The Student News Site of Granada High School

The Pomegranate

The Student News Site of Granada High School

The Pomegranate

The Student News Site of Granada High School

The Pomegranate

Integration protest in Little Rock, Arkansas after the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Brown v. Board’s Pink Slip: Reflecting on the 1954 Court Case’s Impact on Black Educators

Kate Wang, Reporter May 23, 2024

In the spring of 1963, the Topeka school board wrote a letter to black elementary school teachers informing them of an unfortunate reality: if the Supreme Court ruled in favor of integration, they would...

Users happily exploring the virtual world of Duolingo.

Don’t Make the Bird Mad: Duolingo’s Brand of Addiction to Language Learning

Kate Wang, Reporter May 23, 2024

There is a phenomenon happening across the nation in restaurants, coffee shops, and malls. Friends are hanging out and ping! One friend pulls out her phone. As her fingers race across the screen, she apologizes...

Search and rescue teams along with citizens view the wreckage of a collapsed building in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Türkiye-Syria 2023 Earthquake Updates: 51,000 Dead and Rising

Kate Wang, Reporter February 28, 2023

On February 6, 2023, a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake and thousands of intense aftershocks shook the border between southeast Türkiye (formerly known as Turkey) and northwest Syria. The initial quake...

The Granada High Wrestling team at the EBAL championship tournament.

Granada Wrestling Season Recap

Kate Wang, Reporter February 22, 2023

As winter sports come to an end this month, the Granada High wrestling team closes out the season as No. 1 in the East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) and No. 3 in the North Coast Section (NCS). All around,...

The Class of 2022 throws their graduation caps into the air.

Crimes Against the Humanities

Kate Wang, Reporter February 9, 2023

Humanities and Liberal Arts majors have been in a “crisis” for as long as they have been around. Their so-called decline has been tracked by scientists and academics alike since the 1920s. However,...

Lunar New Year celebration featuring a traditional lion dance performace

GHS Students Celebrate the Lunar New Year

Kate Wang, Reporter January 31, 2023

Brightly glowing lanterns, colorfully ornamented lion and dragon symbols, and lucky red firecrackers festooned the Bay Area in its annual Lunar New Year celebrations. For many East and Southeast Asian...

Granadas Best Black Friday Scores of 2022

Granada’s Best Black Friday Scores of 2022

Kate Wang, Reporter December 14, 2022

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and with that comes holiday shopping. Every year, the day after Thanksgiving is a time for deals galore with the shopaholics' favorite holiday: Black Friday....

Elisabeth Kilaas (12)

“It’s Been A Rollercoaster” Foreign Exchange Student Shares Her Story

Kate Wang, Reporter November 10, 2022

Going to a foreign country and leaving everything and everyone you know behind seems like a scary experience, but for foreign exchange students, it’s an exciting opportunity to experience a new country,...

The Green Team Club poses for a picture after a successful meeting.

Club Spotlight: Green Team Club

Kate Wang and Taelyr Chamberlain November 8, 2022

With aspirations to make our school and community more sustainable and environmentally friendly, the Green Team Club works to empower students through volunteering and activism that partners with local...

Fall Back and Spring Forward

Daylight Saving Time Has Happened, New Decision by Congress Will Determine Its Fate Going Forward

Kate Wang, Reporter November 7, 2022

This past Sunday, November 6, at 2 am, the clocks “fell back” an hour for people across California and 47 other states as we finally returned to Standard Time, and many experts tell us to stay this...

There are galleries of art lining the stalls, including this headless, limbless man with washboard abs in a speedo. 

What’s Really Going on in the Granada High Bathrooms?

Kate Wang, Reporter October 18, 2022

There are a couple places in the world that humanity is forbidden to venture into if they want to come out unscathed: the Bermuda Triangle, Area 51, and page 2 of Google. But amongst all the competitors,...

Five Granada Students Qualify for the National Merit Scholarship

Five Granada Students Qualify for the National Merit Scholarship

Kate Wang, Reporter October 18, 2022

On October 13, 2022, five Granada students were named as National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists, representing the top 1 percent of scores on the PSAT/NMSQT last year. Each year over 3.5 million students...

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