Students react to the Scotlight
Alyn Seymour, Staff Writer
May 11, 2017
On May 2, Carlmont released its very first magazine, the Scotlight. Once stacks were brought to classrooms, students were curious to take a look at the new addition. The buzz about the magazine was all throughout the halls, and some students loved the new addition to Carlmont journalism. "I...
Feminist Club reaches out with feminine product drive
Jordan Hanlon, Editor-in-Chief of The Highlander
March 22, 2016
Carlmont's Feminist Club is running a feminine hygiene product drive from March 14 to March 28 for donation to needful communities of women as well as to fight the social stigma of discussing menstruation. The idea behind the drive was created by junior Sydney Pon, the co-president of the feminist...
Sam Pepper’s latest prank spikes negative reactions
Jordan Hanlon, Editor-in-Chief of The Highlander
December 7, 2015
Twenty-six year old Youtuber, Sam Pepper is known for his outrageous pranks on YouTube, but his latest video has the world on edge. Last week Pepper uploaded a new video to his YouTube channel showing him and Colby Brock pranking Brock's best friend Sam Golbach. In the video Golbach and Brock get...
Science lecture introduces students to Impossible Foods
Hannah Young, Staff Writer
November 22, 2015
To eat meat or not to eat meat? That is the question that began to plague biotechnologist Chris Davis as his team at Impossible Foods researched the world's most destructive industry: animal farming. "People like meat because it tastes good. It's a part of our lives," said Davis. "There's even a social connotation with meat and good living nowadays." Unfortunately, more than 30 percent of...
Students react to Schneider’s book talk
Hannah Young, Staff Writer
September 21, 2015
On Sept. 17, author Robyn Schneider, who wrote Carlmont's all-school summer reading book, visited the school to speak about her writing experience and autograph students' copies of her novel. The idea for "The Beginning of Everything" began in the mind of Schneider while she attended medical school...
Students react to minimum wage increase in California
Hannah Young, Staff Writer
October 14, 2014
The increase in minimum wage in California has affected the working students at Carlmont. This past summer, California voted to increase minimum wage from $8 per hour to $9 per hour. However, living costs are also increasing simultaneously. Gasoline prices are nearly $4 now, a huge concern for student...
Carlmont students react to Emma Watson’s HeForShe speech
Hannah Young, Staff Writer
September 30, 2014
Many Carlmont students reacted positively towards Emma Watson's formal invitation for men to take part in the campaign for gender equality. In her HeForShe speech delivered on Sept. 20 to the UN, Watson asked men and women alike to take part in her campaign to achieve global gender equality and end...
Leela Stuepfert, Staff Writer
As summer approaches, the continued maintenance of the Stanford Dish Trail encourages Bay Area residents...
Audrey Luey, Staff Writer
The Hiller Aviation Museum’s annual Biggest Little Air Show drew in crowds of people with its multiple...
Evan Ajuria, Staff Writer
Some people love it and some people despise it; regardless, Chick-fil-A is still coming to Redwood City. Chick-fil-A,...
Mandy Hitchcock, Staff Writer
June 20, 2019
Junior Kaimei Gescuk describes her path towards becoming a runner and the strength she needs to get there.
Ava Richards, Staff Writer
June 6, 2019
Ava Richards reports on the luau that the Carlmont Choirs held. The party honored several students with awards and concluded with a homemade video full of photos and memories...
