Scholastic Press Association First Place with Special Merit
San Joaquin Valley Student Press Association First Place 2009, 2012
By Ashley Norton Ruth Anderson first discovered her passion for teaching while instructing students at a summer cheer camp when she was attending college at Fresno State. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I headed to college so I tried some different things. I found that I liked history. Then I was [...]
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 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 Ashley Norton Born into a family of musicians and teachers, Elizabeth Fiester didn’t stand a chance against the allure of performing arts and inspiring young minds. “I come from a teaching family. My dad was a teacher and his mother was a teacher so it runs in my family. It’s like the family business,” [...]
By Taylor Ferdinandsen Jeffery Williams’s voice can always be heard booming out the open door of B-4, telling stories of sword fights, stalkers, and everything in between. Every pupil sits on the edge of his chair, groaning and cheering along with the rest of his classmates, waiting for the exciting conclusion of Williams’s story. In [...]
By Matthew Maler Step into room S-7 during most hours of the school day and one will find students engaged in study. Leeanne Branham is wandering about in search of an inquiry or confused glance. Branham is a veteran of the math department and currently teaches Advanced Math, Algebra 2 Honors and AP Calculus [...]
by Alexandra Bitter At the far end of the S-wing Jason Berg devotes his time to helping students understand math while keeping them engaged with quirky comments and humor. Berg is not a Fresno native, but was born on Beale Air Force Base in Yuba City northeast of Sacramento. He moved to Fresno when he [...]
by Gardenia Nahigian It’s safe to say that student relations liaison Richard Delgado knows a thing or two about Clovis West. He was once a student here. “I attended Clovis West and graduated 1985. The first time I was on this campus was before Kastner was even built, so I have officially been on this [...]
by Han Wang Determined to see the light in students’ eyes, Scott Torosian constantly searches out new ways to teach history in his classroom P-2. “Being able to find ways to teach [history] so that it’s interesting to kids is a challenge but definitely fun,” Torosian said. “You can make history fun by finding different [...]
By Candice Nahigian Mary Lou Dion, the office manager and principal’s secretary, leads the behind-the-scenes action on the Clovis West campus. She is not only seen as the “right-hand girl” to Principal Ben Drati, but is part of the culture and family of the school. Dion began working for Clovis Unified School District (CUSD) in [...]