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San Dieguito Academy Newspaper

The Mustang

San Dieguito Academy Newspaper

The Mustang

(From left) Seniors Jackson Stringfellow, Ethan Stuman, Ella Hinkle, Blake Newhouse, and Spencer Nguyen pose for a quick picture in their PJs.

Pajama Day

By Fairen Rachow, Today at SDA Editor October 24, 2022
Students rolled out of bed and walked onto campus to start off Homecoming Spirit Week
A crowd of students and parents sits in lines of chairs in the SDA learning commons. They are facing the board, and are sitting next to the School Board Representatives and other officials. Many are facing the school board representatives.

District meetings remain divided

By Dylan Bunyak, Staff Writer October 20, 2022
Trustee Michael Allman opened the October 13th board meeting promising “actions, not words” when it comes to repercussions regarding the recent antisemitism at Carmel Valley Middle School. 
Harvard University campus.

Harvard no longer ranked as a top 10 college

By Taylor Belanich, Staff Writer September 27, 2022

On August 31, 2022, Forbes shocked the American public with the unforeseen absence of our nation’s most prized and coveted school, Harvard University, from their top 10 list of colleges. At first glance,...

Advertisement for Welcome Back Dance.

Dance postponed

By Jenna Wilson-Levin, Co-Editor-in-Chief/Opinions & News Editor September 8, 2022

Arghh. The Pirates of the Carribean-themed Welcome Back Dance was aptly postponed by the scourge of the sea, a hurricane. Hurricane Kay, now a tropical storm, is supposed to cause rain in Encinitas on...

Documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.

Classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago

By Luke Ducharme, Staff Writer September 2, 2022

When a president leaves office, any sensitive documents or emails in their possession must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration. The 45th president, Donald Trump, did not....

Boardmember faces community backlash

Boardmember faces community backlash

By Dylan Bunyak, Staff Writer August 31, 2022

Last Thursday's board meeting was another opportunity for growth, progress, and change. Unfortunately, the newsworthy story from the four-hour gathering in San Dieguito Academy’s Mustang Commons was...

Norma McCorvey, left, who was Jane Roe in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, with her attorney, Gloria Allred, outside the Supreme Court in April 1989, where the Court heard arguments in a case that could have overturned the Roe v. Wade decision. Courtesy of Lorie Shaull.

Roe vs. Wade to be overturned

By Jenna Wilson-Levin, Managing/Opinions Editor May 3, 2022

On May 2nd, a draft majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samual Alito was leaked. The opinion states that “…Roe and Casey must be overturned.” Referring to the 1973 Supreme Court...

A frustrated student's opinions on Board Trustee Michael Allman

A frustrated student’s opinions on Board Trustee Michael Allman

By Landon Block, Guest Contributor April 27, 2022
Disclaimer: The opinions stated in this article are mine and mine alone. They are not published in an effort to fulfill an agenda or satisfy any external organization. To my knowledge, any facts stated are true, and any opinions stated are fully believed and thoughtfully researched. 
An Encinitas beach

Encinitas Climate Action Plan

By Sophie Love, Staff Writer April 25, 2022
New guidelines to combat climate change
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet before the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Autocracy and Geopolitics

By Jake Bergen, Staff Writer April 15, 2022
The increasing presence of autocracy threatens the established international order, necessitating a response from democracy on a global scale.
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