Every year, our school’s marching band is led by a student known as Drum Major. In short, they are captain figures for all of the band, including Drumline and Color Guard. Every year during the second semester, the band has a competition all the band members can participate in. This year’s three contestants were Andrew Leyva (11), Cesar Mora (11), and Kaitlyn Franco (10). Each … Continue reading 2022 Drum Major auditions and results
UPDATE: April 19, 2022 SBCUSD provided an update on April 7, 2022 regarding the proposed late start schedule that was to be in effect for the 2022-2023 school year: Starting in August 2023, San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) students will have new school hours, with classes starting later for those in middle school and high school as part of a state law designed … Continue reading The Portantino Rule: aka Late Start
Ever since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has impacted almost all of us in some way, whether that was not being able to go out and see our loved ones, or even perhaps losing a loved one. This whole process of fighting against the virus has not been an easy one, and for sure has not been easier when it comes to the holidays. … Continue reading Holiday Dark Days
Everyone at SBHS can all agree that this school year has been a little different. It was hard adjusting to going back to school in person after being away for over a year. Being away for so long has caused some problems between some students, especially since we were overpopulated/had a lot of enrollments at the beginning of the year and we have two classes … Continue reading Rough beginnings
Due to the potential rise in COVID-19 cases, students and staff shared their opinions about how the pandemic has affected schools. Since students returned back to school for the 2021 school year, there’s always been a possibility for COVID-19 to spread within the school. Although that possibility has been diminishing ever since more students have received the vaccination. The spread still hasn’t been prevented, but … Continue reading COVID-19 guidelines at SBHS
The pandemic certainly sparked interests in our students; it gave them time to truly explore their hobbies or interests they didn’t even know they had. One of these happened to be crystals, which are a variety of stones with potential healing properties, and students’ uses of crystals vary on the subject. “I was really bored over the pandemic. I had nothing that caught my eye … Continue reading Quarantine trend – crystals
Football has always been the talk of the school, especially at the start of their season. Most of the talk is usually about how the game went or if you’re going or not. However, this year, all the teachers spoke with pride and students were hyping up the varsity football team because they made an appearance in the playoffs for the first time ever since … Continue reading History-Making Cardinals
Students returned to their natural habits after coming back to school on August 2nd. Habits such as vandalism and littering. Vandalism and littering have always happened on our campus, but it was especially bad when the TikTok trend “Devious Licks” became popular and students were inspired to steal items from school and post it online for likes. “It doesn’t seem out of the ordinary to … Continue reading Vandalism and littering at SBHS
Featuring the Assistant Band Director of the SBHS Marching Cardinals: Eddie Avilez Eddie Avilez is the assistant band director of the San Bernardino High School Marching Cardinals and has been helping the band ever since he graduated in 2018. He, along with his assistant Cristian Marquez, who graduated in 2020, were very helpful and kind to take some time out of their day to talk … Continue reading San Bernardino High School alumni staff feature: Eddie Avilez
The Nest Coffee Cart Company employees let us in on an inside scoop about what it’s like working at the cart. They are open in the quad every morning from 7:00-7:30 for students and until 8:00 am for teachers, as well as after school from 2:50-3:30 pm. They are serving both hot and cold coffee to help students and staff start off their day on … Continue reading A look into the Nest Coffee Cart
