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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

Ari Matias Perez

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor

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 Black Bear Brigade. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family.  She loves her cat more than anything in the world.  In her free time she enjoys playing soccer and painting her nails.

All content by Ari Matias Perez
It’s Been Quite a Time

It’s Been Quite a Time

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
May 25, 2021
illustration by Jayden Barnes

If This Box Isn’t Me, Then Who Am I?

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
April 26, 2021

Selma High Reacts: President Trump’s Impeachment

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
March 21, 2021
Graphic illustrated by Jayden Barnes

The United States Welcomes A New Presidency

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
February 10, 2021

Selma Reacts to Recent Election Controversy

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
November 29, 2020

Gen Z Explained: “ur cancelled”

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
November 29, 2020

Local Elections You Didn’t Know About

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
October 25, 2020

The Country Goes Out to the Polls

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
October 1, 2020

Online School Tips

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
September 24, 2020
Drawing by Mia Salinas

Big Time Bears

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
March 6, 2020
Leslie Figueroa prepares to strike the ball.
Photo by Julianna Colado

Girls Soccer Perseveres Through the Season

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
January 31, 2020
Wingfield Makes Colors Fly on the Field

Wingfield Makes Colors Fly on the Field

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
December 2, 2019
The Selma High Cheer Squad performing in the school’s Morning Rally.
Photo by Dashrit Pandher

Rise and Shine, Selma High!

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
November 1, 2019
Alina Lopez preparing to strike the tennis ball.

Girls’ Tennis is Serving a Great Season

Ari Matias Perez, Co-Editor in Chief, Co-News Editor
September 30, 2019
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