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Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

SPECIAL EDITION: Class Elections 2017!

The Epitaph reached out to every candidate that attended the class election informational meeting the week before election week. We invited every candidate for an interview with the paper. These are...

Students pose together at the event.

Agents of Change, agenda of change

By Andrew Zhou April 20, 2017

A As election season ends and new representatives are sworn into office, students around the 17th Congressional District continue to push for change. Such students include juniors Hasini Shyamsundar...

Adviser Natalie Owsley presents the Carl Towley award to Dina Ferentinos.
Photo courtesy of Edmond Kwong

Former Epitaph adviser wins highest journalism honor

By Noor Baig, Shauli Bar-On, , and April 9, 2017

The Journalism Education Association (JEA) posthumously awarded former Epitaph adviser Nick Ferentinos the Carl Towley award yesterday in the annual JEA spring convention. The award, the highest honor...

The suspect was safely secured by the Sunnyvale police. Photo courtesy of Edgar Vega.

Domestic violence scare puts campus in Run, Hide, Defend

A case of domestic violence behind a nearby 7-11 sent campus into a temporary lockdown yesterday, the first in four years. Police initiated lockdown after they found a loaded backpack from the perpetrator...

Developing: HHS campus on lockdown during lunch

Developing: HHS campus on lockdown during lunch

By Shauli Bar-On April 3, 2017

The HHS campus went on lockdown toward the end of lunch after a loudspeaker announcement said, "this is a lockdown." An alleged case of domestic violence took place behind the 7-11 store nearby, and...

A night on the red carpet: HHS Buddy Ball

A night on the red carpet: HHS Buddy Ball

By Aarya Gupta March 27, 2017

The Buddy Ball, an inter-district event, was hosted by the HHS club The Differences Among Us (TDAU) on Mar. 10. The dance aimed to promoting recognition and acceptance for people with and without disabilities,...

HHSFIT, Fwd:Love, Yoga and Wellness Club kick off first-ever "Wellness Week"

HHSFIT, Fwd:Love, Yoga and Wellness Club kick off first-ever “Wellness Week”

By Tara Sohal March 20, 2017

Read about Wellness Week in our upcoming issue on Thursday, April 6.

Students reveal insights on course selection process

By Era Goel and Izzy La Rue March 13, 2017

Every year in February, students attend the course information fair to better inform themselves about the options they have for classes to take in the following school year. Students also admit to facing...

Author Paul Volponi visited HHS to speak about racism in the youth incarceration system.

Paul Volponi discusses his work

By Lily Hartenstein March 9, 2017

Author Paul Volponi came to HHS to speak about youth incarceration and his own experience as a writer, on March 6. Volponi is an author that participates in a program called Silicon Valley Reads, which...

Junior Hannah Moslemy (left) and freshman Andrew Wang (right) help clean inside one of  the WVCS vans

Students attend West Valley Community Service Pantry Clean

By Indira Cockerill March 8, 2017

Key Club volunteered at West Valley Community Service Pantry Clean on Saturday, Feb. 18, where members sorted and stocked shelves with food, washed  produce and cleaned up towards the end of the shift....

For Valentine's Day, friends are encouraged to platonically  ask each other to Sadie’s

Sadie’s: not just for the ladies

By Lily Hartenstein February 14, 2017

Marked by the traditional custom of girls asking guys, the annual Sadie Hawkins dance is just around the corner. This year, however, the organizing officers are challenging the gendered custom. “This...

Students can experience a hands on college experience at De Anza College. Picture Courtesy of De Anza College

Freshman year as a Senior with College Now

By Daniel Chung February 9, 2017

W ith the first student meeting taking place on Jan. 25, students who are interested in early college credits can apply for the College Now Program. Most of their general information can be found on their...

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