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Andy and Jayden Kim ('25) in the BOHS main office. The twins earned full-ride scholarships to Rice University and Colgate University, respectively, through Questbridge National College Match.

Kim Twins' Parallel Paths Lead to Full-Ride Questbridge Scholarships

Nathan Bourgeois (‘26) and Owen Guss ('26) participate in a game of pickleball at a private Brea residential court. With the completion of Arovista Park's first phase of renovations in the fall, and continued progress with the Brea 265 expansion, the city will have multiple public pickleball courts.

Brea to Serve Pickleball Courts to Community

Jonathan Ruiz ('25), left, leads Ryan Seymour ('17) into Wildcat Stadium before a varsity football game in 2016. Ruiz is one of 37 players on this year's varsity roster that played in the Pop Warner youth league. (Courtesy of Kelly Mason.)

CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS

Fullerton College representatives Claire Watson, Allison Hancock, and Moses Vicuna visit the BOHS College and Career Center April 25 to inform students about dual enrollment opportunities. This summer, three courses -- Public Speaking, Music Appreciation, and Introduction to Biotechnology -- will be available.

Registration Opens for Dual Enrollment Courses

The Speak Your Mind Challenge involves participants dumping a bucket of ice water over their head, then posting the act to Instagram with links for donations and mental health resources.

Missing the Point

Disney princesses Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Tiana, Elsa, and Moana. In the past 16 years, Disney princesses have become more reflective of a young audience who craves independence and empowerment versus saving from a male suitor.

Breaking the Spell of Tradition: The Evolution of the Disney Princess

Kaitlyn Lee ('25) presents statistics on the effects of light mode versus dark mode on academic performance during her presentation and oral defense portion of the AP Research exam April 10. Over the course of the school year, 22 AP Research students were tasked with collecting data and crafting a claim on a topic of their choosing.

AP Research Students Present on Year-Long Studies, Conclude AP Capstone Portfolios

Although every student at BOHS is required to take a health course to graduate, the curricula offered on campus, and online through Apex Learning, lacks essential information about menstrual health.

An Inadequate Education

Fink, Roz, and Brightbill from the DreamWorks Studios animated film The Wild Robot, which released on streaming platforms on Oct. 15.

'The Wild Robot' Review: A Relatable, Moving Tale of Parent, Child Relationships

Hailee Martin ('26), Mia Luna ('26), Sarah Garrigue ('26), and Issabella Garcia ('27) at the Redondo Relays on Aug. 24. While long distance running has obvious physical benefits, some of the biggest benefits are mental, including improved sleep, less anxiety, and overall happiness. (Courtesy of Ceci Garcia)

Cross Country Running Strengthens More Than Just Body

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🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Although every st

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Although every student at BOHS is required to take a health course to graduate, the curricula offered on campus, and online through Apex Learning, lacks essential information about menstrual health. Read Wildcat staff writer Olivia Chappell’s opinion on California’s failure to adequately educate its students about women’s bodies at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾

✍🏻: Olivia Chappell
🎨: Callie Lonowski

Addison Altermatt (‘25) and boys’ varsity voll

Addison Altermatt (‘25) and boys’ varsity volleyball take on Vasquez High School of Acton in the second round of CIF playoffs today at 4 p.m. in the Wildcat gym.

Vasquez, of the Heritage League, arrives to BOHS with a 21-5 overall record, and a first round, 3-0 win over Rosemead HS. The Wildcats, 15-12 on the season, opened CIF play with a 3-0 win over Lawndale HS April 29. 🐾🏐

📸: Ryan Kim

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: May 1 is National

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: May 1 is National College Decision Day, but twin brothers Jayden and Andy Kim (‘25) have known their post-BOHS plans since December 2024 when they earned full-ride scholarships to Rice University and Colgate University, respectively, through Questbridge National College Match. Read more about the brothers at Wildcat Editor-in-Chief Lauren Ko’s feature at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾🎓

✍🏻: Lauren Ko
📸: Joel Song

Three members of the Wildcat staff attended the JE

Three members of the Wildcat staff attended the JEA/NSPA National Journalism Convention in Seattle April 24-26. Editor-in-Chief Lauren Ko, Sports Editor Siena Codekas, and Opinion Editor Sofia Rodriguez explored the city, attended workshops, and connected with fellow student journalists from across the country.

