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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 Kira Garlick

BOTC dance highlights

By Steven Lefaive and Claire Torii
March 24, 2019
Movie Literate: Broaden cultural horizons through foreign films

Movie Literate: Broaden cultural horizons through foreign films

By Claire Torii
March 4, 2019
Club application process poses bias

Club application process poses bias

By Eden Pollitt and Claire Torii
February 28, 2019

Sports Soundbites: Girls Soccer Commentary

By Claire Torii
January 29, 2019

Sports Soundbites: Boys Soccer Scotts Valley vs. HHS Commentary

By Claire Torii
December 11, 2018

Soundbites: HHS Marching Band performs show “Singularity”

By Claire Torii
December 6, 2018

Drama hosts annual haunted house

By Andrea Boyn and Claire Torii
October 31, 2018

Movie Literate: How quality animated films transcend age

By Claire Torii
October 27, 2018

Indopak tryouts for prospective dancers make modifications

By Claire Torii
October 27, 2018

Homecoming Game: HHS vs. Cupertino

By Thomas Denome and Claire Torii
October 24, 2018

Homecoming Parade Photo Gallery

By Thomas Denome, Claire Torii, and
October 21, 2018

Homecoming Rally Photo Gallery

By Lyndon Lee, Thomas Denome, and Claire Torii
October 21, 2018

Varsity Football: Los Gatos vs. HHS

By Claire Torii
September 28, 2018

Varsity Football: Interviews of the Team

By Claire Torii
September 28, 2018

Varsity Football: HHS vs. King’s Academy

By Claire Torii, Senior Multimedia Editor
September 19, 2018

Varsity Football: HHS vs. Branham High School

By Claire Torii
September 2, 2018

The Garlick Press: Unemployment among conservationalists

By Kira Garlick
May 4, 2018

The Garlick Press: Does ‘flexible’ vegetarianism have a lasting impact?

By Kira Garlick
April 11, 2018
Figura Episode 3: Ms. Lloyd

Figura Episode 3: Ms. Lloyd

By Eden Pollitt and Claire Torii
February 17, 2018
Figura Episode 2: The Spooky Special

Figura Episode 2: The Spooky Special

By Eden Pollitt and Claire Torii
February 17, 2018
Figura Episode 1: The Senior Perspective

Figura Episode 1: The Senior Perspective

By Eden Pollitt and Claire Torii
February 17, 2018
Brownfields can be any area with pollutants or toxins, such as abandoned factory buildings, dumping sites, and quarries

Garlick Press: Bay Area Superfund sites need super attention

By Kira Garlick
February 4, 2018

‘The Post’ lacks depth and candid perspective

By Claire Torii
January 13, 2018

The Garlick Press: Plants in the classroom

By Kira Garlick
December 4, 2017

The Garlick Press: New food waste bins

By Kira Garlick
November 8, 2017

The Garlick Press: Politics and Puerto Rico

By Kira Garlick
October 11, 2017
Participating in school sports counts for school PE credits, while few competitive sports do not

[Photo] No credits for outside athletics

October 11, 2017

Victory rings again on Homecoming night against Los Altos

By Claire Torii
October 7, 2017

The Garlick Press: Natural disaster prevention is better than procrastination

By Kira Garlick
September 20, 2017
The moon covers the sun as totality nears in solar eclipse

From my POV: The Great American Eclipse

By Kira Garlick
August 22, 2017
The news has been clogged up with exaggerated stories of how Trump is defunding the EPA.

The Garlick Press: Trump polluting the news

By Kira Garlick
May 25, 2017
Teens with autism think differently than other people

The Garlick Press: Teens with Autism

By Kira Garlick
May 4, 2017
Carrying my garbage for a week allowed reflection of my lifestyle

Weekly Challenge: Carry my waste

By Kira Garlick
April 7, 2017

The Garlick Press: Boring is brilliant

By Kira Garlick
April 5, 2017
Released March 10th, ‘Yours Unconditionally’ is Tennis’ fourth studio album.

Underground duo Tennis destroys expectations

By Claire Torii
March 30, 2017

The Elegy Episode 5: Caffeine Awareness Week

By Lily Hartenstein and Kira Garlick
March 29, 2017
APES students get a tour of SMaRT facility

From my POV: Down in the dumps

By Kira Garlick
March 25, 2017
The Garlick Press: Owning Nothing

The Garlick Press: Owning Nothing

By Kira Garlick
March 9, 2017

The Elegy Episode 4: AP Classes

By Kira Garlick and Lily Hartenstein
February 28, 2017

Shave-ing Up for Prom Fundraiser

By Ben Allan
February 6, 2017
BEING THRIFTY WITH your food is a lifelong skill

Eating on a budget

By Kira Garlick
February 5, 2017
TWO SIDES OF the mind must be exercised, though dont let your creativity be neglected.

The Garlick Press: Teens must play too

By Kira Garlick
February 5, 2017
The water was turned off by first responders at approximately 9 a.m.

Water shoots 30 feet high after collision at Homestead

By Ben Allan
December 8, 2016

Meet the Team: Varsity Girls Basketball

By David Coe and Claire Torii
December 5, 2016
Krew performing their upbeat dance in all white.

[Video] The Blacklight Rally made people glow crazy

By Skylar Cunniff
December 4, 2016

Food Review: Hottest Pepper in the World- The Carolina Reaper

By Ben Allan and Mark Lu
December 1, 2016
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[Photo] The Garlick Press: The curse of affluenza

December 1, 2016

Recap of the Game – Homestead vs. Los Altos [Water Polo]

By Claire Torii and David Coe
November 14, 2016
Illustration by Elena Kamas

The Garlick Press: Can we get rid of our plastic forks?

By Kira Garlick
November 11, 2016
Alicia Keys’ highly anticipated album screams for better songwriting.

The girl no longer on fire

By Claire Torii
November 8, 2016

The Bar-On Brief: Why this week’s ‘Run Hide Defend’ drill was better than ever before

By Shauli Bar-On , Columnist
October 27, 2016

Episode 3: Homecoming

By Kira Garlick and
October 20, 2016
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FHS run attracts more than students

September 10, 2016

Episode 2: Senior Sunrise

By Gabby Mrozowski and Ben Allan
October 14, 2016
Students leave newspapers unread on the newsstand

The Garlick Press: Should the Epitaph go paperless?

By Kira Garlick
October 13, 2016
Team bonding doesn’t just allow freshmen to get to know each other, it promotes feelings of trust and comfort

Freshman advisory bridges a gap

By Claire Torii
October 11, 2016

Episode 1: Club ‘n’ Grub

By Ben Allan, Gabby Mrozowski, and Mark Lu
October 7, 2016
The survey homepage

First ever Wellness Survey

By Ben Allan
October 3, 2016
Why weve become numb

Why we’ve become numb

By Kira Garlick and Elinda Xiao
September 12, 2016

My POV: Living off the grid

By Kira Garlick
May 13, 2016
It’s not a waste of time to recycle

It’s not a waste of time to recycle

By Kira Garlick
April 27, 2016
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[Photo] From my POV: Growing up under a dictator

April 27, 2016
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Grimes when she was still a true indie pop singer. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

Losing your shine: An angry hipster rant

By Kira Garlick
April 15, 2016
Walking to cure cancer

Walking to cure cancer

By Kira Garlick
March 27, 2016
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Winter Percussion Guard Show

March 16, 2016
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