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On My Block Season 2 Recap & Season 3 Trailer Analysis

March 1, 2020

Season 3 of “On My Block”, a series about a group of teenage friends, the Roller World money and the Santo...

The Oarsman Places Sixth in National Best of Show Contest

May 23, 2019

Just as Venice students began trickling into school at 7 a.m. on April 25, four editors from The Oarsm...

Seniors Dance Away the Night at the Odyssey for Prom 2019

Minerva Theresa, Features Editor

May 23, 2019

Venice High seniors attended their masquerade-themed prom at the Odyssey Event Center in Granada Hills o...

Things To Do This Summer

Jacqueline Payan, Reporter

May 29, 2015

Summer is back! Here is a cool list of fun ideas for the summer of ‘15! Hit the movie theaters this summer! Movies like “Insidious 3”, “Jurassic World”, “Ted 2, Minions”, “Ant-man”, “Mr. Holmes”, “Paper Towns”, “Fantastic Four” and “Sinister 2” are all out this summer. &nbs...

We’re Back, Pitches

May 12, 2015

The acapella group called Barden Bellas is back and in a bad predicament. Elizabeth Banks who plays Gail in “Pitch Perfect 2,” also directs the movie. The film comes out May 15th with high hopes because the original did so well, making over $64 million in 2012. “Pitch Perfect” got a lot of attention because Anna Kendricks’...

P.E. Shouldn’t Be A Class

Jacqueline Payan, Reporter

May 11, 2015

Looking back to the two years of P.E. I took, I question why I even had to take P.E. I remember having...

Senior dinner 2k15

Simran Ali, Editor-in-chief

May 11, 2015

Seniors enjoyed the senior dinner on April 16th in the student cafeteria from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. They were treated to a live DJ, a prom fashion show and a catered dinner. “Parents donated for the decorations, and many juniors helped out with the arrangements and dinner,” said Mr. Cristobal Vicente, senior class sponsor....

Journalism Staff Takes Denver

May 1, 2015

13 Oarsman staff members traveled to Denver for the National High School Journalism Convention in April.

High School Preparing Us For Life

Jacqueline Payan, Reporter

April 24, 2015

The real world can be a scary place and I think that in high school we should be taught more about living life rather than keeping our heads in a textbook. Growing up can be stressful, especially when you’re a senior. So many of us are oblivious to the world around us and are more familiar with textbooks and math equations. Teenagers...

The Cost of Prom is Not Worth it

Jacqueline Payan, Reporter

April 24, 2015

While many of my peers are renting their party buses and spending hundreds of dollars on dresses, I’ve decided to skip prom. Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of having an end-of-high- school dance, but honestly I’d rather spend my money at about a thousand other places than at our high school prom. After hair,...

Students need to be prepared for the real world

Jacquline Payan, Reporter

April 16, 2015

The real world can be a scary place and I think that in high school we should be taught more about living life rather than keeping our heads in a textbook. Growing up can be stressful, especially when you’re a senior. So many of us are oblivious to the world around us and are more familiar with textbooks and math equations....

The burden of AP is killing students

Harry Phillips, Editor-in-Chief

April 16, 2015

To say that the AP tests stress students out is an understatement to say the least. The tests reflect what students have been studying since the first day of school. All of the work that students have put in leads to an exam that gives them college credit if they pass or make them feel horrible for wasting so much time on...