Opinion
Let’s make Hybrid check-in awesome
Alejandra Rodriguez, Managing Editor
October 15, 2020
The school board voted last week to transition from Distance Learning to a Hybrid Model beginning Nov. 2. About 500 students will be coming to school on Mondays and Thursdays. A different 500 will attend on Tuesdays and Fridays while about 900 students have decided to stay home full-time. I...
Student service should be celebrated
Kobin Hamilton, Opinion Editor
October 15, 2020
Everyone should watch this video To honor the 2,977 Americans killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, ASB member Irene Cheon, a senior, created an amazingly emotional video using clips of teacher recollections. I hadn’t even been born yet in 2001, but this part of our history was life cha...
New grading policy doesn’t help students enough
Gillian Hodgden, Editor-in-Chief
May 21, 2020
Our school district recently was featured in the online education magazine EdSource. The article celebrated the district for making sure each student had a Chromebook for Distance Learning. The article also pointed out that the district purchased 500 Wi-Fi hotspots for students without Internet access at home....
Editors say thank you to the Tribe Tribune
May 21, 2020
To the readers of the Tribe Tribune, What a year this has been, and how fast it flew by. It seems like it was just August 2019, as we sat together in the Dripp courtyard, brainstorming issue ideas for the upcoming year and eating croissants. We wanted to center each issue around a theme per...
College admissions now based on dumb luck
April 16, 2020
Due to test cancellations amid the COVID-19 quarantine, the UCs and CSUs announced on—no joke—April 1 the suspension of SAT and ACT requirements for the class of 2021. In addition, these schools have stated that GPAs from junior year will no longer weigh heavily in the admissions process. However,...
Teacher humor makes staying at home less painful
Karen Ruiz, Club Editor
April 16, 2020
Here I am. A first-generation student, counting down the days until my parents and family could see me walk across the fake grass on the football field and up on stage to accept an empty diploma case. Now, I’m wondering if I’m going to be left with a graduation Zoom party while my diploma is stuck...
Novice gardener socializes with plants
Alejandra Rodriguez, Staff Writer
April 16, 2020
During these difficult times, parents aren’t perfect. They’re letting their kids watch too much TV and maybe eat less than healthy snacks. As a new plant mom, I can understand how tough it is to make the right choices for your kids. But it’s okay. I’m doing the best I can. Once I learned that...
Editor criticizes racism, sexual assault in some 80s films
Jamie Ma, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
ASB’s Stranger Things themed Sadie’s dance last Friday gave students a fun flash from the past, demonstrating the neon timelessness of 80s teen culture with activities ranging from playing Donkey Kong to Skee-Ball. To celebrate both ASB’s hard work and the 80s time period, the Tribe Tribune s...
Hits and Misses of February 2020
February 20, 2020
😍HIT Thank you to ASB for taking the time last week to write every student’s name on a pink heart for Valentine’s Day! Students enjoyed searching the wall for their heart. Some have decorated their chromebooks with the beautifully bright pink pieces of paper. 😍HIT ASB rele...
Students must find path to civil discussion
Jamie Ma, Editor-in-Chief
January 30, 2020
Although I’m Korean, I grew up in a typical American evangelical, predominantly white church. For years, I endured subtle racism and misogyny. When some boys found out I attended a march for gun control, they chased me out of the building with an NRA hat, yelling at me to put it on. But when I ...
Thank You, JROTC
Marley Fox, Reporter
December 12, 2019
Students enrolled in Fullerton’s JROTC are taught to be tough. To be resilient. To be disciplined. But after spending an entire day at a recent competition with the JROTC team, I learned that this team is so much more. I was invited to watch the FUHS Cadets compete at the Spartan Obstacle Course...
All I Want For Christmas is Harry Styles Tickets
Lexi Ruesga, Reporter
December 12, 2019
Harry Styles is everywhere. You can’t browse the internet or watch T.V. without seeing his adorable face and bright smile. So it’s no wonder my friends and I spent our entire journalism class period with our eyes glued to our screens, trying to buy tickets to his Dec. 13 concert. Senior Jayme...
