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The Owl

The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

Not only did Ms. V teach her students about the history of pottery and how to create it ourselves, but because of who she is she created a safe space within the school where one can be creative, be frustrated, work hard, and simply be themselves.
Goodbye, Ms. Villareal!
Greta Sterner, Staff Writer • August 23, 2025

For the past 20 years, every time you step into the pottery room at Boulder High School, you are not only met with the slight smell of dust and the sight of beautiful art, but you will be met with a loving...

The travels of our school's musicians incorporates time to explore the sights of the area. Here is a group of band students on their most recent trip to Los Angeles, having fun in the sun at the Griffith Observatory!
Traveling Musicians
Vivian Thomasset, Staff Writer • August 23, 2025

Sometimes, when the classroom feels particularly empty, you wonder where exactly your fellow students are. Are they sick? Are they skipping? If you caught yourself wondering this same thing about your favorite band student between Wednesday and Friday the week before spring break, they were living it up in Los Angeles, one of many band trips throughout the year. However, these trips aren’t all fun...

"This beautiful picture took more people and hours than one might expect," says Madi. "This is because the shadow was not done post shoot in editing but actually done by moving lights and opening and closing the camera to make it look like she has a colorful shadow."
Artist Spotlight: Madi Murdok
Lorelei Keppeler, Staff Writer • August 23, 2025

The perfect lighting, the perfect pose, the perfect setting, all to get the most perfect picture. Madi Murdok is a senior at Boulder High School who works to get the perfect picture as she practices her photography. While she has only been pursuing photography seriously for the past two years, she is already winning competitions and has her photos displayed at art exhibits. Though initially, her...

Amiya Vashi's new single cover, provided by Amiya Vashi.
Boulder High’s Emerging Artist: Amiya Vashi
Lorelei Keppeler, Staff Writer • August 23, 2025

Amiya Vashi, ‘25, is a music star who attends Boulder High. She has been singing since she was seven but started writing and working on her original music for the past three years. Her music continues to evolve as she creates new pieces; her current vibe is, as she would characterize it, “indie-pop-folk.”  Amiya spends around two days a week writing songs, though she wishes she wrote more...

Comic by Mark Gallegos
The Oscars Wrapped
Arlene Solis, Staff Writer • August 23, 2025

A Complete Unknown:  “Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone,” sings Bob Dylan in his song Like A Rolling Stone from 1965. The title of this swirling biopic comes from that quintessential Dylan track. The movie is also based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald and is set in the dynamic music scene of New York City in the early 1960s. Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan...

The various ensembles at Synergy created beautiful music that featured stunning vocals and marvelous orchestrations that filled the auditorium.
Synergy: A Harmonious Celebration of Music
Vivian Thomasset, Staff Writer • August 22, 2025

Synergy is a beloved concert in which all of the various musical ensembles at Boulder High School perform alongside each other with a large variety of music from many time periods and genres. This year, the concert was especially successful in its various musical performances. From Mariachi to Mozart, here’s what you missed from Synergy 2025! The program emphasized all the various ways that music...

Three-Movie Review
Arlene Solis, Arts and Entertainment Editor • August 22, 2025

How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days: Funny, cringy, and over the top, this rom-com will keep you hooked every 110 minutes. Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), a young, attractive “How To” writer, wants to write more serious topics. Her boss tells her that if she can write a backward “How To” column about driving away a man in ten days using common mistakes women make when dating, then she can write any...

Image provided by Michaela Pereckas, via Creative Commons.
Fashion Ins and Outs in 2025
Lorelei Keppeler, Staff Writer • August 22, 2025
Artist Spotlight: Ava Baranyi
Artist Spotlight: Ava Baranyi
Lorelei Keppeler, Arts and Entertainment Editor • January 29, 2025
The Boulder High Auditorium has many events, and therefore can accumulate a lot of trash. If not cleaned up, the trash can lead to rats and other vermin in the auditorium. Not picking up trash is an additional example of a lack of respect that is held by the student body for our shared spaces.
How COVID-19 has Impacted Theater Etiquette
Vivian Thomasset, Staff Writer • January 29, 2025
Wicked, a film recreating the Broadway show, and book makes $164 million in its first week since being released to theatres.
Wicked Movie Review
Greta Sterner, Staff Writer • December 18, 2024
Saturday Night has a 77% Rotten Tomatoes score!
Is Watching Saturday Night the Best Way to Spend Your Saturday Night?
Jules Conners, Editor-in-chief • December 17, 2024
While we cozy up during the holidays, Hallmark movies may be a great option to enjoy in our free time.
Hallmark Movies: Score or Bore?
Vivian Thomasset, Staff Writer • December 17, 2024
“Fatherhood, kinship, family and love—the inner workings to why we desire them.”
Fences (2016) Movie Review
Mark Gallegos, Staff Writer • October 16, 2024
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole and into Wonderland, with frightening student directors and actors.
Malice in Wonderland
Vivian Thomasset, Staff Writer • October 16, 2024
A must-see movie with a suspensful plot, best enjoyed with a bowl of popcorn
Leave the World Behind
Ruby Lortie, Staff Writer • May 13, 2024
All Hail Dolly
All Hail Dolly
Sandra Redak, Editorial Editor • April 9, 2024
Apocalypse Media
Apocalypse Media
Mia Myca, Staff Writer • April 9, 2024
In Defense of Xanadu
Delphi Davalos, Staff Writer • April 9, 2024
Marks Comics!