By Noah Prozan // Students from all four high schools in the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) participated in the Stanford Survey of Adolescent Development on April 9, 10, 14, and 15. More commonly known as the Challenge Success Survey, the questionnaire is run by a non-profit organization of […]
Month: May 2015
Will Forte: Picking the Brain of a Comedic Genius and Former Don
By Sam Fraser and Adam Blake // While many Acalanes graduates go on to accomplish great things, few over the course of the school’s 75 year history have achieved true fame. None, perhaps, have achieved the level of stardom as Will Forte, Acalanes class of ‘88, and former SNL cast […]
Smokeless Tobacco and E-Cigarettes: A New Era of Nicotine Addiction
By Ryan Summerlin // In 1965, about 42% of the United States population considered themselves smokers. The metric for determining this being the question, “Have you smoked a cigarette in the past week?” At the time, cigarettes were advertised everywhere, on television, on the radio, and in magazines. However, in […]
Men’s Tennis Swept by Menlo in State Semifinals
By Tommy Fellner // The Acalanes Men’s Tennis team, the 4 seed in the CIF State playoffs, lost to 1 seed and champion Menlo this Saturday afternoon. The Dons knew they would have their hands full taking on the second best high school tennis team in the nation. Unfortunately, Acalanes […]
Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Marin Catholic Despite Late Run
By Tommy Fellner // The Acalanes Men’s Lacrosse team, the top seed in NCS, lost a nailbiter game to second seeded Marin Catholic 9-8 this Friday night in the NCS championship game. The Dons were bested by Marin Catholic for the second straight year in NCS and lost by the […]
Men’s Tennis Breezes into CIF State Semifinals
By Tommy Fellner // The 4 seeded Acalanes Dons defeated 5 seed Rio Americano this friday in the CIF State playoffs by a score of 6-1. Acalanes proved itself to be a force and Rio Americano received the Dons’ wrath. There was outstanding play across the board; Acalanes top three […]
Men’s Lacrosse Advances to NCS Title Game
By Tommy Fellner The Acalanes Men’s Lacrosse team, the top seed in the NCS playoffs, defeated Marin Academy 13-5 to advance to the NCS title game for the third consecutive year. In the first quarter the Dons came out hot and senior captain Sam DeRoque got the scoring going early […]
Women’s Lacrosse Upset by S.F. University in NCS Semifinals
By Tommy Fellner The Acalanes Women’s Lacrosse team, the 2 seed in NCS, fell to S.F. University 7-6 in the semifinals of the NCS Playoffs this Tuesday afternoon. Acalanes had already had a terrific season, going undefeated in DFAL play, besting rival Miramonte twice and earning the second seed in […]
Sam Fraser’s Swan Song : the Final Column
As this will be the last issue of Blueprint published before I graduate next month, this is the last column I will write in high school. This is a rather bittersweet moment for me, and with these words I can feel the closing of a short, but very significant chapter […]
Men’s Tennis Falls to Dougherty Valley in NCS Finals
By Tommy Fellner The Acalanes Men’s Tennis team, the 2 seed in the NCS playoffs, had a double header on Saturday, playing in both the NCS semifinals and finals. In the morning at 9 am, the Dons squared off against Monte Vista, the 3 seed in the tournament, and a […]
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