang, born as Jerry Chih Yuan Yang on November 6, 1968, is a Taiwanese-American computer programmer, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of Yahoo! Inc. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of 10 and didn’t know how to speak English then. He graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor...

Ayub Ali is a 17 year old senior at Hoover HIgh and was born in San Diego, California on May 24. His parents immigrated from Ethiopia over to the United States almost 30 years ago. From a very young age, Ayub understood the sacrifices his parents made and doesn’t want them to be in vain. That is why he gives it his all in...

  It is finally the month of May which means it is the Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month. This month I want to highlight two women who have impacted their community, fighting for their people’s rights. These two women, Evelyn Yoshimura and Helen Zia, are only a couple of the moany people who seek justice...

A teacher that I really appreciate is my SJA English teacher Mrs. Macias. I’ve had her since my junior year and she has really helped me develop as a student. She cares about me so much in and out of school. I appreciate her so much and I’m glad that I was able to have her as a teacher throughout my high school years....

Frank Okada was an American Abstract Expressionist painter, born in Seattle, Washington in 1932 to immigrant parents from the Hiroshima area in Japan. He was the youngest of four brothers and had two younger sisters. In 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Okada and his family spent two years in detention at...