Highlights

AP teacher’s perspective on AP classes; why do students feel the need to take them?

Ruby Matenko, Staff Writer • December 6, 2022

A course in high school that could give you college credit, teach you in a more advanced way, and expand your intelligence: sounds like any ambitious student’s dream, right? While AP classes are...

Teacher of the year talks about farm life, leads into his journey to California

Highlights • March 27, 2020

Kasra Mohammadi, cub writer By always building everything up from zero, John Richard Castle II is able to make his passion his profession and help others in the process. With a sense for community...

Collaboration with KBEV: first monthly teacher feature

Highlights • November 9, 2019

Ava Seccuro co-editor-in-chief Watch the video below to see our first collaboration with KBEV, sitting down with history teacher Pete Van Rossum.

Full-time teacher tackles balance of full-time motherhood

Highlights • April 11, 2019

Chieh-Ning (Jenny) Ho cub writer Just two years ago, biology teacher Cassandra Chavez had her first baby girl, Klark. She went from doing whatever she wanted to do, to having to think about another person...

2 kids, 5 classes, 1 teacher

Highlights • April 10, 2019

Warren Jacobson cub writer Teaching classes filled with teenagers, parenting his two sons, the struggles of scheduling. Josh Glass, an Algebra I and Problem & Statistics teacher, 12 weeks ago, welcomes...

Living life to the fullest one day at a time

Highlights • April 9, 2019

Candice Anvari cub writer Vibrant colors of yellow, green, blue and red. Putting a pen to paper or just typing away for hours at a time, Joseph Isaac is an enthusiast for activities that will keep him...

The World Becomes An Art Teacher’s Muse

Highlights • April 8, 2019

Kevai Lewis, cub writer With two classrooms, five subjects and years of teaching behind her, art teacher Melony Bronder has become a master at juggling activities, and this extends outside of the classroom....

Chef cooks up positive relationships with students

Highlights • March 1, 2017

Natasha Dardashti multimedia editor Schoolwide, he is simply known as “chef.” During lunch, his doors are open to students, whether they are enrolled in his class or not. There, students can be found...

University of Chicago recognizes Minna Kim

Highlights • November 6, 2016

Jason Harward, graphics editor English teacher Minna Kim received the “Outstanding Educator” Award from the University of Chicago at the Board of Education meeting on Monday, Nov. 1. The award was...

California Supreme Court upholds power of teacher unions, permanent status

Highlights • September 19, 2016

Jason Harward, staff writer A polarizing issue, the relevance of teacher unions, was recently heard by the California Supreme Court by way of Vergara v. California, a case that dealt with the power and...

Lower enrollment leads to more opportunities for students

Highlights • September 13, 2016

Sophia Goldberg, Business Manager Benjamin Shofet, Co-Editor-in-Chief With enrollment steadily dropping in each of the five BHUSD schools over the past six years, the district can now allocate a larger...

How punk rock keeps AP History teacher revved for class

Highlights • May 13, 2016

Olivia Gonzalez Britt, cub writer Wearing his Doc Martens and mutton chops, AP U.S. History and Government teacher Dan Moroaica has the time to work, be with his family and live the secret life of a punk...