Media students travel to Audacy Radio and KSSU
By Sarah Edwards, Entertainment Editor and Joanna Gayoba, Staff Writer Yesterday, on Nov. 20, a group of 32 media students traveled to Audacy Radio to visit local radio stations and California State University Sacramento to learn more about the process of working in radio. Students from El Camino’s media program taught by Matt Sumpter had…
From Paris to ‘professeur’: EC teacher crosses ocean and changes lives
By Virginia Hogge, Associate Editor David Manigart is one of two French teachers here at El Camino; he’s been teaching for 25 years and his impact on students has not gone unnoticed. Manigart was born and raised in Paris, France. At the age of 10 his parents divorced, and later on Manigart’s mom became handicapped…
Parents attend classes at Back to School Night
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor On Aug. 27, El Camino staff hosted Eagle Parents at EC’s biannual Back to School Night. This event is a chance for parents and guardians to visit their child’s classroom to understand the content they will be studying and the campus they will be learning on every day. Back to…
Class of ’26 watches the sun rise on their senior year
By Nora Seevers, News Editor Early on the morning of August 29, El Camino Class of 2026 gathered on the football field for the celebration to kick off their final school year: Senior sunrise. The seniors got to El Camino before 6am early that Friday morning to take pictures, socialize with their class, and show…
Eagle pride flies high at first rally of the year
By Emme Hogge, Editor in Chief To conclude the first full week of the 2025-2026 school year, El Camino’s Student Government held the Back-to-School Rally last Friday, Aug. 22. This rally also preceded this year’s first home football game, which was held at 6pm for junior varsity and 8pm for varsity. This year’s Masters of…
Student movie “Thus With a Kiss, I Die” premiere
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor On June 9. student movie “Thus With a Kiss, I Die” premiered at seven pm in the performing arts center at El Camino High School. This movie was created by EC graduates Savea Allison (’25) and Lucas Waddell (’25) during the spring block. This 25 minute short film stared EC…
Class of 2025 honored at rally and Senior Sunset
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor On May 30, the Senior Rally and Senior Sunset gave El Camino a chance to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2025. The Senior Rally took place after second period in the large gym. Senior Sunset started at 7pm on the football field. The Senior Rally is for the…
MAP teacher assists car accident on Eastern
By Emery Lewis, Editor in Chief Sometimes the best lessons in education are when real life happens. Today during second period, a car swerved and crashed onto the lawn of the house on the corner of Avila Ln. and Eastern Ave. After hearing the accident outside her classroom, Medical Assisting Pathway teacher Erica Carruth exited…
U.S. Representative comes to EC
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor On March 28, El Camino hosted U.S. Representative Ami Bera in a town hall where select upperclassmen had a chance to ask the former doctor questions ranging from immigration to educations policies. Everyone invited gathered in the Performing Arts Center to listen to what the Congressman had to say. Bera…
EC Families get Cash for College
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor On Feb. 6, El Camino held a Cash for College information night, for students and their families to learn more about financial aid. Cash for College is a program that holds in person and virtual workshops with financial aid experts. These experts help families apply for Free Application for Federal…
Ms. Fox looks forward to becoming new student government adviser
By Emme Hogge, News Editor For decades, high schools and junior high schools in the United States have had an organized group of students that are given the responsibility of representing the Associated Student Body’s wants and requests, called Student Government. This student-led program plans and produces events for their school, along with promoting school…
EC students browse for clubs at Spring Club Rush
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor On Jan. 28th, El Camino students advertised their clubs in the back quad for the second time this school year. The purpose of club rush is to give students a chance to learn about and to join a club. The clubs that participated this block include YA Reads, the Latinos…
Choir hosts open mic night
By Rain Cummings, Staff Writer This year, on Nov. 20, El Camino students and staff gathered in the band room to participate in Open Mic Night to sing karaoke and have a good time together. One student, JJ Doolittle (‘25), participated in this event and got the crowd dancing with his song, “American Pie”. Doolittle…
The Scholastic Book Fair returns to EC
By Emery Lewis, Editor in Chief Just in time for the holidays, the Scholastic Book Fair has come to El Camino bringing a variety of books, fun school supplies and trinkets available for purchase in the library. The book fair will be on campus from Dec. 11 all the way to Dec. 20, the last…
EC football coach Brian Lewis let go
By Anthony Rando, Sports Editor The El Camino Athletics Staff have announced that Brian Lewis, The Head Coach for the Varsity Football Team, has been let go. Lewis joined EC at the start of the 2024 season and led the Eagles Varsity team through 3 Quarterbacks in 3 months as well as an 0-10 record…
