Peanut butter obsession
Stephanie Dayton, Opinions Editor
January 31, 2012
Ever since I was a child I’ve always loved candy. One of my all time favorites are peanut butter M&M’s. I mean yeah there are different types of M&M’s like regular, peanut and pretzel M&M’s but to me nothing beats peanut butter. I guess growing up and always eating peanut butter and... Read more »
Corona seniors struggle with Senioritis
Sierra Crespin, Staff writer
January 30, 2012
Senioritis is a colloquial term used in the U.S. and Canada to describe the decrease in motivation toward studies displayed by students who are nearing the end of their high school career. It truly is a crippling disease that strikes almost all seniors in high school no matter their sex, height, race,... Read more »
Competition Government wins state, prepares for D.C.
Angelica Valenzuela, Staff Writer
January 30, 2012
Tim Smith’s Competition Government class competes annually in the We the People competition. Students in the competition prepare for a pretend congressional hearing in which the students testify before a panel of volunteer attorneys, civic leaders and educators. On Dec. 3 the CdS team won district... Read more »
Corona journalism class wins SHFT
Dave Sharan, Online Content Editor
January 30, 2012
SHFT is an acronym for Super Happy Fun Time. Every year the members of the newspaper, yearbook, and tv production get together to compete in multiple games for the silver trophy cup. This year, the games were ice melting, flag football, flonkerton (a Icelandic game involving walking on buckets around... Read more »
Concussions at Corona
Preslie Hirsch, Editor-in-Chief
January 26, 2012
It’s a serious epidemic hitting the nation harder than ever before, literally. Concussions are provoking headaches and dizziness and causing long-term health risks and in rare cases, death, for young athletes throughout the country. Students are starting young, competing at a high level and not taking... Read more »
Wrestler Justin Butler
Omar Soussi, Online Sports Editor
January 26, 2012
At 5-foot 11-inches tall, competing in the 160 lb. division, senior Justin Butler has a compelling story of becoming a wrestler, and overcoming challenges “My mom works at Aprende Middle School and when I was in fifth grade, my mom took me into the wrestling practice at Aprende’s gym and let me watch,”... Read more »
Junior survives traumatic brain injury
Nathan Samuels, Staff writer
January 26, 2012
Thursday, Oct. 13 I woke up early, grabbed my bags and the new skateboard I had just bought, called a “Penny Board,” (tiny, plastic-molded boards that were replicas of the first ones ever made) and then headed over to the train station. I was about to take the Coast Liner up to Simi Valley,... Read more »
Mr. Corona preview
Mason Kuluris, Online Managing Editor
January 26, 2012
Mr. Corona will be held Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in the James C. Love Auditorium. The Junior Class Council is in the charge of running the show. Voting ballots went out Jan. 9 and 10 and the three contestants from each grade will be, Cole Richwine, Russel Jones and Chris Morton for the freshman class. For the... Read more »
Awareness Day preview
Omar Soussi, Online Sports Editor
January 25, 2012
Awareness day has been at Corona del Sol since 1996. “We have been doing this for the last 14 years,” Science teacher Jan O’ Malley said. The event will be Jan. 26 for the entire school day. This is the second Awareness Day Corona has done within the school year. The unity club leaders try to get... Read more »
New Health Program
Jacqui Marzocca, Managing Editor
January 23, 2012
Corona has partnered with ASU to gather data about the health of teenagers. This partnership has resulted in a new health curriculum. “What they’re doing is trying to identify what sorts of materials, subjects and methods that teens will gravitate toward,” P.E. and health teacher Scott Centanni... Read more »
