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San Dieguito Academy Newspaper

The Mustang

SDUHSD holds a special virtual board meeting over Zoom to discuss new changes to the grading policy.

SDUHSD Hybrid Grading Policy Decision Faces Uncertainty

By Taylor Lee, Staff Writer May 18, 2020

After many complaints and protests from community members, San Dieguito Union High School District announced that students will have a choice between a letter grade or a credit/ no credit grading policy...

Getting work done from home needs a positive attitude and a clean workspace.

Staying motivated while working from home

By Rithika Vighne, Staff Writer May 18, 2020

If you’re anything like me, you’re all too familiar with the scene of sitting down at your laptop to do your homework and quickly becoming swept away by Instagram notifications, that one video YouTube...

Parks and Recreation has been popular for years.

Parks and Recreation special addresses current issues

By Emily Broyles, Staff Writer May 14, 2020

So if you haven’t heard of it, Parks and Recreation is a great show. You can watch all 7 seasons on Netflix and Hulu. The show came out in 2015 and has grown in popularity over the years. Recently, on...

The SDUHSD survey asked students to answer how they feel about online schooling.

New survey administers how students are learning from home

By Taylor Lee, Staff Writer May 13, 2020

San Dieguito Union High School District released a Learning from Home survey on May 13 in hopes to assess the current nature of students’ connectedness and how to best support schools now and in the...

Netflix provides a interactive specials through a wide range of genres.

Interactive Specials: The Future of Entertainment

By Juan Aragon, Staff Writer May 13, 2020

Make a decision: get married or rescue the girls held hostage in a bunker. This is one of the many choices you have to make while playing Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs The Reverend....

The decision of many universities to become test optional for the Class of 2021 satisfies some students and disappoints others.

Test-optional universities leave some students relieved and others disappointed

By Madelyn Sequeira, Staff Writer May 12, 2020

Standardized testing has played a major role in a student's journey to college for many years. However, now that the spring testing dates for the SAT and ACT have been cancelled due to the coronavirus,...

SDA admin recognizes SDA teachers virtually.

An Open Thank You Note to Teachers

By Taylor Lee, Staff Writer May 9, 2020

Associated Student Body (ASB) at San Dieguito Academy posted kind thank you notes to San Dieguito Academy teachers on @sdastudentlife Instagram for Teacher Appreciation Week from May 4-8.  All notes...

San Diego beaches have began to open up-- with restrictions.

San Diego begins reopening beaches: all you need to know

By Sydney Randolph, Staff Writer May 9, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many beaches were closed to prevent the spread of the pandemic. Access to specific beaches in San Diego went into effect at sunrise on Monday, April 27th. Many more beaches...

Biolumonescent waves in Encinitas.

Encinitas beaches are alight

By Kylie Schwartz, Features Editor May 5, 2020

Impossibly bright, fluorescent blue waves have been crashing against beaches across San Diego County over the past few weeks. You may have seen this phenomenon on video or in photos and simply wrote it...

A successful sourdough starter.

Easy AP-Flour Sourdough Starter

By Jenna Wilson-Levin, Staff Writer May 5, 2020

With baking on the rise, yeast has become a hot commodity. Both flour and yeast have become scarce, but flour has restocked at grocery stores at a higher rate than yeast. The reason behind this is that...

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