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La Costa Canyon High School

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October 2015

Volume 10 Issue

Freshmen Mavs Swim Miles For Charity

Photo by Steve Taggart

The sun rises on the Ocean’s Seven and their support pacing kayak as they complete the challanging Catalina Channel swim to raise money for Fresh Start Surgical Gifts.

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reshman Tegan Preston and Erin Taggart, two members of a group named Ocean’s Seven recently swam the 24.7 miles between mainland California and Catalina Island in efforts to raise awareness and money for a local charity.

Preston and Taggart, alongside their team, made the swim in 7 hours and 51 minutes, across the open ocean waters from Catalina Island all the way to Palos Verdes.

Due to safety issues with boats crossing, the girls had to wait to kick off the swim until in the middle of the night at 11:15pm.

Preston and Taggart have been swimming together competitively since they were 10 years old, and trained for almost a full year

under the current world record holder,Grace Van der Byl. In addition to long hours after school, the girls trained extensively in the open ocean on weekends as well.

“We had to drive down to La Jolla cove and do night swims a lot of Saturdays,” Preston said. “It was hard because you have to go in the water at 9:30 at night and swim at least a mile and a half.”

Although the hours seem rough, they kept a very positive perspective.

“We actually had really good conditions in the ocean. It wasn’t too choppy until the end when the sun started coming up, but it was so amazing and worth it to get to see

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We raised money for childen that need surgeries for physical deformities.”

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mainland,” Preston said.

The entire team faced struggles on the open water, including fear

of the unseen depths and surprise jellyfish stings.

The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation offical rules prohibit wetsuits from being worn by swimmers undertaking a channel swim.

“The hardest thing would be consistently getting stung by jellyfish. Some of the girls still have blisters,” Taggart said.

The pain of these jellyfish injuries helped to distract the girls from their fear of the open waters.

“The stings helped keep your mind off of the whole ‘woah I’m in the middle of the ocean’ part of it,” Taggart said.

In any channel swim attempt all 13 general rules must be abided

in order for the swim to be officially recognized.

Ocean’s Seven, comprised of Preston and Taggart as well as Mia Thomas, Heloise Leblanc, Mia Ryan, Lindsay Turner and Anna Brooker raised over $15,000 for Fresh Start Surgical Gifts for completing the channel swim.

“We raised money for children that need surgeries for physical deformities,” Preston said.

Despite the challenges, both girls still have a lot of great stories to tell about the most exciting and memorable parts of the 24 mile relay.

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The Learning Commons Offers After School Tutoring

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hen students need a little test prep, and taking makeup tests. extra help or have important “This was an idea that was academic questions, the Learning developed by students, supported Commons has a new and improved by teachers and implemented tutoring program offered Monday by administration to provide the through Thursday from 2:45students with the resources they 5:15pm. need,” principal Bryan Marcus Each day has been given a said. “We have to thank the LCC specific subject and teacher to foundation because it is a financial go with it. endeavor.”

For example; For some sports, Mondays cover weekly visits to the Math, Tuesdays tutoring center are deal with English, required. Freshmen We d n e s d a y s Riley Carter and specific for Dustin Brott, both science class football players, and Thursdays attend regularly with are for social their team. sciences and “Every Monday other electives. the football team Cindi Schildhouse comes and we study Students can still come in and ask together,” Carter for help on any said. “We have groups given subject and the teacher there set up and the teachers are here to can offer help. help us too. Basically, if you don’t “We have a lot more teachers come on Mondays, you’re kicked off involved, which is the exciting part the team. If our GPA requirement is because we have had it open for kids falling or there’s a huge test, we can before, but we haven’t had teachers skip practice.” be able to come in and tutor,” “If there aren’t any tutors Cindi Schildhouse said. “Now we around,we’ll have some kids on the have an opportunity, thanks to the team teach the subjects to us like foundation, to have all of our subject Biology and math,” Brott said. “I areas available to help kids after the like being taught by students more school day. That’s the part I’m most because it’s easier for me to hear the excited about.” ideas from different people.”

Students have been using the In the future, as AP testing new program for homework help, starts to draw near, after-school

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We have a lot more teachers involved, which is the exciting part because it’s open.”

The Flawed Maverick

MavLife Opinion writer discusses the uneven balance between school sports and academics.

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Fall Sports Overview

Photo by Claire Granich

On the left, teacher Lindsey Geissler and student work after school in the Learning Commons.Tutoring is offered Monday through Thursday from 2:45-5:15pm.

review sessions will be held for extra support. Teachers will inform their students when they will offer study sessions. Some AP classes have already started after school sessions.

“It’s nice because the teachers aren’t rushing to prepare for their next class. They are here so that they can help you learn better,” senior Nicole Timofeevski said.

The number one thing that the teachers and administration hope for is that students will take advantage of

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CIF is just around the corner for fall sports, including Field Hockey, Cross Country, Football and Girls Volleyball.

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the program. The media center also has a station with other tools such as colored pencils, calculators, rulers and colored paper for students to use.

“I hope we have students who take advantage of it,” Schildhouse said. “The biggest thing is to come in and get help. Everybody needs help at some point.”

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Claire Granich Staff Writer

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Hungry Mav

The MavLife Staff finds some of the best blueberry muffins in the local area.

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2 News OCTOBER 2015 A New School Year Brings Policy Changes To LCC New funding process correlates the amount of money the school gets with the number of students attending school

Photo by Kalli Anderson

The new attendence policy was changed at the beginning of the 2015-16 school year.The amount of money the school gets is now determined by the number of students attending that day.

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new year at LCC means a change in various policies and procedures. Namely, the attendance procedure has seen a statewide change. Administration feels that this year symbolizes a fresh, new start for LCC and an opportunity to solidify and reinforce the current policies.

The school has an entirely new funding process which correlates the amount of money the school gets with the number of students attending school.

“It’s a statewide rule,” vice principal Justin Conn said. “It used to be what is called ‘basic aid’ where we got ‘x’ amount of dollars no matter what. Now we are on what’s called ‘ADA’ or ‘Average Daily Attendance’ where funding is based upon having kids in seats.”