On the final day of the convention, the Wildcat was honored with three awards:

🏆Lauren Ko won second place in the Best of Show Reporting: News category for her story on the nationwide egg shortage.

🏆Siena Codekas won second place in the Best of Show Reporting: Feature category for her story on Brea’s Pop Warner and Wildcat football programs.

🏆And the Wildcat was awarded second place overall in the Best of Show Website (Fewer Than 1800 Students) competition.

Thank you @nationalstudentpress and @journalismeducation for hosting the program-changing event! See you next year! 🐾🙏🏻

📸: Courtesy of Elise Rodriguez and Brittany Codekas

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Episode 7 of the

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Episode 7 of the PAWDCAST, “The Stress of the ‘Yes’: The College Choice Conundrum.” Pictured, Media Editor Sahaana Mehta (‘25) records the latest Pawdcast with seniors Jenny Han and Jonai Keys. The three discuss their thought processess in deciding the best college fit, the application ordeal, and advice for future college applicants. Listen to the Pawd on Spotify at the link in bio. 🐾🎙️

📸: Joel Song

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Opinion Editor So

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Opinion Editor Sofia Rodriguez argues that posting Instagram Stories of the Speak Your Mind Challenge without also including donation links or mental health resources makes the endeavor more performative than purposeful. Read more of Sofia’s opinion at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾🪣

✍🏻: Sofia Rodriguez
🎨: Claire Kim

This morning, the Wildcat hosted 15 members of Bre

This morning, the Wildcat hosted 15 members of Brea Junior High School’s Journalism Club. The seventh graders, led by adviser Cathleen Bott, met the 19 members of the Wildcat staff, listened to presentations from Wildcat editors, toured the newsroom, saw glimpses of the Wildcats’ visit to the NSPA’s spring convention in Seattle, and brainstormed ways to grow journalism at the junior high school. Photographs by Joel Song. 🐾

BOHS principal Joey Davis leads a volunteer projec

BOHS principal Joey Davis leads a volunteer project as part of the city-wide volunteer initiative, Go.Serve.Brea, on April 26. On the Wildcat campus, volunteers — which included Davis, assistant principal Bryson Burns, students, and community leaders — painted handrails across BOHS. Photographs by Wildcat photographer Issabella Garcia. 🐾

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Fullerton College

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Fullerton College representatives visit the BOHS College and Career Center April 25 to inform students about dual enrollment opportunities. This summer, three courses — Public Speaking, Music Appreciation, and Introduction to Biotechnology — will be available. Read more about the dual enrollment program at breaolindwildcat.com. (🔗 in bio!)

✍🏻: Lauren Ko and Jessica Tilton
📸: Joel Song

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Nathan Bourgeois

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Nathan Bourgeois (‘26) and Owen Guss (’26) participate in a game of pickleball at a private Brea court. With the completion of Arovista Park’s first phase of renovations in the fall, and continued progress with the Brea 265 expansion, the city will have multiple public pickleball courts for community use. Read more at breaolindwildcat.com. (🔗 in bio!) 🐾

✍🏻 and 📸: Siena Codekas

The Wildcat heads to Seattle for the National Scho

The Wildcat heads to Seattle for the National Scholastic Press Association’s spring convention! 🐾✈️

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Kaitlyn Lee (’2

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Kaitlyn Lee (’25) presents statistics on the effects of light mode versus dark mode on academic performance during her presentation and oral defense portion of the AP Research exam April 10. Read more about the AP Capstone Program at Wildcat Opinion Editor Sofia Rodriguez’s coverage at breaolindwildcat.com. (🔗 in bio!) 🐾

✍🏻: Sofia Rodriguez and Lauren Ko
📸: Joel Song

🏆Congratulations to Wildcat Photo Editor Issabe

🏆Congratulations to Wildcat Photo Editor Issabella Garcia (‘27) for being awarded second place for Single Spot News Photograph, and second place for Photography Portfolio of Work, in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s annual Gold Circle Awards, which recognizes “superior work” by the top student journalists in the United States.

