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The Clarion

The Student News Site of Selma High School

  • April 2025
  • “Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring!” - Lilly Pulitzer
  • “Come the spring with all its splendour, all its birds, and all its blossoms!” - Christina Rossetti
  • “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” – Anne Bradstreet “Here comes the sun, and I say, It’s all right.” - The Beatles
  • “A kind word is like a spring day.” - Anonymous
  • “In the springtime, the heart regrows hope.” - Angie Weiland-Crosby
  • “The world laughs in flowers.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “When one flower blooms, spring awakens everywhere.” - John O’Donohue
  • “I must have flowers, always, always.” - Monet
  • “Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat” - Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • 'The beautiful spring came, and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.' - Anonymous
  • 'In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.' - Mark Twain
  • 'O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?' - Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 'Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.' - Thomas Tusser
  • 'Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.' - Anonymous
  • 'The world laughs in flowers.' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • 'If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.' - Anonymous
  • 'The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing.' – Anonymous
  • 'Blossom by blossom the spring begins.' - Anonymous 'A flower blossoms for its own joy.' - Anonymous
  • 'Spring will come and so will happiness.' - Anonymous
  • 'In the springtime, the heart regrows hope.' - Angie Weiland-Crosby
  • “Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer.” - Anita Krizzan
  • “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s Party!’” - Robin Williams
  • “Colours are the Smiles of Nature.” - Leigh Hunt
  • “Spring: the Music of Open Windows.” - Terri Guillemets
  • “Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.” - Matshona Dhliwayo
  • “Spring is best celebrated by going out and enjoying nature.” - Anonymous
  • “Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” - Rainer Maria Rilke
  • “With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” - Gustav Mahler
  • Compiled by Jazmine Villar

The Clarion

The Clarion

2020-2021 Staff

Isabella Porras

Isabella Porras

Isabella (or Bella, for short) is a senior and a second year Clarion veteran. She is webmaster/layout editor this year. Bella also enjoys poetry (both reading and writing), playing with her cat, and appreciating art. Some of her...

Adriana Rubio

Adriana Rubio

Adriana is a senior and this is her second year in The Clarion. 😎

Dash Pandher

Dash Pandher

Dash is a Clarion veteran, with this being her third year. She works as a reporter and photographer. Dash plays varsity on tennis, is involved in multiple extracurricular activities, and is an officer for the Drama Club. She can't...

Diana Garza

Diana Garza

Diana Garza is a junior, co-sports editor, and this is her second year in clarion. She loves to read and watch movies. She has also been in dance since she was 3 years old.

Edward Rosario

Edward Rosario

Edward Rosario Arriaga is a senior, second year staff member, and one of the Clarion’s Social Media Editors. He loves to bake cookies, take care of plants, and advocate for the wellness and protection of marine life and ecosystems....

Julianna Colado

Julianna Colado

Julianna Colado is a senior this year, as well at Co-Sports Editor. She is a student athlete and is involved in swimming and waterpolo. Some of her favorite hobbies are fashion and painting because it is a different way to express...

Kimberly Arroyo

Kimberly Arroyo

Kim is a senior and is a Clarion rookie. Some of Kim’s hobbies include playing the guitar, sewing, hiking, and thrifting. Kim enjoys anything that involves science or math, but also enjoys writing and talking about things she...

Pamela Hernandez

Pamela Hernandez

Pamela is a senior and a rookie in clarion. She enjoys listening to her favorite artists Conan Gray and wallows. Pamela also enjoys playing soccer and playing with her golden retriever named Lani. She also likes to read a different...

Chloe Mendoza

Chloe Mendoza

Chloe Mendoza is a senior, fourth year staff member, and Co Editor-in-Chief of The Clarion. She enjoys reading fiction novels until 3am and attempting to write poetry. Chloe loves animals, nature, and the environment. She is passionate...

Sydney Harrell

Sydney Harrell

Sydney Harrell is a first time Clarion student and a senior. She loves both listening to and playing music, and really enjoys making others smile. In her free time, she likes watching YouTube and spending time with her friends.

James Jensen

James Jensen

James Jensen is a senior at Selma high school. He is president of KeyClub and has been a member of the club for 4 years. He is also senior class treasurer.

Mr. Forest Castle

Mr. Forest Castle

Mr. Castle is in his 30th year as an English teacher at Selma High, his 28th as Journalism Adviser. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, he worked in advertising in the Bay Area before entering the teaching field....

Victoria Juarez

Victoria Juarez

Victoria Juarez is a first time Clarion student. Besides writing her passions include music, reading, and films. She enjoys spending her free time binge watching shows on Netflix. ...

Ari Matias Perez

Ari Matias Perez

Ari Matias Perez is a senior at Selma High School.  She is a third year Clarion member.  She is also a co-editor for the news section and a co-editor in chief.  She is also the head drum major in the Selma High Bla...

Yasmine Awad

Yasmine Awad

Yasmine is a senior at Selma High school continuing her second year in Clarion. She likes going to the beach to watch the sunset. She also enjoys listening to music to vibe out in her own little world.

Lovleen Sahota

Lovleen Sahota

 Lovleen Sahota  is in her first year of Clarion as a sophomore. She enjoys traveling and spending time with her family outside of school. She looks forward to becoming part of the Clarion family and experiencing new opportuniti...

Veronica Botros

Veronica Botros

I am a senior at Selma High School. This is my first year in Clarion. I enjoy biking, going to the beach, and listening to music.

Jashandeep Gill

Jashandeep Gill

Jashan Gill is a senior this year and is the Kaleidoscope editor. Some of the things she likes doing is painting and hanging out with friends and family.

Jayden Barnes

Jayden Barnes

Hi there! I'm Jayden, a senior at Selma highschool and 17 years of age. I enjoy to draw, write, and spend time with those I care about. When there's a problem, I do everything in my power to make it right. I'm also what some call...

Sakshi Palav

Sakshi Palav

Sakshi is a third year Clarion veteran, Co-News editor, and a junior. She loves everything from rewatching The Office for the 8th time to baking banana bread.

Simran Dadra

Simran Dadra

Simran is a senior at Selma High and a second year writer for Clarion. In addition to writing for Clarion, she enjoys painting and watching drama series. She looks forward to continuing her work in Clarion as a veteran writer ...

Ashley Matias Lopez

Ashley Matias Lopez

Ashley Matias Lopez is now a senior at Selma High School. This is her first year in Clarion because of her passion for writing and utilizing it as a tool to express her emotions. Other than the art of writing she also enjoys drawing...

Daisy Hernandez

Daisy Hernandez

Daisy is a sophomore and this is her first year in Clarion. She loves to draw and her favorite color is blue. Daisy also hopes to have a good year with the rest of the students in Clarion.

Victoria Quintana

Victoria Quintana

Victoria Quintana is a junior at Selma High. She is a second year veteran with The Clarion and is this year's feature editor. Some of her hobbies include dancing, drawing, and playing the ukulele. She has high hopes for t...

Juliana Ramirez

Juliana Ramirez

Juliana is a senior and in her third year of Clarion as the Editorial editor. Besides being a Clarion veteran, she is a fourth year member of the band program. Juliana loves ‘Criminal Minds’, hate-watching ‘Say Yes to the...