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The class of 2023 has four students who have already signed and committed to continue playing their sports at the collegiate level. Emily Kuite, Nicholas Lorr, Dylan Groeneveld are committed to play soccer, and Samuel Quarles is committed to swim.

Kuite is committed to play soccer at Saint Mary’s College of California. “My recruiting process was very different [from] teammates of mine,” said Kuite, who then explained that she tore both her ACL and MCL at a point in time when she was switching clubs in order to play more competitively.

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CHS’s own Fashion Club has been putting together a lot of ideas during the winter season.

“The current trends for this winter that we are seeing are a revival of 2010-2012 fashion pieces,” CHS Fashion Club President Emma Slaughter said. “We’ve seen many students wearing low-rise jeans, ugg boots, sequins, feathers, scarfs, Dickies, Carhartt jackets, pants, puffer jackets, and puffer vests [that] are now back in style,” she said, adding that arm warmers and leg warmers have also been in for over a year now.

In The Affirmative....

The recent ban on the selling of plastic water bottles at CHS has sent many into a heated discourse regarding whether or not this will be a positive change. I believe as a student and member of the community that not only will this divisive ruling benefit the school as a whole, but it will also benefit the entire community of Coronado in a more positive and progressive way.

It’s that time of year again – the beginning of January, a month that many people dread. For many, January is the worst month of the year, and there are a number of reasons why this is the case. In fact, it is so bad that it is routinely the worst month of the year. Most bad things happen in January. Bad movies with expensive tickets? January! Insurrection? January! A return to the soul crushing and dream killingly boring routine that grounds are your motivation and aspirations into dust? January! So yes, I hate January. It’s a boring and bad month and there’s several reasons why.

Especially after December, a month jam-packed with holidays including Christmas, this can lead to feelings of sadness and depression, known simply as the “January Blues.”

In The Negative....

As a student at Coronado High School, I am writing to advocate for the return of plastic water bottles. Recently the Emerald Keepers club banned the availability of purchasing plastic water bottles on school campus for both students and staff. I know this was just a recent change on school grounds, but it really shocked me and many other students were in opposition to this decision.

Students at CHS have come back from their winter break and are currently preparing for their semester two finals. On January 26th, students will wrap up their term one classes and transition to term two, on a different class schedule.

CHS has divided their schedule into two terms, with each term having two semesters. With the introduction of the 4x4 last year, semesters have become terms, and quarters have become semesters. Term two will divide their semesters on February 7th, when students will have their first

The CHS American Red Cross Club will be hosting a Blood Drive on January 17th at 8:30am to 2:30pm at the CHS Gym Entrance. CHS Students who are a Junior or Senior and are at least 16 years old are eligible to donate. Those under 18 are required to have a Parental Consent Form for Blood Donation. ID will be required for those donating. Those who would like to donate and are non-CHS staff or students must be at least 18 years old and will be required to sign in through the Raptor System.

CHS’s consistency of cleanliness for our student bathrooms has been an ongoing issue on campus. Our school community lacks in picking up after themselves when it comes down to using our bathrooms. It is unfortunate that students frequently make the poor decision of leaving the messes for our…

Freshman year of high school marks the beginning of a key journey that we will remember for the rest of our lives and will hopefully lead us to a substantial college experience and education. Making the transition from middle school to highschool is an exciting, albeit intimidating process. …

Charles Canizales is the new CHS library tech. His job consists of book cataloging, processing new books the library gets, which includes inputting their information into the system and placing call numbers, and labeling them. He also gets to work with students, supervise them, and helps stu…

Coronado High School’s Associated Student Body (ASB) recently brought back an iconic event, Dirty in the Paint. This is the first time this event has been planned since the start of the pandemic, with a similar event being hosted in 2017 before the COVID-19 pandemic. “Since COVID interrupted…

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After three years of being on hiatus, the Coronado Rotary Club is hosting a Youth Exchange again. On December 6, the Coronado Rotary Club’s head of the Youth Exchange program Karen Strabala hosted an informational meeting at the MPR to raise awareness of the program. Applications will be open starting December 19.

Three different types of exchanges are hosted, including long-term exchanges, short-term exchanges and summer camps. Long term exchanges are exchanges where the student goes

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The Negative ...

Freshman year is when most people start to figure out who they want to be friends with, and lunch is a great and easier way to make new friends. Being the new kid at school and a freshman can be hard, but lunch is a great way to meet new people. So, all freshmen staying on campus forces them to interact which therefore makes making friends easier. Freshman staying on campus during lunch also means they get to go to more club meetings that occur during lunch and get familiar with the

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The Affirmative ...

The current policy for CHS campus supervisors has always strictly enforced the rule that states that freshmen cannot leave campus during lunchtime. If students get caught by administrators for eating outside of school, then they are in danger of receiving a detention the day after they are caught – and this includes calling home. Freshmen are not allowed to leave campus because CHS wants their freshmen to become more comfortable with the school, and go through a rite of passage.

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The fall sports teams at CHS have officially ended, which paves the way for the beginning of the winter sports season. Seniors are reflecting on their moments over the fall sports season.

Football Player Nathan Cohenca, who played for 4 years as a guard and center, said, “I will miss the people, the coaches, and really just the family. Also, the sport itself.” Cohenca said, “I’m going to miss everyone I have met on and off the field. But to get specific I have to say, Coach Pompa.” Coach Mike Pompa is the varsity team’s defensive line coach.

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Opposing Opinions Offer Differing Points Of View ...

In The Negative

CHS is not the most competitive school. Now that doesn’t mean it’s not a good school, it is, but just because it’s good doesn’t mean it’s competitive. Everyone has heard the term ‘competitive’ thrown around when talking about schools at some point; even when they’re not talking about sports, but why?

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In The Affirmitive

CHS meets the criteria of being a competitive school, which is often ranked through grade point averages, attendance in 4-year universities, and overall academic successes. The importance of academic dedication and hard-earned grades is something that has been enforced over many years. CHS’s competitive environment is feasible