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Five Gothic literature books for the spooky season

Spooky Readings for the Season (and the Great Beyond)

Kiara Straughter, Staff Writer November 4, 2024

 It is officially Spooky Season and what better way for a book nerd to celebrate than to spend the spooky season with the top five Gothic literature books. Not only can reading get you into the spirit,...

A Halloween staple that will be in Kennedy's haunted events

Spooky Happenings at Kennedy

Alexis Hernandez, Staff Reporter October 23, 2024

As October rolls in, Kennedy is getting ready for a series of exciting Halloween events and fall activities to engage with the students and community.  The festivities kick off with the annual Halloween...

Transformers One movie poster

Rolling Out to a Good Movie

Collin Sweeny, Staff Reporter October 1, 2024

The movie Transformers One is an entirely different Transformers movie that sets up the origin story for the Transformers world. It shows us that long before the bad blood between Optimus Prime and Megatron,...

Love Language

Isabella Beltran, Staff Writer March 7, 2024

A theory developed by minister and couples counselor Gary Chapman states that there are five main love languages: words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch,...

Indoor Plants

Matthew Soto, Staff Writer March 7, 2024

Plants are everywhere: they are in your gardens, they are in your food, they are even in your walls. Which is a good thing, because having plants inside the home is a great way to gain health benefits....

"Die Hard"

“Die Hard”

Victoria Jimenez, Editor in Chief January 9, 2024

When you think of a Christmas movie, you think of happy, cheerful, bright movies. Or having a Christmas character like Santa, etc. A Christmas movie is usually happy and has a message at the end, like...

The Game Award

The Game Award

Matthew Soto, Staff Writer January 9, 2024

Rejoice, as this was a great year for gaming made better with The Game Awards. Some of the biggest titles for this year were recognized for their talent on the big stage within the Peacock Theater in LA.  There...

Winter Kitchens

Winter Kitchens

Melissa Caballero, Staff Writer January 9, 2024

With savory seasonal cuisines, the kitchens’ of those celebrating winter holidays are filled with various types of delectable dishes.  The winter season encompasses a large handful of holidays celebrated...

Students in the reflection room

School Punishments are Getting Ridiculous

Enzo Mendoza, Layout Editor October 16, 2023

School rules are always broken and when they are, someone ends up getting punished, but school punishments are becoming useless if punishments keep focusing on less important violations. Attendance...

How Art Class Can Help Mental Health

How Art Class Can Help Mental Health

Monica Hernandez, Staff Writer May 2, 2023

What many people don’t know is that therapists everywhere use art as a method for patients to resolve their thoughts and emotions. It allows people to express themselves and let their minds be free....

A gamer raging out at Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 Sucks

Victoria Jimenez, Staff Writer April 19, 2023

   Modern Warfare ll only has a well-balanced campaign not multiplayer, resulting in the sad truth that the game was underdeveloped and could’ve been better. It was over-hyped and many people, including...

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