This means that the accuracy of attendance greatly affects the amount of money that the school receives. In addition to being allowed less money, inaccurate attendance could result in audits that cost the

school money.

“If we take inaccurate attendance, there’s a lot of close auditing that could cause us to have to pay fines,” Vice Principal Jaime Garman said. “Our daily attendance is very important so we have to really make sure that we are keeping it accurately. Ultimately, that’s how we get the money to run the school.”

Administration has been working hard with students and teachers to make sure that attendance is as accurate as possible.

“It’s not a new policy, but one of our focuses as an administration team is recognizing, very early on, those students who have chronic issues with absences and tardies and working on fixing that early,” Conn said.

“Working with those students very early on in the year allows us to make sure that it doesn’t turn into something bigger.”

Attendance is not only an issue because of money. Administration feels that it is also the biggest safety concern at any school.

“Theoretically, if a student doesn’t pick up a pass and then he leaves campus and gets into a car accident, they call us and we’ll say, ‘No, wrong kid, he’s in school,’” Principal Bryan Marcus said. “Then we have a lot more work to do because we are trying to figure out why that kid didn’t pick up his pass, because that’s our policy. It just creates a safer school when people follow directions and when administration implements them in the correct way.”

Administration has been working hard to reinforce the policies that are already in place.

This will help to keep students safe and on track with their studies.

“The policies and procedures themselves, between changing staff, attendance clerk and administration, weren’t being closely followed,” Marcus said. “The communication was the key to make sure that things like picking up your pass to leave campus or checking in and out of the attendance if you’re coming in late or leaving early are being followed. Those kinds of things are already in place and we needed to just re-communicate to get back on the right page.”

Brittany Bloom

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Jaime Garman

”Our daily attendance is very important so we have to really make sure that we are keeping it accurately.”

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[continued from page 1] “We had dolphins next to our boat, they actually were swimming with me for part of my leg,” Taggart said. “I felt like they protected us.”

The publicity from the swim has helped Ocean’s Seven to raise more than $18,000 dollars for Fresh Start Surgical Gifts.

Preston values the memorable experience as a landmark in her life, and encourages others to participate in opportunities like hers.

“It was one of the most amazing and unforgettable times of my life,” Preston said, “If you ever have the chance to do something like this you should definitely do it. It was a lot of fun.”

As for the future, both Preston and Taggart have big plans in motion; one of which consists of swimming from Manhattan Island, New York, near the Brooklyn Bridge. They will be in contact with Coach Van der Byl to help them complete another challenging relay next year.

Jenna Husong Staff Writer

ELD Program Is Improved To Help Students From Foreign Countries Rector incorporates everyday activities into her math lessons. For instance, she tells the students they, theoretically, have 20 dollars and they need to use it to buy food for lunch. Based on the information she provides, the students use their intuition and math skills simultaneously to solve the problem.

“I just want to make math fun for them and have them not even know that they’re learning,” Rector said.

She also mentions that the students are attempting to make that connection and are, therefore, becoming more comfortable interacting Photos by Sydney Kay with one another and speaking On the left, Rector writes the English Language Development schedule for the day as the students prepare for class to begin. On the right, the students participate in a class activity. English.

“The students and I work students who are new to the country,” ELD science,” Cunningham said. “The idea of the he English Language Development together to explain things, so teacher Elizabeth McNally said. “It’s a safe program was to give them a more accelerated there’s a lot of gestures and movements and program, also known as ELD, is workplace for them to come to learn and really and in-depth interaction with English before ing to help new foreign students develop the making a fool out of myself on a daily basis, they went into their academic subjects.” skills necessary to succeed in this country. The find out what their niche is in a learning but it works and they understand,” McNally This year, there is going classes offered improve students’ understand- environment for English said. speakers.” to be more integration ing in subjects like English, math and science.

With the more integrated and cohesive In recent years, the between the science, math Each year, LCC works to better integrate class structure taking shape, these newcomers school’s administration and history courses within these newcomers into our community’s will find it significantly easier to comprehend has taken a closer focus the ELD program. This will culture. the English language and studies that follow. on how to improve this allow students to receive a In our school, there are two separate She states that the students wish to be program’s function. more beneficial and welllearning environments for the ELD students. involved in the present environment at our Matthew Cunningham, rounded education.

One class, regarded as levels one and two, is school. the instructor for levels “We tap into their senses recommended for those who lack a complete “The students want to be involved, three and four, spoke with talking, writing and proficiency in English. The other class, levels so say ‘hi’ to them on campus,” McNally about the new purpose of hearing, and then have the three and four, is designed to maximize said. “If you hear them speaking in Spanish, Elizabeth McNally students say it back,” ELD ELD. He revealed that the learning capacity in academic studies. In encourage them to speak English because they newcomers were originally teacher Casey Rector said. both environments, teachers are structuring want to practice and learn. Everyday is an placed into subjects that they didn’t possess “It’s important to take some of those people students’ interactions and communications improvement.” the appropriate skills for. skills and be able to use them in the real while continuing to work on reading and Jasmin Sani “They’re coming with less educational world.” writing skills.

Staff Writer background in basic subjects like math and Involving her kids with ‘the real world,’ “The newcomers academy is for the

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Opinion

Editorial: The Gravity of Suicide

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y the time a person reaches the age of thirteen they have most likely just begun the insane new journey of high school, had a drastic change in the chemistry of the brain, and have been enlisted into a world of responsibilities. These things add up- and fast. For many this time can be one that spells new beginnings and a chance to find independence, however for some this can also be a time that elicits struggle and conflict. As the Mavlife team we feel it is important to shed further light on this very topic. According to the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education website, 1 in 100,000 children from the ages of 10 to 14 dies by suicide every year, and at just one year older, 7 in 100,000 children ages 15 to 19 die by suicide every year. These numbers are not to be denied, as suicide is not exclusive to teenagers and young adults.

