Helix’s very own ITSS Teacher, Brett McKinney, and his team won the California State BBQ Championship in Indio, California on the weekend of Nov. 3rd. The two-day competition included 33 of the best barbeque teams in California and three of the top teams in the country. Contrary to assumptions bas...

Queen. You know the music, the voice, but maybe not the story behind the famous lead, Freddie Mercury. Enter Bohemian Rhapsody, a film directed by Bryan Singer. Singer addresses fan curiosities like- How did Queen form? How did the band members get along? When did Mercury change his name from Far...

We all know how important sports are to the high school experience here at Helix. One sport that performed particularly well this year is the Girls Tennis Team, specifically, Venous Ghazi (class of 2019) and Maya Gilbert (class of 2021).  Ghazi has been playing tennis for close to eight years, bo...

Mr. Burns: A Post Apocalyptic Play is The Highland Player’s fall production, running November 7th-10th, and the 16th-17th. In the black box theater, we start twelve weeks post-apocalypse. Matt (Shane Robles), Jenny (Grace Crandell), Maria (Ruby Anderson), Sam (Cole Atencio) and Gibson (Luke Babbitt) ar...

On Oct. 31, 2018, AT&T, a telecommunications company, brought their influential, “It can wait,” campaign to Helix Charter High School to educate students and staff about the dangers of distracted driving. AT&T’s movement started in 2010 and has since flourished into a nationwide campaign. Their...