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  • Seniors take test of fate: Students prepare for last chance to pass California High School Exit Exam

    Wednesday, December 07, 2005 By: Andrea Dominguez '06

    There is a sense of uneasiness from teachers and students regarding seniors who need to pass the California High School Exit Exam in order to receive a diploma. To date, “47 seniors have not passed th

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  • Assembly bill targets teen drivers on cell phones: Government cracking down on teen drivers and their use of cell phones

    Wednesday, December 07, 2005 By: Emmanuel Padilla '06

    Driving has its many privileges and advantages, but drivers under the age of 18 may have to hang up their cell phones if a new assembly bill moving through Sacramento passes.According to a pending Cal

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  • Freshman class seeks fresh voices

    Thursday, December 08, 2005 By: Jabari James '06

    The first time the freshmen stepped on campus seemed hard, but it got harder when it was time for them to elect their class officers because not many people ran for office. This is not the first time

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  • Rally scares up school spirit

    Thursday, December 08, 2005 By: Cynthia Rosales '06

    On Oct. 14, Jefferson’s Homecoming rally, the first rally of the year, was finally here. With the date being so close to Halloween, it was no surprise that the themes were based on horror movies.

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  • Ear buds can create endangered ears: Extended use of popular listening device, experts say, can cause hearing loss

    Friday, December 09, 2005 By: Jocelyn Reimonenq '07

    Ear buds are popular, amusing teens and adults, but if you’re not careful, you could be putting your ears in danger. According to science teacher Joanne Kendrick, the normal volume of a conversa

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  • Traditions gone, but not forgotten

    Friday, December 09, 2005 By: Emmanuel Padilla '06

    For a school with history that traces back to the birth of Daly City and is only one of two high schools in the city, one would figure that the spirit of the school is high, but it’s not according to

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  • Hurricane Katrina hurls survivors our way

    Friday, December 09, 2005 By: Mina DeLeon ’06 and Ivan Maranan ’06

    “I came down here to start my life over.” Words from one victim of Hurricane Katrina currently enrolled at Jefferson High School. Now living with his grandfather just a few blocks from Jefferson, Kyr

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  • Meet the Jetzons: Science teachers fuse hearts, lives, names

    Friday, December 09, 2005 By: Nina DeChristopher ’09

    Science teacher Sarah Jetzon, formerly known as Sarah Johnson, was married in August to Jeremy Jetzon, formerly known as Jeremy Metz, who teaches science at Ben Franklin Middle School. Instead of the

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  • Yoga stretches body, mind, soul

    Friday, December 09, 2005 By: Tracey Quindipan ’06

    This year at Jefferson, there's a new club. It's The Yoga Club, directed by Melissa Wheeler, certified yoga instructor and physical education teacher. "Yoga helps a person physically; making you

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  • Season fumbled away after pre-season loss

    Friday, December 09, 2005 By: Candis Greene ’08, Jocelyn Reimonenq ’07 and Lina Tilo ’08

    Jefferson’s football team didn’t play up to their full potential this year, according to starting varsity quarterback Juan Perez ’06, but their team spirit consistently stayed strong. With back-to

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A friend of mine called me the other day to tell me that my former classmate “Chuy” went to prison. The charges? Attempted murder. “Prison?” I felt like a confused Scooby-Doo. “Attemp
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On Friday Oct. 14, Jefferson High School took over Mission Street by hopping into colorfully decorated cars representing various classes and clubs to boost school spirit for homecoming. The cars w
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18. The age when you’ve graduated from high school, able to legally buy cigarettes (for those who smoke), when you’re able to drive around on your own and when you’re able to make your own decisions.
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Time to become politically active is now: Teens are learning all too quickly that without voting rights, they have few rights at all
To some adults, teen life was the time of their lives. No troubles, no problems, no worries. But that was then, this is now. Sure, not all of historic teens had it easy, but the problems of today
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You can’t ever judge a book by its cover. Walking down a street you see a person and you automatically assume and create an image of this person’s life using stereotypes that categorize by weight, hei
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This past off-season, Jefferson High School’s football team lost one of its “all time greats” when coach Louie Sanchez—who coached the 1979 Central Coast Section champions—died of an undisclosed medic
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Ladies, this stud is so hot that he melts the ice. He has a great sense of humor, talented enough to be one of the 12 members that represent California 1988 select hockey team, is as smooth an operato
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Hot hockey player cool under pressure: Senior Vince Castoro is a two sport player: hockey (roller and ice) and baseball
Ladies, this stud is so hot that he melts the ice. He has a great sense of humor, talented enough to be one of the 12 members that represent California 1988 select hockey team, is as smooth an operato
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When students arrived on campus in September, they noticed a few new things, including new paper towel machines. The machines are located in the boys’, girls’ and faculty restrooms. Each paper to
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