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Kumon, a math and reading tutoring business, hires many high school students to grade assignments and aid students in their learning.
To Work or Not to Work: The Pros and Cons of Working a Part-Time Job in High School
Borrow DVDs of Christmas movies from your local library to watch this month!
Weekly Calendar for Movies to Watch this Holiday Season
Some of the pop girls potentially up for Grammys this year (from left to right: Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish) (Beyoncé and Ariana Grande not pictured)
Grammys 2025: Which Pop Girls are Most Likely to Get Nominated for AOTY?
The Problem with the “Action Girl” Trope in Visual Media
Mr. Hightower, our interviewee and director of The Best Man
Q&A: DHS Drama’s The Best Man, with Mr. Edward Hightower
Kumon, a math and reading tutoring business, hires many high school students to grade assignments and aid students in their learning.
To Work or Not to Work: The Pros and Cons of Working a Part-Time Job in High School
The sophomore float brought scenes from Alice in Wonderland to life with the usage of cards, mushrooms, and the Queen of Hearts herself.
In a Nutshell: DHS’s 2024 Homecoming Parade
Dance interrupted by staff for students pushing forward too much.
Homecoming Dance 2024: No Artist, No Problem
The sign-in page for Bluebook, CollegeBoard's proprietary online testing application, opened on a laptop.
AP Exams’ Online Transition
The Boulevard development, adjacent to the existing Iron Horse Trail, will border the forthcoming Iron Horse Nature Park.
Iron Horse Nature Park begins Phase 1 development
Brightly-colored flower pinwheels blow in the early afternoon wind at the start of Splatter, drawing in prospective customers.
Dublin’s annual Splatter Festival evokes mixed feelings among students
Outside of school hours, the DHS track serves as a hub of conversation and tight bonds.
Korean Bakeries, Parks, and More: Dublin’s Favorite Third Places
A Spring Miracle: The Association Between Weather and Happiness
Madison Hsu, 11, and Olivia Choe, 11, pose for the camera at their table for Gleam And Give, a DHS club dedicated to crafting jewelry for charity.
Community Gives Vendors Their Flowers at First-ever DHS Spring Market
A few of the mini paintings submitted by local teenagers and adults on display at the Dublin Library's Tiny Art Show.
Art In Our City: The Dublin Library’s Tiny Art Show
Borrow DVDs of Christmas movies from your local library to watch this month!
Weekly Calendar for Movies to Watch this Holiday Season
Some of the pop girls potentially up for Grammys this year (from left to right: Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish) (Beyoncé and Ariana Grande not pictured)
Grammys 2025: Which Pop Girls are Most Likely to Get Nominated for AOTY?
Mr. Hightower, our interviewee and director of The Best Man
Q&A: DHS Drama’s The Best Man, with Mr. Edward Hightower
Grab a bowl of popcorn to watch the new movies coming out this year.
Fall & Winter Cinema Preview: The Most Anticipated Movies of the Year
Pixar Animation Studio's Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3, the first three films in the franchise prior to the release of Toy Story 4 in 2019.
What’s with all these animated sequels?
The Problem with the “Action Girl” Trope in Visual Media
Dublin High School's locker room, where the incident took place.
Locker Room Incident: Students Question School Safety
Dublin High student takes a practice Digital SAT test in the library
Putting those No. 2 Pencils Away: How Dublin High students feel about the Digital SAT
DUSD's board recently announced the budget for the 2024-2025 school year
DUSD’s intended budget cuts for 2024-2025 school year are inadvisable
Under the banking model of education, students are the passive objects of their own indoctrination.
Opinion: Education is Broken. Only We Can Fix It.
The Dublin High School Football team at their Homecoming Game last year. This year, the much-anticipated HOCO game will take place on October 18th.
Dublin High School Football season set to kick off
Dublin girls scrimmaging at tryouts, working hard even into the night!
Kick Off To The 2023 Girls Soccer Season At Dublin High School
Gaels fall to the Falcons on a last-second touchdown
Gaels fall to the Falcons on a last-second touchdown
Dublin Athletics announces new Streaming Service
Dublin Athletics announces new Streaming Service
DHS football field brimming with activity; admittingly, social distanced.
Varsity football secures first win of the 20-21 season
Trad-wife influencers are often seeing wearing fashion from the 1950's, including flouncy dresses, and bright colors. They also often don the pearls and perfume worn by upper class woman, and add subtle crosses into their jewelry collection.
The Rise of the Tradwife Aesthetic: Revaluing Tradition or Regressing Feminism?
This photo features the cover of "My Dark Vanessa". The cover features Vanessa with her eyes closed, symbolism alluding to the nature of her perception of her relationship, as she is unaware of what actually happened. The butterfly is also a prominent motif throughout the book, symbolizing transformation and growth as Vanessa comes to terms with the reality of her past throughout the book.
Examining Teenage Girlhood Through Literature: A Deep Dive on My Dark Vanessa
Common skin concerns – and affordable solutions!
Common skin concerns – and affordable solutions!
Inside the Surprisingly Dramatic Lives of Berkeley’s Falcons
Inside the Surprisingly Dramatic Lives of Berkeley’s Falcons
For DHS and all Dublin campuses, it's been over half a year since support for standard-based grading was discontinued on a district-wide level.
Standard-Based Grading: Teachers Weigh In
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The Dublin Shield
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The Dublin Shield
Grace Li

