Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Model UN competes in large conference at Berkeley

By Laurel Schmidt March 14, 2018

20  members of the HHS Model United Nations club attended a competitive conference March 2-4 at UC Berkeley. Berkeley MUN is one of the largest conferences the club attends annually. There are over...

Student Walk-Out Photo Gallery

March 14, 2018

Students march from HHS to FHS and Sunnyvale City Hall to protest against gun violence.

Practices are currently being held as all of the class teams prepare for the competition

Class teams assemble for anticipated annual school rivalry

By Nicole Fuller and Laurel Schmidt March 6, 2018

Battle of the Classes is approaching quickly and the teams are in the midst of preparing for the events that this spirit week includes.  The events are powderpuff football games, cheer-offs, dance-offs,...

17 HHS students attended the Stanford Invitational for speech and debate.

Speech and Debate attends Stanford Competition

By Laurel Schmidt and Jacqueline Beaufore February 28, 2018

Members of the HHS Speech and Debate Club attended a competition at Stanford University Feb. 9-11. 17 students participated in the competition and many of them placed extremely well, club member and junior...

Students experience and learn about different cultures by participating in cultural activities.

Students celebrate diversity through Multicultural Night

By Eileen Chih February 15, 2018

Various clubs of different backgrounds came together for Multicultural Night on Jan. 9 to share their heritage. Students experienced different ethnic and religious traditions by enjoying different exotic...

FUHSD aligns bell schedules district-wide

By Renee Wang January 31, 2018

Incoming and current students will experience a revamped bell schedule beginning in the 2018-19 school year. Changes include a new start time and three instead of four tutorials per week. However, total...

Coach Becky Chiu keeps Kimberly Nuestro’s old jersey in the trophy case as a symbol of honor

Kim’s night to remember

By Batool Al-Jabiry January 17, 2018

The girl's varsity basketball team hosted “Kim Night” in memory of the honorable Kimberly Nuestro on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. A small table was set up in the student center with Kim’s basketball...

“SafetyChick” Kathleen Baty’s college safety guide

By Renee Wang January 16, 2018

The PTSA welcomed personal safety and crime prevention expert Kathleen Baty to present on various aspects of college safety, with issues ranging from the danger social media poses, sexual assault prevention...

The HHS Marching Band poses for a group picture before the Rose Bowl

Band marches through the Rose Parade

By Harley Anderson and Brandon Welty January 12, 2018

The marching band made their first appearance at the 129th Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA, on Jan. 1. Along with performing at the parade, the band also took part in the parade’s theme “Making a Difference”...

Sidell explains an otolaryngologic procedure to FPA members.

Future Physicians of America hosts guest speaker

By Katelyn Pan December 10, 2017

Future Physicians of America (FPA) hosted guest speaker Dr. Douglas Sidell on Dec. 8, in their last meeting of the first semester. Sidell gave advice to students who were interested in pursuing a medical...

Model UN’s biggest event of the year

By Laurel Schmidt December 7, 2017

The HHS Model United Nations (MUN) club attended a conference at Stanford University for the first time. This conference lasted a total of three days, from Nov. 10-12. 16 MUN members attended. The Stanford...

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