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The Student News Site of Van Nuys High School

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The Student News Site of Van Nuys High School

The Mirror
All students, teachers and staff members were required to report to the football field during fourth period.

A shaky start to the new school year

By Skylie Molina, Staff • Aug 13, 2024
A 4.4 earthquake centered near Pasadena struck on the first day of school, causing the school to evacuate.
WINNERS CIRCLE: Executive Editor Angelina Gevorgyan holds the two first place trophies awarded to The Mirror by the L.A. Press Club (center), posing for a publicity shot flanked by incoming Co-Editors-in-Chief Madison Thacker (L) nad Olamide Olumide (R). The awards gala was held June 23, 2024 at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

“For a high school newspaper website, I’d put this up against any professional newspaper site in the country”

By The Mirror Staff • Jun 24, 2024

Student journalists from The Mirror newspaper and website garnered multiple accolades at the prestigious 66th Annual L.A. Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards. The ceremony, recognizing...

Cursive kerfuffle

Cursive kerfuffle

By Brianna I. Alvarado, Design/Layout Editor • May 30, 2024
How schools have shifted away from teaching cursive over the last century.
NOT SO GOOD FOR THE PLANET A lack of charging infrastructure and the hard-to-recycle lithium batteries can deter customers.

Plugging in, powering down: The costs and benefits of operating electric vehicles

By Delmis Vaquerano, Staff • May 29, 2024
While EVs emit less waste than their gas-powered predecessors, they still offer a host of other problems that have yet to be solved.

Lost on the map: The state of geography in America

By Skylie Molina and Delmis Vaquerano • May 17, 2024
The United States is lacking in geography education in comparison to other more developed countries, as mocked by online videos.
From late April to early June, juniors will be facing a barrage of standardized testing, including the SBAC and i-Ready.

Nonstop standardized testing from April to June

By Baron Kim, Staff • May 8, 2024
Students, especially juniors, face constant mandatory standardized testing from late April through early June.
Across the country, the student press continue to encounter censorship from the school administrators.

Silenced: Student Media Censorship continues to plague schools

By Delmis Vaquerano, Staff • May 1, 2024
By amplifying the voices of student journalists and advocating for their rights, schools and communities can affirm their commitment to the principles of free speech and press freedom.
Goins gone missing?

Goins gone missing?

By Olamide Olumide, News/Features Editor • Apr 26, 2024
Our journalism advisor was nowhere to be found. Then, against all odds, he spawned.
The N-word

The N-word

By Olamide Olumide, News/Features Editor • Apr 24, 2024
The N-word, a topic of contentious debate, has seen its use spiral upward among non-Black students, effectively devaluing the meaning of the word among the Black community.
DAZED & CONFUSED The i-Ready has been criticized for adjusting lesson plans for students based on their performance on the diagnostic test. Many never go back on the website to actually take those courses.

i-Ready or not, here it comes: LAUSD’s new standardized test kindles controversy

By Baron Kim, Staff • Apr 16, 2024
The i-Ready exam has frustrated many students and staff over its length and irrelevancy.
CANDIDATE CONUNDRUM With the presidential election coming up in November, new voters are presented with two choices: Donald Trump or Joe Biden. Unfortunately, due tot he issues that both candidates pose, many voters feel dissatisfied with the choice they are going to have to make and wish they had better options instead.

Lack of candidate choices concerns student voters

By Mia Ramirez, Staff • Apr 10, 2024
The 2024 election is driving young people to the polls, forcing them to choose between two candidates that aren't fully up to the task.
The nearby Saint Elizabeth Church has put up a sign prohibiting skaters and other solicitors from hanging out around the premises of the church.

Locked out: Exclusionary tactics in urban design

By Delmis Vaquerano, Staff • Apr 3, 2024
Hostile architecture is a design technique employed in urban environments to guide, discourage or outright exclude certain behaviors or individuals, resulting in detrimental social effects for the surrounding community.
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