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 Allen Zhang

The Epitaph’s guide to school reopening

By Allen Zhang
April 17, 2021
Model U.N. often plays games at meetings to practice speaking and debating skills.

Model UN attends Berkeley conference

By Allen Zhang
March 18, 2021
Exploring local businesses

Exploring local businesses

By Allen Zhang
February 3, 2021
“Grand Army” centers around the lives of five Brooklyn teens from different backgrounds.

‘Grand Army’ suffers from low-quality writing, bad handling of social issues

By Allen Zhang
January 4, 2021
Setting up a movie night

Setting up a movie night

By Allen Zhang
December 9, 2020
From my POV: I'm tired of Zoom!

From my POV: I’m tired of Zoom!

By Allen Zhang
October 5, 2020
While thoughts on returning to in-person instruction are mixed, there remains a hesitation to reopen schools in the FUHSD due to the potential health and safety risks of all stakeholders.

FUHSD reaches agreement to keep schools closed

By Joshua Cantwell Nahrung, Shreya Partha, and Allen Zhang
October 2, 2020
HHS interactive map offers virtual tour of campus

HHS interactive map offers virtual tour of campus

By Miya Liu, Sahil Venkatesan, and Allen Zhang
August 19, 2020
The neighborhood drive-by was canceled, but that didn't stop HHS teachers from sharing their love.

Teachers celebrate students with virtual ‘We miss you neighborhood drive-by’

By Allen Zhang
May 2, 2020
Brothers Ian and Barley embark on a magical journey with the lower half of their father, following stereotype after stereotype to fulfill the plot.

Yawnward: Pixar’s latest film follows predictable formula

By Allen Zhang
April 18, 2020
The Epitaph's guide to everything new in entertainment: April 2020

The Epitaph’s guide to everything new in entertainment: April 2020

By Allen Zhang
April 8, 2020
Alex Harris (12) makes a jump shot at the CHS game on Jan. 10.

Varsity boys basketball ends season with CCS qualification

By Allen Zhang
March 12, 2020
HHS Mock Trial became county champions after defeating CHS in the county finals.

Mock Trial makes history, heads to LA for states

By Nitya Kashyap and Allen Zhang
March 2, 2020
Quarrels and bickerings have no place in the State of the Union address.

Divided America: A room full of pouty babies

By Allen Zhang
February 16, 2020
"Frozen II" spoilers without context. You'll have to check it for yourself!

‘Frozen II’ melted my heart of ice

By Allen Zhang
December 13, 2019
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
Girls varsity water polo: abysmal record not reflective of team’s strength

Girls varsity water polo: abysmal record not reflective of team’s strength

By Allen Zhang
November 19, 2019
WAC hosted a hiking event at Rancho San Antonio.

Go see the world … no experience necessary!

By Allen Zhang
November 6, 2019

Check these five fall must-dos off your list

By Jacqueline Beaufore, Kacey Rebstock, and Allen Zhang
October 25, 2019
Out of the pool

Out of the pool

By Allen Zhang
October 22, 2019
Sophomore David Zhao is one of the faces of cubing club. "There's a lot of people at our school who are really fast," Zhao said. "And like, in the top one percent of the cubing world. So it's a very high proportion in terms of population versus everywhere else.”

Faces of cubing club

By Allen Zhang
September 23, 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
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