Sharon Yong – GALILEO LIONS JOURNALISM

Staff Feature

The Ups and Downs of Volleyball at Galileo

By Sharon Yong

Being a part of the volleyball team was an extremely important part of my experience at school, as it was the first thing that helped me feel like I really…

Editorials

Save the AP Drama for Your Mama!

By Sharon Yong

The experience of this year’s AP Exams have been extremely stressful for Galileo’s seniors, as there has been concern from students over their exams being potentially cancelled and having to…

Local News

Ms. Maroun’s “Rising Stars” Tradition

By Sharon Yong

Since 2009, Galileo’s AP Literature class has had the opportunity to experience going to various plays and musicals at the SF Playhouse. This has been made possible through the “Rising…

Local News

The Story Behind Galileo’s Talent Shows

By Sharon Yong

Galileo’s 24th annual talent show was the end of an era, as coordinator of every talent show, peer resource teacher, Ms. Jackie Alarcon, will be stepping down as she plans…

Local News

Black History Month Assembly

By Sharon Yong

Commemorating the multitude of accomplishments of African Americans in the United States, Galileo's Black Student Union (BSU) put together an assembly on Friday, February 28th. The assembly educated students about…

Local News

Senior Night for Varsity Boys Basketball

By Sharon Yong

Senior night for Galileo’s boy’s varsity basketball was bittersweet as the Lions ended the game with a resounding 17 point win, but 2 valuable senior players sustained injuries while playing…

Editorials

My Issue with Book Banning

By Sharon Yong

Since his previous term, President Trump has been known to support conservative groups that organize and enforce book banning in schools within the country, along with endorsing politicians who act…

Local News

The Banning of TikTok

By Sharon Yong

The social media app, “TikTok”, has risen to become one of the top platforms in the world, and is used by many students, whether it's for entertainment or for news. …

Sports

Varsity Boys Basketball Goes 1-1 In Home-stand

By Sharon Yong

The boys varsity basketball team took their first loss of the regular season against the Washington Eagles in a devastating game on Wednesday, January 8th, but had a redeeming win…

Polls

Poll: Favorite Thanksgiving Memories and Traditions

By Sharon Yong

With fall coming to a close, Thanksgiving gives everyone time to reflect and reminisce on their favorite family memories. Regardless of your background, Thanksgiving is a day for most to…

Local News

Restoring Galileo’s Observatory

By Sharon Yong

Galileo is one of the few schools in the nation that has an observatory, but unfortunately, this trademark feature has been abandoned for the last few decades. However, economics teacher…

Staff Feature

Love for The Waves

By Sharon Yong

Spending his teenage years on the water riding waves, surfing was a unique career choice for Galileo’s new art teacher, Mr. Schieldhauer. During this time he used meaningful experiences, combined…

Polls

Galileo Community’s Alternate School Choices

By Sharon Yong

Whether Galileo was the first choice for students and teachers or not, all of these familiar faces ended up as part of it's community. However, many other schools in the…