Letter to The Editor: Mr. Puth Speaks Out About Grad Night
Vincent Puth, Poly High School Activities Director
October 31, 2018
All In Press Dear High Life Editors and Jackrabbit Class of 2019, Thank you for expressing your frustration regarding Grad Night (“Goodbye Disney, Hello Universal” published October 15), giving voice to you and your peers. Let me first state that Grad Night has traditionally been a parent-le...
The AP Room is Now Open
Ana Mejia, Feature Editor
October 31, 2018
This year Jason West, the new AP Coordinator for Poly High School has turned Room 132 into a study lounge for any student who is currently enrolled in at least one Advanced Placement class. This lounge was inspired by a coffee shop as a place where AP student can receive tutoring, study in group,...
Senior Katherine Grubbs
Teresa Deckim, Staff Writer
October 31, 2018
Katherine Grubbs is on the Girls Varsity Golf team. Grubbs joined the golf team in her freshman year because she played golf with her dad as a little girl. Grubbs quit volleyball and joined golf. She struggled in her junior year, and had to relearn how to swing due to the fact she did not play league...
Senior Captain Christian Corrales
Yesenia Pacheco, Editor-in -Cheif
October 31, 2018
Senior and JV captain Christian Corrales has spent his life playing all kinds of sports before finally settling on Water Polo, “I wanted to try something new. My freshman year I was in wrestling.” Every sport and activity Corrales played, has helped him grow as a person in many different ways....
Library Renamed after former Principal
Judas Noboa, Staff Writer
October 16, 2018
Poly’s library has been named after Bob Ellis-July 26, 1924-February 6, 201-, a former student and principal, at a ceremony honoring him. The ceremony was held on September, 11 headed by Mr. Brett Alexander, a teacher here at Poly. Ellis graduated in 1941, a letterman of the debate team. After high...
Clubs Sell Goods at Faire
Madeline Milton, contributing writer
October 16, 2018
Filed under News, Showcase, Slideshow
Students at Poly High School were dismissed from class 90 minutes early on Wednesday for this year’s Homecoming Faire. The faire was a great way for clubs to raise money as well as to boost morale in the students, who were all buzzing in anticipation and excitement for the school-wide event. Many...
Winning Streak Continues
Liz Rico, Staff Writer
October 15, 2018
Friday September, 28th was Poly’s football away game against Cabrillo. The game was held at Cabrillo. The score was 48-0, and yet another winning streak against Cabrillo. Timothy Gomez said that the game was good but could have overall been better, “I think the team could have done better.”...
“SLAM”! Lady Jackrabbits Take A W
Syanne Patton, Staff Writer
October 15, 2018
On Tuesday, October 2, the varsity girls volleyball team, played against Cabrillo High School. The Lady Jackrabbits won all their games: varsity, junior varsity and frosh/soph. When the varsity team won, the crowd went wild. Although it was an easy win for Poly, the parents in the Cabrillo section...
US Senator Kamala Harris Addresses Key Issues Californians Face
Izzie Hallock, News Editor
April 19, 2018
Shortly after US Senator Kamala Harris had been sworn into office in 2017, she was speaking at her stepdaughter’s high school when a student raised her hand and asked, “What are we going to do about a divided America?” Harris distinctly remembered that question and, at a town-hall meeting at the...
Space X : A New Space Race
Matt Donahue, Staff Writer
March 8, 2018
In 1903 man took flight for the first time. In 1969 one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind was made, and in 2017 Space X set the bar for reusable rockets. On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Space X test launched the Falcon Heavy at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The...
What in the World?!?
Izzie Hallock, News Editor
February 23, 2018
Monday, February 12 Penny Lawrence, ex-deputy chief for the British charitable organization Oxfam, resigned because of her inability to act immediately in response to the sexual misconduct scandal involving Oxfam workers volunteering in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Tuesday, February 13 Chi...
Beyond U.S.
Alicia Perez, Staff Writer
February 9, 2018
Just outside Libya’s capital of Tripoli, a shocking video came to surface on July 8, 2017, showing groups of migrant farmers being sold at Libyan detention camps. Most of the victims were migrant farmers and north African refugees. These auctions involving migrant farmers, have been going on for...
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