inventory_2 Archive: Fall 2010 - Spring 2014
Track and Field season wrap up
After a busy preseason and a successful season, Samo’s boys and girls track teams went undefeated in league, earning them the title of Ocean League Champions. With the addition of new coach Krishna Curry and new workouts, this year’s team has set new standards for the future of the program and has added to the reputation of the Samo track program throughout southern California.
On the Right Track: Krishna Curry
Player to watch: Lucas Jackson
Imagine coming in first place in a race with over 300 kids from different schools, knowing that you could outrun any one of them. For many this is a fantasy, an impossible superpower, but for Lucas Jackson (’16), it is a reality.
Track falls short of making state
Track excels at Ocean Preliminary Meet
After training relentlessly throughout spring break, the Samo track team faced its most important meets of the season: League Prelims and Finals.
An inside look at field sports
While track and field is a conglomerated title, the field division is often overlooked.
Track excels in the start of league
The month of March marks the beginning of the track season.
Boys' track looks forward to a good season
With the beginning of track season, runners, jumpers and throwers are getting pumped and coaches are getting ready watch their runners race, leap and throw.
Samo beats Hawthorne by a landslide
Girls' track and field dominated the field in the first League meet of the season on Thursday, March 25 against Hawthorne High School.
A Night of Madness: An incredibly normal look at how we treat the psychologically 'touched.'
Samo theater takes a profound look at the human condition in this fall's "A Night of Madness."
Successors and the pressure to succeed
Sibling rivalry is omnipresent at Samo, just as is the pressure to succeed in athletics for younger siblings after their older siblings have graduated. The Samohi spoke with three Samo juniors who are under pressure to uphold the family legacy in athletics and beyond.
After Homecoming victory, Samo is 3-0 in the Ocean League
Samo won 27-7 against the Morningside Monarchs at the annual Homecoming Game on Friday, Oct. 28. With the win, Samo is now 3-0 in the Ocean League and 7-1 overall.
Students rewarded for API score increase
In celebration of Samo’s 805 Academic Performance Index (API) score, Samo administrators treated students to a special hour-long lunch on Oct. 14 that included an In-N-Out truck and Diddy Riese cookies.
From viral photograph to national television: Kay is featured on NBC
Marine biology teacher and Team Marine adviser Benjamin Kay was featured on a five minute segment on NBC after a picture of himself went viral.
Choir members star in "Big Voice"
As video cameras crowd Samo's choir room, The Samohi takes a look at the making-of the documentary centered on Madrigals Choir.
The Calculus Cult
A select group of Samo students supercharge their schedules and join the elite group of scholars who study calculus.
Samo secures win against Pacific Palisades, 33-15
The Vikings will enter their third game against Canyon (Anaheim) at Santa Monica College 2-0 after their victory against Pacific Palisades on Friday, 33-15.
Vikings shutout Olympians 35-0 at season opener
The Samo Vikings were victorious over the Leuzinger Olympians 35-0 on Friday at SMC, starting off their season undefeated.
Athletes to watch: Run, Alice, run
Inside the June 2 Samo film festival with Nicole Andrews
As if creating and editing their own individual projects weren’t time consuming enough, the members of the program must also organize and shape the festival; this includes publicizing the event, communicating with local businesses, working non-stop on the day of the festival and producing an introduction video that corresponds with this year’s theme, German Expressionism. Prominent in the early 20th century, German expressionism is over-the-top and unnatural, utilizing bizarre angles and techniques.
New faces of Samo ASB at work
As the 2010-2011 school year comes to a close, and Samo seniors say their goodbyes, a wave of fresh new faces takes on leadership roles at 601 Pico Blvd. The newly elected ASB cabinet of 2011-2012 has many ideas to improve Samo and make next year the most spirited year in the school’s history.
Remembering a legend: Elizabeth Taylor (1932 – 2011)
There were fewer actresses that embodied Hollywood more than Elizabeth Taylor. She had the beauty of Scarlett Johansson and the dramatic screen presence of Meryl Streep; before there was Brad and Angelina, there was Dickie and Liz. Sadly, on March 23, one of the last remaining stars from the golden era of cinema left us — and boy, what a legacy she left behind.