By Delaeny Stevenson and Stevi Valenzuela – Student Journalists from Minarets High School Though their season has been pushed back several months, the Minarets volleyball program is still finding ways to adapt and move forward together as a team. Coach Karra Zamora explained the new schedule, saying, “Practices start Dec.9. This date is dictated to us by CIF (California Interscholastic ...

By Aubrey Ham – Student Journalist for Minarets Press While most classes are conducted online during this age of COVID-19, a few classes and groups of students are participating in something new called learning pods. Learning pods are small groups of students who come on campus because they may need more help and support from staff and their peers. Learning ...

By Cassidy Gibbs – Student Journalist for Minarets Press On Saturday, Oct. 17, the Minarets FFA program held its very first Meat Market, an event in which students that have been raising livestock get to show and sell their animals. This project was called a “cooperative,” where all of the students work together in raising the livestock as a team ...

Phoenix Bedolla, student journalist for Minarets Press With a new school year comes a new season of sports, and for cross country, the future is looking bright. Last year’s team was quite successful, placing high not only in their league but valley-wide as well. Not only did the team statistically do well, but a bond of brotherhood formed. The team ...

SACRAMENTO – Teen drivers can face challenges with every new experience. During National Teen Driver Safety Week, Oct. 18-24, 2020, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to encourage parents and guardians to discuss driver safety with their young drivers. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens in the United States, ...

by Solon Walker, student journalist for Minarets Press By the Light of Elune is a fantasy novel co-authored by senior Johanna Ziegler and Minarets graduate Joseph Langley. It follows the story of a party of explorers employed by the ruling Imperium, each of whom is running from something in their pasts. They have been sent out the chart the southern ...

On Aug. 17, 2017, a hundred or so freshmen were congregated outside the gym doors, standing awkwardly in the sticky sunshine with their class schedule jammed in their pockets. Some were already well acquainted with one another and spent the time chatting away about hopes and dreams they held for their high school career. Others, however, had to suffer the ...

by Ryan Abner, student journalist with Minarets Press It’s only human nature to want to look our best, but sometimes it can be difficult to look nice on video calls. Webcams aren’t exactly flattering, but why is this? Phone cameras have almost reached a professional level, and yet when we sign in for our Webex or Zoom meetings, the camera ...

by Caden Shows, Student Journalist with Minarets Press Because of COVID-19, high school sports programs across the state have had their seasons either canceled or postponed. Both parents and athletes wonder what this means for Minarets. Head varsity football coach Pat Lynch, however, already has a plan in place to approach the season as optimistically, and as realistically, as possible. ...

by Adam Saldivar, student journalist with Minarets Press The fires burning up and down California have not only affected some Minarets students but staff members as well. In these difficult times when almost everyone in the Minarets community is affected by smoke and flames, Minarets staff members are helping out to fight back against the fires in various ways such ...