The Dublin Shield

Student Spotlight: Leesa Ko

Lily Hu, Writer • September 18, 2016

When high school senior Leesa Ko applied for the NSLI-Y program, a State Department-sponsored scholarship to study critical languages abroad, she didn’t expect to be admitted. With a competitive applicant...

Homecoming Skits Are Here!

Shayari Saha, Writer • September 13, 2016

Homecoming at DHS is one of the biggest events of the year. And one of the homecoming events that almost everyone looks forward to is the skit night. What better way to unite the school and to show...

The Real Questions, Part 1: How Does Your Phone Impact Your Life?

Ashley Kim, Managing Editor • September 5, 2016

The Real Questions is an unconventional series by managing editor Ashley Kim, covering everything in the realm of teenager daily life. Part blog post, part advice column, and part news article, this series wants to answer, well, the real questions.

DHS Reacts to Orlando Massacre

Christy Koh, National/World Editor • June 17, 2016

Saturday nights at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, are usually packed with patrons celebrating Latin Night and partying early into the next morning. But on Sunday, June 12, the lives of these...

DHS Welcomes Summer

Alexandra Stassinopoulos, Editor-in-Chief • June 11, 2016

The 2015-2016 school year is finally over and summer is already calling Dublin High Students into new worlds of fun. On Thursday, the seniors graduated and our principal Mrs. Shimizu...

Board Selects New Principal for Dublin High, Valley High

Staff • May 11, 2016

Information Courtesy of DUSD The Dublin Unified Board of Trustees approved the appointments of new leaders at the district's two high school campuses at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Maureen...

Of Robots and Men – Short Story

Anne Griffin, Guest Writer • July 6, 2015

Read Young Writer's Club member Anne Griffin's short story - "Of Robots and Men" - below. If you'd like to join the Young Writer's Club, or would like more information of what they do, then please email...

Dragon University

Alexandra Stassinopoulos, Writer • June 24, 2015

Read writer Alexandra Stassinopoulos's flash fiction piece, based on a Young Writers' Club prompt: I tightened my legs around my dragon's leathery back in an attempt to keep her in line. All dragons...

Leaving One’s Comfort Zone Sucks…Or Does It?

Matthew Tae, Writer • June 5, 2015

For almost everyone, comfort zones are, well...comfortable. They’re safe, pleasant, and stress-free to say the least. But the more people stay in their comfort zones, the harder it gets to push past...

How to (not) ice skate.

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief • May 23, 2015

Step 1: Cling onto the wall. Ignore the little children behind you who ask you to skate a few feet away, so they can shuffle past to their mothers. Ignore their crying. You need this wall more than...