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Russel Cuya posing at his Naturalization ceremony.

From Manila to Seattle

By Manola Rubiralta, Reporter
May 11, 2025
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The metal outside the Fine Arts Building was deformed in the fire that occurred on March 23. The fire started by the unknown person also damaged the wall and ceiling.
“Unfortunate thing with fires, they can smolder and you never know where or when they’re going to be out,” Leroy Timblin, founder’s manager and stage craft teacher, said.

Fine Arts Building Set Ablaze

By Tommy Chang, Reporter
May 9, 2025
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Cashier Michael Raby rings students up at the register so they can enjoy their lunch.

Snacks and Life Lessons

By Max Cook, Reporter
April 4, 2025
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Junior Gavin Angeloff’s Tesla is etched with the word “Nazi” on the drivers’ side door. “It’s a little bit surreal,” Angeloff said.

Driven to Division

By Manola Rubiralta, Reporter
April 4, 2025
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Students began filling out their course request forms in early March and submitted them by March 26. To compose initial schedules UPrep uses a software program named Scheduler, which is a product of Veracross and gathers course registration information from students.

Navigating Course Registration

By Avi Patel, Web Editor-In-Chief
April 4, 2025
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Students from Kobe, Japan, visited from March 20 to March 29 as part of Global Link. “[UPrep] has a clean new building, the teachers are kind and students are kind,” Hiroto Kuma, a Japanese exchange student, said.

The Experience of a Lifetime

By Tommy Chang, Reporter
April 4, 2025
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A debilitating effect burnout can have on a teacher’s life at school.

Teachers Speak About Burnout

By Lucas Keppler, Reporter
April 4, 2025
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Robotics team members Ben Frischer, Mohamed Farah and Niam Patel stand with their robot alongside family and faculty members.

Robotics Team Members Make State

By Carter Headstrom, Editor-in-Chief
March 22, 2025
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This image depicts the difference between school life during COVID and now. A brief return to online school reminded librarian Anne Bingham of what it was like during the pandemic. “The snow day makes you realize you hope we don’t ever go through that again,” Bingham said.

Photo: Sol Starin, Grady Stone

Five Years Later

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
March 6, 2025
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