Suicide is not just an instantaneous end, but one that comes out of a complex set of life conflicts. According to suicide.org, suicidal thoughts can manifest through a variety of reasons, such as a history of untreated depression and feelings of disconnection and rejection from those around them. In an environment such as our campus, it is absolutely essential that we retain

a campus environment that fosters kindness and acceptance from student to student. After all, school is a destination in which augments the lives and behaviors of its attendees, hopefully for the better.

“Suicide is not just an instantaneous end, but one that comes out of a complex set of life conflicts.”

condition of depression is something that is not acceptable and can ultimately stigmatize this issue as one that is dismissable or stupid- and this is the exact opposite to what our goal is on the LCC campus. Leaving judgement in the dust can truly aid a person in their struggles to give a genuine hello or a start a simple conversation to let them know that they are not alone, and that there is somebody out there to sympathize when it’s needed most.

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What better place to start this process of shaping an accepting campus, than making all students aware of the realities that can occur when students are rejected or plagued by feelings of sadness due to their daily school environment. This is a human issue that continues to grow and take the lives of many, and one that very well may be prevalent in the lives of those around us, even in cases of little suspicion. Most importantly, joking about suicide or the

Erin Sumabat Staff Writer

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CC has always been known for its sports department. Unfortunately, sports have overshadowed nearly all other programs on campus instead of complementing them.

An equal balance in representation has not yet been fulfilled. LCC is not known for equal opportunity at our school. Our athletics program gives an exclusive sense of belonging and membership to participating students; it seems the only way to be a maverick is to join a sport. There is no reason for one to apologize for not being athletically gifted.

With such a strong presence of sports

accepting and integrating individual's unique characteristics as part of our culture, connection, and community. We should not limit ourselves to live in the narrow window of four years. However we shouldn’t just waste four years either.

We have neglected other extra curricular activities for our students to explore, shown in the multitude of sports teams and limited art classes.

Stuck in a place with limited to no diversity is off putting. It is not necessary to teach students what it means to be a maverick. Instead of branding our kids under one category and hoping they’ll get along because they think and act the same, we should encourage individual ideas and values regardless of contrasting characteristics. Conclusively, students have a natural right to belong in any place they feel a connection with, especially one they are legally obligated to attend for seven hours. Our campus has missed too many opportunities to highlight the individual talents that can be found in every corner on campus.The maverick does not define the student, the student defines the maverick.

Staff Speak: The Maverick Symbol Mavlife staff writers share what they think the Maverick title embodies

Sydney Kay, 12

“The term ‘maverick’ needs to be redefined because I feel like there is this preconceived notion that being a maverick just means you play sports or you cheer or you're super ra-ra into all that, but I feel LCC, especially this year, has just become so much more than just a sports school, I really do, there is so many other cool things here and they are kind of underrated and people don't really give stuff like the arts that much credit, but once you get involved in it, even in journalism, there are so many cool opportunities and cool things to do and there are so many interesting people here who never get any light shone on them just because they are not an athlete.”

Amanda Mester, 12 “I think other schools think of us as the mavericks who are just in it for the athletics, but I think it is more of the arts aspect and the academics because I’m not typically a sports person, so I think it really bonds us as a school to be a maverick. because everyone always says, ‘Go mavs!’. I think everyone

MavLife 2015-2016 Staff Editors-In-Chief: Aneleise Frandsen, Cassie Amundson Design Editor: Jade Harabedian Feature Editor: Kailey O’Connell Sports Editor: Connor Hines News Editor: Emily Brown Graphics Editor: Daniel Stuart Opinion Editor: Cooper Gee Entertainment Editor: Reilly Tiglio

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Discussing the Flawed Maverick We are more than just mavericks around campus, it is difficult for not as athletically committed students to feel as if they have an equal voice at La Costa Canyon High School. In order to change the preconceived notion that all students are in athletics, we have to be able to recognize our flawed maverick.

To better the atmosphere of our school we have been asked to re-imagine our culture, connection, and community. This is in the hopes that individual ideas and contribuDaniel Stuart tions will be heard on campus. While our new “motto of the year” is meant to establish the beautiful ideal of a cohesive campus, students have the capability to do so much more as an individual than just be as a “maverick.” There has been too much time spent in trying to train people to be far too similar rather than

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Claire Granich, 11

“A maverick is someone who goes against the crowd, that is the actual definition. I think that as a maverick student, you need to challenge what’s already been said and recreate. If it’s sports, challenge yourself to do better in sports.

If it’s art, challenge yourself to be the most creative you can be. If it’s academics, challenge yourself to strive further. I think that to be a maverick is to push the limits and challenge how far you can really go, and I think we really take that seriously with our academics, with our arts, and with our athletics.”

Photo Editor: Kalli Anderson Social Media Manager: Kara Gibson Copy Editors: Kailey O’Connell, Brittany Bloom Adviser: Stacy Hardcastle Senior Staff Writers: Kennon Aarnes, Gillian Chaffer, Chad Crilley, Bryce Gallagher, Soren Gregory, Danielle Lee, Amanda Mester, Calvin Zeljack Staff Writers: Trevor Ferguson, Sophia Gambale, Claire Granich, Jenna Husong, Sophia Imparato, Syndey Kay, Hunter Mcgahan, Jasmin Sani, Samantha Sinatra, Acacia Southwell, Jack Stevens, Sabrina Stringfellow

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Opinion

OCTOBER 2015

The Delusion of Modern Education The modern education system encourages conformity as a path to success ultimately recognized is the end result.

It reduces the progress or work a student has completed, which prompts students to reduce themselves.

Danielle Lee

Senior Staff Writer

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ach school year, students are faced with and introduced to the pressure of getting better grades in order to go further in life and become successful under the false ideals implemented by our society. The modern education system pushes students against each other in a race to climb the unsteady and unbalanced ladder of what defines a person as a ‘good student’ in order to obtain greater success in life.

