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Katerina Wietfeldt and Catalina Baraya anchor the show. They introduced the Board & Brew Falcon Feasts segment. Photo courtesy of Chase Clabo.

Video: Feb. 21, 2025 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 21, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters head to Board N' Brew for Falcon Feasts, interview Link Crew about this year's application, showcase a student photographer and forecast the upcoming weather.

Students rehearse for the upcoming play, 'The Prom'. Play rehearsals started a month ago. Photo courtesy of Ari Fishman.

Video: ‘The Prom’

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 19, 2025

In this week's episode, highlight the upcoming play "The Prom," which debuts next week. This story aired in the live Falcon Vision show on Feb. 14.

A local flee market in Solana Beach is home to a variety of clothing stands. Reporters interviewed local vendors on why they participate. Photo courtesy of Coral Diaz.

Video: Shop local

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 18, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters attend a local flea market, where they interviewed local vendors. This segment aired in the live Falcon Vision show on Feb. 14.

Ceramic Cafe is a local business across from the school. The business was started by a Torrey Pines parent. Photo courtesy of Vincent McKeever.

Video: Ceramic Cafe

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 17, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters showcase a local business, Ceramic Cafe, in the Del Mar Highlands. This story aired in the live Falcon Vision show on Feb. 14.

Jamie Crowley and Karina Shukla anchor the Valentine's Day show. This week's episode covered stories from local businesses to sports recaps. Photo courtesy of Bailey Dotters.

Video: Feb. 14, 2025 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 14, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters showcase a local business, interview a club representative, highlight the upcoming play, recap the latest sports, attend a local flea market and forecast the upcoming...

Doni Levi sits at his computer trading stocks. Levi's started his passion as a side-hustle, and now he helps train friends. Photo courtesy of Vincent McKeever.

Video: Trading advice

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 12, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters share a students hobby of trading stocks. This story aired during the live Falcon Vision show on Feb. 7.

Students work on baked goods in class. Culinary is a class offered to juniors and seniors on campus. Photo courtesy of Nathan Pham.

Video: What’s cooking

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 11, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters go behind the scenes for a look at the one-of-a-kind culinary class on campus. This story aired on the live Feb. 7 Falcon Vision show.

Students walk to course selection with the counselors. The course selection process started last week. Photo courtesy of Katerina Wietfeldt.

Video: Course reflection

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 10, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters interview seniors about their top course recommendations. This story aired in the live Feb. 7 Falcon Vision show.

Anchors Katerina Wietfeldt and Catalina Baraya cover this week's stories on Falcon Vision. This show aired at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 7. Photo courtesy of Chase Clabo.

Video: Feb. 7, 2025 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 7, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters interview seniors about their top course recommendations, interview a club president, go behind the scenes for a look at the one-of-a-kind culinary class on campus, recap...

Runner's being the San Diego Resolution Run. Volunteers spoke about the importance of helping out at runs like this. Photo courtesty of Jaycee Mack.

Video: Local half marathon

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 4, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters showcase a local half marathon, Resolution Run, and focus on the importance of volunteers. 

Lights illuminate the Poway Winter Fest. This annual festival took place the weekend of Jan. 10. Photo courtesy of Portia Perry.

Video: Poway Winter Fest 2025

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers February 3, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters showcase the Falcon Vision class, recap the latest sports, highlight a community festival, interview a club leader, bring awareness to a local athletic event, and forecast...

Jamie Crowley and Karina Shukla anchor this week's show. The show aired Friday at 11 a.m. Photo courtesy of Vincent McKeever.

Video: Jan. 31, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers January 31, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters showcase the Falcon Vision class, recap the latest sports, highlight a community festival, interview a club leader, bring awareness to a local athletic event, and forecast...

The Falcon Vision studio is where student anchors go live from every Friday. Falcon Vision started four years ago. Photo courtesy of Kyle Busby.

Video: Falcon Vision highlight

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers January 31, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters showcase the Falcon Vision class right in time for course selection. 

Tomi Anderson designs his own guitar. Anderson's passion for guitars started at a young age. Photo courtesy of Vincent McKeever.

Video: Tuning in

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers January 29, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters highlight a student guitarist. This story aired in the live Jan. 24 Falcon Vision show.

Students at TPHS work at Starbucks when they are not busy at school. This job provided students with real-world leadership opportunities. Photo courtesy of Portia Perry.

