![Heightened competition and dropping acceptance rates made college a concern for high school seniors. Photo credit: iStock.com](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AdmissionsArt-1200x802.jpg)
The class of 2024 faced record competition during this college admissions season as acceptance rates at top colleges continued to decline. At the University of California, Berkeley, the acceptance...
![Pittsburg High’s Mental Health Awareness Spirit Week flyer, which was held in May on campus. Some students say events are announced at the last minute, which contributes to low student participation.
Photo credit: Associated Student Body Board on Instagram.](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SpiritArt.png)
On one recent day, some of my classmates at Pittsburg High School and I were discussing the high cost of attending school football games. I shared that I felt the tickets were overpriced and that along with other events weren't...
![Bidwell Continuation High School students created quilts and other items for those in need with Snug As A Bug comfort bags. The project not only provides support to youths in difficult situations, but also brings newfound brightness to the school, students and volunteers involved. Photo credit: Courtesy of Nicole Vicknair](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SnugAsaBugArt.jpg)
At Bidwell High School, student-led efforts to give back to their Antioch community has led to not only support for groups in need, but inspiration for students and their community, too. Nicole Vicknair,...
![The College Park High School Drama Club staged its first ever student-led show, featuring 18 acts, in May. Seniors performed the final song of the Variety Show.](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ShowArt.jpg)
![Many young people say they love to express themselves through fashion.](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/StyleArt.png)
![The sports medicine clinic at College Park High School is open for student athletes who need a rehabilitation program and is staffed by students studying sports medicine.](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SportsMed-1200x1064.jpeg)
![Zombabe is an acrylic painting and 3D collage by College Park student Shealyn Higgins](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Showcase.jpg)
Selected student works from the College Park High School art program are on display at the Pleasant Hill Library this month. This is the second year the school has student art hosted by the library, thanks...
![Cast members, from left, Natalie Farrell, Pamela Ignacio, Sarah Hadassah Negrón, Evelyn McCollum, Emma Simpson, and Ash Brown, in a scene from Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherines at the Lafayette Town Hall Theatre in May 2022.](https://ccspin.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Antig-1-1200x800.jpeg)