Humans of Sophomore Honors: Nina

I interviewed Nina Chiu about her family relationships and who has had the biggest impact on her and who she has become.

By Ella T. from Eureka Senior High School in California

“Nothing stops her, when i’m older I would love to be a person like my mom... My family is very chaotic and loud, i'm so used to hanging out with them everyday... I have a big Mexican family...I’m with my cousins all the time... They have shown me what real family is and how to be a loving family member.”

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Charli Roberts

Charli Roberts is a Sophomore at Eureka High. She is ingrained in livestock and has won many national shows. Charli's competed with people from California to Ohio and has won. She currently wants to go somewhere like Texas Tech and learn agriculture.

Retired Track Coach: Catrina Bindel

In this interview, I learned of Catrina Bindel's life story. I also learned of how she became a track and field coach; and what she did after she stopped coaching. She is a great person to talk to and I enjoyed hearing about her story.

The origins of R&B, Jazz, and Rock

This article will inform you about the origins of R&B, Rock, and Jazz. It will talk about their African American Origins and the impact African American music/culture has left on today's media. (Trigger warning, racism and racial epithets)

Covid Effecting Schools

Covid has effected schools a huge amount since we've gotten back to in-person. I wanted to understand why this has happened what it's effecting currently.

Condors and the Yurok Tribe

This article is about the Yurok Tribes' participation in the Condor Restoration Program.

Covid’s Effect On The Homeless Community & Humboldt County’s Reaction

This Journalistic Article describes the homeless population before and after covid. How covid has effected there daily life and struggles; As well as what foundations, healthcare, and other resources Humboldt has to offer the homeless community.

Humboldt Bay, King Salmon, and Radioactivity

My Journalistic Article is about King Salmon's section of Humboldt Bay and the radioactive materials stored within a large hill nearby the town. King Salmon's section of Humboldt Bay is very special, and it would be awful if something happened to it.

Our Local Rocky Horror - Kate Fazio

Let's take a deep dive into Rocky Horror Picture Show, and see just how local a movie with a cult following since the 70s can be.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Lila Ekholdt

In this interview Lila told me about where her motivation comes from. She explained what contributes to her driven personality and attitude towards life.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Victoria Shilts

I interviewed Victoria Shilts about her life experiences and how they impacted her views, happiness, and beliefs. This interview expresses how one's experiences can leave a lasting impression on an individual, even years later!

The Effect of the Pandemic on Humboldt County Students

Humboldt County, like so much of the globe, has been drastically effected by the pandemic. Schools were forced to shut down, and the damage was catastrophic.

humans of sophomore honors Megan Barry

I interviewed Megan Barry about her life and how certain events impacted her. After the interview I realized that there is a lot more to people than meets the eye.

Pork Prices Skyrocket With New CA Proposition

Pork prices have been on a steady increase across the county. Learn about the proposition that is behind these increases, and how it affects the people in your local community. An interview with an agricultural professional reveals it all.

How Covid-19 has affected the working class around the United States but more in depth on how Covid has affected the working class of Eureka, California

My article has statistics and points of view on how Covid affected the work place around the United States and specifically in Eureka, California.

Dancing Through COVID

Has Covid had an impact on the activities you love to do? For dancers, they discovered their true interests and they fought through the struggles that Covid brought.

Humans of Sophomores Honors:Daniel King

I interviewed Daniel King a fellow student in my class about his family,academics, and cultural background.I was surprised by how spread out his family was and how well he knew them.He also told me how he loves languages and academics.

Humans of Sophomores Honors Sequoia Ashby

I interviewed Sequoia Ashby and we talked about her goals and hopes in life. She talked a lot about cross country and her passion really shows.

Humans Of Sophomore Honors: Miriam Mende

I interviewed Miriam about her upbringing. She had a lot to say about how she has become more confident through the help of those around her. She goes into detail about who helped her in what situations.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Whilder Kijsriopas

I interviewed Whilder Kijsriopas about how she has become the person she is today. She explains challenges she´s faced and learned from, what has motivated her throughout her life, and explains a reflection on moments she is most proud of.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Emma Wiegandt

I interviewed Emma Wiegandt about her ideas on human nature. Two of the questions I asked her were, "When we’re gone, how do you want people to remember you?" and " What is the most important lesson you have learned in life?".

