Ilian Meza – Assistant Editor In Chief
December 27, 2012
Ilian Meza is a senior at KIPP: King Collegiate who’s looked forward to joining the ROAR since her Sophomore year and has finally done so. She has enjoyed her introduction to journalism this far and can’t wait to begin writing editorials. Feminism, undocumented students’ rights, social justice,... Read more »
Santiago Garcia – News Editor
December 27, 2012
Santiago is a not-so-average KIPP King Senior. This is his second year working for the ROAR, the first being back in his Sophomore year. The reason Santiago wants to work on the paper is simple; he loves writing. He enjoys reading books of all kinds and wants to hopefully write his own someday, and being... Read more »
Cherdonae Chaney – Lion showcase editor
December 27, 2012
Future third generation graduate, senior, and all- around cool gal, Cherdonae Chaney is excited to once again be in the ROAR family. This will be her third year in the class and she loves everything about it. Some things that some people may or may not know about her is that she is the eldest out of... Read more »
Diana Cabañas – Opinion editor
December 27, 2012
Diana Cabanas is 17 going on 18. She was born October 15, 1994 and her favorite time of the year is winter . This year is her second year in Journalism and her first year as an editor. She plans on majoring in English/Journalism and doing Theater in college. She has been in love with writing ever since... Read more »
Susana Bedolla – Life editor
December 27, 2012
Susana Bedolla is an eleventh grader at King, graduating in the year 2014. She is in her second year of Journalism, and is an editor for the Roar. She enjoys writing for the website and after graduating, she wants to continue writing for a journalism class. She was born on October 25 in Mexico, but... Read more »
Tommy Li – Copy Editor
December 26, 2012
Tommy Li is a member of the senior class at KIPP King Collegiate High School. He’s in journalism because he reads the news everyday, and wanted to see how they do it and how people are informed. He is enlisting in the Army as an Airborne Ranger and plans on leaving after high school. He’s... Read more »
Can We Bring Free Dress Back?
Elizabeth Afeworki, Reporter
December 19, 2012
2011 marked the first graduating senior class from a KIPP school in the Bay Area and was a very exciting moment for those of us who have been in the KIPP system for as long as we can remember. As underclassmen we were looking forward to the few senior privileges that hard years of work entailed. After... Read more »
We’re All Going To Die
Poima Maluia, Reporter
December 19, 2012
Centuries ago the Mayans created a calendar that archaeologists have concluded is set to stop on December 21, 2012. This can only indicate one thing: we don’t need any more days because we’re all going to die. Not everyone’s convinced, however. Scientists find it impossible that the... Read more »
Should Religion Be Taught in Schools?
Iakbal Kaur, Reporter
December 19, 2012
Students are constantly bullied in schools for their religious identities, but should schools teach different religions or be teach everyone to be tolerant? Many people believe that religion should be taught in schools because it allows people to know more about other people’s identities rather... Read more »
Teen Health:Sex Ed
Sierra Burris, Reporter
December 19, 2012
Scrolling through Facebook statuses we usually don’t expect fifteen-year old girls to be posting, “Omg I can’t believe I’m pregnant…(sic)”. Usually, a baby is call for celebration. Usually. But this is clearly not the case when said baby will be entering the life of an unprepared... Read more »
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