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief

Grace Li is a senior, and the Editor-in-Chief of The Dublin Shield. She has been recognized by the 2013 and 2014 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for Short Story, and has studied fiction at the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio. Grace serves as a student writer for OneDublin.org, and a Prose Editor for The Blueshift Journal. Her fiction is forthcoming in The Cadaverine Magazine and Eunoia Review. When she is not writing, Grace is volunteering, making art, or watching Disney movies.

All content by Grace Li
Reflecting on Their Time as Editor-in-Chief: Four Years of Determination, Passion, and Leadership

Reflecting on Their Time as Editor-in-Chief: Four Years of Determination, Passion, and Leadership

Grace Li, Elizabeth Fu, Alexandra Stassinopoulos, and Ashley Kim
May 22, 2018

The Power of YouTube and Kindness: How Bubzbeauty raised 49K for charity

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
July 20, 2015

This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz – “Shockingly Familiar and Foreign All at the Same Time”

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
July 10, 2015
July 2015 Headlines

July 2015 Headlines

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
July 8, 2015
Why Take Anatomy?

Why Take Anatomy?

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
July 1, 2015

The Joy Luck Club: A novel that makes your heart sing and cry all in one read.

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
June 26, 2015
ABOVE: Flowers left for the victims of the Charleston Shooting. CREDIT: Daily Mail/AP Images SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3131874/Repent-Relatives-Charleston-killer-s-victims-confront-court-heart-wrenching-speeches-FORGIVENESS-adopts-vacant-remorseless-stare.html#v-4308418814001

Forgiveness in the Charleston Tragedy – “Hate Won’t Win”

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
June 22, 2015

‘Tomorrowland’ instills hope for the future

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
June 4, 2015
Photo: Nasir Khan on Flickr Edit: Grace Li

How to (not) ice skate.

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
May 23, 2015
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[Photo] 4 Tips to Survive Freshman Year

Ashley Kim, Writer
March 21, 2015

Cinderella – a revamped classic stuns on the big screen

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
March 19, 2015
Edit Cred: Grace Li Photo: Taylor Swift

Swift Kills in “Blank Space” (Not Literally)

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
December 9, 2014

Rooney Mara’s controversial casting as Tiger Lily, in Pan

Grace Li, Editor-in-Chief
December 6, 2014
DHS H2O Club funds clean water for African community

DHS H2O Club funds clean water for African community

Grace Li, News Editor
June 3, 2014
SENIOR ADVICE

SENIOR ADVICE

Grace Li, News Editor
June 2, 2014

DPIE Continues to Enrich Students’ Summers

Grace Li, News Editor
May 5, 2014
Sophomore raises $2,000 for autism research

Sophomore raises $2,000 for autism research

Grace Li, News Editor
May 5, 2014

An Abundance of Katherines proves worth the read

Grace Li, News Editor
March 27, 2014
ABOVE: The Oakland Zoo entrance.

DHS CSF volunteers at zoo

Grace Li, News Editor
March 13, 2014

Water drought taking serious effect

Grace Li, News Editor
February 20, 2014

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: How one woman got to live forever.

Grace Li, News Editor
February 3, 2014
ABOVE: Art club gives the gift of art to homeless.

Art Club Gives the Gift of Art to Homeless

Grace Li, News Editor
December 16, 2013

Frozen: The next big Disney movie

Grace Li, News Editor
December 4, 2013
Piedmont Hills, Independence, and Center High Schools pose with Dublin High FBLA.

FBLA: Leadership Development Institute

Grace Li, News Editor
November 6, 2013
ABOVE: The Dublin Library

Teen Advisory Group at the Dublin Library

Grace Li, News Editor
October 15, 2013

Government Shutdown

Grace Li, News Editor
October 15, 2013
Cite Universitaire where Park studied French.

Qu’avez-vous fait cet été? (What did you do this summer?)

Grace Li, News Editor
September 26, 2013
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