Last August, as the newly minted Managing Editor of Spyglass, I met my Editor-in-Chief, Katie S., and our faculty adviser, Masami Hansen, at a South Pasadena Starbucks to brainstorm some big goals for...

I think of the year as a series of marathons, with the finish lines falling, naturally, on school breaks. We start off a marathon with some pep in our step, a confident jog. Then there’s a hill, in the...

It’s Valentine’s Day—I know when you think of Valentine’s Day, you automatically think of Spyglass’s Valentine’s Day Etc. collection. What started last year as an informal class activity in...

We are in the thick of the holiday season and Winter Break is quickly approaching—this is a time of intense stress, but there is light peeking out at the end of the tunnel. When we return from break,...

As of this publishing, we are exactly two weeks away from Thanksgiving Break. I think I speak for most students and teachers when I say that a one-week break from school is very welcome. Although we’ve...

Welcome to a new year of Spyglass. We are excited to be back! This new school year comes with a lot of change—we have returned to campus, and all of us are trying to reacclimate to in-person learning...

On April 20, our Spyglass staff met up for H block class, originally planning to do a fact-checking activity. But plans changed once we realized that Derek Chauvin’s verdicts for the murder of George...

  Alas, the end of the year is approaching us. It honestly feels like I was starting my senior year just yesterday. Online school has definitely flown by faster than in person—that’s for sure. As...

While some might think Thanksgiving or Christmas — the usual year-end holiday season — is over, I believe that the month of February is filled with celebrations. Black History Month, Lunar New Year,...