What is a ‘good student’? In today’s modern standards, it is held up as exceptional letter grades on a piece of paper. Although some may appreciate the work more than others, what is

However, grades are measuring the wrong things, and are pushing students in the wrong direction and behavior. In high school, measuring standardized test scores, grade point averages, and class averages can be crippling or degrading to stuDaniel Stuart dents. It discourages motivation, suppresses curiosity, and leads to unnecessary amounts of stress and anxiety.

Students feel pressure to simply have a product, and how they’d appear in comparison to others. When studying for an exam, students don’t learn about the topics because it captivates them, they learn what they need to

know in order to get an ‘A’ grade. In their eyes, doing well in school means getting good grades and doing everything exactly as they’re told, instead of evaluating, inventing and creating. It ultimately limits the interest in learning.

This implements a ranking system, allowing students to believe that they are not going to be as successful and instead need to compete against each other in order to be on top. It sets a predestined fate in students’ minds that is incorrect. Students are prompted to strive only for self-limiting goals.

We need an education system based on achieving success by utilizing each student’s talents and strengths. Although it may be more difficult to establish, it would lead to self-confidence, creativity and joy. Students would engage in diverse activities that would be beneficial to their mental and physical health, encouraging them to appreciate their own intelligence rather than compete with others.

College Education: A Step for Some Not everyone is cut out for the college life

There are many ways that a person can find alternate plans. Besides any money issues, military personnel or others wanting jobs with no need for an education may not see the point of paying extra money and being in student loan debt for years to come. In fact, many parents do not realize how the times have changed regarding school and adulthood. Many teenagers can become successful without a college education.

Gillian Chaffer Senior Staff Writer

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rom around the age of five, we are trained to believe that college is an essential part of a good future. Well, not directly; children are led through middle school to reach high school, then told that what we are doing now will change what is to come in a few years. However, not everyone can afford a four year university and continuing school isn’t for all. Therefore, students become wrapped up in the stressful idea that this far-fetched, checklist plan of the future needs to include college, or they will be saying good riddance to any career choice.

Many parents and students can supply the funds for a further education, but sometimes, a family does not have enough money to pay for college.This can be a problem for a multitude of reasons; scholarships are difficult to achieve and even come across, high school causes extra stress, and we feel the need to reach a goal that we may not even complete. Along with this, college is definitely not for everyone.

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age, however, not all people need to attend.”

another teenager hoping to go into the army or become an actor does not need college as much as the other. It does depend on the situation and preference, but overall, college can be worth the money and expenses, and gives a person real-life experiences to overcome.

To tie it all together, not everyone is cut out for the complicated student life with late hours, tests and balancing friends and studies. College has the same base as high school does after all; helping students achieve their goals and dreams. After cutting away the few who decide not to go or do not need to go, there is only a simple theory left: college, in the end, is only worth it if you decide to give it your all.

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Illogical Festivities

alloween: The weirdest “holiday” that has become ever so popular in the United States for centuries. I have always wondered why it is glorified by so many children.

When I was little, after many hours of trick or treating, the first thing my parents would do is check my pillowcase of candy. As a kid I always thought they were trying to steal the best types from me; namely the Kit Kats, but then I started realizing they were checking for anything that looked weird or was opened.

I see Halloween as an extremely funky and disturbing holiday. We dress up as the most popular character of the year and go around knocking on the doors of strangers receiving candy. This turns out to be increasingly creepy as I think about it. It started as a tradition in the 5th century where people visited other’s doors and received cakes in exchange for a prayer. It baffles me that that tradition has now turned into a silly, overrated excuse of a holiday to purge on unhealthy, artificial flavors and call it fun.

Suprisingly, it grows more and more popular as the years go on. According to US Census Bureau, 42.1 million kids trick or treated last year in the US, 1.1 million more than the year before. The desire to collect more and more candy is growing stronger.

For 364 days over and over, parents state the cliche, “Don’t take candy from strangers”. However, one day out of the year, they are more than happy to send you off to receive candy from anyone offering. I am not understanding the logic of this. Of course, the majority of people are just innocently giving out candy, but the elephant in the room is the creepy people who take advantage of Halloween to do what they please. And that is what we need to look out for.

Of course, Halloween can be fun. It is an excuse to go out with friends, dress however you please and yes, even eat an unexplainable amount of Kit Kats. It is even a time to go to haunted houses, such as Scream Zone, and pay an overwhelming $40 to be scared so badly by the evil clowns that you never go back again. But then again, some people consider this fun.

Although I find it extremely odd, I do respect those who enjoy Halloween. The ever so weird “holiday” seems fit to continue for many years, entailing many more years of dressing up and eating a vast amount of artificial candy.

Sammy Sinatra Staff Writer

The older generations may see college as a necessity, but this is not always fact.

In order to have a good career later in life, college can be important. In this day and age, however, not all people need to attend.

In contrast, a college education can also change someone’s life for the better.

Attending school can help with job opportunities- many careers ask for all employers to have a college degree.

Working hard for a few extra years in school can help a person find work and get the bills paid.

Take some jobs for example: an eighteen year old striving to be a surgeon would need medical school, but

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According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of high school students are either bullies or victims of bullying. By definition, bullying is any unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. Whether students are conscious of these actions or not, the effects are catastrophic. A study in Great Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying.

Bullying occurs every day on campus, even if it starts out as just a tiny lie.

“There was a rumor that was going around about me,” sophomore Frankee Reyes said. “It was false, but it got twisted and turned a lot, and it made me sound really bad. People forgot about it but it made me feel terrible.”

Rumors target characteristics about students, ranging from outward appearance, sexual orientation, religion “It’s really hard to be at a school where you’re a different color,” senior Felice Al-Shamma said.

“I know there’s not a lot of African Americans in this school, but I’ve had some different races come up to me and ask me why I’m here. They tell me how I should go back to Africa or wherever I’m from.”

Although bullying can certainly happen in person, today’s technology makes it easier.

“I think that it has to do with the advancement of social media,” English teacher Thea Chadwick said. “It’s easier to cowardly put something out there online than it is to do face to face.”

With social media, anonymous users can operate from behind the safety of a screen.

