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Elle Brough

Elle Brough, Staff Writer

Elle is a sophomore at Carlmont High School. Her favorite classes are math and English, and she also enjoys playing soccer.

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Holocaust survivor speaks to history classes

Holocaust survivor speaks to history classes

Elle Brough, Staff Writer May 24, 2019

Holocaust survivor George J. Elbaum visited Carlmont on Tuesday, May 14, to share his experiences from both during and after the Holocaust. Elbaum was 1 year old when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939....

Carlmonts Jack Norton, a junior, finished second in the 100-meter sprint, only 0.6 seconds behind Francisco Sanchez from Menlo-Atherton High School.

Athletes break records at PAL track finals

Elle Brough, Staff Writer May 8, 2019

As the school year comes to a close, Carlmont track athletes deliver new records and personal bests. Student athletes broke records at the PAL frosh-soph track championships on Saturday, April 27 at...

Students in Philosophy Club discuss excerpts from Cartesian Meditations: An Introduction to Phenomenology by Edmund Husserl.

Philosophy Club ‘Kant’ stop discussing

Elle Brough, Staff Writer April 20, 2019

Every Thursday, Philosophy Club meets in A2 to read and discuss philosophical texts. “We are a group of students who are interested in reading philosophy and thinking a lot,” said Kelly Doherty,...

Flex time on Wednesdays and Thursdays will allow student-athletes to catch up on work they miss for sporting events.

New bell schedules aim to help student-athletes with makeup work

Elle Brough, Staff Writer March 21, 2019

Over the years, the Carlmont administration has made changes to scheduling to help student-athletes make up the work they miss for sports. “You teach an academic class during sixth period and students...

A student carries a variety of textbooks from classes that are offered at Carlmont.

Students advise peers on choosing classes for next year

Elle Brough, Staff Writer February 27, 2019

For juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, the task of choosing classes for next year has come around yet again. Sometimes choosing a class can be daunting, as the GPA boost that five-point classes offer...

Specially designed t-shirts serve as uniforms for students who deliver sandwiches for Lunch in a Pickle Club.

Micro-business on campus teaches management and organizational skills

Elle Brough, Staff Writer January 29, 2019

Carlmont is home to around 125 clubs. But what makes Lunch in a Pickle Club stand out is that it doesn't act as a club. It acts as a micro-business. Lunch in a Pickle Club focuses on creating a real-world...

Shane Largo and her friends dress up for Sinulog, a Filipino cultural and religious festival held around January in the Philippines.

New school environment challenges immigrants

Elle Brough, Staff Writer January 28, 2019

The classroom looked the same. The desks and chairs looked the same. The brightly colored posters and writing on the whiteboard looked the same. But it wasn’t the same. The second-grade classroom...

A dreidel spins on a desk in C14.

Jewish Club celebrates Hanukkah

Elle Brough, Staff Writer December 12, 2018

During the holidays, small string lights cover houses all throughout the Bay Area. Many are Christmas lights, twinkling red, white, and green. However, some are Hanukkah decorations, twinkling blue...

Sophomore Lilly Rozansky spins a dreidel.

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Sophomore Lilly Rozansky spins a dreidel.

Sophomore Jessica Nepomnyshy holds up a candy dreidel made of marshmallow, pretzel, Nutella, and white chocolate chips.

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Sophomore Jessica Nepomnyshy holds up a candy dreidel made of marshmallow, pretzel, Nutella, and white chocolate chips.

Rozansky and Nicole Klein, a sophomore, dance to Zahav by Static and Ben El Tavori.

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Rozansky and Nicole Klein, a sophomore, dance to Zahav by Static and Ben El Tavori.

Sophomore Ahmad Muneeb Fallaha and freshman Yahya Elmongui play a game at the potluck.

Interfaith potluck brings unity to main religious clubs

Elle Brough, Staff Writer November 14, 2018

Brightly colored cupcakes and the promise of food and games drew students to the interfaith potluck hosted by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Fellowship Clubs. The presidents of the three main religious...

Kristine Chan, a senior, helps her friends make a blanket.

Kozy Kids Club has kids in hospitals covered

Elle Brough, Staff Writer October 24, 2018

When walking into C12 at lunch on first and third Fridays, one will see groups of students gathered around tables, tying colorful fabric together. This is the Kozy Kids club, run by Talia Fine and Brandon...

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