The Human Rights Watch Student Task Force (HRWSTF), a student-run club on campus, is currently in the middle of their 2011 campaign: Protecting the Right to Education.

The sixth annual Santa Monica 5000 brought athletes, students, parents, teachers and citizens across the Santa Monica-Malibu area together to raise money for their favorite Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) sport or athletic program.

When Laurel Fretz was a teenager, she would come to Santa Monica Beach with her friends, occasionally passing by Samo on her way home. She never dreamed that one day she would be Samo’s principal. Years later, she sits in the principal’s office at her new job.

Because the construction that will be going on at Samo throughout this year will take up space in the north parking lot, staff parking spaces have been moved and reassigned, causing much confusion on campus.

Illuminate. It’s the new, web-based system implemented this year by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) that will replace the systems previously in place.

After the Oct. 1 extended deadline, students who haven’t turned in their Tdap vaccine record will be prevented from returning to school until it is turned in.

In keeping with their tradition of “ideas worth spreading,” Technology Entertainment Design (TED) reached Santa Monica by way of the TEDxYouth event held in Barnum Hall on Sept. 24.

Restrictions on the types of foods students can purchase are designed by administration to create a “healthier” Samo. However, the consumption of sugary foods helps support on-campus organizations such as the Vikes’ Inn, where students gather money for their business through selling such foods.

In the process of transforming a gas-guzzler into an “eco-mobile,” Samo’s Team Marine has transformed students into research scientists...

Last year Samo surpassed the goal set by school administrators and the State of California to achieve over an 800 Academic Performance Index (API) score.

Samo clubs came together in the Science Quad Thursday for Samo's first ever "Club Rush," hosted by ASB. Many student-run clubs and organizations set up booths during lunch in order to promote themselves to the student body, and to expose the students of the 2011-2012 school year to both old and new clubs on campus.

After much deliberation, Samo's Summer reading committee has chosen "Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, for the school-wide 2011 Summer reading book.

Dave Eggers, author of Samo’s 2011 summer reading book “Zeitoun,” is reaching out to schools through more than just his writing.

Samo’s AP Art show, held in the Roberts Art Gallery on April 1, allowed the AP Art students to show off their exquisite talents and abilities.

In an effort to get students more involved, ASB has implemented a new requirement for its members: every student enrolled in the class will now have to lead a fundraiser or event to support the school.