At Del Norte, we’re no strangers to success—we’ve managed to make quite a name for ourselves in three short years, academically speaking. So it’s no huge surprise that the Class of 2013 can now add 14 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists to its long list of...
Walking down any hallway in Del Norte, you'll most likely encounter security guards, cameras, and scolding teachers. You'll find all gates locked during school hours. You might even bump into a policeman as you roam campus. Welcome to Del Norte High Security...
Del Norte has a lot of talent: dancers, musicians, artists, leaders, the list goes on and on. But not all these talented people have been practicing for as long as they can remember; some have only discovered their talent in recent years. Just ask Barry Yang (11). Yang is a...
American the Utopia by Maggie Sharpe: Full disclosure: I’m a serial cynic. I think that to improve things, you have to question them. That being said, I don’t believe in fear mongering. It’s not effective or productive to create panic where there is little fodder for...
It can be easy to forget being green amid a frenzy of menu-planning, grocery shopping, and family hobnob that occurs before most Thanksgiving festivities. With all the time, money, and effort you put into this yearly celebration, why not make this Thanksgiving a little greener,...
Looking Back Our senior class is unique because, in a way, we’ve been seniors for four years. When Del Norte started off with a student body of 500 freshmen and 200 sophomores, we immediately meshed together and acted as a collective senior class. We...
Most students can only dream of what it feels like to sit in the director’s chair, but the dream became a reality for Jillian Dudley (12) at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Filmmakers Workshop. This past summer Dudley took a red-eye flight to New York expecting the...
Jim Krenz is one of Del Norte’s favorite staff members, Chair of the Math Department, and was most recently named “DNHS Teacher of the Year.” Most of us also know his other claims to fame, like “playing football on a scholarship at Texas A&M,” his years of being...
Academics. Sports. Social life. Balancing activities while maintaining one’s grades can be a challenge, and leading a club only adds to the pressure. Considering the benefits, however, it’s well worth it—being involved can help teach organizational skills as well as offer...
The American Dream. That oft-mentioned concept of a limitless sky, the idea that you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps, that there is always something better. The American Dream is subjective, affected by individuality and circumstance. No matter our specific...