“A couple days ago, this anonymous person posted something about me on Instagram,” junior Makila Singer said. “They wrote a huge paragraph about what a horrible person I was, and pretty much posted everything they knew about me because we used to be really good friends. It made me feel pretty crappy. I would never do that to another person, especially if it’s really personal information.”

Often, words aren’t intended to be hurtful, but can be interpreted that way nevertheless.

“People say stuff like ‘kill yourself’ as a joke, but some people don’t take it as a joke,” sophomore Hannah Hogencamp said.

School can be a difficult place to deal with a bully.

“I was told to take myself out of the situation,” sophomore Gigi Buhaenko said. “But the

REVO problem is you’re at school; you’re with these people every day. If you’ve ever sat in a room, and everyone knows everything about you or thinks you’re a terrible person, it’s not a fun place to be. And you’re there every single day for seven hours.”

When classrooms become negative environments, students may not want to show up at all.

“I’ve just been not wanting to go to school, because that person’s in my class,” Singer said.

“You go in, and they’re whispering and talking, and it just doesn’t make you feel great.”

Some students, however, are able to overcome harmful situations.

“I just decided within myself that people are going to think whatever they want to think whether it’s true or not,” Reyes said. “They’re going to have their own opinions and I just decided that I’m better than that, and I don’t need to be afraid to come to school because of something that’s not true.”

Unfortunately, not everyone who experiences bullying can conquer it easily.

“Last year I had an experience with one of my best friends,” junior Abby Rowan said. “She texted me, ‘I’m done, I don’t want to be here anymore, life sucks.’ I remember I was sitting on the bus coming home from a tennis match and I was in tears because I was so scared, I didn’t want to lose one of my closest friends. It was really stressful.”

Often, the help students want is not necessarily the help that they need.

“I would tell them to go talk to their parents,” senior Taylor Robb said. “If they don’t want to tell anybody, I would talk to their parents for them. I know a friend would get really mad at me for doing something like that, but it’s just what’s best.”

Under the Umbrella

In the wake of countless adolescent lives affected by bullying across the nation, educators wonder what they can do to help their students. On 1 Maverick Way, administration strives to create an environment where students can reach out for help.

“What we’re doing to be more proactive moving forward is try to create a place where kids continually feel like they can come in and talk,” principal Bryan Marcus said. “We need to do a better job of really focusing on student connections and culture, and raising the bar up so more and more kids feel a part of our family.”

Administrators try to connect with students on a deeper level, but they experience setbacks

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“When I walk up, a lot of the time the initial effect is, ‘What do you want?

What did I do?’” assistant principal Justin Conn said. “I’m trying to get rid of that, because I want the initial reaction to be positive and for students to feel comfortable where they’re able to come to me with issues going on.”

Paula Fakalata

"Yes, you’ve been bullied, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a group of friends that will love you and be there for you."

Shelter From the Storm

UCLA psychologists published a study in the Journal of Early Adolescence, which found that students who are bullied regularly do substantially worse in school. To fight this, LCC's administration tries to keep students on track.

“Maybe a kid is having some absences in classes and tardies, and we’ll bring those students in and talk to them,” Marcus said. “While we’re talking to them, a lot of home stuff comes up at times. Then we just try to develop a connection with that kid that hopefully will help him or her turn it around in school.”

Years ago, administration implemented CommUnity Day, an event designed to bring the school together. According to teacher facilitators Jamie Ritchie and Angie Groseclose, teachers selected students to participate in the event, but it was recently opened to anyone who wants to attend. Even though it’s no longer mandatory, many students are slow to open up at first.

“I did it at the beginning of my sophomore year,” junior Maya Harrsion said. “In the beginning of the day there was a lot of tension and you could tell people still had their judgements on each other. My first impression was thinking maybe this tension will lessen up throughout the day, and that it did.”

Often what students choose to show on the outside may give a clue what’s going on inside.

Activities such as “Cross the Line” and “Things I Never Want to Hear Again” take place so students can get to know each other on a deeper level.

“CommUnity Day is a place where boundaries can be broken, and where individuals who choose not to talk to each other can find common ground and relate,” senior Alex Scott said.

This day also helps students that they’re never alone in their hardship.

“I felt united with the school, however cheesy that may sound,” Harrison said. “Everyone should try CommUnity Day at least once because everybody has problems and we tend to look over those problems of others.

Starting Fresh

Thursday, September 10 was National Suicide Awareness Day. At lunch, the Revolution Tour, a group of anti-bullying activists from New Zealand, came to LCC to perform on the stage in the Student Center. When the group formed ten years ago, the suicide rate for teengagers between ages 13 and 35 had been the third highest in an area called the Organisation for Economic CoOperation and Development (OECD). They took action immediately.

“We go into high schools to address people who perhaps are the victims, and have been victims, of life,” tour member Esther Elliott said. “Often, that is bullying; often that can be anxiety or depression, and those things lead to suicide. We want to empower those people with practical solutions, like asking for help.”

The activists also seek out the bullies themselves, hoping to offer them a way out.

“It can be a really hopeless position for someone who’s labelled as a bully,” Elliott said. “Then they’ve got no choice, they just live up to that reputation sometimes. Those people—they’re human too. They’re hurting too.”

Bullies aren’t always the villains they’re painted to be. Often, the aggression comes from underlying issues going on outside of school.

“For me, my world was falling apart at home,” Elliott said. “My father was abusive to myself, my brothers and my mum. I didn’t know how to handle my pain, I didn’t know how to handle my shame and I didn’t know how to handle my brokenness.”

For some, being a bully is simply the way to cope with one’s problems.

“When I would come to school and someone would say something to me, you better believe I would spit something back so quick to them and I would watch them break,” Elliott said. “And if I’m going to be honest, for that one moment, it would numb that pain.”

Students from every corner of the school came together to watch the Tour’s performance.

Some of the activities, involving food, music and dancing, required kids to step out of their

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 Less than 33% of teens with depression get help  Information from ABC News, University of California Los Angeles, Yale University and studies from Great Britain. comfort zones.“The fact that the whole school stood there and cheered for everyone in the dance competition—it allows people to think, ‘I can be myself here,’” said tour member Paula Fakalata. “That’s a big indication of family, in my opinion: being able to celebrate diversity.”

