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

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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
Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff, Editors

The Scot Scoop editorial staff strives to maintain reliable reporting while covering the hard-hitting topics that interest our community. Content on Scot Scoop is managed, reviewed, and maintained by the editorial staff using a variety of tools and methods to produce, edit, and publish content daily.

Editorial staff members are Anita Beroza, Audrey Boyce, Brianna Cheng, Elise Hsu, Elle Horst, Jack Hansen, Julia Roseborough, Kaylene Lin, Leanna Gower, Miles Ozorio, Natalie Doud, and Zachary Khouri.

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High school is more about the academics, but also the social skills you learn along the way.

Editorial: An ode to high school

May 25, 2021
Accounts that share political information and activism have become increasingly popular. Many of these accounts, however, lack completely accurate information.

Editorial: Check for yourself

May 4, 2021
People prepare care kits for the homeless community members of the Bay Area.

Editorial: Volunteers are essential during the pandemic

April 27, 2021
Millions of students across the country may process information differently because of learning disabilities.

Editorial: Destigmatizing learning disabilities is crucial

April 11, 2021
Discrimination against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has increased in recent years, but it has been around for centuries.

Editorial: The AAPI community deserves better

March 18, 2021
Some teachers have been using their positions as influential figures to persuade students to remain at home rather than return to in-person learning.

Editorial: Teachers shouldn’t use their power to influence students regarding reopening

March 15, 2021
Virtual learning has exposed the gaps in the patchwork curriculums teachers have had to cobble together to adapt to distance learning; with the system in place for nearly a year, it is long past time for students to be able to give input back on how this curriculum has been working.

Editorial: Students should be able to evaluate teachers

March 8, 2021
Although numerous obstacles stand in their way, student journalists continue to report on issues that matter to their communities.

Editorial: Student journalists persist against the odds

February 25, 2021
Therapy can be beneficial to everyone, even if they don't have a mental illness.

Editorial: Normalize regular mental health checkups

February 9, 2021
Linguistic diversity is threatened by the lack of support for minority languages.

Editorial: Linguistic minorities deserve more recognition

January 25, 2021
Indifference has been the cause of rising white supremacy throughout history.

Editorial: Yes, this is the America we know

January 10, 2021
Due to COVID-19, quad games like this one from 2019 likely will not happen this year. If student-athletes are to play, guidance from the California Department of Public Health is necessary.

Editorial: More guidance is needed for high school sports

December 13, 2020
Take a break from the screen and make time to relax this season.

Editorial: Give yourselves a break

December 6, 2020
People continuously become less aware of the worth of simple social interaction.

Editorial: The youth of the Bay Area have lost the meaning of human interaction

November 29, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, internet access is more vital than ever to communicate with others. The internet is essential to share and receive ideas in the modern world and people should have the right to access it.

Editorial: Internet access is a human right

November 23, 2020
In many classes, such as choir, students feel pressured to submit their best work due to modifications made to adapt to an online environment.

Editorial: Online education perpetuates perfectionism

November 19, 2020
A student holds a sign to protest centuries of Native American oppression.

Editorial: Native people deserve more than an apology

November 10, 2020
The wardrobe of many American consumers is composed of clothes made in blatantly unjust conditions.

Editorial: Fast fashion fuels consumerism

November 5, 2020
Students often struggle to balance different aspects of life and school during distance learning.

Editorial: Students shouldn’t be held to the same standards amidst a pandemic

October 25, 2020
Students often measure their academic ability through standardized and subject-specific test scores; however, this pattern of thought is detrimental for students.

Editorial: Being bad at school doesn’t mean you aren’t smart

October 22, 2020
Hyper-partisanship is on the rise, further separating the citizens of the U.S., most of which are Democratic or Republican.

Editorial: The presidential debate heightened extreme partisanship

October 15, 2020
When an artist creates art, they use their personal views to influence it; this makes it so no one can separate them from their art.

Editorial: Artists cannot be separated from their work

October 5, 2020
A teenager scrolls through his Instagram feed.

Editorial: We need to be more aware of the damaging nature of social media

September 30, 2020
Queer coding villains is often used to create fear by playing off unconscious bias.

Editorial: Diversity isn’t what queer people should want

September 20, 2020
For many, a simple mistake can haunt them for the rest of their life.

Editorial: Growth needs to be normalized

September 13, 2020
Envisioning a better future is important during this difficult time.

Editorial: Utopian fiction is needed during this dystopian time

September 8, 2020
Police brutality is a nationwide dilemma, of which the Bay Area is not exempt.

Editorial: It is our responsibility to combat injustice

August 30, 2020
Many students are feeling an increase in stress with the obstacles presented by COVID-19.

Editorial: Students need to stop stressing about college in the midst of COVID-19

April 26, 2020
Although they are not working on the front lines of the pandemic, journalists have an equally important role in stopping the spread of COVID-19.

Editorial: Ethical journalism is part of the cure for COVID-19

April 13, 2020
From March 16 to March 27, students will be engaging in distance learning. On April 3, families will be notified as to whether school will continue through distance learning or not.

