Friday mornings in the front office of Godinez Fundamental High School (GFHS) are chaotic. 

A typical morning for office manager Olivia Arredondo at GFHS is finding sub coverage for two to three teachers…

With over 60,000 deaths in California due to the outbreak of COVID-19, it is evident that it is no longer just a number, but more about the millions of lives that this pandemic has taken worldwide from…

Texas and South Carolina are miles away from California but it didn’t stop two students from staying connected. Indys Lopez and Lizeth Fuentes Ramirez are both students at Godinez Fundamental High School…

2020 was a year for countless disasters, misfortunes, and violent cases. After countless hate being thrown at indigenous people, Asians are being attacked as well. 

Major cities in the U.S. have experienced…

Editor’s Note: The following is a reflection from our editor-in-chief, Wendy Rodriguez.

One year. One year after it all began–or ended.

March seems like an eternity. Yet, here we are, one year later.

It’s…

With over 242,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 3,848 deaths in Orange County, Calif., and 44,000+ in Santa Ana, it is clear that the coronavirus has had a major impact on our community.

Now more…

When senior, Britney Perez and her family started showing COVID-19 symptoms, she immediately signed up to get tested on a website given through Latino Health Access. Perez had discovered them through social…

Weeks after the 2020 presidential election, many still try to comprehend the fiasco that the election process was–especially Latino voters. With a cutthroat competition in battleground states, accusations…

Across the country, millions of people wait, and wait, for results of who will be the next president of the United States of America. Will it be our incumbent President Donald Trump or former Vice-President…

With the city of Santa Ana having the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Orange County, schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) are continuing distance learning for the start of the…

For junior, Mariela Rodriguez, going to school online was necessarily not the best option because she lives in a household of nine family members.  

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many schools…

For incoming junior, Jasmine Delgado, she’s a mess when it comes to organization. Going to a high school that is online only, is not helping.

As August 17, 2020, quickly approaches, Godinez Fundamental…

As California tries to flatten the curve and stop the spread of COVID-19, staying at home is the new normal and face masks are essential. 

Wearing a mask is required in most places and grocery stores…

On Friday, March 13, 2020, Godinez Fundamental High School closed its campus and students are not expected to return until further notice.

Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed in a statement that “California…

No sports, no performing arts, and no school for Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) students.

SAUSD Superintendent, Jerry Almendarez, announced earlier today that all schools will be closed through…

A man in his 50’s in Placer County is the first person in California to die from COVID-19 better known as the coronavirus.

There have been 17 deaths in the United States — 15 in Washington State…

Kobe Bryant looks at the ref and calls a time out. As he calls in his team and grabs his clipboard, click, I take the photo.

I took this photo during my sister’s morning basketball game last March….

For some high school students, the constant lack of sleep can ruin their day. However, more sleep and wider awake students may happen with later start times in the next three years.

On Sunday, October…

Our first annual Dia de los Muertos festival took place at Godinez Fundamental High School’s library on Nov. 4, 2019.

This story was originally published on Grizzly Gazette on November 14, 2019.

Allison Ruth Wendel, 10, from Santa Ana committed suicide on Sunday, October 13, 2019. She attended Hazard Elementary School as a fifth-grader in neighboring Garden Grove Unified School District.

The…

The Godinez swim team had already gone through struggles before the swim season even started.

This school year, Godinez Aquatics had many changes including: new coaches, athletes leaving, and swim meets…

This story was originally published on Grizzly Gazette on April 27, 2019.

AP testing is stressful. But AP practice exams can help reduce that stress if students are willing to give up their spring break.

With many students looking forward to a week away from school, the idea…

At Godinez Fundamental High School, students have been upset about the restrooms being unavailable throughout the school day.

Students are either tagging, smoking, or drinking in the restrooms. Vandalism…

Parents try their hardest to make their children happy, often times at the expense of others.

On March 12, 2019, federal prosecutors released information that uncovered a bribery plot where rich and…

Girl’s water polo has found a new coach, John Wright. 

Wright comes to Godinez Fundamental High School with over 20 years experience and a wealth of knowledge having c coached high school, junior…

The day you meet your idol, you are starstruck and have no words. You completely forget everything that’s going on around you. The moment she walks up to you, you can hardly breathe and after, you think…

From the editors and adviser: The Advanced Journalism staff while researching this story, decided to use our own newsroom to tell the story of a problem that is way too common on our campus and in our…

When Godinez Fundamental High School students open their Chromebook, a message appears. “It” wants you to share your screen with your teacher.

“It” is LanSchool Student which was recently introduced…

Students who ride OCTA (Orange County Transportation Authority) buses are all too familiar with a packed and crowded bus on their way to school.

Hundreds of Godinez Fundamental High School students…

I continued to pray and listen as the interviewer asked my mom: questions about our journey to America, our lives before we started that journey, and about our current lives in the U.S.

These questions…

Being undocumented was a struggle but alas, my family and I began to see a light at the end of the tunnel when I was 12 and my mother married her boyfriend of eight years who was a  Permanent Resident.

After…

From the time I was 3-years-old, when I arrived in the U.S., I knew that I was “illegal.”

I remember the night before we left for the “other side.” My brothers and I slept with our shoes on…

For the 2018 midterm elections, I was given the opportunity to volunteer as a poll worker at one of the multiple polling locations across the United States.

I was assigned to work at Commonwealth Elementary…

This story was originally published on Grizzly Gazette on October 18, 2018.

“What is this, a football game or a political rally?” asked principal Jeff Bishop of Santa Ana High School to the Orange County Register upon seeing the offensive posters on the bleachers.

On Friday,…

If this was a movie, Godinez would have won.

But Godinez lost once again. They have only beaten Segerstrom High School, their rivals, once in the past ten years.

But this game was different. It…