The Tour has experienced positive reactions from school to school, including students reaching out to fix broken relationships.

“Over time, we’ve seen the majority stand up,” Elliott said. “We’ve seen the victims of bullying ask for help and get help, and we’ve also seen the bullies themselves go up to people and say, ‘I’m so sorry. I did not understand what I was doing to you and I do now.’”

For some students, the Tour came at a major turning point in their lives.

“One student came to me and said, ‘this is my [suicide] letter,” Elliott said. “I’m going to the counselor now, and I’m handing this in.’”

Four years of high school can influence students in countless ways. Ultimately, it’s up to them to decide what will shape the experience.

“Yes, you might’ve been laughed at in school because you made a mistake, but you can get back up, and you can try again,” Fakalata said. “Yes, you’ve been bullied, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a group of friends that will love you and be there for you.You might’ve had an abusive family, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t find somewhere to belong.”

By uniting as a Maverick family and sharing our experiences, the community is capable of starting a real revolution.

“What if we all stepped it up a couple notches? What if your story here could inspire somebody in Chula Vista? In Orange County? In Los Angeles?” Revolution Tour supporter Jim Rooney said. “What if what you guys did at LCC—if you did it loud enough and long enough— started to change the region?”

The Revolution Tour credits its success to the willingness and passion of the student body.

“Really, what did we do?” Elliott said. “Nothing—played some music, handed out some pizza, said some words. Where does the real change come from? People like you. We just hope to spark some thought, to spark some ideas and to spark some initiative.”

The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is within reach after all.

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Fresh Faces Welcomed With Open Arms to La Costa Canyon

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s a new year begins at La Costa Canyon, two new faces arrive on campus to lead their respective athletic teams.

Newly named Freshman Football Head Coach, Andre Bosier, has been successful in guiding the young Mavericks to a 5-0 record up to this point in the year; Coach Bo, as he is known on campus, doesn’t seem to be satisfied quite yet.

“This team is capable of doing a lot more, and we haven’t hit that potential yet,” Boiser said. “The first few games were challenging but were not at that level where I can get good measurables off individual players and a team as a whole.”

Additionally, Girls’ Varsity Tennis Head Coach, Tamara Tanner, has led a culture change of her own, and the chemistry around the 3-2 Lady Mavs has certainly improved.

“It has changed for the better by far,”senior captain Julia Cornwell said. “It has been a lot more serious, a lot more focused, but it’s still fun being all together.”

Coach Boiser served twenty-two years in Special Operations branch of the United States Armed Forces prior to joining the football community and becoming a pop warner football coach for three years. The military veteran is known to describe his approach to coaching as “strict” and one which requires “physical and mental toughness” from each player.

“Coach Bo really emphasizes going 100% on every play and in every second of life,” freshman Ethan Cloutier said.

When it comes to team chemistry with the players, both coaches have done exceptionally well. Despite being relatively strict for the most part during practice, Coach Bo always shows appreciation towards his players.

“He cares about us, he wants us to succeed so he makes us work hard. He wants to see what we have in store,” Cloutier said.

Often while coaching, conveying one’s message clearly to the players and making an impact on each individual is equally as important as the team’s win/loss record.

“Coach Tanner has really gotten me to push myself farther than I have before. I never took it that seriously before this year,” Cornwell said.

The wins they get are important, but making sure that they learn basic life lessons is equally as important to him.

“Boiser has taught me new things that I didn’t even know before in football and in life,” Cloutier said.

For Coach Bo, he isn’t just set on being successful this year; he wants his young Mavs to be successful even after their time is done at La Costa Canyon.

“It’s important to learn the bear life lessons out of this game of football and to mature into great young men that in

2018, this freshman team can have rings on their fingers saying they CIF champions,” Bosier said.

Coach Bo isn’t just a coach; he is a individual that anyone can go to for advice and he is here to teach. He has changed the lives of so many individuals and continues to do that whenever possible. When not coaching, you can find him working with athletes on the weekends, teaching young warriors how to box at Title Boxing or at a pop warner games.

Throughout the season, Coach Bo has been raved about for his help in the community and with fellow staff members and coaches. This year, he started mandated tutoring after school on mondays that has really benefited his athletes.

“The athletes have really been taking advantage of it,” Principal Bryan Marcus said. “We are hoping that those players will extend the invitation to some of their friends.”

Coach Bo’s mentality and teaching style encompasses an ideal coach and role model for his athletes. than loutier “The field hockey “Boiser has taught me new coach has been saying that the freshman things that I didn’t even know football coach has his kids in line,” Assistant Principal Justin Conn before football and in life.” said. “He has his kids taking care of what they need to do. When it comes to sharing field space, he has done a fantastic job of working with that.”

As for tennis, Coach Tanner has high expectations for herself as she is the third girls’ tennis coach in 3 years.

“My expectations and responsibilities are the same, regardless of the first year or tenth year of coaching,” Coach Tanner said. “We all have responsibilities, and a team holds each other accountable for actions in order to reach goals together.”

The season has been a little bumpy to this point with canceled matches, but the team’s focus has not changed for a second.

“The girls have been working hard towards learning how to handle match butterflies and are well on their way to using that excitement as a positive contribution to the match,” Tanner said. “The recent wins have provided the girls with the confidence for the rest of the season.”

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Coach Andre Boiser helps prepare his Maverick Freshman Football team for competiton on September 3rd against the Trabuco Hills Mustangs.The Freshman Mavs would go on to win the game 28-8 and were still undefeated, holding a 5-0 record through October 5th.

Boiser has proven to be a worthy addition to the Maverick Football community and is well liked and respected by many.This is Boiser’s first year as Head Coach of the Freshman team.

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More Than Just a Game: Friday Night Contributions Extend Beyond The Field James Teague F ootball games are a lot of fun; getting to spend time with friends, enjoying some delicious food and, most importantly, displaying school spirit. But what is forgotten amongst the excitement is the effort put forth by many of the different members of the La Costa Canyon staff to make sure that things go smoothly each Friday night.

