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…
Karissa Fields
Co-Editor in Chief 2020/2021!
Senior - Grade 12
I've been involved in school journalism throughout middle school and high school. I plan to go to university for journalism and political science.
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.…
The topic of cultural appropriation is an often complicated and confusing conversation. So, let’s start by defining it. VeryWell Mind defines cultural appropriation as “the…
This term, Santa Barbara High School introduced a new class in coordination with the new state-wide required ethnic studies curriculum. Santa Barbara used to have…
December’s artist of the month is Amara Muth, a VADA senior whose muse is the uncomfortableness attached to society’s view on sexuality. She says she’s…
This election cycle has been called the “Rainbow Wave” with a record number of openly LGBTQ+ representatives, congresspeople, and senators. A monumental moment in American…
The rate of coronavirus infection is on the rise, but what does this mean for returning to the SBHS campus in January like planned? First…
I hope many of you tuned in last Tuesday for the first Presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. If…
Since late May, protests have spread across the country after the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a white cop in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…
As the decade comes to a close and a new era in science approaches, we can look back at a decade of incredible discovery and…
If a disaster were to happen, the only capability we have as students is to be prepared for the worst. Disasters cannot be foreseen and…
America has a dark history of racism and oppression lurking in its shadows. Time and time again, America has tried to ignore this ominous shadow,…
The MAD academy has a new director, Brett Griffith. Many students along with myself were curious to know how the academy will change with Dan…
The “Lungs of the Earth” are on fire, and smoke can be seen from space. The Amazon rainforest, located in Brazil and on the border…