Busy Bucs: Strategies for Work and Relaxation
May 18, 2012 • Ruth Villena, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
With the year coming to an end in a month, so much is going to be happening. CST testing, IB testing, and senior portfolios are just a few of the many things to worry about along with the stresses of getting good grades for the semester. Most students are so preoccupied with studying and trying their... Read more »
Working with School
May 18, 2012 • Meg Deitz, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
The average high school student works 20 hours per week, and about 10% work full time (35 hours or more). Many students at Mission Bay aren’t just overwhelmed with schoolwork and chores, as a large portion of our upper classmen and a few lower classmen have also found time in their busy lives to have... Read more »
Friendship: A Path to Discover
May 18, 2012 • Abigail Potvin, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Friends are defined as people who share an affectionate relationship with another person, often times excluding family and sexual relations. Friends/friendship has a large scale of bonds; these relations vary from strong as though they are attached at the hip to the occasional person to talk to and express... Read more »
Encanto’s Taste of Mexico
March 30, 2012 • Tunisha Jordan, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Most of our Mission Bay students enjoy taco shops. Who doesn’t like to eat Mexican food? But most of us are used to Santana’s taco shop, being that it’s located not too far from our school campus. But for the students who don’t live too far from Encanto, Paradise Hills, Skyline, or anywhere in... Read more »
Behind the Scenes in Room 154
March 27, 2012 • Ruth Villena, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
For this school year (2011 – 2012), there is one room at Mission Bay High School where “all the magic happens.” Room 154 is the home of the Beachcomber (the school newspaper at http://beachcombermb.com), Associated Student Body (ASB), and Taroga (yearbook). Everyone knows what’s supposed... Read more »
The Heart of Mission Bay
March 26, 2012 • Meg Deitz, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
On every freshman’s first day of high school they always have very high expectations that they will have the same lively experience that they’ve seen on TV and in movies their entire life. It’s blatantly obvious that Mission Bay lost the spirit that made people excited to go to school. What happened... Read more »
Texting in Class: Are You Willing to Take the Risk?
March 26, 2012 • Jason Zamudio, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Most students can say that their phones are their lives. They use them to text, call friends, keep track of important dates, and even use them as an alarm. But what happens when students text during class hours? Are you willing to take the risk of getting your phone confiscated if you’re caught... Read more »
Students You Have the Right – Are You Brave Enough to Fight for Justice?
March 8, 2012 • Leslye Martinez, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
There are many issues that occur here in Mission Bay that affect the students and sometimes even the teachers. Issues include teacher layoffs, teacher excess, unbalance of recruiters and many more that have happened in the past. Because these affect us first hand, students will disagree and will do something... Read more »
Graffiti: Art or Not?
March 6, 2012 • Jason Zamudio, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Graffiti has been around since the beginning of days. Many could argue that a caveman painting on a cave wall is art. This type of art has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. In modern days, people could argue that a “painting” on a street... Read more »
Control Your Life – Control Your Future!
March 6, 2012 • Abigail Potvin, Staff Reporter
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Some teens choose to be sexually active in high school or know someone who is sexually active. Students are often educated about the hazards of sexual intercourse, like sexually transmitted diseases and even pregnancy. The rates of effectiveness while using condoms and the rates of teens choosing not... Read more »
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