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  • Rotary Club, Interact Clubs to hold Mental Health Wellness Walk, Sept. 14

    Adam Schlosser, contributing writer|Sep 14, 2024

    For the past two years, the Interact Clubs of Tehachapi have hosted a walk to bring awareness to topics related to mental health issues. Just last school year, our community lost a high school student to suicide and it impacted a large population of our small community. The loss was felt by classmates, teachers, coaches and acquaintances. According to Mental Health America, 23% of adults experienced a mental illness in the past year and 13% of youth, ages 12-17, had thoughts of suicide....

  • The truth about GPA

    Adam Schlosser, contributing writer|Apr 1, 2023

    GPA is also known as grade point average. If you look at your report card, it has GPA and a number after it. So how is GPA calculated? Every grade is assigned a grade point number. In general, an A is worth 4, a B is worth 3, a C is worth 2 and a D is worth 1. Then you add them together and take the average. Mr. Karnes, our vice principal, says that is the standard way of calculating GPA in High School. An interesting fact is total GPA includes every single class you take in High School. Academi...