SDA was threatened by a former district student over social media Tuesday, according to Principal Adam Camacho. The threat was unsubstantiated and “the school was not in any imminent danger,” according...
SDA was hit with another round of vandalism Thursday morning, when staff discovered more locks filled with a hard substance, according to Assistant Principal Katie Bendix. The event follows Monday morning’s...
Arctic Monkeys no longer want your leather jackets. They’ll take exclusively thrifty-looking tan summer suits, thank you very much.
The band’s new album, “Tranquility Base Hotel and...
Some SDA students are planning to walk out of class March 14 in solidarity with the National School Walkout to prevent gun violence and school shootings. They will be joining high schools nationwide in...
The flag at the campus entrance waved at half mast today, the day after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. The San Dieguito Union High School district emailed families this morning informing...
The School of Universal Learning, the new charter school that opened at the Solana Beach Boys and Girls Club this fall, encountered some controversy in recent months from SDUHSD when they unsuccessfully...
An announcement over the loudspeaker in third period Friday, which asked teachers to hold their students in their classes until further notice, was the result of a student who had written an assignment...
The SDA Wind Ensembles will perform in their winter concert Dec. 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the gym. The performance, which is mainly winter-themed, according to senior Sam Goldsmith, will include CCA’s band...
The school board unanimously voted Thursday to change the election of trustees from an “at large” election to one in which members are elected by small areas. The move was in compliance with the California...
The school board will vote Thursday on whether to abandon the current election system, under which residents vote for all five members of the board, in favor of smaller districts where residents vote for...
This year’s homecoming dance ended with students evacuating the gym and the fire alarm replacing the typical high volume ‘00s dance tunes. Through a panel in the office that shows causes of alarms,...
Drama teacher Stephanie Siers, senior Emma Balda, junior Colin Gasperoni and senior Makena Garvey pose in front of the Calvin Berger set in the theatre.
Students gathered in speedos and matching outfits for the “synchronized swimming without water” Homeroom Olympics event Tuesday. The event, which was organized by the Homeroom Olympics Committee, attracted...
A small group of students and administrators gathered in the ASB room to discuss parking solutions today at lunch. The “mini Forum” came two days after Principal Bjorn Paige announced that 50 spots...
A Torrey Pines student was fatally shot by police early Saturday morning following a call to 911 reporting a 15-year-old boy standing outside the high school, according to a news release from the San Diego...
The iconic “Metal Mustang” now rides again on Santa Fe Drive, after being reinstalled April 27. The statue had been up for decades before it was removed during track construction and held by the school...
A female SDA student was approached on Bonita Dr yesterday around 4:00 p.m., said Principal Bjorn Paige in an email to parents and staff.
According to Paige, “The man is described as a Hispanic male...
SDA Registrar Bridget Sabin was named Classified Employee of the Year for all of San Diego County this month. Sabin, who has been working in the district for 20 years, is the first classified employee...
A CIF championship is only one game away for the varsity girls soccer team, who won in the semi-finals Wednesday. The Mustangs beat the Mission Bay Buccaneers at home 3-0 in a game that at first seemed...
Post-inauguration hubbub has mostly focused on President Donald Trump, but what’s going on in Capitol Hill? Here’s a small sample of how North County’s Darrell Issa, a Republican representative,...
SDA alumna, activist and supermodel Emily Ratajkowski called out a New York Times reporter via Twitter on Monday for “slut shaming” First Lady Melania Trump. Ratajkowski described an exchange wherein...
"I would say that one of my top two best moments of 2016 was going to formal with a guy who I had liked for a while, but the one that I am most proud of is working on a patient for the first time for my...
Candidates for next year’s elected ASB positions gathered in the gym during homeroom this morning to make the case for their appointment. The nominating convention was optional this year, so students...
Two immigration information workshops for undocumented students, students with undocumented parents, and students who fall under the DREAM act (which protects undocumented young people) will be held on...
Incumbent candidates Joyce Dalessandro and Beth Hergesheimer were re-elected to the San Dieguito school board last night over three challengers -- Republicans Lucile Lynch and Randy Berholtz, and independent...
Students across SDA today reacted to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s unprecedented presidential win and the total Republican majority in Congress, both decided in last night’s election.
The results...
As final votes are counted throughout California (46% reported at the time of publication), it appears that Californians have voted to legalize marijuana and ban plastic bags, among other measures, according...
A fire alarm cut first period short this morning when it rang through San Dieguito Academy just before 9 a.m. It was caused by employees cooking in the transportation office near the bus parking lot, said...
A plan to open a new charter school in the San Dieguito Union High School District was presented to the school board Sept. 15. The school aims to open in fall 2017, but will first need to be voted on by...
ComedySportz kicked off its first game Friday, and featured new captains among some familiar faces. The day before the match, club president Jack Salz and lead acting coaches Mateo Schmidt and Daniel Magnuson...
Construction has eased forward this year at SDA, with small projects being completed and adding up to major changes on campus. The new two-story building in the middle of campus is on schedule to open...
Commotion, nerves and screams of excitement filled the PAC courtyard Friday as the cast list for SDA’s first theater production, “Boy Meets Girl” by Sam Wolfson, was announced. The one-act romantic...
I went to a concert back in September and it was one of my favorite bands opening for another one of my favorite bands. The opening band [LANY] wasn’t very big, so I was really the only person singing...
The best moment of my year this year was the Twenty One Pilots concert. Towards the end of the concert, Tyler, who’s the singer, was on the stage, but when a song [ended]... the lights turned off. He...
Fire alarms rang over SDA for the second time this week, waking students from first-period drowsiness and forcing them onto the field.
The alarm was triggered in the gender-neutral bathrooms by the...
A fire alarm went off early in the afternoon today at SDA, bringing students out of their third period classrooms and onto the field. This was not drill, but was caused by a smoke detector that went off...
University of California officials announced yesterday that their colleges will admit 10,000 more Californian students over the next three years across the system’s nine campuses. This is part of a...
One hundred forty-four seniors did not attend school on Monday as part of a planned “senior ditch day,” according to Assistant Principal Jeanne Jones. This is many more than the daily average of 50...
This year’s homecoming assembly will bring some changes to policy in an effort to ease traffic and crowds in the gym. Students are being asked to leave their backpacks in their first period room, rather...
The majority of the San Dieguito Union High School District school board supported keeping the current lottery process for the Academy during a community meeting that lasted over three hours on Monday,...
A fire alarm startled many students during fourth period today when it went off at about 2:30 p.m., prompting evacuations to the field. Principal Bjorn Paige said over the loudspeaker that there was a...
The San Dieguito Union High School District is holding a meeting today at Carmel Valley Middle School at 6:00 PM to discuss options for the high school enrollment process in the future, and their findings...
After what seemed like days, the lights finally went down in the Observatory North Park on May 17. Amid a roar of cheers, Passion Pit took the stage, led by frontman Michael Angelakos. Several...
"Green” practices on campus, Exhibition Day , and a possible homeroom “fair” were all points of discussion at The Forum on Wednesday, April 29 in room 93. This was the second to last Forum of...
Junior Cameron Sippel, who placed third in a statewide speech and debate tournament on the weekend of April 17-19, didn’t expect to have a career in the subject before he came to high school.
“I...
After 5,178 miles and what junior Margot Leach described as “a super long flight,” a group of 15 SDA students touched down in Cork, Ireland. This was the beginning of an almost 10-day trip that covered...
The delicious smell of chocolate ganache wafted out of the Culinary Arts room as a tour full of nervous 8th grade students approached it one day last week. “He’s sold,” said one parent to another,...
