Senior Yasmine Chang spends her free time writing short stories and poetry, drawing on her love of reading and music. Chang gains inspiration from these forms of art and uses them as inspiration for her work. Rick Riordan, S...

Senior Maggie Doolittle has been a Girl Scout since kindergarten, racking up a total of 11 years in her troop. "I have continued [Girl Scouts] because I really like helping people," Doolittle said. In pursuit of her silver award, Doolittle co...

Senior Isabelle Katz loves to learn and tell stories. Depth reporting is a passion of hers. “You have to execute the craft of story telling and let the world in on a fascinating topic… I think there is real importance in tha...

Junior Molly Stephens has been passionate about the arts from a young age, finding herself fascinated by classic films, novels, and many different genres of music. She also actively enjoys drawing and visiting art museums in her...

Senior Dara Kashayar has a love of traveling. As an avid traveler, Kashayar has spent time in 85 countries across the globe and Antarctica, most notably Turkey, Spain, and the Maldives. Spending time around the world has sha...

Junior Erin McDonald has always had an interest in being creative. Recently, she has taken up a passion for nail art and enjoys making new, complex designs for her and her friends. She explained how nail art serves as both an...

Raena Chan is a senior and a 2nd year journalism student. She specializes in writing and has been interested in it since the 7th grade.  Her interest in writing comes from the freedom and creativity of it. "You can write ab...

Senior Sophia Lohman loves to sing and act. Musical theatre is one of her favorite things, and it provides an outlet for her creativity and voice to be heard. Lohman has been doing musical theatre since she was 5 and starred in ...

Junior Alex Shrauger cannot wait to “get the opportunity to get [his] thoughts out there” during his time with The Claw. Shrauger has been interested in various activities his entire life, specifically chess. Starting in ...

Junior John Weaver loves to spend his free time enjoying nature and playing baseball. Weaver has enjoyed baseball since he was 5 years old, stating that it has made a "huge impact" on his life. He said that he enjoys baseba...

Freshman Venus Senanayake has lived in Moraga for 5 years. Prior to moving here when she was 9, she lived in Fremont, Concord, and Walnut Creek.  Senanayake enjoys playing volleyball and tennis as hobbies. For a long time she w...

Junior Katie Welch has been drawing since childhood, specifically drawing people. During the summer, Welch attended the Art School of San Francisco Bay, where she took 14 online art classes which were 2 hours each. Both Welch�...

Freshman Olivia Seelig spends her freetime dancing, skiing, and baking. 1 of Seelig’s main passions is dancing. She began dancing at 2 and has never looked back. “I like dancing because it is good exercise but it also provid...

Junior Sebastian Whitfield has been an avid photographer for the last 5 years. Hoping to make use of 1 of his favorite hobbies, Whitfield joined Journalism.  “You can capture the moment and cherish those memories forever...

Junior Lily Qin has a strong passion for ballet and has been practicing the sport for about 11 years. Her commitment is a testament to how passionate she is about ballet. “I like how it’s both a sport and an art form,” said Qin. ...

Junior Hailey Wilson really enjoys writing and photography. Wilson enjoyed Journalism adviser Lauren Henson's sophomore English class and really liked her, so decided to join her Journalism class. Wilson is dedicated to writing ...

Junior Indira Naylor has been writing for about 4 years, and it quickly became 1 of her favorite hobbies. When Naylor was a freshman, English teacher Chris McNevin inspired her to get more into writing. Naylor said, “He...

Sophomore Sarah Moses looks for opportunities to expand her creative writing knowledge. With fiction being her favorite genre, Moses is someone who hopes to use journalism as a creative outlet. She is excited to be inquisitiv...

Apart from her love of art and photography, freshman Lucy Maguire has been swimming for 8 years and playing volleyball for 5.  Swimming, being an individual and team sport, is 1 of the things Maguire enjoys about the sport. She...

Freshman Anya Houston has always had a special interest towards English. Whether in school or in her free time, she finds that she’s always enjoyed writing and creating stories.  Yet writing isn’t the only activity that A...

Harrison Fuller is a sophmore football player that was born in Bangkok Island, Thailand. He has lived in Lamorinda for 6 years and loves to coach younger football players, seeing something in kids that he saw in himself when he ...

Sophomore Elliot Frick spends his free time around cars. He loves fixing them up and hopes to 1 day drive around his dream car, a 1997 Mazda Miata. Frick is a multi-sport athlete at Campo, playing linebacker for the JV football ...

Sophomore Oliver Fetzko has always had a passion for sports. He has been playing ruby and tennis for 8 years. Fetzko plays club rugby for Lamorinda (LAMO) and tennis for Campolindo. He hopes to make the varsity team once agai...

Freshman Isabella Domingo decided to join the journalism program at Campolindo because of her interests in English and writing, especially working on and learning about producing non-biased information. In addition to writing, Dom...

Freshman Mak Corsson has been a volleyball player at NorCal for 8 years and tries to give her knowledge to younger players. Only recently has she become a player for Campolindo. She was born in Lamorinda, but moved to San Lui...

Junior Parker Blau joined Journalism to experience writing in an open environment with creative freedom. In her free time Blau enjoys listening to music, reading nonfiction literature, and participating in activities such as the schoo...

In 10 years time, sophomore Owen Ludwig would like to be “somewhere big, working hard and making money”.  Ludwig, ever the sports enthusiast, is well versed on all things sportsmanship. His passion for athletics find roo...

Ty Sofman, a senior at Campolindo, has always enjoyed photography and basketball. Sofman uses his photography to capture sports. Sofman’s interest in photography started when he brought a camera to a basketball game. Sin...

In her free time, senior Zoe De La Cruz reads, writes, and watches movies. “I like any genre of book as long as it’s a good story,” said De La Cruz, “But I’ve recently been reading a lot of stories by Stephen King." De...