Mr. Thomas Trocano recently joined LJCDS as the new Head of Upper School this school year, and he's been enthusiastically welcomed into our community. He kindly agreed to be interviewed amidst his various meetings, and we discussed his passion for education, vision for LJCDS, and inspirational life advice....

Here’s a look back on fall sports. The season of fall sports is nearing its end. It is appropriate now, more than ever, to look back and recap on all the memorable events during its time. Torreys competed in field hockey, water polo, football, volleyball, rock climbing, ultimate frisbee, and women’s...

This summer, I traveled to China with a language immersion program to develop my Mandarin skills. The moment I stepped off the plane I was hit with a wave of both cultural shock and wonder. I was definitely not in America anymore; that was for sure. I stayed for about a month in Beijing, and spent four...

As of January 2019, for the first time ever, California has a surgeon general. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was appointed as California’s first surgeon general by Governor Gavin Newsom. Harris is a pediatrician with an impressive background. She received her college degree in integrative biology from UC...

Quentin Tarantino’s very anticipated tenth film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was released on July 26th, 2019. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood centers on Hollywood in the 1970s. These two hours and the forty-minute film also hints towards the famous Sharon Tate murders and the Charles Manson cult era....

Performing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged] with a cast of three and 97 minutes of dialogue is not an easy task. The play brings together 37 plays to form one cohesive whole while adding a unique plot that breaks the fourth wall and simultaneously relies on audience participation....

By the end of this year, 150 women are expected to be killed by an intimate partner in France—a record number for the country. How are France and the rest of Europe responding to this issue?  The body of Salomé was found on September 1, messily hidden under a pile of debris near the railroad tracks...

For most people in San Diego, hurricanes are the last things on their minds. No one thinks of just how horrible they can be. Hurricane Dorian, which took place in early September of this year, single-handedly razed nearly forty-five percent of the homes in the Bahamas and left thousands of people missing....