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Cosumnes Oaks High brings SAT to high school Sacramento seniors in need

Cosumnes Oaks High brings SAT to high school Sacramento seniors in need

Charynna Torres-Calderon, Consumnes Oaks High School March 9, 2025

In the fall of the 2024-2025 school year,  Cosumnes Oaks High School hosted its first SAT, officially becoming a testing center. Since then it has accommodated students from across the Sacramento region...

TIK TOK TIMEOUT: How a 12 hour ban affected both students and educators

TIK TOK TIMEOUT: How a 12 hour ban affected both students and educators

Rania Elguessab, Consumnes Oaks High School March 6, 2025

President Donald Trump issued an executive order when he assumed the presidency to keep TikTok accessible after Congress had passed a law banning it on January 19.  The decision to ban the platform,...

Solution for chronic absenteeism?

Schools seek solution to chronic absenteeism

Eva Lancaster, Consumnes Oaks High School January 6, 2025

Photo illustration of a common cheating strategy students use.

Academic dishonesty in the classroom: Why do students choose to cheat?

Rania Elguessab, Consumnes Oaks High School December 10, 2024

"Cheating has been around for as long as schools have existed," said Jesse Champion, Vice Principal at Cosumnes Oaks High School. "It’s not something that’s unique to our campus, but it is something...

Julius James with his sibling at University of California Los Angeles
From left to right: Jaylan, Maliyah, Julius, Mya

Students illuminate the hardest parts of the UC application process

Sarah Gray, Consumnes Oaks High School December 5, 2024

With University of California applications due on Dec. 2, many high school students have just finished submitting their applications. For many high school seniors, applying to college is a monumental...

18 and empowered: My first voting experience

18 and empowered: My first voting experience

Sarah Gray, Consumnes Oaks High School November 6, 2024

Turning 18 is a significant milestone in many cultures, symbolizing the transition into adulthood and the accompanying responsibilities and rights. For me, this year marks not only my coming of age but...

Cosumnes Oaks High School Hype Dance Company at 2024 Annual Showcase ‘Elements in Motion’

Prop 28 brings as many problems as solutions to arts and music funding

Skyla Nguyen, Consumnes Oaks High School October 22, 2024

In 2022, nearly seven million California voters approved Proposition 28: The Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act. The proposition provides around $800 million to $1 billion...

The Pleasant Grove Eagle Run Meet with participating Sacramento schools in the Division 1 region.

UNITED STRIDES

Rania Elguessab, Consumnes Oaks High School October 8, 2024

During the cross country season, which spans from summer to winter, runners from various schools across the region discover that the sport is about much more than personal achievement. Runners say it’s...

I am a sophomore at St. Francis High School with a passion for writing and the performing arts.

AP exams go digital: a new era for high school testing and a new challenge for students

Skyla Nguyen, Consumnes Oaks High School September 4, 2024

Every year millions of students from high schools across the globe have the opportunity to sit down to take one or more college-level courses and/or exams.  The Advanced Placement program, which offers...

The inaugural Consumnes Oaks girls flag football team, fall 2024.

CIF approves girls flag football, Cosumnes Oaks High welcomes the opportunity

Sarah Gray, Cosumnes Oaks High School September 4, 2024

In a groundbreaking development for local high school sports, Elk Grove Unified School District announced that high schools in the district will have to offer a new sport, girls flag football.  Title...

Sacramento high school students, social justice leaders and adults gathered at the Valley Hi-North Laguna Library in July to participate in the “Abolition and Me: Stonewall’s Legacy” workshop.

Teen-led organization advocates for prison reform at socio-political education workshop 

Charynna Torres Calderon, Rania Elguessab, Consumnes Oaks High School September 3, 2024

By Rania Elguessab and Charynna Torres-Calderon Pe Benito Sacramento high school students, social justice leaders and curious adults gathered at the Valley Hi-North Laguna Library in late July to participate...

Peer Support and Mentoring Club helps Cosumnes Oaks counselors host Mental Health Awareness Month booths

Peer Support and Mentoring Club helps Cosumnes Oaks counselors host Mental Health Awareness Month booths

Charynna Torres Calderon PeBenito, Consumnes Oaks High School June 26, 2024

Every May is mental health awareness month: a time to spotlight taking care of oneself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Mental Health Month’s role in destigmatizing conversations around mental...

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