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Sol Starin

Sol Starin, Copy Editor

Sol Starin is the copy editor on staff for the Puma Press. He is a junior and has been on the staff for three years. He enjoys writing about the people in the community and sharing those stories in the paper. His favorite part of journalism is interviewing various people and learning more about them. Outside of journalism, he plays a lot of basketball and enjoys watching movies.

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Music teacher and conductor Thane Lewis leads Chamber Orchestra through Winter Concert

Orchestra Shines in Winter Concert

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
December 21, 2024
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Some combined movie posters for Gladiator II and Wicked.

Are You Not Entertained?

By Sol Starin and Graham Thomson
December 16, 2024
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No Lockers, No Problem

No Lockers, No Problem

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
December 16, 2024
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Prospective upper school families attend a UPrep open house on Oct. 26. The event aimed to attract applicants to the school.

Private School Enrollment Surges

By Thomas Li and Sol Starin
November 1, 2024
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Conductor and music teacher Thane Lewis leads upper school chamber orchestra in practice.

Young Orchestra Strikes a Chord

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
October 18, 2024
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Student leader Laura Capossela converses with faculty leaders Taylor Kanemori and Flor Hernandez Morales “We’re really excited,” Hernandez Morales said. “We will adjust to people because we really want LEAD to be for students.”

Revised LEAD, New LEADers

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
October 2, 2024
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Here are the results from our pumpkin carving competition.

Jumping Into Fall

By Sol Starin and Grady Stone
October 2, 2024
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“In all cities and towns in Catalonia, on that day on April 23, all the bookstores put tables outside and it’s a day to celebrate books, ,” Tello Portoles said.

Pumas Celebrate Sant Jordi

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
May 10, 2024
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Say Yes to the Test?

Say Yes to the Test?

By Avi Patel and Sol Starin
April 3, 2024
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The Madness is Here

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
March 18, 2024
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UPrep students load onto custom bus 986 en route to Lakeside after school.

Bus Fuss

By Neva-Nataia Lowery and Sol Starin
March 1, 2024
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The Solscars

The Solscars

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
March 1, 2024
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Junior Sophia Spagnola jumps for the tip-off against Bush

Tip-Off

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
February 29, 2024
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A shape sorter containing shapes that don’t fit represents the difficulty in converting semester classes into an intensive.

For All Intensive Purposes

By Carter Headstrom and Sol Starin
December 11, 2023
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UPrep puts up French flag to welcome their guests. “UPrep really is their favorite thing about being here. They really enjoyed getting to know the school, getting to see how we work as a community,” Williams translated.

The French Connection

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
November 9, 2023
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Brent Slattengren celebrates with his Deep Space Six intensive students at the light rail station on a field trip last year.

Losing a Legend

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
October 13, 2023
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Joel Sohn and Susie Wu stand in front of University Prep

New Chapters for Sohn and Wu

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
May 11, 2023
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Please Don't Stop the Music

Please Don’t Stop the Music

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
May 5, 2023
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A photo of Stoneburner, an italian restaurant in Ballard. Freshman Miller Weimann was family friends with the manager, and when he was old enough, he was offered a job.

HomeWorkers

By Sol Starin and Guetty Moita
April 6, 2023
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Max Bolen, Laura Capossela, Quin Drabek, Komathi Anand, and Chancellor Avolio stand infront of the Old Main Theatre at Western Washington University

Sound of Success

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
March 21, 2023
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Seniors Joshua Yi and Diego Rubiralta pose in front of UPrep. with Yi wearing a Naval Academy sweatshirt. Rubiralta is set to attend the Academy in the Fall while Yi is still weighing his options.

From Books to Battleships

By Sol Starin and Jonathan Karas
March 2, 2023
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Dr. T speaking in front of his fans.

Hanging With Mr. Hung

By Sol Starin, Copy Editor
January 20, 2022
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