Also winning multiple awards was graduate and former Opinion Editor Eleonora Segura (‘24) who placed first in Personal Opinion: Off-Campus Issues, third for Personal Opinion: On-Campus Issues, and third for General Feature. 🐾

📸: Joel Song

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Everett Robison (

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Everett Robison (‘28) and fellow cast members during a full dress rehearsal for The Addams Family in the PAC April 21. Read Wildcat Arts Editor Charlotte Nethers’ preview of the Musical Theatre program’s first-ever production at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾🎭

✍🏻: Charlotte Nethers
📸: Joel Song

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Sofia Rodriguez (

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Sofia Rodriguez (’26) performs a spoken word poem at Fullerton’s The Night Owl café March 30. The cafe hosts monthly poetry open mic nights, as well as nightly music and other artistic events. Read Wildcat Opinion Editor Rodriguez’s review of the café at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾🎤

✍🏻: Sofia Rodriguez
📸: Andrew Andrade and Ryan Kim

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Sofia Pena (‘25

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Sofia Pena (‘25) observes her mother, Veronica Pena, frying taquitos at the family’s Brea residence.

As a little girl, Pena would often gaze, enthralled, at the scenes in her family’s kitchen: her madre and tías talking and moving to the lively guitars, violins, and trumpets of ranchera while preparing ingredients for bistec, sopes, and mole. These sounds, smells, and passion of her family’s cooking instilled in Pena a love of food, but more specifically, the preparation of food.

Too young to cook on her own, Pena volunteered for the simpler tasks in the kitchen — folding tamales, preparing pozole, and watching over the albondigas soup.

Even then, Pena understood the power of cooking.

“[Cooking] is a way to show love without having to say it,” Pena said.

Read more at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾

✍🏻: Jianna Padua and Karla Yoell
📸: Karla Yoell

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: The Wildcat inter

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: The Wildcat interviews Nikolaus Yamamoto (‘25), the Orange County Department of Education ROP Student of the Year, three-year varsity soccer captain, valedictorian, and future UCLA Bruin. Check it out at breaolindwildcat.com. (🔗 in bio!) 🐾⚽️🩺🎓

✍🏻: Siena Codekas
📸: Claire Kim

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Rachel Zegler sta

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Rachel Zegler stars as Snow White in the recently-released live-action remake of the 1937 Disney animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Read Wildcat Arts Editor Charlotte Nethers’ review of the new film at breaolindwildcat.com. 🔗 in bio! 🐾🎥

✍🏻 and 🎨: Charlotte Nethers

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Abbie Shin (’25

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Abbie Shin (’25), Tige Carman (’26), and Danica Coburn (‘25) lead an ASB class session. On March 7, Carman was elected ASB president for the 2025-2026 school year. Find out who else was voted in as ASB Executive Board and class officers at Sports Editor Siena Codekas’ article at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾

✍🏻: Siena Codekas
📸: Issabella Garcia

🚨New on breaolindwildcat.com: Tiffany Jiang (’26) assists a Mariposa Elementary School student with an assignment during a tutoring session. Since the club’s launch in October 2024, BOHS’s Math4Kids chapter has hosted eleven one-hour tutoring sessions at Mariposa, and hopes to expand to more schools in the fall. Read more about the club at Wildcat staff writer Jianna Padua’s article at breaolindwildcat.com. 🐾

✍🏻: Jianna Padua
📸: Ryan Kim

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