Much is done on a weekly basis, behind the scenes, by our Maverick Staff to ensure Friday nights run smoothly; the Maverick staff and volunteers are consistently crucial to the successful presentation of the games.

An especially important area of focus each Friday is what goes on inside the press box; a vital component of communicating news to spectators and recording statistics during the game.

“There are a lot of people involved,” Varsity Football announcer James Teague said. “The security is involved, the Athletic Director, too. Mr. McCormick is pretty involved in it and in the announcing booth we have an entire spotting staff.”

Teague is taking over as the Varsity announcer this year after serving as Junior Varsity PA announcer the past few seasons, in addition to teaching four levels of Spanish at LCC. “I’ve enjoyed announcing,” Teague said. “It’s fun to do things with the school that aren’t strictly in an academic setting.”

Getting ready for a football game goes far beyond the simplistics of security and food. Much care is taken inside the press box to prepare on a weekly basis.

“On Wednesday, we get from our spotter, Captain Holmerud, the names for both teams. I like to go over that.”

Teague said “Coach Sovacool has been nice enough to allow me to watch film, so when I have time I like to watch film on the other team and watch our practices; it gives me an idea of what to expect out of certain plays.”

What many fail to realize is that a numerous amount of staff and faculty work hard in preparation each week, in addition to those inside the press box.

“Casey Rector, the ASB director, does a lot of planning, more than people would think for games.” Teague said. “ASB is very involved in school spirit this year, which I think is fantastic; Rector’s coordinating different cheers that kids will take part in the student section in particular situations.”

ASB has done a great job of promoting school spirit this year and it is represented very well at our football games.

“We have Ms. Diguilio who is totally involved in every aspect of game management, as far as security and working with the administration,” Teague said. “Mrs. Wease is involved.

The coaching staff has a good say in what they expect out of the fans. Mr. Marcus has a humongous interest in school spirit

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and he’s been great about promoting school spirit.”

“We have a great staff here Our staff at and they are dedicated to our LCC obviously has huge influence on success as a school. If it weren’t ahow the football for them, we wouldn’t be able games are run.

There are numerous to enjoy the football games on components which go into running a Friday nights.” successful Friday night at LCC and almost everything must go smoothly for fans to be able to enjoy the wonderful atmosphere provided.

“We have a great staff here, and they are very dedicated to our success as a school,” Teague said. “If it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the football games on Friday night. As a school we need to be thankful of the hard work and dedication of our staff towards helping us enjoy ourselves both during and after school.”

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(Above left): The Varsity cheer team performs a routine during halftime of the 2015 Homecoming game versus the Vista Panthers on Friday, September 25th. (Above right):The La Costa Canyon student section shows up in full force on September 11th dressed in USA-themed gear for Varsity Football’s game against the Hoover Cardinals. Friday night games continue to act as a community building opportunity for the student body.

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Fall Athletics Make Their Return to La Costa Canyon Come out to the games and support, and it’ll be a good year,” Jackson said.

While Maverick Football may be the most highly regarded sport in the fall months, many other teams, who have shown such resilience and determination in recent years, will once again contend for postseason supremacy.

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“We’re a lot more put together this year. We’re more like a team, more like a family.

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IF Champions. The words echo across campus as another season of athletics commences at La Costa Canyon.

As the seasons transition in San Diego, many students look to another great school year and an even better athletic year. For the next two and a half months to come, all attention turns to a multitude of fall sports including Cross Country, Field Hockey, Girls Volleyball and Football, among many others.

As for Head Coach Sean Sovacool’s Varsity football team, much higher expectations come in the 2015 year--and rightfully so.

Last season concluded dismally with the worst record Coach Sovacool had seen to date at the helm of the Varsity team. The 2014 campaign concluded in a 7-6 record, as the Mavs were unable to capture a win within the Avocado West League.

“I have high expectations; we have a really good football team, as good as we ever had, and if guys make good decisions by staying out of trouble and staying healthy, we can beat anyone in San Diego,” Sovacool said.

The implementation of fan support and a sense of unity on campus are ideas which continue to be emphasized by Sovacool, who enters his sixth season with Maverick Football.

“Get to the football games. Props to our student body for showing up.You know it’s going to be a great product out there and it makes a difference. Not just home games, go to away games too,” Sovacool said. “Every game is a home game; that’s the mentality we should have. We need to have our guys travel.”

By way of consistent fan support,

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Sovacool emphasizes the importance of unifying the LCC community at athletic events throughout the scholastic year.

“None of our games for the rest of the season are more than thirty minutes away-support at the games and support the team.

Our guys will support other games; we go to a lot of other sports and have a lot of fun,” Sovacool said. “I don’t like to think of it as someone being a football player or basketball player--everyone is a Maverick. Support one another, let’s have the best student section in San Diego County.”

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“We have a really good football team, as good as we ever had, and if guys make good decisions, we can beat anyone in San Diego.”

Furthermore, November 6th of the 2015 season continues to be the most talked about date on the Maverick Football calendar.

“Torrey Pines. Always and forever. Does anyone else matter?” Sovacool said.

After suffering a season ending knee injury nearly a year ago, senior linebacker and running back Cade Jackson expressed the importance of this year’s Beach Bowl rivalry game against Torrey Pines, as the Mavericks were shut out by the Falcons 13-0 in 2014.

“I feel like there’s going to be a little chip on the shoulder. The juniors and seniors on this team have more of a friendship and bond.

After coming off of a gut-wrenching loss in last year’s CIF Championship game versus Serra High School, Maverick Field Hockey will be looking to bounce back this season and claim the beloved CIF Championship trophy.

“I think we’re going to be a lot better than last year. We’re a lot more put together this year; we’re more like a team, more like a family,” senior goalie Jodi Steigerwald said.

“I’m looking forward to CIF and I’m really excited for league competition to start; I feel like we’re going to win the league championship again.”