Video: Brewing up work

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers January 28, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters showcase student employees at Starbucks. This story aired in the Jan. 24 live show.

Porkyland is a local Mexican Grill in the Del Mar Highlands. Falcon Feast reviewed Porkyland for their latest segment. Photo courtesy of Aiden Farmer.

Video: Falcon Feasts: Porkyland

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers January 27, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters review Porkyland in the Del Mar Highlands. This story aired in the live Jan. 24 Falcon Vision.

Anchors Katerina Wietfeldt and Catalina Baraya introduce Falcon Feasts. This episode aired on Friday, Jan. 24. Photo courtesy of Chase Clabo.

Video: Jan. 24, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers January 24, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters review Porkyland in the Del Mar Highlands, interview the social sciences department about their electives fair, highlight a student guitarist, forecast this week's weather,...

Cars stroll down Ranch Santa Fe, Calif. for a Cars & Coffee event. Falcon Vision focused on several community and feature stories for this week's show. Photo courtesy of Nickolas Sanchez-Kishko.

Video: Dec. 6, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers December 6, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters go below the surface to highlight a student hobby, conduct a live interview, showcase a community event, give a weather update and provide exposure to a fostering agency.

Freshman, William Boag, breaks cross country records his first year on the team. He started cross country in seventh grade as a way to improve his soccer performance. Graphic courtesy of Chris Kam.

Video: Joining the pack

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers November 21, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters highlight a freshman on the cross country team. This story aired in the live Nov. 20 Falcon Vision show.

In this week's episode, reporters cover topics from a local restaurant to Veterans Day. Falcon Vision episode aired during Student Connection time on campus. Photo courtesy of Chris Kam.

Video: Wednesday, Nov. 20 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers November 20, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters review a local breakfast spot in the Falcon Feasts segment, interview athletes of sports in the CIF playoffs, highlight a freshman on the cross country team, interview...

Whaley House, is a local haunted house in the community with a lot of history. Reporters interviewed the manager and received an exclusive tour. Graphic courtesy of Eila Smith.

Video: Haunted house

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers November 12, 2024

In this week's episode, showcase a local haunted house, known as Whaley House. This story aired in the live Nov. 8 Falcon Vision show.

This story features a student designer on campus. Lander Arauzo started designing clothes last year. 
Graphic courtesy of Eila Smith.

Video: Designing dreams

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers November 11, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters highlight a student designer. This story aired in the live Nov. 8 Falcon Vision show.

This week's episode gave a recap on student, school and community events. Reporters went to a local haunted house to give viewers an inside look on a historic place to explore this fall. Graphic courtesy of Eila Smith.

Video: Nov. 8, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers November 8, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters highlight a student designer, recap the latest sports, showcase a local haunted house, interview the president of ASB and forecast this week's weather.

Richard Blais, a well-known chef, shares his connection with the school as he cooks in his home. Blais won Top Chef. Photo courtesy of Jamie Crowley.

Video: Grilling up greatness

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers November 6, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters feature a chef that has a deep connection with the school. This story aired in the Nov. 1, 2024 Falcon Vision show.

Taylor Steele is a alumnus of the school, who is a famous surf videographer. Taylor started videography when he was a student at the school. Photo courtesy of Vincent McKeever.

Video: Steele’s reels

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer November 5, 2024

Falcon Vision reporters highlight a Torrey Pines alumnus filmmaker with the particular talent of snapping fast-paced action shots, being especially evident in his specialty, surf videography. This video...

Video: Voting PSA

Video: Voting PSA

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer November 4, 2024

This PSA shows the steps students need to take in order to vote, and acts as a reminder to use the voice you have. It aired on the Nov. 1, 2024 Falcon Vision show.

Reporters covered stories ranging from voting awareness to a celebrity chef. This week's episode was Halloween themed. Graphic courtesy of Chris Kam.

Video: Nov. 1, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producers November 1, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters show the steps students need to take in order to vote, interview an athlete about winter sports, review a local haunted house, report the latest weather, recap the latest...

Falcon Feasts features a different restaurant bi-weekly. In the last episode, reporters highlighted Rubio's. Photo courtesy of Cade Barber.

Video: Falcon Feasts: The last bite

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 29, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters feature Rubio's in another Falcon Feasts segment. This segment aired in the live 10.25.24 Falcon Vision show.

