Navigate Left
  • Many are consumed by negative emotions and mental illnesses, whether this struggle is visible to others or not. Especially during Mental Health Awareness Month, it is important to check in on your loved ones and provide them with love and support.

    Cartoons

    Cartoon: Mental Monsters

  • Even though SAT for some colleges is test optional, it still has a significant impact on college admissions.

    Uncategorized

    Opinion: SAT test-optional is not really optional

  • Carlmont’s open house website provides an interactive experience for families to check out student work. Gay Buckland-Murray, the instructional vice principal, stressed the importance of the continuation of an open house, despite the abnormal circumstances. “Open House is a chance for students and families to ‘see’ teachers/classes that the student has been involved in all year [and say] ‘here’s the teacher/class that I’ve been talking about’. It’s a chance to look back in that sense to what has been happening this year,” Buckland-Murray said.

    Campus

    Virtual open house highlights perseverance with distance learning

  • Sadie Scott and Kyra Slattery create and lay out earrings for their business, Femme Fatale.

    News

    Femme Fatale helps customers find their inner femme

  • Diverse Creativity Ep. 3: Ladle and Leaf

    Community

    Diverse Creativity Ep. 3: Ladle and Leaf

  • Due to their intelligence and playful personality, killer whales became animals of interest for entertainment. However, life in captivity has led to terrible consequences; captive killer whales often only live half as long as their wild counterparts, and many develop pathologies such as the dorsal fin collapse.

    Cartoons

    Cartoon: Killing Killer Whales

  • University of California, Los Angeles received a 28% increase in freshman applicants. This year, they had 139, 500 freshman applicants, making it the most applied university in the nation.

    News

    Passionate applicants stand out during UC’s 2021 admissions process

  • Podcasts

    The Yellow Papers Ep. 5: Cool Air

  • Gen Z Ep. 4: Environmental problems

    Podcasts

    Gen Z Ep. 4: Environmental problems

  • There is a surplus amount of stress that is placed on students.

    Opinion

    Opinion: We need to continue to appreciate how far we’ve come

Navigate Right
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
Cambell Kirk

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer

Cambell Kirk is a junior at Carlmont High School and is currently a staff writer for Scot Scoop. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to share locals news and other's untold stories with the world.

Twitter: @CambellKirk

All content by Cambell Kirk
The community gathers at George Floyd Square after former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder.

Derek Chauvin’s verdict inspires celebration, progress

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
April 23, 2021
A nurse prepares to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

California launches new COVID-19 vaccine distribution system

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
March 4, 2021
People wait their turn to receive doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID-19 vaccines bring hope for the future

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
February 7, 2021
Carlmont's Women's Choir performs

Virtual choir concert sees astounding success

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
December 22, 2020
The Santa Rosa Glass Fire burned over 1,517 buildings and was active for 23 days. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Earth

Cambell Kirk, Elle Horst, Raina Lahiri, Ayal Meyers, Hanna Kryhina, Chelsea Chang, Kai Yoshida, Isabelle Nunes, Jessica Conley, and Hanna Kryhina
November 11, 2020
Election season continues with the vice presidential debate.

A showdown in Salt Lake City: a full review of the vice presidential debate

Calista Shohet, Jessica Conley, Ayal Meyers, and Cambell Kirk
October 11, 2020
Fog fills the Foster City skyline on an early October morning.

Bay Area residents hopeful for rainfall this weekend

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
October 9, 2020

Orange Sky

Chelsea Chang, Katherine Tsvirkunova, Cambell Kirk, and Audrey Boyce
October 6, 2020
As a result of smoke from an abundance of fires in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington blowing into the Bay Area, the sky appeared a bright orange on Sept. 9.

One spark; decades of damage

Cambell Kirk, Kaylene Lin, and Jack Hansen
October 5, 2020
Vaccines are typical given through an injection or nasal spray.

Experts urge Bay Area to vaccinate as flu season approaches

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
September 28, 2020
Across the Bay Area, fires painted the sky a rainbow of unusual reds, oranges, and yellows.

Bay Area blanketed in bizarre orange smoke

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
September 10, 2020
Megan Hughes finds that music, both happy and sad, helps her to cope with depression.

Megan’s Story

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
May 14, 2020
Music affects each person differently, no matter which device they listen with.

The power of music

Cambell Kirk and Daniela Torrey
May 14, 2020
An Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) nurse wears a version of the Air Zoom Pulse created by OHSU patient Sawyer Miller.

Nike to donate 30,000 pairs of shoes to health care workers

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
May 7, 2020
A zookeeper releases a koala affected by the recent bushfires.

Koalas released back into wild after Australian bushfires

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
April 24, 2020
Medical supplies are collected to be donated to hospitals in need.

Bay Area residents donate medical supplies to hospitals

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
April 9, 2020
Very few cars, if any, can be seen on the roads since the shelter-in-place order.

[Video] California responds well to quarantine order, data shows

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
March 31, 2020

Improv show leaves audience members in hysterics

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer
February 3, 2020
Megan Hughes finds that music, both happy and sad, helps her to cope with depression.

[Photo] Keegan’s Story

May 14, 2020
This week, ASB put on a book drive for people to donate AP review books.

ASB helps foster the spirit of giving

Cambell Kirk and Daniela Torrey
November 15, 2019
Edrina Hamzeh explains the rules for capture the flag.

[Video] ASB unites the student body with In It to Win It

Cambell Kirk and Daniela Torrey
October 27, 2019
Lise Teyssier gets

ASB encourages student involvement at football games

Cambell Kirk and Daniela Torrey
October 12, 2019
Load More Stories
Menu
Activate Search
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.
Cambell Kirk