Editorial: Don’t hate on distance learning

March 22, 2020
Expensive colleges like USC are making improvements to their financial aid programs.

Editorial: Free college tuition is too ambiguous

March 1, 2020
As the presidential election nears, some high school students are preparing to vote.

Editorial: Teens need educational tools to fuel political duties

February 23, 2020
Teachers hang the pilot flex schedules up in their classrooms to inform students of the different Wednesday and Thursday schedules.

Editorial: Pilot no longer

February 13, 2020
Despite the numerous protests and rallies against gun violence, an alarming amount of deaths are still gun-related today.

Editorial: Gun violence is becoming too normalized

February 9, 2020
Each Valentine's Day, 36 million boxes of chocolate are sold.

Editorial: Valentine’s Day has lost its meaning

February 3, 2020
With course selection right around the corner, students should take the time to think over and research the courses they're interested in.

Editorial: Think again before course selection

January 27, 2020
In the first week of school, most teachers gave students a presentation instructing them to download certain apps for the school year.

Editorial: Carlmont is not free to go phone-free

January 19, 2020
All members of society deserve to be treated as equal to one another.

Editorial: Equality can’t wait

December 2, 2019
Foods high in fat are a common occurrence in American society. As a result, stereotypes surrounding these types of foods are also abundant.

Editorial: Fat isn’t the villain you think it is

November 7, 2019
PG&E's power outage currently affects all areas surrounding Carlmont. The pink areas of the map indicate regions whose power has been turned off.

Editorial: Carlmont needs to communicate

October 27, 2019
Many Advanced Placement (AP) students buy books to help them review for the AP exam.

Editorial: AP classes shouldn’t have finals in June

May 14, 2019
Editorial: Administration should be held accountable for calling out hate speech

Editorial: Administration should be held accountable for calling out hate speech

May 6, 2019
A preview of Brandy Melville's lookbook showcases Brandy Girls wearing their

Editorial: Brandy Melville couldn’t care less about the average female

April 9, 2019
The number of students on waitlists has only increased in recent years, meaning there's even less of a chance for students to get off them.

Editorial: Waitlists bring more false hope than admission

April 5, 2019
Malls such as this one are often filled with people trying to buy cheap items on Black Friday.

Editorial: Black Friday sales should only be on Friday

November 23, 2018
Vaping was essentially created to help adults smokers quit, however, the new fangled form of smoking has had dire consequences.

Editorial: Youth vaping is no less than an epidemic

November 18, 2018
Jim Acosta reports at a campaign rally for Donald Trump on Feb. 22, 2016. Acosta's press pass was recently revoked by the Trump administration after his actions toward a White House intern were deemed

Editorial: Our democracy is eroding

November 10, 2018
In syncrony with Belmont's streets, the conjoining sidewalks and their conjugate hedging are equally gyrated as to be parallel with the streets. The experience and comprehension of Belmont's swiveled streets is not rendered in Google streetview and the majority of photography depiction the city.

Editorial: Belmont’s streets are sideways

October 22, 2018
Editorial: Teens jeopardize the confidentiality PSAT content by meme-ing

Editorial: Teens jeopardize the confidentiality PSAT content by meme-ing

October 13, 2018
Stanford University requires the highest application fee in the nation, $90.

Editorial: College application fees should factor into students’ plans

October 3, 2018
After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, many participated in candle lit vigils to honor the lives of victims.

Florida catastrophe calls for action

February 18, 2018
An assortment of High School News Papers is laid out at the National High School Journalism Convention in Dallas. Local publications generally carry a regional bias but are the best sources for describing the impacts of nation-wide events to their native area.

Biased reporting masks real news

December 3, 2017
Houses on Eucalyptus Street are already prepared for Christmas on Nov. 26.

Christmas comes earlier every year

November 27, 2017
RealDoll heads, which will soon be transformed into full robots, on display in the showroom of Abyss Creations in San Marcos, California.

Sex robots encourage objectification of women

November 1, 2017
Friends share a hug in the hallway in the midst of school stress.

Social media continues to veil effective coping

October 8, 2017
Words have an indispensable role in our society, especially when it comes to protesting. However, we need to put more focus on constructive action instead of further divisiveness.

Support a cause with more than just a tweet

September 30, 2017
Poor reporting leads to false label of Carlmont

Poor reporting leads to false label of Carlmont

April 1, 2017
Crowds gathered in the International Terminal's arrival area and voiced their opinions through clever signs and posters.

Efficient implementation requires good leadership

February 2, 2017
While some students participated in the protest, others saw it as an easy way to get out of class because of the lenient attendance policy.

Convenient protesting changes little

November 15, 2016

America needs to move forward together

November 11, 2016
Trump has been in the spotlight too long and it has only helped him.

Pushing Trump out of the spotlight

September 22, 2016
Say goodbye to the blonde ferret that resides on Donald Trump's head, because this is the last time he will be featured on Scot Scoop.

Make America great again by silencing Trump

March 2, 2016
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