Crush-ing the Stage
Ai-Vi Allred, Online Manager/Photographer
January 20, 2019
Filed under El Mo News
The fall production was hand picked by Drama teacher/director Mrs. Gillen. The play was called “Crush,” a sci-fi romantic comedy by Stephen Gregg. Gillen explains the play as a mixture of “Twilight Zone meets X-files meets another play ‘Our Town’ by Thornton Wilder.” Gillen was ...
Walking for the Cure with Girls League
Sophia Pracilio, Editor in Chief
November 12, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Showcase
Every year, Girls League puts on Walk for the Cure at El Modena. This year’s Girls League president, senior Michelle Apeitzia, organized the walk. Numerous club members such as went to work days, sold shirts, and set up on the day of the event. Azpeitzia says, “I wouldn't have been able to do it w...
Measure S Updates
Sophia Pracilio, Editor in Chief
November 12, 2018
Filed under El Mo News
In 2016, people across OUSD voted to pass the Measure S bond promising tax money to fund updates to the outdated school utilities. Over the past few decades little change has been made to El Modena, so there are high expectations. New science labs were the top priority of voters according to the ballot. ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Casey Burgueno, Staff Writer
October 18, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Focus
October is known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a month where everyone wears pink and supports the organizations that provide help for women who are affected by this cancer. Famous companies like Starbucks create fancy pink drinks and Panera sells ‘Pink Ribbon Bagels’. Breast cancer is the second lea...
New Classes, Electives, and Pathways… Oh My!
Mia Gutierrez, Staff Writer
May 8, 2018
Filed under El Mo News
With a new school year up ahead, additional classes and career pathways are on the rise to accommodate to every students best interest in El Modena. Creative Writing will be a class that focuses on improving writing for different genres such as poetry and fictional narratives. A new pathway that has been added is th...
El Mo Jams Again
Grace Oveson, Staff Writer
May 8, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Music
With El Mo Jam being the big hit it was last year, performers decided to share their talent on stage yet again. While the bands and the members may not be the same, the talent will definitely match. The bands include Chump Change, Sidewalk Chumps, The Brix, Greasy Knifes, The Beans and the Kangaroo...
High School Drug Culture
Ashley Ramynke, Copy/Music Editor
May 7, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Showcase
Remember the joy associated with Red Ribbon Week during elementary school? The teachers passing out little red bracelets with short statements renouncing drug use? The chain link fences decorated with a sea of red ribbon? Catchy phrases that warned of drug use plastered on classroom walls? And most im...
Dance Spring Showcase: Amalgamation
Ashley Ramynke, Copy/Music Editor
May 7, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Media&Arts, Showcase
Amalgamation is commonly defined as the action, process, or result of combining or uniting; a fitting theme for the dance department’s annual spring showcase on May 24 and 25, to represent the integration of first-year teacher Ms. Keeley into the dance department. Born and raised in Orang...
Spring into the Arts Festival
Ashley Ramynke, Copy/Music Editor
May 7, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Media&Arts, Showcase
The 2018 Spring into the Arts Festival occurring on May 30 in the Nature Center during periods one through four and after school beginning at 4 p.m., is a collaboration between the different branches of the performing and visual arts department. Integrating the themes of rebirth and the jubilation of spr...
Walk Out, Lie In
Colby Hurdle, Staff Writer
April 19, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Humans of El Modena (HOEM), Showcase
At 10:00 AM on March 14, 2018, El Modena students left their second period classes and participated in the National School Walk-out. An act directly motivated by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, whom survived a school shooting one month prior, th...
Salutatorian Tracy Cao
Sophia Pracilio, Feature Editor
April 2, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Humans of El Modena (HOEM), Showcase
Senior Tracy Cao is one of El Modena’s salutatorians. When attending the announcement ceremony, she was surprised to find out she received this title. Her academic and community achievements say differently. She currently has a 4.8 GPA and takes many AP classes. Cao is also very involved in her co...
Salutatorian Julianna Janes
Sophia Pracilio, Feature Editor
April 2, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Humans of El Modena (HOEM), Showcase
Senior Julianna Janes has excelled at El Modena her past four years of high school-- so much, in fact, she has earned the title of salutatorian. She has a 4.8 GPA and was ecstatic when hearing about the title. At El Mo, Janes is captain of the volleyball team, plays on the newly formed lacrosse team...
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