Hello Dons! As a member of the class of 2021, this is the last issue of the Forge I’ll have the pleasure of working on.…
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Isabelle Kamin has had to lead her student body through perhaps the strangest year in Santa Barbara High School’s history. As Associated Student Body President…
As this challenging year comes to a close, some of our beloved teachers are retiring. Ms. Nye is one of these incredible teachers that will…
Natsume Soseki was a Japanese novelist during the Meiji Era. He along with other writers are considered one of the greatest early modern Japanese novelists.…
How long have you been at SBHS? I was here for ten years from 1993 to 2003. I left for 10 years to work with…
The school Registrar of Santa Barbara High School has recently announced her retirement from her position. After eighteen and a half years, Dora Gonzalez has…
I’d like to begin by saying congratulations to all the dons graduating this year. I know that this year may have been hard for some…
Gun violence has increased in Santa Barbara over the past couple of years. It is sad but also the reality. In a recent Santa Maria…
After watching The Midnight Gospel, I would recommend this movie to anyone who has an open mind. I feel like there is more to this…
MAD stands for Multimedia Arts and Design. It is an academy that is offered for all 4 years at Santa Barbara High School. MAD is…
It may be tightly tucked away behind the library and underneath the theatre’s steps, but once you enter the doors of the Computer Science Academy,…
With the school year coming to an end, school has reopened four days a week and is hoping to open fully in the fall. VADA…
April 20, 2021, marked 22 years since the horrific massacre at Columbine high. Columbine was intended to be a bombing but their bomb failed to…
For the past six months, the city of Santa Barbara has been planning on renovating Ortega Park. The redesign will feature new pools, soccer fields,…
Santa Barbara High School has long been known as a breeding ground for passionate artists of all kinds. Between the Visual Arts and Design Academy…
What next year will look like is still unclear as many things really depend on the status of vaccines and COVID by fall. However, as…
With this year coming to an end, we have a few teachers and staff retiring. One of them is Ms. Wagner who has been teaching…
We all want a diverse community, where everyone’s culture is appreciated and represented, but it’s up to all of us to create that. The SB…
For the past eighteen months we have been no stranger to the effects of a worldwide pandemic. Schools, local businesses and our social lives were…
The Royal Family, a crucible of glamour, scandal, and power. Diana was just a pawn in their game of chess. A beautiful light in the…