Students and Faculty Reflect on Later Start Times: Harmful or Helpful?
Kyle Shi, Community Editor
November 16, 2019
A recent bill signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom mandates start times of no earlier than 8:30 AM for high schools. With recent studies finding that teenagers’ brains do not reach full function until later in the day, these later start times were meant to address the chronic sleep-deprivation a...
Political Clubs Host Watch Party for Second Democratic Debate
Manasa Ayyala, Content Coordinator
September 25, 2019
On September 12, Dublin High students were invited to the Hub to watch the 2019 Democratic Debate. The event, advertised as the “Democratic Debate Watch Party,” was hosted by the DHS Democrats, the DHS Republicans, and DHS’s Junior State of America (JSA), as well as Amador Valley High School JS...
DHS Trans Rights Protest Rally – A Symbol of Support at a Time Where it’s Most Needed
Danielle Tran, Student Life Editor
January 25, 2019
“The thing is that when you threaten to take away the rights of people who already have so little, you’re just poking a sleeping bear. Kai Llamas, Senior Having been raised in the United States my entire life, the idea that each individual deserves to feel accepted by both, themselves as well ...
NASA’s Successful Insight Rover Landing: A Capture of the Drama, Power, and Beauty in Space Exploration
Veena Ummadisetty, Staff Writer
December 12, 2018
Mars has recently captured international attention with the successful landing of NASA’s InSight (short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Probe on November 26. Its mission: to figure out how Mars formed and what has happened to the planet since then....
Former Assemblywoman Catharine Baker Discusses Her Policies
Kyle Shi, Community Editor
November 5, 2018
This article should not be considered an endorsement of Catharine Assemblywoman Baker’s platforms or campaign and merely seeks to provide students an opportunity to learn about the assemblywoman’s platforms. While The Dublin Shield also reached out to Rebecca Bauer-Kahan’s campaign for a similar interview, ...
Student Spotlight: Judy Kim
Danielle Tran, Student Life Editor
October 10, 2018
In the autumn of 2017, the United States witnessed one of the most horrific and costly natural disasters since Hurricane Katrina. Racking up $125 billion in damage and causing over 80 deaths, Hurricane Harvey devastated eastern Texas and the surrounding waters, causing months of disastrous floods a...
DHS Reacts to Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook Data Leaks
Vikram Nithyanandam, World Editor
May 7, 2018
Massive shock and outrage have overcome the United States as the government and press have come to learn that the data of up to 87 million Facebook users may have been harvested by Cambridge Analytica, which was a private data collecting company that was hired by Donald Trump during the 2016 election ...
March For Our Lives Through the Perspective of DHS Students
Danielle Tran and Kaushikee Nayudu
April 24, 2018
On March 24th, 2018, a group of approximately 3500 students, teachers, and other members of the community gathered in Oakland to participate in a “March For Our Lives” event, one of many across the nation held in light of recent school shootings, and student-held “Walk Outs” in response to the shoo...
So Long Safeway, Lucky’s Is Here to Stay
Manasa Ayyala, Staff Writer
March 31, 2018
On March 29, 2018, one of the largest grocery stores, Safeway, announced their closing. According to recent polls, 100% of people buy their groceries from Lucky’s. With numerous farms closing down due to farmers wanting to eat all of their produce, Lucky’s is the only grocery store that is able to o...
Students Unite in a Peaceful Walkout to Advocate for Legislative Reform to End Gun Violence
Kaushikee Nayudu, Associate Managing Editor
March 26, 2018
On Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 Dublin High School students united in a national school walkout to protest gun violence, demonstrating heir solidarity with students and victims across the nation. In the weeks prior to the event, students had gained administrative support, ensuring that students wou...