The Hunger Games: Book vs. Movie

Laura Gilbert, Staff reporter
April 15, 2012

On Friday, March 23, 2012, The Hunger Games hit theatres nationwide. Based on Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the film earned over $150 million in its opening weekend alone, an achievement topped only by Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,... (more...)

Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years

Laura Gilbert, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2012

On Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, the Girl Scout troops of Riverside began selling their traditional Girl Scout cookies. However, 2012 marks an even more monumental landmark for Girl Scouts, Inc; on March 12, one hundred years ago, Juliette Gordon Low gathered 18 girls from her community to form the... (more...)

13 Little Blue Envelopes

Laura Gilbert, Staff Reporter
February 2, 2012

13 Little Blue Envelopes is a young adult novel by Maureen Johnson. It follows the travels of 17-year old Ginny Blackstone as she is sent on a cross-European trek by her runaway and deceased Aunt Peg. The novel starts with the first letter she receives, which outlines the rules and gives her... (more...)

JVHS theater students attend CETA

Laura Gilbert, Staff Reporter
January 24, 2012

On Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, members of Ms. Suzy McCarley’s Theatre 2 and Advanced Theatre classes went to Servite High School (in Anaheim), where they attended the California Educational Theatre Association’s (CETA) annual Southern California High School Theatre Festival. Every year, CETA... (more...)