After losing senior forward Bayleigh Bogan and goaltender Paige Amico this past year, an opportunity arises for captains Nina Randolph, Mackenzie Peterson and Heather Brennan in their senior seasons. The three will need to play up to their maximum potential if the Lady Mavs want another shot at a CIF Championship.

“The captains are really positive; we lost a lot of great motivators. Everybody who stepped up last year is going to have to step up again this year,” Steigerwald said.

The Varsity team finished last season with an outstanding 22-8 record, going undefeated within the Avocado West, and finished the season ranked 32 in the state.

When it comes to the students who will once again lace up their running shoes this fall, both Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country teams will look to some experienced senior leaders in order to be thoroughly successful.

“I think we still have a pretty solid team, it is kind of similar from last year; we still have a lot of seniors on Varsity that are pretty fast,” junior Nelson Rader said. “We still have Bryan Johnson who’s really fast with a 4:20 mile, so he will be doing pretty good. We have a pretty strong team as far as that goes.”

Like so many other sports on campus, high expectations once again come for Head Coach Bill Vice and the entire Maverick Cross Country team.

“Our goal, as always, is just to do the best

that we can do every week, we have won five CIF championships in the last six years and if we run well, our goal is to win CIF for the boys and a state championship for the girls,” Vice said.

Coach Vice focuses on concepts of working as a team rather than concentrating on outstanding individuals and consistently instills these values in practice and competition.

“We don’t focus on individuals. We look at who has given what for the team,” Vice said. “Our girls are ranked #2 in the state; there have been ten girls who have worked their tails off this summer to put us in that position.”

Both Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country teams have already seen success this year, most notably coming on September 26th at the Stanford Invite, in which Boys’ Cross Country finished ninth overall as the fastest team from their respective division in San Diego County.

In addition, the girls finished seventh at the Stanford invite, and also are the fastest team from their respective division in San Diego County.

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“We don’t focus on individuals.

We look at who has given what for the team.”

Boys’ Varsity Water Polo, a team that fell just short of a CIF Division I Championship last fall, will once again contend for supremacy in the Avocado West and beyond this year. Despite an early season loss to rival Torrey Pines, the team continues to gain back consistency.

As another year of the Maverick tradition begins at LCC, students truly have so much to look forward to—whether it’s on the field, the court, or the stands cheering friends and teammates on. As Mavericks alike, we look forward to another most exciting year in athletics at La Costa Canyon.

MavLife Sports, the official home of Maverick Athletics, returns for a second straight year this fall on Ustream.com with live broadcast coverage of various athletic competitions throughout the entire school year. Follow @MavLifeSports on Twitter and Instagram for the latest scores, news, and updates in Maverick Athletics.

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Blueberry Muffin Edition

he Hungry Maverick is an evaluation done by the MavLife Staff, to find the community’s best tasting food, drinks and deserts. For this issue, MavLife staffers were in the mood for some muffins from around Encinitas! We decided we needed to grab some from your favorite local shops Pannikin, 2 GOOD2B, Sprouts and Coffee Bean. See who won below!

Reilly Tiglio Entertainment Editor

2GOOD2B

RATED: 3/5

204 N El Camino Real Encinitas, CA 92024 (760)-942-4663

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reated in 2011, 2GOOD2B is the gluten, corn or soy free individual’s safe haven, that serves crazy good food. Not only is each item made without those three key items but they taste great as well. Skeptical about the taste of these muffins, the MavLife Editorial Board decided that our gluten free taste buds had to be put to the test.

“The top is crumbly in all the right ways and it tastes like there are some really fancy spices

RATED: 4/5

involved as well,” sophomore Kalli Anderson said.

Althought the tasty crumbly top was very popular, the overall texture and taste of the muffin was not very popular amongst our team of editors.

“The crumble at the top is nice, but the texture is slightly grainy and not fluffy like muffins should be,” senior Cooper Gee said.

Coffee Bean

3231 Camino de los Coches, Suite 100 Carlsbad, CA 92009 (760) 634-2064 convenient morning stop for most students, Frandsen said.”

Coffe Bean has been serving southern CaliOur staff was very surprised by the overall fornia since it opened back in 1963. Most comtaste and quality of the muffin. Long surpassing monly known for their wide variety of drinks, the low expectations that were held for this we decided that we had to put Coffee Bean’s delicious pastry. blueberry muffins to the test. “ This muffin is both moist and crumbly. The “The muffin is delicious. The blueberry top has a little sugar on it to make it even more taste is very natural and not too overpowering. tasty. There is a perfect amount of blueberries as Although the texture of the muffin is somewhat well,” junior Jade Harabedian said. dry, it tastes fantasticly crumbly,” senior Aneleise

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Pannikin

RATED: 5/5

510 N Coast Highway 101 Encinitas, CA 92024 (760) 436-5824 adies and gentlemn, we have a winner. Pan“The muffin was packed wth real nikin, located on the Northern part of the blueberries. There was a distinct natural taste, and 101, is home to some of the most popular coffee, there was a fluffy texture alongside a whole grain tea, and food around. In accordance with their texture,” Gee said. world-famous coffee and tea, the big yellow house is home to some well known homemade With their blueberry muffin fulfilling all of muffins too. These muffins held a very high our wildest muffin dreams. Make sure to grab a expectation going into the competition, and they muffin from this local shop because you and your didn’t disappoint. tastebuds will be more than satisfied.

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RATED: 2/5

Sprouts

3243 Camino de los Coches Carlsbad, CA 92009 (760)-635-0625 favorite lunch time spot for La Costa Canyon Unfortunately Sprouts was the least favorite students as well as a healthy grocery destinaamongst the majority of our staff. Most felt that tion for the community, Sprouts has become the muffin was very artificial tasting despite the a favorite amongst many. At a fairly low price, “fresh baked” label.

Sprouts’ freshly baked muffins were a must try in the opinion of the Editorial board.

“The muffin is very appealing to the eye but has a strange taste, and is too sweet and almost “The muffin smells awesome but the too moist in my opinion,” Gibson said. blueberries dont taste fresh at all,” senior Kailey O’Connell.

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