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San Dieguito Academy Newspaper

The Mustang

San Dieguito Academy Newspaper

The Mustang

Colton Condor Witt

Teacher Tidbit: February 2014

By Tacy Manis, Photo Editor February 28, 2014

After visiting Peru with his wife last year, social science teacher Kevin Witt gave his son the middle name Condor. In Incan mythology, the condor represents the upper world of the gods and the entrance...

Writing Conference at Canyon Crest

The Canyon Crest Academy Writers Conference: Part 1

“I am dorkily excited that there are kids that already recognize that they want to be writers,” keynote speaker Kristin Elizabeth Clark starts the fourth annual Canyon Crest Academy Writers Conference,...

Writing Conference at Canyon Crest

The Canyon Crest Academy Writers Conference: Part 2

By , , Kate Sequeira, Sophie Peeler, and Hana Chen February 25, 2014

“I am dorkily excited that there are kids that already recognize that they want to be writers,” keynote speaker Kristin Elizabeth Clark starts the fourth annual Canyon Crest Academy Writers Conference,...

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Flag Football 2014

By Linden Amundsen, Staff Writer February 4, 2014

  For a school so adamantly against football, SDA’s flag football game was a resounding success. Perhaps it was the innate avoidance of the original sport that led to the generous turn out, after...

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How to: Keep New Year’s Resolutions

By Mycha Ayala, Staff Writer January 10, 2014

Everyone loves getting into the holiday fad of making their goals for the upcoming year, whether it is to actually better themselves or just convince people that they are bettering themselves. Most people...

Keri

SDA Student Awarded for Charity

By Sierra Zounes, Online Editor January 6, 2014

Senior Keri Jucha was 18 hours away from death back in 2007. She suffered from a brain abscess: puss in the brain that caused her to speak only gibberish and immobilized her right leg. Jucha spent five...

Teacher Tidbit: December 2013

By Dylan Hendrickson, Staff Writer December 20, 2013

When he was a junior, World History/Culinary Arts teacher Scott Huntley was part of a student exchange program to travel to the Soviet Union. He stayed there for six weeks, travelling through Norway and...

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Is it a Berry?

By Nicole Smith, News Editor December 10, 2013

Overspending

Psychology of Overspending

By Mycha Ayala, Staff Writer December 3, 2013

During this time of year, you can’t walk through a store without hearing at least one Christmas or holiday song. The stores’ intent, however, is not just to annoy you with a constant replay of “All...

Jason Matkin

The Road to South Africa: An Interview with Jason Matkin

By Roya Chagnon, Staff Artist November 21, 2013

When senior Jason Matkin moved to Encinitas two years ago, he probably wouldn’t have guessed that his talent as a singer-songwriter would earn him a spot on tour with some of South Africa’s top musicians...

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