Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Administration bans Homestead Assassin game amidst safety concerns

Administration bans ‘Homestead Assassin’ game amidst safety concerns

By Shruti Magesh, with additional reporting by Jacqueline Beaufore, Seo Young Hwang and Ritaja Subrahmanya February 16, 2020

Imitation weapons, stripping, videotaping without permission among safety concerns cited in banning of “Homestead Assassin” The “Homestead Assassin” game was shut down by the administration...

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

W hether direct or indirect, the fires in California have had a number of effects on the state’s residents. This has not gone unnoticed by the district, which has had to contend with these difficulties....

The new club application process begins with figuring out the purpose for your club and expanding from there.

New club application gets rid of rubric, signatures, presentations

By Katelynn Ngo December 10, 2019

Clubs offer students paths through which they can explore new experiences and find their passions. In an attempt to make opening new paths easier and give students more options, the club application...

Samrudh Shenoy (11) and Lior Kishinevsky (12) focus on solving Rubik’s Cubes and compete for the shortest solve time.

Cubing competition allows students to test skills

By Allen Zhang November 19, 2019

Cubing Club held its first competition, allowing students to experience a competitive atmosphere and to test their cubing skills against others.  During the competition, held on Nov. 8 after school,...

Berman tries boba for the first time, saying it was tasty after a few sips. He had never tried boba until Wednesday night.

Boba with Berman informs students about Bay Area issues

By Jane Park November 5, 2019

Assemblymember Marc Berman hosted the first Boba with Berman Youth Town Hall last Wednesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the FHS cafeteria, where high school students had the opportunity to enjoy free boba and...

Encapsulated tire crumbs, which make up the infill of artificial turfs across FUHSD, can reach temperatures of up to 160 degrees on hot days.

Turf fields pose potential health risks

By Katelynn Ngo, Shreya Partha, and Sahil Venkatesan September 27, 2019

Artificial grass, commonly known as turf, has become a staple for at least 5,500 high school fields across the nation, according to the Synthetic Turf Council, and is what athletes regularly play and practice...

ASB social manager Ori Brutman, along with ASB president Lior Kishinevsky are an essential part of the leadership team.

Changes made in leadership meant to improve reachability toward student body

By Katelynn Ngo September 26, 2019

Leadership has decided to implement new changes this year, to be put into place immediately.  Last year, students in leadership were randomly assigned to committees, in which they were required to...

Former student arrested with loaded weapon

By Miya Liu, with additional reporting by Saanvi Thakur, Shreya Partha and Elaine Huang September 24, 2019

FUHSD staff, parents and students received an email on Sept. 19 stating that a current HHS student had received threatening messages on social media from a student at San Jose State University. The...

The former site of the D building was demolished over the summer and work on the new GSS building has commenced. Construction is expected to be completed in October 2020.

Guidance Student Services first of many future construction projects

By Jacqueline Beaufore, Emily Choi, Shruti Magesh, and Saanvi Thakur September 12, 2019

With the construction of the I-Hub — a center with 10 classrooms for engineering, business, art and computer programming classes — now complete, a new construction project near the original D-building...

Roundup more than ‘one stop shop’

By Jackson Faria, Karen Li, Sara Shohoud, Dexter Tatsukawa, and Jack Xu September 9, 2019

Students trickle into the line clogging the entrance to the Student Center, waiting to receive supplies for the year. The event, Roundup, took place from Aug. 12-13 and served as a chance for students...

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

Students are well aware of the pressures in Silicon Valley surrounding college acceptances. According to the district website, HHS has a 93 percent college-going rate. This puts Homestead well above the...

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