We’ve heard your input—from the numerous letters to the editors we have received to those who sat silently and devoured The Sandpiper’s last issue—and for November, we’ve decided to put together a…
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Opinion: Should the death penalty be struck down?
On Nov. 6, the people of California will make an important choice, one that’s literally a matter of life and death. California’s Proposition 34, if passed in this month’s general election, would…
Common Lunch-Time Waste and Where to Put It:
COMPOST LANDFILL RECYCLE Fruits Meat Cans Vegetables Citrus Plastic bottles Bread Plastic utensils Coffee Cups Paper boats Chip bags Paper plates Styrofoam Yogurt cups
Compost program plagued by setbacks
Carmel High School’s Environmental Club was set to implement a composting program at the high school this October, but a series of setbacks have hindered the process. “Either someone hates me, or…
Opinion: Should Students have Wi-Fi for Personal Use?
At the start of 2012, the Carmel Unified network was re-wired, and only a few selects now have access to the new wireless password. Prior to that, students were able to find…
Opinion: New Parking Paves Over Problems
At the beginning of this school year, the junior class was informed by assistant principal Martin Enriquez of a future construction project for a new science building that will occupy the location…
Lederle behind the lens
Settled behind her desk, a cup of rich coffee in hand, Holly Lederle is somewhat reminiscent of a well-known icon of film culture, the beloved Holly Golightly. In a way similar to Golightly’s…
Dave Soto: More than your average bus driver
Frost crawls up the windows of the long yellow school bus. 6:24 a.m. and children are walking up the familiar steps into an empty bus. Living in the deep, rugged wilderness of…
Taking a look at local school environments
Some people think of their high school years as the glory days and some think of them as the worst years of their life, depending on the relationships they built with students…
Students honored for 9/11 works
Carmel High senior Lana Richards and junior Madi Salvati won the Carmel 9/11 Memorial Writing Contest in August, for which students had to write either an essay or a poem about the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Salvati and Richards each received $200 for winning the essay and poem divisions, respectively, and read their submissions aloud at the memorial ceremony. Senior Alex Wieting-Lukowski also won an honorable mention for her poem.
The poems and essay will be displayed in the Harrison Memorial Library in Carmel-by-the-Sea, along with a piece of steel taken from the fallen Twin Towers.