“My world would be a wonderland!” said senior Penny Burgess to the audience as a group of colorfully clad dancers streamed out into the quad on Sept. 30.

This season, the field hockey team is facing a difficult challenge. Unlike past years, the team has only two seniors to lead the way.

10) We finally get the clappers at the rallies. They’ll help with the cheering when we win every game.

As the California general elections in May approach, the school is making an effort to encourage older students to vote. Students over 18 have been called in to the office to receive voter registration forms, which they can complete on their own and return to the office to register. So far, about 75 students have been called in to the office to receive this form.

As seniors begin the college application process this fall, they face the tough decision of choosing which colleges will be right for them come fall 2011. However, the College and Career Center has made the decision a little easier for the seniors by hosting college speakers every week.

Turning 18 marks a huge transition for teenagers as they gain the freedoms and responsibilities of the adult world. Many seniors who have already turned 18 will be exercising their right to vote at the upcoming elections that take place Nov. 2.

In the midst of college applications and the everyday school load, seniors Lauren Mather and Shir Nehama both manage to spend their evenings doing one thing, dancing.

The top 4 percent of seniors who have been academically consistent and successful throughout their sophomore and junior years of high school received a letter in the beginning of the school year that congratulated their automatic admittance into a few UCs, including UC Davis, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine, for certain majors. Despite the success, however, this has brought little comfort to these students.