Solar panel construction to begin in late February
February 22, 2012 • Michael Castillo, Online Editor
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All parking for CVHS students will be eliminated as of March 1 due to the construction of 3,000 solar panels over the staff, senior and junior parking lots. The school intends to tow the cars of students parked on campus without warning. “We will tow on first offense,” said Assistant Principal Matt... Read more »
Bye bye, sci fi: college rule forces CVHS to cut electives
February 6, 2012 • Ryan Gray, Staff Writer
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Next year CVHS will remove three English electives to make room for the new “Expository Reading and Writing” (ERWC) college prep class. These three English classes are Science Fiction, British Literature and World Readings, all of which were chosen to be cut based on student course requests,... Read more »
Winterball may move off campus
February 2, 2012 • Betty Chen, Staff Writer
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In the history of CVHS, the annual Winterball has always taken place on campus. However, this year the Leadership class has suggested a fresh, new idea: having Winterball off the CVHS campus. Leadership recently conducted a survey throughout the school to see what students think about having a change... Read more »
Pedometer-carrying PE students walk among us
February 2, 2012 • Matt Talajkowski, Staff Writer
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You walk to your English class, and now you have to walk to your math class. Then, at lunch time, you walk with your friends some more. Do you ever wonder how much you walk in a day? Well the U.S. Department of Education sure does. About 500 students from CVHS have been wearing pedometers in recent weeks.... Read more »
Automated tardy phone calls put students on edge
February 2, 2012 • Joyce Liang, Staff Writer
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Since the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, the CVHS administration has sent out automated calls home for tardies. According to the administration, these phone calls are designed to be a useful tool for parents to be more connected with their children’s attendance. “I think the phone calls... Read more »
ESLR posters flood campus
February 2, 2012 • Anya Keller, Staff Writer
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You may have noticed the new black and white poster appearing in classrooms all over campus. These are called ESLR (Expected School-wide Learning Results) posters, and they are meant to represent six values that students should be getting out of their experience at CVHS. The posters were made by visual... Read more »
Brown offers bleak choice to California taxpayers
January 23, 2012 • Rachel Crary, Staff Writer
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Nowadays budget cuts need more than just a band-aid. Gov. Jerry Brown proposes that a temporary five-year tax hike is the potential solution to the problem. His plan is to tax wealthy people more income tax and also require all Californians to pay more sales tax. Those who make about $250,000 a year... Read more »
“Penis Inspection” flyers flood CVHS campus
January 23, 2012 • Reyna Garcia, Sports Editor
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“Mandatory Penis Inspections” reads the flyer that littered classrooms and boys bathrooms on Jan. 4. “The district is required to conduct mandatory penis inspections on all male Castro Valley High School students in accordance with California Health code 19,” according to the posting. The flyer... Read more »
For admissions, large colleges turn to external readers
January 23, 2012 • Anya Keller, Staff Writer
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Did you ever wonder how large colleges have time to go through all of the admissions applications they receive? The truth is that they don’t. Instead they hire people such as CVHS counselors Karena Doan and Duane Magno to be “external readers.” “External readers” are people outside of the UC... Read more »
Community youth court comes to CVHS
January 23, 2012 • Jane Hong, Staff Writer
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For the first time in Castro Valley High history, Community Youth Courts will be a viable alternative to the traditional juvenile justice system. Youth Courts is a voluntary diversion program that allows teenage offenders to come before a jury of their peers; depending on the specific situation, this... Read more »