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Kylee Waldvogel

I interviewed Kylee Waldvogel about the important lessons she has learned through life, and how it has affected her views of the world.

humans of sophmore honors english: madison

I interviewed Madison W about about her life and human nature, and everything I asked her about she had a answer to. I asked what she wanted to do when she grows up and she already knows what she wants to do, she has a plan.

Covid-19 Devastates Beef Market Prices

The Covid-19 virus has affected our lives in multiple ways. We have seen examples of this throughout our stores and restaurants. Our food prices are going up, and the beef price increase is affecting our generational ranchers.

How Covid affected Sports at Eureka

In this article, I talked about how Covid-19 affected Eureka High School and what precautions we have taken to overcome it.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Sophia West

In this interview, I asked Sophia West some questions about herself and what she wanted to do with her life. I then recorded them below.

The Progression of Sports Throughout the Pandemic

My article looks over all the stats and mental affects of athletes who's seasons were cut short by covid.

Humans of Sophomores - Luke Hernandez

I interviewed Luke Hernandez about how he became successful in soccer and the music band. He didn't want to do soccer when he was little but then joined it in middle school. He also joined the music band and is now doing both in high school.

The Impact of Covid-19 on Local Musicians

I discussed Covid-19 and its impact on local musicians. I interviewed Chris Cox, a local musician and the EHS Jazz Ensemble director about this topic. We also talk about the future of performing arts.

Humans of sophomore Honors: Miles Sorensen

In this interview i interviewed Miles Sorensen about his family and how they impact him. Some of the questions i asked were "Who is your favorite relative and why?". In conclusion the point of the interview was to get to know more about the person.

¨Humans of Sophomore Honors¨

I interviewed Baedan for my English project this will talk about his life.

offshore wind energy

My article is about potentially putting floating wind turbines into the waters of offshore Humboldt in order to produce more energy.

How to be Successful Growing up in Humboldt County

This article is about how success means something different to everyone. Whether you believe success to be based on financial earnings or having time with friends and family, you have to build your path to success.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Natalie

I interviewed Natalie Arrez Alcantar about what she wants to do when she grows up.

Construction In Covid

In this article I will be discussing the importance of construction and why it is so important. I will also be talking about how Covid-19 has affected that line of work and how it has affected my dad who works in the construction business.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Jackson Burger

I interveiwed Jackson burger about how he following his passion of music and how his dad has been the biggest impact every step of the way.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Gabriel Martinez

I interviewed Gabriel Martinez about his happiest, saddest, and proudest moments in his life. I also asked him one thing that people don't know about him and his goals for this year.

Humans of Sophomore Honors English: Kaitlin Giacone

In an interview I had with Kaitlin Giacone, you get to know about her inspiring story of how she wants to help change an issue she is passionate about. She explains a past issue of hers, and how she is planning on preventing others going through it.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Kate Fazio

I interviewed Kate Fazio about something people wouldn't know about her just from looking at her and also what she likes most about herself personality-wise.

Covid-19 vs. Healthcare; Why is it Important?

This article describes hospitals and healthcare workers struggling with shortness in staff and shortness in resources while also battling the pandemic and its hardships.

Human of Sophomore Honors: Mateo

I interviewed Mateo about his past I learned his dad has had a big impact on his life and hes spent his whole life playing baseball.

How Covid-19 has affected local Health Centers

I interviewd my mom about her P.O.V. on Covid-19 and the inside details about how it has affected not only her, but her job. She then tells me all struggles her job has faced and ways they tried to fix them.

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Impact of the Mural Project 2021-2022

In the following article, I wrote about the current events related to the Mural Project in the Eureka High School community. I have interviewed students, teachers of EHS, and individuals involved in the project.

Sophomores Honors English: Sonia Vang

In class, we interviewed each other for a journalism project. When I interviewed Sonia, she talked most and highly about her family and how good they make her feel. Family is very important so that is why I chose this quote to represent her.

