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Medicine Today: Migraines — are they ‘just’ headaches?

Medicine Today: Migraines — are they ‘just’ headaches?

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer March 20, 2024

I’ve watched the effects of migraines take their toll on my grandparents, aunt, and mother. Needless to say, migraines run in my family, and when they are bad, they are debilitating. The days that my...

Medicine Today: The disparities between women’s health and men’s; how the two are treated differently

Medicine Today: The disparities between women’s health and men’s; how the two are treated differently

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer February 27, 2024

I remember studying male and female reproductive medicine in my medical science class during the last school year. I flipped through the vocabulary terms for the men’s section, and when I went to the...

Redden, at his reappearance in court.

Defendant attacks Las Vegas judge, sentenced to 4 years in prison

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer February 6, 2024

On Wednesday, Jan. 3, defendant Deobra Redden attacked Judge Mary Kay Holthus of Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.  Redden was about to be sentenced “on a charge of attempted battery with...

Students saddle up for western-themed homecoming dance

Students saddle up for western-themed homecoming dance

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer October 25, 2023

After a fun homecoming spirit week, exciting homecoming pep rally and thrilling victory at the homecoming football game, the actual homecoming dance took place on Saturday, Oct. 14 on the tennis courts.  This...

Students come back to school and adjust to their new classes.

Freshmen vs. seniors’ POV on first week back

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer October 4, 2023

Freshmen’s first first week of high school and seniors’ last first week of high school is complete — however, that doesn’t mean it went effortlessly. The first week of school is always a tough...

Medicine Today: Physician-assisted suicide laws extend to mentally ill patients in Canada

Medicine Today: Physician-assisted suicide laws extend to mentally ill patients in Canada

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer May 26, 2023

As someone who grew up having a grandfather who is a retired physician of 40 years in Toronto, I have always been very interested in medicine. Since I’m Canadian, I pay attention to the differences between...

Student Shayda Dadvand studies for APUSH.
Photo By: Ruby Matenko

Check-in on students during AP exam season

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer May 11, 2023

*Names have been changed for privacy. It’s AP exam season, which means Beverly students enrolled in AP classes are taking their AP exams through the College Board over the weeks of May 1–5 and May...

Beverly debaters work on their cases in the Carlsbad High School Library.

Beverly’s Speech and Debate Team goes to state

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

FRIDAY APRIL 21 — Beverly’s Speech and Debate team went to the state championship in Carlsbad in San Diego County at Carlsbad High School this past weekend. This comes after they qualified in the top...

The bell schedule after the adjustment. Photo from: BHHS Website/Email from Administration

New bell schedule puts end to late-start Wednesdays

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer April 25, 2023

Before March 8, Beverly’s Wednesday schedule started at 9:20 A.M., as opposed to regular start at 8:30 A.M. The old schedule provided teachers with time for professional development, and students a break...

(Pictured from left to right) freshmen Hallema Bakhda, Mia Taylor and sophomore Kaia Lopez study for their  classes.

Student perspective on AP classes; is the stress worth it?

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer April 25, 2023

The average number of students in AP classes is increasing rapidly, even in the face of educational obstacles present during the last few years. College Board says the amount of high school students...

Photo from: CNN

Los Angeles experienced stormy weekend, blizzard warning issued

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer February 28, 2023

TUES FEB. 28 — If it snows in Southern California, the world must be upside down… so the world must be upended right now. Los Angeles has been experiencing an intense winter storm with not only rain...

Students dance at winter formal.

Winter formal brings students ‘A Night in Paris’

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer February 24, 2023

THURS FEB. 16—BHHS students experienced a night of fun at this year’s winter formal, “A Night in Paris,” on the tennis courts. French culture is often associated with romance, making the...

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