After a week of uncertainty and student protesting, Principal Brian Ginter told the Mirada Thursday afternoon that the school will continue to offer digital art classes and retain teacher Jonathan Feld, whose job had been threatened. The school had previously announced plans to cut Photography, Digital Art and Advanced Commercial Art--all taught by Feld--because of the cost...

Plenty of students are creative, but freshman Kaylee Barnes and her younger sister Kat take things to the next level with their own scrunchie business: KK Scrunchies Company. Their small business originated with one scrunchie and the idea of making a business. The two sisters now make their own handmade, one of a kind scrunchies. “Kat and I both wanted to start a new hobby...

The action-packed annual Jack Scott Tournament took place last week and ended with Rio on top. The bracket consisted of three rounds, each team needing two wins to reach the final. The Raiders faced the Monterey Trail Mustangs out of Elk Grove in the first round. An exciting back and forth first quarter opened the bout. The Mustang’s junior guard, Elijah Shung, attacked...

Many teachers do interesting things which a lot of students don’t realize. Jennifer Jenks, a French teacher who has been teaching for 18 years is one of them. She teaches French 1, 2, and Honors French 3. She has and continues to travel to countries all over the world. Jenks has been to every continent except Antarctica. She has achieved so much in very little time what...

After additions of the Performing Arts Center and Field of Dreams, Rio awaits one more upgrade: solar panels. This summer, the district plans on installing solar panels above the overflow parking lot. The construction will being in summer and will be completed before school starts in August. Originally, they wanted to install solar panels on the roof of the large and small...