The effect of covid 19 on the school environment

how covid has changed the school environment

Humboldt's medical system

This article dives into the vicious cycle of Humboldt county's underserved and understaffed medical care system. Touching on topics such as lack of quality equipment, lack of care providers, lack of staff, and quality of care.

Humans Of Sophomore Honors : Brooke Boone

For this Project, I interviewed my classmate Brooke Boone and asked her some questions. These are some of the responses that she replied with that I thought were pretty important so I chose these quotes to represent her.

Eureka City Schools Board Silences the Public Voice

The eureka city board is corrupt and oppressive for silencing and oppressing the voices of the public. After repetition, the board had enough and decided to lift the ban and set guidelines that they actually had in the first place.

Pandemic Anxiety

I interviewed Eleia Cruz about how the pandemic has affected her mental health. We discussed the major factors in teen anxiety today, and why it has been increasing.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Tomas Paoli

Tomas Paoli

Covid-19, How Has It Been Impacting Our Hospitals?

This article is about the impact of COVID-19 in our hospitals. This article also includes an interview with Katherine Anderson, the lead Infection Provention and Employee Health nurse.

Humans of Sophomore Honors-Symphony

For my Humans of Sophomore Honors assignment, I interviewed my classmate Symphony. She talked about her goals, beliefs, and life.

Our democracy

Django Everta's Our Democracy Post This post discusses how the democracy present today in the United States surrenders one's personal power to the government, and how to remedy that.

How Covid-19 has affected the Fitness Community

Covid-19 has affected those who work in the fitness community and those who contribute to the fitness community.

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Humans of Millerton

"I think I showed courage when my husband died and I didn't fall apart, and instead I just decided, you know, life was still worth living. So, I figured I could also do everything myself, which I've pretty much have and I'm still alive and kicking."

Juliana's Post

Juliana's thoughts about Pocahontas' improvements

Democracy To Me

Democracy to me means being able to spend time with those who I care for, knowing that they’ll become something great someday and make a huge difference in our country and in our world.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor of The Independent

Humans of "The Pepperbox"

Bella talks about her biggest fear for the future.

How covid-19 affected my life....

Never take things for granted..

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Maia

For a project, I interviewed Maia Hales about her life, what she pictures for her future, and some words of wisdom. Maia talked a lot about her family, what she wants to do after high school, and how she would like to be remembered.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Jackson Burger

I interveiwed Jackson burger about how he following his passion of music and how his dad has been the biggest impact every step of the way.

Interview

Interview with Rylee Blansett

How Covid-19 has affected the Fitness Community

Covid-19 has affected those who work in the fitness community and those who contribute to the fitness community.

Never Quit

This post is based on a interview that I conducted with a fellow student named Autumn Cooeyate.

Story post for first semester

Burnouts have bad turn outs. History teacher shares wisdom about overworked students.

Humans of the Pepperbox

This is a quote from one of my classmates about things he's passionate about.

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Clark Green

For my Humans of Sophomore Honors project I interviewed Clark Green. He talked about nature and how he like the outdoors. We also discussed the challanges he faced when he was younger.

Mattress Firm

What is really going on?

Our Democracy

For our democracy post I wanted to talk about a local protest and walk out.

Humans of "The Pepperbox"

Glimpse into the life of an ordinary person.

Journalistic Story Telling

This topic allowed me to understand that everyone has the ability to help out in their communities, Though who I interviewed no longer does things for the community, he provided valuable insight.

Humans of The Peperbox

The most important person in the life of Haley Kenyon

Humans of Sophomore Honors: Haley Foster

I interviewed Haley Foster and I learned she is a very kind and caring person. I learned that she is a black belt in martial arts and wants to perssure a career in engingering.

Humans Of Tioga County

This is my humans of Tioga County

Earth as a part of tribal sovereignty

The land has a deeply rooted connection to the A:shiwi people. They have had many obstacles but remain on their sacred land.

"My happiest moment"

Haiden's happiest moment is when she's with her sister.

Interview with Stephanie Romero

Interview with Therapy Admin Assistant Stephanie Romero.

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