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

Rachel Alcazar

Rachel Alcazar, Scot Scoop Editor

Rachel Alcazar is a junior (class of 2025) at Carlmont. She is an editor for Scot Scoop and a staff writer for Highlander. She is interested in writing about current events and issues. Outside of school, she enjoys playing badminton and viola.

Twitter: @ralcazar_

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A safety presentation replaces the traditional lockdown-barricade drills from previous years. This change was influenced by the school districts policy changes.

Schools implement new policies to improve shooting drills

Rachel Alcazar, Scot Scoop Editor June 7, 2023

Students have become accustomed to drills for various emergencies – fires, shelters-in-place, and lockdowns.  In past lockdown barricade drills, students simulated obstructing classroom doors with...

Elizabeth Berg explains In the manner of the adverb, a drama guessing game. Berg helps students to develop theater skills through games and activities.

Staff Profile: Elizabeth Berg shares her love for theater arts

Rachel Alcazar, Scot Scoop Editor May 30, 2023

Elizabeth Berg has been a drama kid since the very beginning. She got her start with theater as an elementary schooler in "Going Buggy" and continued to act throughout elementary, middle, and high school,...

A diverse school body and equitable curricula are helpful to students academic growth.

Diversity improves education

Rachel Alcazar and Harin Kim January 27, 2023

Depending on where students go to school, they might spend most of their time with classmates that look just like them. In the 2021-22 school year, about 49% of Carlmont students were white, according...

Students dress to express themselves and their own styles. Dress codes determine what they are permitted to wear at school.

Dress code controversy subsides after discourse and reform

Rachel Alcazar, Scot Scoop Editor December 23, 2022

Students from around the world have critiqued and dissected school dress codes in recent years, and Carlmont is not an outlier. Through opinion pieces and podcast episodes, Carlmont journalism has played...

Carlmont Technical Theater Association (CTTA) members Juliette Mansfield and Michael Connolly work in the Studio Theater Tech Booth.

Tech crew works behind the ‘Scenes from Metamorphoses’

Rachel Alcazar, Scot Scoop Editor November 9, 2022

While the actors are moving on and off stage between acts, the Carlmont Technical Theater Association (CTTA) is behind the scenes, ensuring the play runs smoothly. CTTA is a Carlmont club that played...

There are new tri-bins at the D-hall outdoor space, where students eat lunch and pass by. These bins are new this year and can be seen all around campus.

Green Team’s new tri-bins toss out poor waste-sorting practices

Rachel Alcazar, Scot Scoop Editor October 19, 2022

In observing the Carlmont campus, one might notice sets of three waste bins positioned throughout the school. These small clusters of bins, which include compost, recycling, and trash, are called tri-bins...

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