Following your yellow brick road to education BY HOPE CALLAGHAN Co-Editor-in-Chief Sequoia is well known in its community for its various education options and opportunities. These include special classes that build community such as AVID, higherlevel classes such as ICAP and IB, and programs that offer catered experiences in the Digital Arts Academy (DAA) and the Health Career Academy (HCA). These classes and programs allow for specific and tailored learning pathways to students that allow students to chose their desired high school education experience.
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Freshman Ares Sosa is one of the majority of new students that have little experience with the educational opportunities at Sequoia. He said, “I know about all of the IB classes offered here mainly because of my [siblings] but I don’t [ know about the diploma or other programs].” “Right now, I’m in mostly ICAP classes [but] because I am a sophomore, I’m not sure if I’m going to do the IB diploma or not,” Adam Trinklein said about his current and future plans for his high school experience. “My decision was kind of just: ‘what do I really want out of my high school experience [...] I wanted to take these classes because I wanted the challenge,” junior Madison Duran
said about taking IB classes but opting out of the extra activities required for the full diploma. Senior Roxanne Dobre is taking several IB classes but opted out of the full diploma to prioritize her passion for dancing as well as stress management. “It’s way more important to take classes that [you are interested in] because if you are [taking] those classes to get into a good college, then you are going to get into a college where you are just expected to take the same kinds of classes. The way you schedule your life around certain courses should be within reasonable levels of stress,” Dobrer said.
