The Food and Nutrition Department and Samo’s Gardening Club share the same soil — but is there room for two cooks in the kitchen?

On the “Spirit Day,” page, the creators Tasha Gawkowski and Malcom Zawaci wrote, “Purple represents spirit on the LGBT flag, and that’s exactly what we’d like all of you to have with you. Please know that times will get better and that you will meet people who will love you and respect you for who you are, no matter your sexuality.”

Samo faculty and students piled into the South Gym on Oct. 15 to donate a total of 200 pints of blood at the first Blood Drive of the year.

Although the Big Blue Bus is currently facing a $6.4 million deficit, city council member Kevin McKeown has proposed giving free bus passes to all Santa Monica residents.

We are forgetting that earning good grades and college acceptance are not the only things that should come to mind when we look back on our years at Samohi.

After a recent decline in attendance to the Homecoming Dance, ASB takes over in an effort to increase ticket sales.

After a statewide law banning the distribution of single-use plasic bags was rejected, city council will vote this month on a local ban.

Samo students find peace of mind every day between third and fourth period on the grass in front of the History Building.

“Doing it by hand was infinitely longer,” Semik said. “I think it was money well-spent; less kids can fall through. Today, we scanned 203 kids for tardies.”

According to Allen, if the measures fail, SMMUSD will once again be faced with teacher layoffs, increased class sizes, closing of elementary libraries, and other harmful cuts.“Measure Y and YY money would help continue the programs that we already have; some of the things we really enjoy – drama, athletics, music, dance, as well as classroom supplies and things like that,” Semik said.

“Being a charter school gives us more power and with the power comes more control,” Kristy said. “... We can be part of LAUSD without being completely under its authority.”

Gloria Stuart, the 1930s Hollywood beauty who went on to become the oldest Academy Award nominee for her role in “Titanic,” died in her sleep on Sept. 26, 2010 at age 100.

Samo’s ROP Students of the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship team of Global Entrepreneurship team placed second in the SAGE World Cup 2010 business competition this summer in South Africa.

Longtime Samo coach and teacher Patrick Cady has will be representing Malibu this year as a candidate for a spot on the Board of Education

In education today, students always feel the need to please, with the fear of failure and the feeling that no learning is really occurring ever-present. Instead, it feels as if we’re just taking in our daily dose of information and spitting it out again at someone’s request, like machines.