A year in lockdown with HS 1327 News
A year ago today, we had our first day of online school. Now we’re two weeks into a hybrid model of school, and it’s been quite a year. From COVID-19 concerns to the entertainment world and everything in between, a lot has happened. Here are some of HS 1327’s best stories during the time of COVID-19, including news, features, opinions, music, tv, and movie reviews, and sports.
March 2020
COVID-19 concern causes TUHSD school closures
By: Kelsey Riemer
School at home. To the tune of “When will my life begin” from “Tangled”
By: Alexandra Fry
Books that are terrible to read during a shelter in place order
By: Alexandra Fry
Bay Area Shelter in Place explained
By: Jack Reuter
April 2020
Coronavirus puts mountain biking season in peril after successful first race
By: Jack Reuter
TUHSD offers free meals for families in need starting April 13
By: Emily Cardwell
Virtual spirit week aims to reconnect student body during pandemic
By: Sarah Barsky
COVID-19 pandemic outlines the need for paid sick leave
By: Nick Anthony
Nightly howl unites community amid COVID-19 crisis
By: Alice Simenstad
Mental health days should be as normalized as sick days
By: Samantha Parr
May 2020
Budget cuts bring drastic changes to TUHSD journalism programs
By: Melissa Auchard
ASB election results influenced by unparalleled circumstances
By: Melissa Auchard
June 2020
San Anselmo gathers in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement
By: Melissa Auchard
Marin City unites to protest racial injustice
By: Melissa Auchard
By: Jeannette West
August 2020
Students seek school identity and unity amid controversial name change
By: Jack Long and Samantha Parr
First evacuation order issued during Point Reyes fire
By: Emily Cardwell
September 2020
Confrontation between Tiburon police and shop owner sparks backlash against police
By: Henry Pratt
By: Genevieve Peterson
Drake alumni group opposes name change
By: Georgia Schroeder
The complicated reality behind fighting the Woodward Fire
By: Melissa Auchard and Emma Hablett
October 2020
Homeless population could take greatest hit as wildfire seasons intensify
By: Samantha Parr
Goodbye Ruth Bader Ginsberg, may your memory be a revolution
By: Samantha Parr, Alice Simenstad, Kelsey Riemer, Melissa Auchard, Avery Yudice, Dylan Carson, Georgia Schroeder, and Katie Hausammann
COVID-19 can’t slow down Boys’ Cross Country team
By: Ellis Chamberlin
An in-depth look at the lives and experiences of female firefighters in Northern California
By: Alice Simenstad
Boys’ water polo team remains united amid COVID-19 safety concerns
By: Avery Yudice
“Enola Holmes” breaks stereotypes and empowers young women
By: Samantha Parr
Virtual Halloween spirit week celebrations engage student body
By: Samantha Parr
Changing Mondays to advisory days would improve students’ schoolwork and mental health
By: Fiona Swan
November 2020
Local businesses are forced to adapt to COVID-19 safety regulations
By: Henry Pratt
Marin wildfires ravage local ecosystems, forcing wildlife to flee
By: Dominic Haggard
New local French restaurant Amelie serves unique and eccentric dishes
By: Dylan Carson
By: Isabella Nash
DLC votes to continue name change process
By: Georgia Schroeder
December 2020
Artists brighten San Anselmo through colorful utility box paintings
By: Ellis Chamberlin
High School 1327 introduces new COVID-19 safety protocols for on-campus learning
By: Dylan Carson and Melissa Auchard
Staff Recommendations: the Top 8 Christmas Movies
By: Aler Giffin, Alice Simenstad, Brynn Galaich, and Sophia Minutoli
Staff Recommendations: The Seven Worst Shark Movies
By: Aler Giffin, Brynn Galaich, and Jack Long
January 2021
Soccer teams adjust to COVID-19 restrictions as practices ramp up in the Bay Area
By: Isabella Nash
Olivia Rodrigo’s hit song “Drivers License” is proof of a pop sensation in the making
By: Fiona Swan
By: Sophia Minutoli
TUHSD prepares to reopen amid skepticism from the student body
By: Jack Long
Sloppy sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” fails precedent set by the original movie
By: Aler Giffin
American white privilege demonstrated once again at Capitol insurrection
By: Katie Hausammann and Kelsey Riemer
High School 1327 premieres official name change plan
By: Madie Butler
February 2021
By: Ellis Chamberlin
Marin Health begins vaccine distribution, schools and local businesses expect to reopen
By: Genevieve Peterson
Impeached…again? What Trump’s second impeachment means for American history
By: Avery Yudice
First round of student name change voting narrow 79 possible school names to final 8
By: Georgia Schroeder
High School 1327 announces plan to return to in-person learning on March 2
By: Samantha Parr
Five fantastic multiplayer video games to play with your friends
By: Jack Long
March 2021
Putting Harriet Tubman on American currency is an insult to her legacy
By: Katie Hausammann
Teachers express conflicted feelings about start of hybrid learning
By: Isabella Nash
HS 1327 Cross Country season begins with a bang
By: Ellis Chamberlin
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Katie Hausammann joined journalism this year, as a senior. Katie loves hiking, reading, writing, art, politics, arguing, and her family. She spends her...