Scholastic Press Association First Place with Special Merit
San Joaquin Valley Student Press Association First Place 2009, 2012
By Ashley Norton The Clovis West Pep and Cheer team competed at nationals in Anaheim the March 15 and 16. The Clovis West competition pep and cheer teams are audition-based squads that compete at various competitions throughout the year. While pep focuses more on dance and technical turns using pom-poms, cheer highlights the gymnastic aspect, [...]
By Candice Nahigian The new hair salon Blown Away in River Park brings a new concept to the beauty industry. This isn’t the typical hair salon because no hair cutting is involved, just styling, but this attention to detail is what sets this blow dry lounge apart from any other hair salon. Upon entering [...]
By Taylor Ferdinandsen After a close five-game loss to Buchanan last year in the Valley Championship, the boys volleyball team plans to return this year and earn a win in the final match. It’s early in the season, but the boys still see Valleys as a reachable goal. At a team retreat in Shaver, the [...]
By Damon Leon The sequester is a series of large scale spending cuts enacted when Congress and it’s “bipartisanship” fails to strike a deal, regarding government spending. Guess who failed again? The politicians from capital hill, that’s who. Forget about the fact that Congress wasn’t even in session during the last few days of deliberation [...]
By Ashley Norton Thirteen year Clovis West AP biology and biology teacher, Rebecca Avants, is often found leading a stimulating pumpkin lab or encouraging her AP students to prepare for their upcoming testing. While it seems she is a natural at teaching, she didn’t always plan on becoming a teacher. “I thought about becoming a [...]
By Alexandra Bitter Clovis West is hosting its third annual St. Baldrick’s Day event to support childhood cancer research April 12. In previous years, the event focus has been to raise awareness, but this year the St. Baldrick’s planning committee is stressing a different aspect: financial support. “Funding is what’s going to benefit the organization [...]
By Yu Jye Tung Upon entering room J-12, one can find a myriad of attentive students either listening to Chinese teacher Lili Tsai-Wong or practicing speaking Chinese with each other. The students’ attentiveness and willingness to help are not a result of Tsai-Wong’s strictness, but rather from her easygoing manner. While students may become distracted [...]
By Yu Jye Tung Junior Ai Enkoji recently placed first in Fresno post, equivalent of Fresno County, for a mail-in audio essay competition held by the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. Students were asked to answer the prompt, “Is our constitution still relevant?” The competition requires participants to send in not only a written essay, [...]
By Ashley Norton The African American Parent Advisory Council (AAPAC) hosted the twenty-first annual Real Men Cook for Education Fundraiser February 24, the profits benefiting the scholarship and education funding for the AAPAC. “The Real Men Cook fundraiser is basically a big potluck where people bring food for everyone to sample,” said Tracey Fowlkes, counselor [...]
By Katie Corgiat Five Clovis West athletes signed letters of intent to commit to various universities and received athletic scholarships during signing day in the lecture hall February 6. Seniors Nikki Okwelogu, Morgan Dutra, and Reagan Smith all signed for track and field. Senior Chad Specht signed to play football and senior Daniel Sabzehzar signed [...]