Belmont Library hosts college tuition workshop
Justin Som, Staff Writer
May 17, 2018
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Every year, college tuition prices are rising. According to Make Lemonade, a site that helps with financial aid, there are 44 million borrowers in the United States who have college debt from these large fees. In light of these tuition issues, Kristi Longoria, a Financial Education Administrato...
AVID Club hosts an informational meeting for freshmen
Taisiia Yakovenko, Staff Writer
April 5, 2018
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Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) is a non-profit organization that was founded to help AVID students overcome obstacles and achieve success. Carlmont High School is one of many schools in Bay Area that hosts an AVID program that provides their students with an opportunity to get mor...
The Hiller Aviation Museum hosts its Flying Football Fun Fest
Kimberly Mitchell, Segment Producer
February 4, 2018
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Kimberly Mitchell reports on the annual Flying Football Fun Festival at the San Carlos Hiller Aviation Museum.
San Carlos library hosts their first S.T.E.A.M. fair
Connor Rickson, Staff Writer
January 22, 2018
On January 20, the San Carlos Library held its first-ever S.T.E.A.M. Fair to give the San Carlos community hands-on experience with science. S.T.E.A.M. is an acronym for science and technology interpreted through engineering and the arts, all based in mathematical elements. The fair consisted of seven dif...
Music Production Club hosts the next generation of music producers
Adrian Cunningham, Staff Writer
December 9, 2017
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Heavy bass booms out of a speaker’s subwoofers as a loud melody reaches the ears of passersby. These are the sounds of the weekly Music Production Club, founded in order to provide digital musicians at Carlmont a way to express their passions and talent. “Everyone in the club is connected...
Belmont Library hosts film festival for teens
Vincent Wai, Staff Writer
December 4, 2017
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Many students gathered to join the Belmont Library in their 72 Hour Movie Making Challenge on Nov. 17, 2017. The original challenge of the competition was to make a movie with only three days to work; all the participants' hard work would be displayed that Friday. Kayla Marie Figard, the teen services librarian for the Belm...
Carlmont hosts flag football clinic with local NFL player
Connor Rickson, Staff Writer
November 30, 2017
As the professional football season nears its end, many local seasons are just beginning. On Sept. 18, YepSF hosted a free flag football clinic with former NFL player Kevin Greene at Carlmont High School to get kids interested in playing the sport. The organization will be running an upcoming flag foo...
Belmont gift card drive benefits fire victims
Justin Som, Staff Writer
November 1, 2017
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To help those who lost their homes and property in the North Bay fires, Belmont is hosting its own gift card drive. People who would like to donate to the fire victims can give gift cards to the Public Works Department in suite 385 of Belmont City Hall. Managed by the city, the Belmont Police Office...
Rep. Jackie Speier hosts ‘A Pathway to Citizenship’
Kylie Lin, Staff Writer
September 25, 2017
"You know what makes this country so great?" U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier posed this question on Sept. 23 at the San Mateo City Hall at the beginning of her workshop called "A Pathway to Citizenship." Speier hosted the event with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to help residents ...
San Mateo County hosts a photography contest
Kaitlyn Gates, Staff Writer
April 28, 2017
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The San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau just announced the opening of the 2017 Play by the Bay Photography Contest. The contest is open to all students in San Mateo County. “Photography is a way to express yourself and is a fun way to save moments in a picture form,â...
DECA hosts Electric Vibes Mixer
Arianna Bayangos, News Editor
February 5, 2015
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The Carlmont Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) club is hosting its first mixer, Electric Vibes, at the Quinlan Community Center on Feb. 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. Carlmont alumni Ryan Pau will be featured as the DJ. Senior Grace Yi and sophomores Connie Yi and River Manochio have been organizing...
Gay-Straight Alliance hosts Outlet guest speakers
Taran Sun, Staff Writer
October 2, 2013
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The Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) invited guest speakers Anthony Ross and Sammy Maramba-Ferrel to share their stories with the students and support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) youths in the student community on Oct. 2. Ross and Maramba-Ferrel are both representatives of Outlet, an o...
A closer look at Belmont's governmental bedfellows.
Kaylee George, Staff Writer
Think someone in prison has hit rock bottom? Maybe not. The juvenile detention center in San Mateo County provides many opportunities that can help kids who may have fallen down the wrong path turn around. There are many rehabilitative resources and services to offer kids in need, including academic counselors, who make sure school credits are being transferred, and therapists, who help the kids through their traumatic experiences.
Brian Olivares, Staff Writer
The internet is not as private as some may think. There are ways in which the Carlmont staff can see everything that a student accesses on their Sequoia Union High School...
Nihal Karim, Staff Writer
For Rebecca Shentu, Manon Llorach, and Sarah Tocatlian, moving to a new country was just the beginning of a new journey. The transition from middle school to high school...
Sam Hanlon, Staff Writer
Ninety-seven percent of sexual offenders walk free. Only 15 to 35 percent of sexual assaults are reported. Sexual assault can happen to men, women, or children. According...