Sarai Maganda is a senior at Hoover High and is in the ALMA academy.  She was born and raised here in San Diego. Sarai is the Vice President of the Class of 2020 and is part of the associated student body and involved in her school’s activities and programs. During her sophomore year, she was a part of the girl's varsity...

Jennifer Nolasco is a senior at Hoover High School. She is part of the FACES For The Future, Students Without Limits, and the Academy of Health and Healthy Communities (AHHC). Her favorite music is R&B and her favorite food is sushi.  Jennifer loves to get involved with the community and help out others. With the distance...

COVID-19 has been affecting everyone under quarantine for almost three months now, with events for Hoover’s seniors, such as prom, Gradnite, and now graduation, going from physically walking across the stage to family cheers, to a zoom call meeting at home. It’s been difficult for the class of 2020, being unable to participate...

Ramadan is a holy month during which Muslims fast which means we can’t eat food until sunset. We have our time calendar where we follow and it’s the time we follow to fast and break our fast. The time varies, and it starts by adding a few minutes as we go through the days. Fasting during a quarantine was a challenge....

Community Colleges in San Diego will likely remain on an online system of higher education in the upcoming fall semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The San Diego Community College District was the first of all the other higher education schools in San Diego to decide to stay in an online system into the fall semester....

On May 12, California State University system Chancellor, Timothy White, announced that 23 campuses will be taking a virtual approach for the fall semester with the exception of classes that could not be taught virtually due to the world-wide pandemic, COVID-19. One of the 23 campuses closed is San Diego State University. This...

Souplantation was a United States based chain of all-you-can-eat buffet style restaurants based in Southern California. The first location opened in 1978 in San Diego, California. Souplantation, and its sister restaurant Sweet Tomatoes outside of Southern California, specialized in fresh salads, soups, offering a large salad...

This worldwide pandemic has not only thrown our lifestyle overboard by changing people’s normal school or work life, but it has interrupted one of humans most basic necessities: Sleep! Sleep is what nourishes and contributes to our mental and physical health. Skipping sleep can be very harmful since lack of sleep causes us...

Seniors from high school have been waiting for so long to have a beautiful, and normal Graduation Ceremony. However, due to COVID-19, the class of 2020 has been offered to have a virtual Graduation in lieu of a personal ceremony. Traditionally, a senior's accomplishments should be celebrated through a graduation ceremony...

In the midst of this Corona Virus pandemic, schools had no choice but to shut down for the remainder of the school year in order to prevent the spread of the virus. At the same time, they could not just stop educating the students so they devised a plan in order to keep the learning going. Many other schools around the country...

In spite of the stay-in-place directive, it has not stopped the construction of the new building and performing arts complex.  According to Wayne Kibbe, the General Superintendent with Balfour Beatty Construction, the new main office building will be finished by the end of May.  Installation of the seating for the new auditorium...

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, the staff of The Cardinal spotlight the teachers they feel have impacted and inspired their lives.  It is no secret that Hoover High School has some of the most caring teachers in San Diego.  However, the following teachers have stood out for the staff and some of them do what they do...

The 2020 yearboook theme is "We ARE."  Over the course of the four years, much has changed on campus and the yearbook staff hopes this will be reflected in the book.  The bottomline though is that even though things have changed, We ARE Cardinals always. "It was a real challenge to get the yearbook finished," said senior...

"A huge congratulations to the girls basketball team on winning and energetic, back-and-forth high intensity game last night against Vincent Memorial. They won by a score of 63-61 on two free throws by our senior Jurnee Harnage. The girls made history last night as they bring home their first CIF championship win for the girl’s...

Out of 393 California Partnership Academies, the Sustainable Academy of Building and Engineering (SABE) is one of the six academies that has been bestowed the honor of "Distinguished Academy," which was awarded to them at the annual Educating for Careers Conference 2020, in Long Beach. In order to be selected, the California...