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As the school year comes to an end, student athletes from Dougherty Valley High School have decided where they will commit to pursuing both academics and athletics for the next four years. Although most seniors commit in May, senior athletes began months beforehand through sport-specific recruitment processes. These seniors have marketed themselves to college coaches... The post DVHS senior…
On Monday, May 25th, the City of San Ramon hosted a Memorial Day Program to honor fallen service members. This event took place from 9 to 10 am at San Ramon Memorial Park. It featured music from Olympia Field Brass, a ceremonial presentation honoring fallen service members, and a Commemorative Field of Flags. “Community members... The post Remembering the Fallen: San Ramon Memorial Day Event 2026…
It seems as if almost everything now requires at least some level of financial cost, most of it being our own school clubs. Clubs fill a weird but necessary role for the average DV student: the majority need them for their college applications, want officer positions to prove they actually achieved something in high school... The post Pay-to-play clubs are destroying school culture appeared first…
On the surface, Dougherty Valley High School appears to be a model of modern inclusion, yet beneath the high-achieving exterior lies a complex web of unreported racial tension and internal cultural pressure. As the San Ramon Valley Unified School District moves toward a more rigorous system of tracking hate speech, the actual daily experience of... The post Racism at DV appeared first on The…
Dear reader, I have to be honest — this doesn’t really feel like the end. For months now, I’ve been building up the idea of the end of senior year in my head. An emotional culmination of four years of hard work and four years of memories, yet when I think about it now, I... The post Walking in the Wind appeared first on The Wildcat Tribune .
From April 5 to April 11, 2026, several Dougherty students, as well as DVHS’s bookkeeper and campus monitor Fernando Ortiz, traveled to Mexico on a mission to build homes in Tecate, Mexico. They went alongside the youth group at Canyon Creek Church, in partnership with Amor Ministries. This nonprofit organization has been working with pastors... The post DVHS bookkeeper and students build homes in…
I used AI to write this article. That’s a lie, of course – a hook, as the English teachers would say – but how would you teachers prove me wrong? Would you copy-paste the article into GPTZero and get the 98% human-made, crossing your fingers that this article doesn’t fall in the 2% left over?... The post Editorial: The AI epidemic is eating us alive appeared first on The Wildcat Tribune .
With graduation season and college commitments in full swing, pages for incoming college freshmen are becoming a frequent sight on social media. These class accounts are often found on Instagram as @NameOfCollegeClassOf2030. A few select images and a brief bio are meant to give future classmates a first impression and a way for fellow students... The post Incoming freshman pages on social media…
On paper, the role of Dougherty Valley’s Associated Student Body (ASB) officers is to “represent the student body at district meetings, organize various Leadership class events, and oversee the work and progress of each Leadership team.” But the reality of the job, according to the people who hold it, runs much deeper. Kei Vo, current... The post ASB officers reminisce on the 25-26 year appeared…
A caterpillar transforms into a butterfly. A bud transforms into a flower. A baby transforms into an adult. But, how many of them actually thrive once they reach that stage? Butterflies get stomped, flowers die and adults just deal with life. So, what’s so great about turning 18 and why is it romanticized? It’s nothing... The post Turning 18 really isn’t all that: it’s worse appeared first on The…