Category: Web Beats
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AP Sock Hop rocks the night away
Advanced Placement United States History students filled the Student Union on April 27 for the AP Sock Hop dance. The dance was an interactive history lesson setup by several APUSH students as their semester project, having a fifties “sock hop” theme. The Sock Hop had live music, provided by the Flopnik, a band consisting of…
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Power Outage stops class
Around 11 o’clock yesterday, students and teachers in class were suddenly thrown into the dark as lights, computers and smart-boards around the school turned off. According to Carlmont’s School Resource Officer, the outage was caused by a faulty transformer located in San Carlos. While power was restored minutes after the outage began, teachers had to work around to…
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Belmont City Council wraps up October
The Belmont City Council stayed up late last night, where they approved a new retirement program for city safety workers and heard from the town’s financial oversight and audit commission who gave the town a clean bill of financial health. The Council also heard from the community in an open public comments session. The Belmont…
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Choir rocks the night away at British Invasion
With the sun setting behind them and a sold out crowd before them, Carlmont’s choir sang the night away with their concert British Invasion. The concert, set up to support Carlmont’s preforming arts program, included songs by the Bee Gees, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. “(It) just seemed like a fun theme everyone would…
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Belmont Incumbents safe, Royce loses in San Carlos
Belmont and San Carlos’ city council elections have finally concluded, and some candidates can breathe a sign of relief while others are looking for a new job. Incumbent David Braunstien, who is also a Carlmont history teacher, captured 36% of the vote, sealing his reelection with a comfortable lead, while his college Christine Wozniak scraped…
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Carlmont Arts Department now available online
The entire Carlmont Arts Department is available 24/7 via the internet, on the department’s newly created website in the school district’s domain at http://www.seq.org/~ca_art/carlmont_high_school_art_department/Carlmont_High_school_art_Department.html. The website, created by ceramics teacher Tina Condos, complements Carlmontarts.com, the art program’s other website created by Animation teacher Joshua Sheridan, which focuses on Carlmont’s computer-based graphic arts programs. “we wanted…
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Softball Coach Ligget gets 900th win
Last Thursday, Carlmont’s varsity softball team celebrated an 8-1 win against Capuchino. But it was more than just a win for Coach Jim Liggett, as the victory over Capuchino have him his 900th win in his career. “It’s a good tribute to the types of players we get here at carlmont, and to the softball…
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Spring break for minors in Vegas
Las Vegas is widely considered to be the entertainment capitol of America, if not the world. For adults. For those of us unfortunate enough to be older than what most daycare centers consider “children” but still not 21, Las Vegas is more of a locked theme park than a city. State law prohibits people under…
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Students choose classes for 2012
As we come closer to the end of the school year, most students have met with their guidance counselors to pick their classes for next year. Most students are excited, such as freshman Calvin Dickerson, who said that “I’m taking weight training, because I want to bulk up”. Students are also thinking about their future,…
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DMV info night in the Student Union
Students and parents filled into the Student Union last night for a free DMV driver’s training information meeting setup by the PTSA class of 2014 committee chair Debbie Freeman and Economic Driving School Co-owner Don Myer. Freeman made it clear that the PTSA did not officially endorse the driver’s school, and that she chose…
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