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Name tags advocate bullying awareness
Hercules High School’s Associated Student Body has declared May 3, 2012 as “Hello, I am not” Day. Part of HHS ASB’s bullying awareness week taking place April 30 through May 4, “Hello, I am not” Day is a way for HHS ASB to show the severity of bullying. Name tags were distributed in the morning [...]
Category: News
Negative school views understandable
By Leah Defigueiredo High school is the time when young adults are supposed to branch out and create memories they will carry for the rest of their lives. For many students at Hercules High School, however, these four years seem more like a prison sentence. While many teenagers find school draining at times, students at [...]
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Attendance notification concerns after South Bay abduction
Story by Micaela Stone and Christine Soberano Sierra LaMar, a student from Sobrato High School (SHS) in Morgan Hill, went missing two weeks ago. SHS notified her mother about her unexcused absence the evening of her disappearance instead of immediately after the absence was recorded. This incident has raised concerns about how soon parents should [...]
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Spring musical premiering at HHS
Hercules High School’s spring musical, Sweet Charity, premiered Mar. 22. The musical will continue to run on Mar. 24, 29, 30, and 31 at 7:30 PM and April 1 at 2:00 PM in the Hercules High School Theater. Sweet Charity is about a dance club performer, Charity, whose heart is crushed by the man of [...]
Category: Arts
HHS senior competes in Miss San Francisco competition
Hercules High School senior Domonique Jones will compete for the title of Miss San Francisco at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco, CA on Mar. 18 at 3 PM. If Jones is crowned as Miss San Francisco, she will compete in the Miss California Pageant. The Miss San Francisco and Miss [...]
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Popular “Kony 2012″ stirs controversy
Story by Leah Defigueiredo With 44 million hits on youtube.com, it is no doubt “Kony 2012” is a viral video, however, a controversey is developing regarding the authenticity of the film. “Kony 2012” is a short movie created by the Invisible Children group about the struggles of children living in Uganda and the group’s dedication [...]
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HHS fundraises for spring sports
Story by Kimberly Ny The 2011-2012 Hercules High School Titan Sports Booster Club presents “A Day at the Races.” “A Day at the Races” is a HHS fundraiser for all spring sports, including girls softball, boys baseball, boys tennis and co-eds track and field, swimming and badminton. This fundraiser will be held at the Golden [...]
Category: Sports
Campus Solar Panels Completed
Photo by Matthew Manahan The construction of solar panels at Hercules High School has been completed. The solar panels are located at the faculty parking lot and the senior parking lot on campus. Construction of the panels began on Dec. 19. Provided by SunPower Corporation and funded through Assembly Bill 32 Scoping Plan, the fixtures [...]
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HHS Mock Trial Club makes semi-finals
Hercules High School’s Mock Trial Club is a semi-finalist of the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s Mock Trial Program. The club’s defense team defeated Alhambra High School’s prosecution team Feb. 21. This marks the first time HHS has defeated Alhambra High School during quarter-finals. HHS has lost to Alhambra High School in 2008 and 2011. The Mock [...]
Category: News
In Memory of Whitney Houston
Bettina Tan, Staff Writer Whitney Houston’s funeral was broadcast on television and streamed on the web Saturday Feb. 18 at New Hope Baptist Church in Houston’s hometown Newark, New Jersey. Houston’s hit song, “I Will Always Love You” played after the four-hour long funeral as her mother, Cissy Houston, and her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, [...]
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