Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph
Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph
Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph
All content by Leila Salam
DANGEROUS BEAUTY STANDARDS: society should stop enforcing unrealistic body ideals because they negatively impact relationships with food and exercise.

Body standards and weight stigmas: harmful and useless

By Leila Salam
May 25, 2022
TAKING THE SHOT: MacDonald said he is excited to continue next season.

Putting individually, succeeding as a team

By Leila Salam and Jack Xu
May 17, 2022
Feminist’s disclosure: Women in politics

Feminist’s disclosure: Women in politics

By Leila Salam
February 23, 2022
DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION: progress has slowed due to changes and lack of staff.

A building construction delays

By Leila Salam
February 15, 2022

Football Season Recap

By Keshav Kumar, Brevin Reed, and Leila Salam
December 10, 2021

Student Artists

By Keshav Kumar, Macy Li, Esmeralda Villalobos Soriano, and Leila Salam
December 10, 2021
SLOW TO PROGRESS: Hollywood resists change in culture of harassment.

Feminist’s Disclosure: Harassment in Hollywood

By Leila Salam
December 9, 2021
PREPARING FOR CCS: Faith Watters practices her form during a match, which she says needs some improvement.

Varsity girls tennis team keeps up momentum mid-season

By Leila Salam, Zeinab Rakhshandehroo, and Brevin Reed
November 6, 2021
Ms. Pittas Honors Literature and Writing class engages in a discussion about the Scarlet Letter.

Battle of the English classes

By Joss Broward and Leila Salam
October 17, 2021
WOMENS ABORTION RIGHTS: Texas law dramatically decreases womens access to safe abortions.

Feminist’s Disclosure: Abortion rights

By Leila Salam
June 4, 2021
“THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL”: Women’s experiences: results of our sexist society.

Feminist’s disclosure: the personal is political

By Leila Salam
May 11, 2021
A Year With COVID-19

A Year With COVID-19

By Karuna Chandran, Madhavi Karthik, Lia Klebanov, Macy Li, Shreya Partha, Leila Salam, Ritaja Subrahmanya, and Saanvi Thakur
March 13, 2021
Birdwatcher Christian Cooper fell victim to Amy Cooper weaponizing her white female vulnerability against him.

Feminist’s Disclosure

By Leila Salam
February 11, 2021
Leadership is planning to have a gender neutral homecoming court this year as opposed to having a king and queen. The change has been made to increase inclusivity and decide titles regardless of gender.

2020 Homecoming timeline

By Leila Salam
December 9, 2020
2020 vision: looking back at an unforgettable year

[Video] 2020 vision: looking back at an unforgettable year

By Ariana Tejeda Moreno, Erin Loh, Joshua Cantwell-Nahrung, Leila Salam, and Ritaja Subrahmanya
December 8, 2020
Junior Shelby Riemenschnitter delivers donuts to her friends to maintain an in-person personal connection with them.

Casual connections missing with remote learning

By Ashley Orozco and Leila Salam
October 2, 2020
Students, staff say goodbye to five retiring staff members

Students, staff say goodbye to five retiring staff members

By Miya Liu and Leila Salam
July 17, 2020
Social distancing regulations have prevented HOP commissioners from planning an in-person HOP day like in previous years.

HOP forced to go online

By Karuna Chandran and Leila Salam
June 30, 2020
Protests like that of Huntington Beach are lobbying for relaxed social distancing restrictions. What they do not realize is that this will only lead to another spike in cases.

The fight against coronavirus not over

By Leila Salam
May 23, 2020
Seniors are having to get creative in the ways that they learn about prospective universities, programs. Watching day in the life Youtube videos from current college students is one way to learn about a school.

Alumni help seniors with post high school decisions

By Leila Salam
April 21, 2020
Panic buying leaves less important items for those who need them.

Panic buying at grocery stores limits food available to vulnerable populations

By Leila Salam
March 28, 2020
Corporations sit by and collect checks as small coffee farmers are exploited.

Drinking an ethical cup of coffee

By Leila Salam
March 21, 2020
Puerto Rico is struggling to provide for its people. The US government refuses to give necessary aid.

Puerto Rico left shattered by disrespect, disaster

By Leila Salam and Claire Oh
March 11, 2020
One Act season in the drama department means student-led performances

One Act season in the drama department means student-led performances

By Leila Salam
January 2, 2020
Combined with the threat of an impending major earthquake, California wildfires are a growing issue that have affected many and will likely continue to do so.

Fires continue to tear through California

By Leila Salam and Dexter Tatsukawa
December 18, 2019
Art club officers discuss their art

Art club officers discuss their art

By Leila Salam
November 5, 2019
Marching band unveiled

Marching band unveiled

By Leila Salam and Sahil Venkatesan
November 5, 2019
California has openly embraced the legalization of marijuana through the use of ads and billboards; is federal legalization next?

As marijuana stigma drops, addiction rates will rise

By Leila Salam
October 22, 2019
The team prepares for the homecoming game by running drills in practice throughout the week.

Homecoming for the win

By Leila Salam
October 11, 2019
HHS’ student to counselor ratio is above average nationally but lower in California.

Guidance department prepares students for college

By Elaine Huang, Jane Park, Leila Salam, Renee Wang, and Allen Zhang
September 9, 2019
The panelists discussed the ins and outs of the college application process.

Alumni speak on college application process, life after high school

By Leila Salam and Sara Shohoud
September 9, 2019
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