Sitting in cafes and sipping on matcha lattes is a common environment to see Isabel Ji, a sophomore at TPHS and a first-time Falconer staff writer. Outside of the Falconer, Ji loves to play volleyball, draw and cook food from a variety of cuisines for her family — especially Chinese. She moves throughout her day with a growing imagination, expectation for the future, and sweet tooth for ice cream. Ji looks forward to growing as a writer, artist and social media manager. Passions of hers includes expressing her creativity through managing social media for DECA, a business club, Psychology club and Roboctopi, a robotics team. Ji loves music of all kinds from rap to indie, including Mac Miller, Dominic Fike and Malcom Todd. She is always ready to learn new things and work through any challenges she comes across.
The annual Canned Food Drive, organized by the Associated Student Body, took place from Nov. 8 to 15. Period five classes competed for the most number of cans, with the winner being Cercet-Martinez’s...
Posters of music artists and bands like Nirvana, Queen and ACDC line the walls of AP World History, Socio-Political History of Rock-N-Roll and Surf PE teacher Austin Wade's classroom. He hung them to show who he is as a person. "I wanted to share the interests and things that I enjoy, and hopefully ideas, concepts and interests that students might have in common," Wade said.
English 10 Honors, English 11 and Yearbook teacher Brandon Keller has photos of writers, framed by artificial greenery. Keller drew inspiration from a previous professor. "I saw that and wanted to mimic...
Brandon Keller's room features student artwork. He chose to do this because of fond memories he had as a student in classrooms with art. "I wanted my room to be one that looked good and was both eye-catching...
Math 2/3 Honors teacher Kristina DeVico has several analog clocks in her room, each frozen in place and telling a different time. DeVico explained that the clocks symbolize how in honors math classes,...
English 10 Honors and English 11 teacher Cameron Martin fills the walls with items from his personal life story. Martin wanted to inspire his students to embrace and express their true selves.
Cameron Martin adorns his classroom with a variety of paraphernalia related to his personal life. Pop culture characters were sprinkled around the shelves such as an Aggretsuko plushie (left), Sally Sewing...
Various flags, including the United Farm Workers flag, the Progress Pride flag and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe flag, hang in Austin Wade's classroom. He chose to do this so his room would be a living...
Every month, Salt & Straw rotates through seasonal flavors, ranging from Cinnamon & Honey Fried Chicken to the classic Freckled Mint Chocolate Chip. The spooky Halloween Series consists of five...
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In recent years, changes such as later start times, and the option of online school, have been enforced to improve the education system and quality of life for students. However, there...
