Kennedy Speech and Debate Talk Their Way into Championships
By Dominic J Larsen, News Editor Reminiscent of the 1960 presidential election, those with the Kennedy name have outperformed their opponents, employing their talents in public speaking and debate. Finishing […]
Robotics Team Finishes 9th in World Championship
By Desiree Leong, Clarion Staff In the final months of the school year, the award-winning Kennedy Robotics team traveled across the country as well as internationally in search of victory. […]
Clarion Staff Collect Multiple Awards at Annual Journalism Event
By Adrianna Iorio, Clarion Staff On May 9th, nine members of the Clarion staff attended the 7th Annual Journalism Awards Dinner hosted by the Sacramento High School Journalism Network at […]
Rent Control Issue Creates Another Political Divide
By Timothy Curry, Clarion Staff There is a current political battle in California over rent control, two words that can be defined as government preventing a tenant’s rent either from […]
Kennedy Students Join Other Schools in Remembering Columbine Mass Shooting
By Joseph Temblador and Sophia O’Neal, Clarion Staff On April 20th at 10:19 a.m., Kennedy students, along with other schools across the nation, took part in a walkout out in […]
The Clarion’s AP Test Tips
By Cynthia Dominguez, Opinions Editor After spending an entire year or semester enrolled in an Advanced Placement class, students are given the opportunity to take an examination to prove that […]
Families Can Opt Out of Standardized Testing
By Christopher Wong, Chief Editor Kennedy will administer standardized tests throughout the entire month of April, with different tests each week. While many students welcome some time out of class, […]
Mayor Steinberg Stands With Us
By Saeri Plagmann, Features Editor Shortly after Kennedy’s evacuation from a bomb threat on Friday, March 16, 2018, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg held a press conference at City Hall with […]
Prom Prices Vary Across the Region
By Adrianna Iorio, Clarion Staff Prom is known to be quite pricey. With dresses, corsages, and shoes everything accumulates to a pretty high number. However, John F. Kennedy’s price seemed […]
Students Get Active In Response to Evac
By Sophia O’Neal, Clarion Staff The recent evacuation on Friday, March 16 raised a lot of questions for many students, parents and faculty about Kennedy’s emergency plans and procedures. There […]
Operation Ground Zero: Kennedy High is at the Forefront of the Gun Debate
By Dominic J Larsen, News Editor The number of school shootings has dramatically skyrocketed during the short lived twenty-first century, leading many on both sides of the aisle and folks […]
A Call For Students to Vote in 2018 Midterm Elections
By Timmy Curry, Clarion Staff For those of you who don’t follow politics, a midterm is not a test you take midway through a semester. It’s a Congressional election that […]
Kennedy Student Targeted in Alleged Shooting Threat
By Clarion Editors (Cynthia Dominguez, Christopher Wong, Saeri Plagmann, and Aryanna Zavala-Cortez) On March 13, 2018, an unidentified person allegedly threatened the John F. Kennedy High School campus, targeting one […]
Students Have a Bloody Good Time Draining Veins
By Saeri Plagmann, Features Editor
Kennedy Music Department Gives Back to Community
By Saeri Plagmann, Features Editor Every year the John F Kennedy High School music department holds a concert to help fundraise for various charitable organizations. This year, on March 1, […]
SEX, LIES, AND UBER: Kennedy Campus Fights Back Against Human Trafficking
By Dominic J Larsen, Clarion News Editor Thursday, January 11 marked the eleventh anniversary of Human Trafficking Awareness Day, with the whole of January being named Human Trafficking Awareness Month […]
