Students and teachers have different opinions regarding the new desks that have been added to the campus.  The new desks, called “Nodes”, are very mobile, which is the root of a lot of the criticism that the desks have been receiving amongst others. Oshini Cooray, a junior at Quartz Hill High School, felt the desks did not, “benefit the classroom environment” because they are, “unco...

The Rebel Dance Team is a very successful, yet unrecognized, group at Quartz Hill High School. This season was especially important to the team because they faced several challenges. The returning dancers had to make a big transition this season because they got a new coach, new choreographers, and new dancers. Although it was a difficult change for the majority of the dancers, they worked together a...

Working in a new environment alongside new people can be a very stressful experience. So the question becomes, ‘does Quartz Hill facilitate an easy and stress-free transition to a new workplace for faculty?’ According to Mrs. Zavala, the transition has been absolutely smooth in regards to the students, administration, and staff. In her brief time at Quartz Hill, Mrs. Zavala has already become ...

Mr. Hall is a fairly new teacher at Quartz Hill High School and has only been teaching at Quartz Hill for about two years. He, however, has been a teacher for a total of twelve. It was not Mr. Hall’s initial intention to teach, and he actually got into teaching by accident. Before he was a teacher, Mr. Hall worked for Disney for thirty-four years and had internships at ABC. When Mr. Hall’s fa...

This article contains Avengers: Infinity War spoilers, but if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s your own fault. And how have you avoided spoilers for this long?!? Last week, the Ubiquity published an article containing fan theories about Infinity War and what will happen in the next movie. However, these theories are all rubbish. As a member of the endangered species known as comic book reader...

“...When students are stressed, they’re more likely to cheat… but we’re always stressed.” - anonymous IB student. It's no secret that cheating runs rampant in the Quartz Hill honor’s program. Students from Honor’s classes to even AP and IB, which are supposedly filled with some of the school’s brightest students, have made a habit of sharing papers, texting answers, and otherwise ...