Taylor Jenkins is a student photographer. He started his photography passion by capturing planes. Photo courtesy of Jacob Taylor.

Video: Spotting passion

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 28, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters highlight a student's passion for flight photography. This story aired in the live 10.25.24 Falcon Vision show.

In this week's live show, reporters covered news, feature and weather stories. The episode took place on Friday, Oct. 25. Photo Courtesy of Eila Smith

Video: Oct. 25, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 25, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters feature Rubio's in Falcon Feasts, recap the latest sports, highlight a student's passion for flight photography, interview a club representative and forecast this week.

Student drivers drive around the school's parking lot distracted. Photo courtesy of Isabella Carr. According to the National Safety Council, teen drivers accounted for 6.1% of fatal crashes.

Video: Attention matters PSA

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 23, 2024

This PSA reminds students of the dangers of driving while distracted.

J-Club meets every other Monday during lunch. They started the club in hopes to raise awareness for what the Japanese culture entails. Photo courtesy of Catalina Baraya.

Video: Cultural connections

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 22, 2024

Reporters go behind the scenes of J Club, a Japanese heritage club at the school.

Ellie Kuehnert is the ASB presiden, and member of the field hockey team. Kuehnert joined the varsity field hockey team her freshman year. Photo courtesy of Coral Diaz.

Video: Legacy leader

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 21, 2024

Reporters take a deep dive into the life of Ellie Kuehnert, a Varsity field hockey player and ASB president.

Video: Oct. 18, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 18, 2024

In this week's episode, reporters cover this weekend's weather, highlight the J-Club on campus, interview Hearts of Service, feature a student athlete and leader, recap the latest sports and share the...

Students at the school bike as their full-time sport. The students shared how they got into this sport. Photo courtesy of Aiden Farmer.

Video: Breakaway

Falcon Vision Staff, Staff Writer October 11, 2024

In this week's show, reporters showcase students breaking away from traditional sports-- mountain biking. This story aired in the live 10.09.24 Falcon Vision show.

Art teacher, Kelly Casassa helps students on a ceramic's project. Casassa received her doctorate in art. Photo courtesy of Coral Diaz.

Video: Drawing a new path

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 10, 2024

In this week's show, reporters interview a new teacher on campus, Kelly Casassa, on her teaching experience. This story aired in the live 10.09.24 Falcon Vision show.

Jamie Crowley and Karina Shukla anchor the live Falcon Vision show. This show aired on 10.09.24 during SC time. Photo courtesy of Bailey Dotters.

Video: Oct. 09, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 9, 2024

In this week's show, reporters interview a new teacher on campus, showcase students breaking away from traditional sports, interview a PALs representative, provide a weather update, recap the latest sports...

Falcon Feasts is a bi-weekly segment that highlights local food. This segment was on Sidecar Donuts. Photo courtesy of Cade Barber.

Video: Falcon Feasts: Sidecar Donuts

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 9, 2024

In this week's show, reporters highlight a business in the highlands in the bi-weekly segment called Falcon Feasts. This story aired in the live 10.09.24 Falcon Vision show.

John Prior shoots a goal during his field hockey game. Prior was named captain of field hockey and football this year. Photo courtesy of Nickolas Sanchez-Kisko.

Video: Yards ahead

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 9, 2024

In this week's show, reporters showcase a star athlete and leader on campus. This story aired in the 10.04.24 Falcon Vision show. 

Student uses phone in class, which goes against the new cell phone policy. The new policy started in August. Photo courtesy of Isabella Carr.

Video: Screens down PSA

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 8, 2024

In this week's show, reporters highlight the new cell phone policy with a PSA. This PSA aired in the live 10.04.24 Falcon Vision episode. 

The school is building a new pool next to the athletics fields. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Sept. 5. Photo courtesy of Kyle Busby.

Video: New facilities

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 7, 2024

In this week's show, reporters highlight share updates on the new pool. The story aired in the live 10.04.24 Falcon Vision show. 

The show this week covers topics from sports to phone usage. This show aired on the 10.04.24. Artwork courtesy of Christopher Kam.

Video: Oct. 04, 2024 Falcon Vision

Falcon Vision Staff, Producer October 4, 2024

In this week's show, reporters highlight the new cell phone policy with a PSA, recap the latest sports, provide a weekend weather update, interview the Falconer on their new site, showcase a star athlete...

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