Scholastic Press Association First Place with Special Merit
San Joaquin Valley Student Press Association First Place 2009, 2012
By Ivandeep Gill Foreign exchange students have walked through the halls of Clovis West for years but many people don’t get to know them. This year Clovis West is hosting ten foreign exchange students, Jean Abreau, Amin Badawia, Sofia Dell’oca, Anastasia Kuzovkina, Kaia Lindhein, Vladislav Lukonin, Nadine Pfeiffer, Simona Scorza, Isabella Vogel, and Thibault Wuestenberghs [...]
By Colton Loving Clovis West sophomore Sam Hawkins achieved the rank of Eagle Scout on December 15 after being involved with Scouting for almost ten years. Hawkins began Cub Scouts in the second grade and advanced to the Boy Scouts at the end of his fifth grade year. While many of Hawkins’s family members have [...]
By Yu Jye Tung Senior William Tang was named a National Merit Scholar Semifinalist. He is one of the three people in Fresno to receive this award. “I wasn’t aiming for it, but I am honored to receive this recognition,” Tang said. The National Merit Scholar competition is based on the PSAT that students take [...]
By Osamede Ogbeide Freshman Alessandra Stone has been showered with peers’ praise for her impressive baton skills. She has become well known, performing her baton routine at varsity football games, and is commonly referred to as “the baton girl” by students. She says she doesn’t mind the nickname. “I love having people recognize me. It’s [...]
By Ivandeep Gill Clovis West track and field player Brailin Paulino ran with the Dominican Republic National team and won the silver medal in the 4×100 meter relay race at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in El Salvador. Paulino and the Dominican Republic team competed with athletes that were born in 1995 representing [...]
By Taylor Ferdinandsen Clovis West sophomore Dominic Scelzi has a passion for racing. His father Gary, a retired professional racecar driver, bought Scelzi a go-kart at age six, which marked the beginning of his love. Scelzi is intruiged by “the speed and the competition” and after ten years behind the wheel, Scelzi continues to love [...]
by Han Wang average, junior Nick Loredo aspires to compete beyond his Lifetime Sports class. He wants to join the professional bowling circuit. His dedication to the sport shows in the bandages on his hands covering the “wear-n-tear” his hands go through from six games of bowling every day. Loredo’s family moved from the Philippines, [...]
by Han Wang As a thriving YouTube partner and acclaimed iPhone expert, senior Ian Ziyar has utilized the internet in a way that’s both financially rewarding and emotionally satisfying. His YouTube channel offers step-by-step solutions to common problems iPhone owners encounter when they attempt to unlock their phones after jailbreaking, removing software limitations and carrier [...]