DEL VALLE TONOIAN: Not enough time
April 26, 2019
With construction of the auxiliary gym beginning, there was bound to be some intrusion on campus. All talk of it has been mostly positive, even from me, and I’m glad that we’re getting new facilities. I was actually jealous of Antelope and Oakmont getting their new facilities before us. But now...
LEDBETTER: Firewall reduces value of Chromebooks
April 25, 2019
Most students of Roseville High School have, or will have, a school Chromebook, and most students of Roseville High School know that these Chromebooks are extremely restricted on which sites they can visit. Now, I understand why we block sites like Netflix and game sites, as those can often be a distraction...
BENNETT: Goodbye Lake Roseville, somehow you will be missed
April 23, 2019
Dear Lake Roseville, Oh how I’ll miss you. In truth I didn’t even get to say goodbye. You were all dried up the last day I walked through the staff parking lot with a camera and a source, trying to find a place to escape the noise of construction workers putting up fences. Alas, I could not, and...
WELKER: State science test experiments on seniors
April 9, 2019
Juniors just wrapped up the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), that seemingly meaningless standardized testing that finds new ways to make students feel worse about themselves. Now all sophomores, juniors and seniors are preparing for the California Science Test (CAST),...
EYE OF THE TIGER’S VIEW: CAASPP, Testing students for testing’s sake
EDITORIAL BOARD
April 8, 2019
In elementary school, there was nothing more exciting than the opportunity to chew gum on a campus that had banned its presence entirely. If you were graced with the pleasure, your teacher had snuck in a couple packs to class to compensate for the even stricter rules that were about to follow. All of...
BATEMAN: Every Fifteen Minutes must come back
April 5, 2019
Four years ago, Roseville High school experienced its last Every 15 Minutes assembly. In Every 15 Minutes roughly a dozen seniors would be pulled out of class to theoretically represent one student dying every 15 minutes from drunk driving. A teacher would then read their obituary to the class, someone...
THRUELSEN: Legitimate career choices undervalued
April 4, 2019
Currently I am a junior at RHS and as I’ve been progressing through my classes since freshman year, I’ve noticed something that keeps occuring. There is a lot of persuasion to get students to take AP classes so they can try to get into great colleges. There are flyers, people visiting from different...
Queue cutters should not be tolerated
April 1, 2019
Imagine this: you’re in your third period class, the bell is about to ring for lunch and you are excited to get in line early and get your lunch. Well think again. In reality, the bell rings and you meander your way through the crowd of people in the art wing. You are near the amphitheater in...
Homework load forces unfair choice
March 27, 2019
As the spring term continues, students have to manage a substantial homework load, especially if these students are in an AP class and extracurriculars like sports as well. The result: students are having to sacrifice sleep in order to maintain a good grade in a class. Medical professionals say that...
Personal finance’s potential wasted
March 25, 2019
The personal finance course is a waste of time. Yup, one of the only things in school that can try to prepare us for life after high school is a waste of time. Schools should take responsibility in teaching their students the majority or all of the information within the personal finance course, otherwise...
LETTERS FROM A SENIOR: Ask the important questions
March 22, 2019
Coming into High school as a freshman, I thought it was going to be the hardest four years of my life. I was never so wrong. High school is nothing like the movies or the many TV shows that have 25 year olds playing 16 to 18 year olds. There are no happy endings or situations where things work out in...
WELKER: Senioritis hits as teachers press on
March 21, 2019
It’s Christmas in March for seniors: gifts in the form of college acceptance letters flood mailboxes... and school, for seniors, is out. Even though an entire quarter of the 2018-2019 school year remains, as seniors begin to land in their future academic homes, motivation and desire to perform in...
