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Omar Mendoza, Nikolye Hensley, Riley Gilson and Angel Mier, left to right, head to the huddle during a West Campus game earlier this season. // Photo by Jiaying (Jamie) Kuang
After almost a decade, football returns to West Campus
Vivian Lim, Reporter • October 11, 2025
Debie Mitchell, the president of Mama Bears Fighting Childhood Cancer organization, helped staff a booth to raise awareness of childhood cancer at the annual Fair Oaks Chicken Festival in September..
Chicken Festival supports a host of Fair Oaks community organizations
Alexandra Lembach, Reporter • October 9, 2025
Grant Union High School in Sacramento.
Lockdowns – and a 2024 shooting – have been hard on student mental health at Grant High
Ace Hightower, Reporter • September 10, 2025
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Opinion
AI is transforming education at all levels.
AI is rapidly transforming education
Stephanie Olvido, St. Francis High School • June 26, 2025
FERPA versus AB 1955
California and federal government wrestle over student privacy issue
Eva Lancaster, Horizon Charter School • May 12, 2025
Students have a new test to pass going to school these days.
ICE Immigration policies and their ripple effect on Sacramento County schools
Rania Elguessab, Consumnes Oaks High School • April 10, 2025
News
Serra Court at St. Francis High in Sacramento.
New president takes the helm at St. Francis High
Charlotte Hwang, Reporter • September 10, 2025

At the same time that Donald Trump moved into the Oval office for a second time, John Moran moved into a different kind of presidential office:...

A sign directs drivers to the designated drop-off and pick-up lane 800 feet ahead at Pleasant Grove High. The traffic situation is often chaotic during drop-off and pick-up times.
At Pleasant Grove High, parents are the chief parking problem
JiSoo Park, Reporter • September 7, 2025
California assembly member James C. Ramos is joined by others at the 2024 Inaugural National Native American Heritage Month Parade. (Photo
Rethinking the Mission Project
Katherine Hwang, St. Francis High School • June 26, 2025
Franklin High athletes earned college spots.
Franklin High athletes break school records, earn college acceptance slots
Pia Manez, Frankling High School • May 12, 2025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers map of proposed levee remedies.
American River levee upgrades to improve flood protection threaten heritage oaks
Adam Abolfazli, Rio Americano High School • March 27, 2025
Features
Photo by Roxana Williams/Pixabay
Women-only races help empower females
Alexandra Lembach, Reporter • September 8, 2025

The Susan B. Anthony race, held every August in Sacramento, empowers women by promoting confidence, equity and community, plus giving women the chance to finally break that tape. Run Outside Online, a website and company dedicated to all things running, found that 49% of girls...

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Folsom High students are forming their own political identities … but they tend to follow their parents
Eva Najib-Ali, Reporter • September 3, 2025
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Many students feel unprepared for the future
Vivian Lim, Reporter • September 2, 2025
Folsom High seniors Jovie Carr, left, and Katelyn Bryan were among the hundreds of Folsom and Vista del Lago students who set aside their differences to participate in a joint Senior Sunrise celebration on Aug. 7 at Folsom Lake.
Folsom and Vista del Lago students set aside rivalries to celebrate Senior Sunrise together
Lulu Frieders, Reporter • August 30, 2025
Franklin’s Class of 2025 at Lake Day
Franklin High seniors make their mark during their last month of school
Pia Manez, Franklin High School • June 1, 2025
Snapshots
Sacramento area Muslims gathered at CalExpo for a first time Eid unity event.
Sacramento area Muslims unite for regional Eid-Ul-Fitr prayer and celebration
Saffiya Sheikh, Horizon Charter School • April 12, 2024

According to KCRA3 News, in excess of 40,000 Sacramento area Muslims gathered at The Pavilion at Cal Expo in a Unity Eid-Ul-Fitr Prayer and Celebration...

Tiger dance at Inderkum High rally.
2023 YEAR IN REVIEW
Olivia Ming, Inderkum High School • March 2, 2024

 In journalistic writing, photos elevate the story. As a student journalist and photographer, the ability to combine my skills under Sac School...

Parade goers reach for the dragons as they pass
San Francisco Chinatown annual parade highlights Lunar New Year celebration
Olivia Ming, Inderkum High School • February 27, 2024

SacSchoolBeat reporter and photographer Olivia Ming, Inderkum High School, traveled to San Francisco to watch the annual Lunar New Year parade....

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