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The Epitaph
Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph
Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph
All content by Jackson Faria
Change my mind

Change my mind

By Karen Li, Miya Liu, Naomi Baron, and Sahil Venkatesan
June 15, 2020
A system like quarantine is heavily reliant on the efforts of its participants. As residents of the country with the highest number of COVID-19 infections, Americans have a heavy responsibility to participate in the quarantine. Protests against the quarantine, which have flared up across the U.S. only help to prolong the virus’s stay in the U.S. and put the lives of many at risk.

Quarantine Protests: Ill aimed discontent

By Dexter Tatsukawa
May 16, 2020
The 2020 NFL Draft, a bright spot in a world with no sports.

Faria Focus: NFL Draft is a bright spot in a world with no sports

By Jackson Faria
April 28, 2020
Teachers are looking for alternatives to traditional tests as a way to measure students' mastery of course material now that courses have changed to credit/no credit.

Teachers look for alternatives to traditional finals

By Karen Li
April 26, 2020
Both before and during the rapid developments of the pandemic, the school has prepared for online classes through technology assistance and cooperation with staff and students.

Transition into online classes increases communication, possible loss of educational experience

By Dexter Tatsukawa
April 5, 2020
Kelly DiNucci and Christy Heaton share their history favorites.

Inside the social studies department: the stories behind the career

By Karen Li
March 27, 2020
Stadiums all over the world will remain empty due to cancellations caused by the coronavirus.

Faria Focus

By Jackson Faria
March 27, 2020
Spring sports athletes express disappointment in cancellations

Spring sports athletes express disappointment in cancellations

By Nitya Kashyap and Karen Li
March 22, 2020
Mock Trial finals cancelled due to COVID-19 risks, team’s progress halted

Mock Trial finals cancelled due to COVID-19 risks, team’s progress halted

By Nitya Kashyap and Dexter Tatsukawa
March 22, 2020
“The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez,” a true crime documentary series released as a six-part miniseries on Netflix on Feb. 26, explores the horrific events of Gabriel’s murder and abuse and puts to question the numerous systems that allowed Gabriel to slip through its fingers to his death.

Justice for Gabriel

By Karen Li and Saanvi Thakur
March 22, 2020
Sydney (Sophia Lillis) and Stanley (Wyatt Oleff) capture the endearingly painful awkwardness of adolescence.

‘I am not okay with this’ makes promising debut

By Karen Li
March 21, 2020
Under the lights: Karthik plays in his final regular season game as a Mustang.

Senior Kannan Karthik’s leadership through passion

By Jackson Faria
March 11, 2020
Girls varsity basketball played Mountain View High School for their Senior Night on Feb. 11, maintaining their undefeated record with a league record of 10-0.

Girls basketball celebrates Senior Night, defeats Mountain View

By Karen Li
February 14, 2020
David Aronson (12) rushes the ball against the opposition. With Los Altos’ current record of 17-2 and victory against HHS in their last game, the team once again proved itself as a difficult opponent.

Boys basketball defeated but still determined

By Dexter Tatsukawa
February 11, 2020
A look on books

A look on books

By Karen Li
February 6, 2020
Green Ops’ clean-up events are set anywhere from right on campus to the beaches of California.

Green Ops: clearing path towards healthier environment

By Dexter Tatsukawa
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
Sophomore Thien-Nhi battles against her Los Gatos opponent in CCS.

Girls tennis star Thien-Ni reflects on season

By Jackson Faria
December 10, 2019
TIME FOR SOCIALIZING: Buddy Lunches serve as a place where both members and non-members of the club can get to know one another.

The Differences Among Us club promotes unity through socials

By Dexter Tatsukawa
November 18, 2019
CONTINUING THE TRADITION: From left: Tamra Tawakol (10), Surbhi Yadav (10), Bebel Yen (10), Khushi Thapa (11). According to Cure, in the early 1990s ribbons were first used to represent cancer awareness. Today, the practice still continues with ribbons in a multitude of colors.

Homestead Cancer Society presents for Breast cancer awareness month

By Dexter Tatsukawa
November 6, 2019
Team captains Brinda Pandi and Belinda Yan confer with coach Sundar Parthasarathy prior to their last home game against LHS.

Girls varsity tennis score an ace with new coach

By Karen Li
October 30, 2019
Even with great endeavor, HHS lost to PAHS in their second joint game.

Girls volleyball battle against Palo Alto

By Jackson Faria
October 22, 2019
Social justice clubs play an important role in bringing attention to issues that groups of students face.

Social justice clubs act as distributors of information

By Dexter Tatsukawa
September 30, 2019

‘Ready or Not’ enjoyable but unremarkable

By Dexter Tatsukawa
September 20, 2019

Mustangs lose to Mountain View in season opener, but come back to slaughter SSFHS in game 2

By Dexter Tatsukawa
September 12, 2019
Although the Mustangs lost, they remained optimistic about their next game against South San Francisco. That optimism was validated in a 67-6 win over SSFHS.

Roundup more than ‘one stop shop’

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

National bike to school day promotes healthy, safe transit

By Dexter Tatsukawa
June 5, 2019

Cultural, religious clubs create sense of community

By Dexter Tatsukawa
May 13, 2019

Sushi Social attracts fans of Japanese cuisine

By Dexter Tatsukawa
May 10, 2019

Super hero themed Buddy Ball held at Homestead

By Jackson Faria
May 5, 2019

Boys Varsity Tennis Recap

By Dexter Tatsukawa, Patrick Yu
May 3, 2019

“Five Feet Apart” has good concept, poor execution

By Dexter Tatsukawa and Pranavi Abburi
April 30, 2019
From left, Lior Kishinevsky (11), history teacher Andrea Yee, para-educator Jessica Buffum. The event was hosted to show appreciation for all of the staff’s work. Photo by Dexter Tatsukawa.

French club cooks breakfast for staff

By Dexter Tatsukawa
March 26, 2019
Chinese New Year serves as an occasion on which friends and family can come together. Pictured from left: Joyce Kuo (12), Katherine Dong (12), Alyssa Liang (12), Megan Ikeya (12), Julia Wang (10), Isabelle Law (12), Emily Yao (11), Lily Collins (9), Angelica Ochoa (10). Photo by Dexter Tatsukawa.

National Chinese Honor Society hosts New Year festivities

By Dexter Tatsukawa
March 6, 2019
Students at the karaoke social got to experience songs in Japanese from a wide array of different time eras and places.

Japanese culture celebrated with karaoke social at CHS

By Dexter Tatsukawa
December 14, 2018

Japanese Honor Society hosts annual karaoke social

By Dexter Tatsukawa
December 4, 2018
Hymns give students new amd greater understanding of Christianity. Photo courtesy of Katy Tsao.

Footprints club performs hymns

By Dexter Tatsukawa
November 7, 2018

Junior Prateek Anand dances in KREW for second year

By Dexter Tatsukawa
October 12, 2018
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