EC welcomes new college and career tech
By Ana Diaz, Staff Writer On Sept. 23, Sarah Vieira started her first day as a college and career tech at El Camino because she enjoys working with students and helping them pursue their goals. The purpose of a college and career tech is to assist students with their educational and future plans. In addition…
An “American Horror Story” at EC
By Emme Hogge, News Editor On Friday Oct. 25, El Camino’s student government held its annual Haunted House in the small gym, which was themed this year after the popular anthology series American Horror Story. Student government member Zoe Daffron (‘25) was lead of the Haunted House after being second in command her junior year.…
Threats of violence circulate El Camino
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor On the week of Sept. 15 El Camino High School dealt with a myriad of threats to the safety of students and staff on campus. Many social media posts circled around the student body, and there were weapons present. Teachers were alerted of these issues through a new app called…
U-CAN brings HBCU Fair to EC
By Keaton Yost, Associate Editor El Camino hosted the Historically Black Colleges and Universities fair on Sept. 12 to provide college and scholarship opportunities for students from a variety of schools in the district. There are about 107 HBCUs in the United States, and 30 of these such schools were present at the fair. Contrary…
EC Welcomes New English Teacher
By Emery Lewis, Editor in Chief At the end of the school year El Camino said goodbye to multiple staff members which is why this year EC has welcomed many new staff members, from councilors to teachers and even coaches. Curtis Gordan is the new English three and English Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum teacher…
EC holds Back to School night for parents
By Grace Gollihur, Managing Editor Every block El Camino high school holds a Back to School night for parents and guardians to learn about their child’s classes. This block, Back to School night was held on Aug. 28 in the evening. On Aug. 30 students and staff had a minimum day because Back to School…
Seniors come together for Senior Sunrise
By Emme Hogge, News Editor The class of 2025 gathered together on the El Camino football field on the morning of Aug. 23 to watch the sunrise together at the annual Senior Sunrise. Seniors arrived at EC at 5:30 am while it was still dark, and spent roughly the next hour and a half taking…
Class of 2024 finishes high school
By Emme Hogge, Managing Editor As summer break approaches and the El Camino class of 2024 celeberates their graduation, seniors are kept busy with end-of-the-year events and ceremonies. Senior Awards Night was held May 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Performing Arts Center to honor high-achieving EC seniors. Senior Awards began with a…
EC Puts on Cars and Coffee Fundraiser
By Emery Lewis, Opinion Editor On March 16, El Camino held its annual morning car show in the junior parking lot. This event is a fundraiser for the class of 2024 to go towards their senior ball. Tickets were sold for $10 per car and hotdogs and coffee were donated to the fundraiser to be…
EC Boosters hosts annual crab feed
By Taylor Dingman, Editor in Chief On March 9 El Camino boosters club hosted their annual crab feed at Scottish Rite Masonic Center to support EC students. The event consisted of food, drinks, live music and a raffle and live auction. EC families and friends donated items to the event which were then auctioned to…
The CAST in a slump at EC
By Taylor Dingman, Editor in Chief On Monday April 8, El Camino Juniors and Seniors took the California Science Test to give information to teachers, students and their families about what the students know about the subject. While the school states this testing is required, many EC Seniors didn’t show up for the testing and…
EC hosts first Festival of Colors dance
By Grace Gollihur, News Editor On Friday March 8 El Camino held their first ever Festival of Colors dance in the large gym. This dance was held to celebrate culture week that included spirit days leading up to the dance. The gymnasium was transformed into a vibrant spectacle, with students decked out in an array…
Captain Joseph House Foundation comes to EC
By Emery Lewis, Opinion Editor El Camino will be hosting the Captain Joseph House Foundation on Feb. 17 from 7-9 p.m. in the El Camino Center for the Arts to share information and spread awareness about their unique foundation. The CJH Foundation was founded by Betsy Schultz in honor of her son Captain Joseph Schultz…
EC celebrates the winter season at the Snow Ball
By Grace Gollihur, News Editor Winter is upon El Camino, and it was celebrated with a Snow Ball dance in the the small gym on Dec. 8. The event was winter themed, with blue and white decorations, a photo booth and a DJ who had party lights around the table. During the dance, the line…
KYDS Toy Drive strikes attention of local news channels
Photos by Isabel Arguelles, Entertainment Editor The KYDS Toy Drive for Sacramento Sheriff’s Toy Project was in full swing today, with officers at El Camino helping collect donations with KYDS club members near the large gym and KCRA 3 and ABC 10 news channels reporting on the event. Sasha Faris (’26) and Elizabeth Ramirez (’24)…
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