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The Mustang

San Dieguito Academy Newspaper

The Mustang

A panel of adults from different careers spoke to students about their jobs.

Exploring Careers

By Maya Janaswamy and Manelle Touzni April 25, 2019

Students pushed through packs of their peers, wandering past career booths offering candy, pens, and water bottles. Tables lined the glossy gymnasium floor, detailing jobs ranging from TV news host to...

SDA high-fives Santana after the game.

SDA overpowers Santana

By Alexandra Joelson, Staff Writer April 25, 2019

“Parker on three, Parker on three, one, two, three Parker!” A cheer involving freshman player Parker Roach helped hype up the Mustangs for their match against Santana on Monday.  After a strong effort,...

Team Paradox celebrates after making it to the quarterfinals.

Opinion: Team Paradox Soars at the FIRST World Championship

By Jenna Weinhofer, Staff Writer April 24, 2019

Over 300 teams from around the world gathered this past week at the FIRST World Championship at Houston, Texas from April 17-20. The event, which was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center, celebrated...

Freshman Emilia Neyer pictured with her exchnage students Maria Pernia and Haizea Inglesias.

Exchange students from Spain visit SDA

By Maya Janaswamy, Staff Writer April 22, 2019

“I was excited to come here, to an American school, because I thought it was like in the movies. It’s not like that so far, but I like it here very much,” said Maria Pernia, an 11th grade exchange...

To the left is an example of what not to do in order to productively contrive a discussion from our president Trump (notice the name calling, aggressive diction, etc.) and to the right is a non bias news, source, NPR, covering the Mueller report.

Opinion: How to productively discuss (without the complications)

By Hunter McGahan, Staff Writer April 19, 2019

So I talk a lot. That was a problem I faced when I was really young, but luckily through those troubles I’ve discovered some basics when discussing with others (I prefer to say discuss rather than argue...

Tomorrow night, ASB is hosting a drive in movie at the lower student parking lot.

Drive into the Past

By Alex Storer, Staff Writer April 18, 2019

On Friday, the 19th, at 7:30 pm in the lower lot SDA will be showing a drive-in movie, Napoleon Dynamite. This is a drive in movie, which means that you need to either drive yourself or get in a friends...

To find out what classroom you will be in next week for the testing block, see the lists which are outside of the office, the Mosaic Cafe, and in the Mustang Commons.

Gasp! It’s CAASPP

By Carolina Gutierrez and Max Vennemeyer April 16, 2019

Next week, juniors will be doing CAASPP testing while freshmen, sophomores, and seniors participate in select activities during the testing block. Juniors will be doing Math assessments on Monday and...

A trailer for the final movie in the newest Star Wars trilogy came out on Friday.

The saga comes to an end

By Cade Culbertson, Staff Writer April 15, 2019

On Friday, the first teaser trailer for the new Star Wars movie coming out in late December was released and with it came many answers and even more questions. If you have not seen it yet, it is advised...

Paradoxians created a snowman between qualification matches on our second day of competition.

Opinion: Snowed in on Competition

By Jenna Weinhofer, Staff Writer April 1, 2019

San Dieguito Academy’s robotics organization Team Paradox 2102 competed at the Utah Regional last weekend, making it into the semi-finals. Having earlier qualified to compete in the FIRST World Championships...

Students lined up in chairs and got their hair put into small ponytails that are easier to cut off.

Students donate their hair to those in need

By Maya Janaswamy, Staff Writer March 29, 2019

Bubbly pop music played in the background and the afternoon sunlight glared down at the students. An ASB student walked around, handing out brightly-colored Otter Pops to help the crowds of students...

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