November 15th, 2009 07:00am

21 locals make National Merit semi-finals

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This is a follow up to an earlier post highlighting Santa Rosa High’s National Merit Scholarship Program’s semi-finalist. I now have the full county-wide list, so here are our 21 locals who are semi-finalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship program. To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal and earn SAT scores that … Read More »
November 5th, 2009 04:06pm

Analy skit spurs discussion of race/racism

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Analy High School has changed its policy regarding how it monitors what students can present at rallies and assemblies after a student wore blackface makeup at a recent Homecoming assembly. The student darkened his face to portray Kanye West while his partner was supposed to be Taylor Swift, according to Analy Principal Chris Heller. The students were doing a parody of the now-famous mic-grabbing stunt West did at Mtv Video Awards … Read More »