Aneïca Pierre was born in San Diego, California, and is currently a senior at Herbert Hoover High school. She was at a different school in my freshmen year, but then moved to Hoover and has been here for three years now. At this moment, she lives with her mom, stepfather, grandfather, and cousin. She has stated that she does...

On March 1, 2019, Principal, Mr. Jason Babineu and students from the Hoover Student Council were invited to sign the last beam that was put into place on the new theatre building. During this special event, representatives from the construction company and the architect firm were invited to speak on the current progress....

There are a lot of people that have low self-esteem about how they look like because in the society we live in, there is this perfect image of having a perfect body. Social media plays a huge part because there are models and their perfect bodies which gives people the idea of that’s how they have to look.  But everyone...

My favorite music group right now is Fuerza Regida. The head singer's name is Jesus Ortiz and he is known for his voice. They sing music in spanish known as "corridos."  This music genre is a popular narrative song and poetry that form a ballad. The songs are often about oppression, history, daily life for peasants, and other...

Mr. Dion Moore has been teaching here at Herbert Hoover High School for 24 years. He likes watching students come a long way from their freshman year growing up to be young adults throughout high school and reaching their senior year and graduating. Mr. Moore explains that he loves how Hoover is a very diverse school that accepts...

On Saturday, January 26, a new cross academy fellowship, The Brothers of Excellence, established itself on Hoover’s campus.  15 African American students welcomed author, and one of Hoover’s new student teachers, Mr. R. Preston Clark who read and discussed excerpts from his book Vinnie: a love letter.  The novel is from...

Ivette Mendoza is a senior here at Hoover High School, and was born on June 20th 2001. She has been living in San Diego her whole life. Ivette really enjoys going out to eat and try new places with her friends and family.  Something she likes doing on her free time is taking her dog Mufasa, who she loves so much, for walks. ...

Playboi Carti has been one of my favorite rap artists for about two years now. Rarely releasing any music, this had to be one of my most anticipated albums. Did it live up to the hype and or exceeded my expectations? It sure did. I will be a honest here though, after the first listen, I didn't like this album at all. But now...

I don’t have no one to forgive because everybody I know I have forgiven them for the mistakes they made. I am the type of person to give someone a second chance depending on the situation and when I forgive a friend, it’s because I want to see if they can make a change but if not, they will leave my life. When I haven’t...

16-year-old Essynce Moore is the first teen to have her books as mandatory reading a part of some schools’ curriculum around the world. Moore book series entitled “Middle School Chronicles” have become more and more popular with students and teachers. Teachers and students have reached out to Moore in hopes of getting...

Willi Ninja was born on April 12, 1961 and was an American dancer and choreographer best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris is Burning.  He was born to a Black mother, and was of mixed racial heritage, claiming to have Irish, Cherokee, and Asian ancestry in his family.  Ninja was also gay and known as the...

Ruth E. Carter was born on April 10, 1960, and is an American costume designer, for film and television, with over 40 films to her credit, who has mastered the look of multiple periods and genres in envisioning the clothing and overall appearance of a character or performer.  During her near 30 year film career, Carter has...

Arthur W. Mitchell(1883-1968) was the first African-American to be officially elected into the United States Congress as a Democrat. He was the son of two former slaves. At the age of fourteen, he left home to attend Tuskegee Institution, working his way through college as a farmer and an assistant for Booker T. Washington....