The Talon - Clayton Valley High School

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Freshman gridders 9-1, league champs Thursday, January 17, 2008 By Holden Nakamura The freshman football team holds a record of 9-1, as well as the league championship! The frosh Eagles whooped the Lincoln High Lions 48-0. They rallied back after a big upset against De La Salle full story >
Eagles soar high over Panthers at Homecoming game Thursday, January 17, 2008 By Piero Yacarini CV triumphed in this year’s home coming game 28-14, making it the Eagles first league win of the year. From the beginning, one could feel CV’s school spirit in the air. Most students and parents show full story >
Girls' Tennis places third in BVAL's Thursday, January 17, 2008 By Tyler Metz Celeste Piper led the CV Girls’ varsity tennis team to a third place finish in the Bay Valley Athletic League championships held on Oct 30, 31 at Freedom High school in Antioch. The Eagles ended thei full story >
Boys’ water polo wins BVAL’s for first time in 13 years Friday, January 11, 2008 By Tyler Klock Beating the Ygnacio Valley Warriors, CV boys’ water polo has been crowned the BVAL champions for the first time since 1993. Both teams, previously undefeated in league play, battled it out at Cowell full story >
We can make a difference Friday, January 11, 2008 By Mackenzie Garcia The feeling one gets when volunteering is an indescribable sensation. charity work lifts your spirits and gets you out of yourself and into a place of well-being. As the saying goes, “Those who volu full story >
Rally ‘goes dumb’ Friday, January 11, 2008 By Tyler Klock “Hyphy Buses.” “Thizz.” If I didn’t know any better I’d think I was watching an E-40 music video. But no, I was watching CV’s homecoming rally. It is my belief that there is a fine line between p full story >
You can't hear me now Friday, January 11, 2008 By Talon Staff No more cell phones on campus. Period. The new cell phone rule put into place within the Mount Diablo Unified School District has begun to cause frustration among students of Clayton Valley. Althoug full story >
Jet Li portrays his fearlessness in ‘Fearless’ Friday, January 11, 2008 By Abdul Bassa The epic martial arts film “Fearless” re-enacts the life and times of real life Chinese national hero, Huo Yuanjia, co-founder of the Jinwu Sports Federation and expert fighter. The story is a very pr full story >
Jet Li portrays his fearlessness in ‘Fearless’ Friday, January 11, 2008 By Abdul Bassa The epic martial arts film “Fearless” re-enacts the life and times of real life Chinese national hero, Huo Yuanjia, co-founder of the Jinwu Sports Federation and expert fighter. The story is a very pr full story >
‘The House of the Scorpion’ as addictive as ‘Opium’ Friday, January 11, 2008 By Dustin Ignacio Nancy Farmer’s House of the Scorpion published by Simon and Schuster (2002) is a riddle of a tale about the mysterious and confusing life of one of the greatest and darkest scientific experiments in t full story >
‘STAR’ test results yield pertinent, useful effects Friday, January 11, 2008 By Marc Albano Not only does the California STAR test (Standardized Testing and Reporting) impact students every year by bearing directly upon their high school elective courses and college acceptance, but often aff full story >
CV enrollment exceeds 1900 students Friday, January 11, 2008 By Mackenzie Garcia As the population of the United States reaches its 300 million mark, CV hits its own mark. There are now 1,900 students at CV and the population continues to grow. “There are exactly 1,918 students,” full story >
School year begins with textbook delays Friday, January 11, 2008 By Tyler Klock Understaffing, inadequate textbook storage and the adoption of new textbooks have led to delays in textbook distribution stemming from problems that began as early as last spring. “I know how frustra full story >