News From the Students, For the Students

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News From the Students, For the Students

The Griffin Gazette
News From the Students, For the Students

The Griffin Gazette
Lily Zimmerman

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer

Lily Zimmerman is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. She has taken journalism classes since sixth grade and loves photography and writing. She looks forward to learning different writing styles and meeting new people through journalism. Outside of school, Lily enjoys archery, reading fantasy and mystery books and longboarding.

You can contact Lily at [email protected].

All content by Lily Zimmerman
At the start of class, Coach Bowe demonstrated the supine roll. He picked several students to help with the demonstration and had the rest of the class stand in a circle to watch. The "patient," junior Kenneth Mao, laid on the floor in the middle of the circle. As Coach Bowe controlled Mao's head and shoulders to prevent a spinal injury, the students helped him roll Mao on his side. One student then pushed the board against Mao's side, and the group rolled him onto the board. The group made a few minor adjustments to Mao's positioning before adding velcro blocks to hold his head in place. "Last year it was pretty fun, and I have a potential career in this field, so I thought Advanced Sports Medicine was a good pathway to go through," Mao said. "It's very interactive and fun, and you meet a lot of people. I didn't know any of these people coming into this class. Now I'm like best friends with all of them."

An hour in Advanced Sports Medicine

Lily Zimmerman and Ally Mendez
May 21, 2025
A scene from the faux funeral at the Every 15 Minutes assembly, surrounded by student families mourning their "deceased" children.

A review of Every 15 Minutes: Day two

Brooklynn De Shazer, Maleah Fennessey, and Lily Zimmerman
April 12, 2025
Wesley Trevino and Jordan Taylor sit injured in their car.

A review of Every 15 Minutes: Day one

Lily Zimmerman, Brooklynn De Shazer, and Maleah Fennessey
April 11, 2025
Louis Deliz from MADD described his experience being hit by a drunk driver.

Firefighters removed Maddie Shafer from her car and loaded her into an ambulance.

A cop conducted a field sobriety test on Jordan Taylor.

Coroners pronounced Wesley Trevino dead on arrival.

The Grim Reaper walked around the crash as the firefighters worked.

The football boys stand at the starting line, interacting with the kids, before the race begins.

A small run for a big cause: LAHS football runs in Run Seal Beach 2025

Katie Arnoult, Joshua Lopez Hernandez, and Lily Zimmerman
April 9, 2025
LAHS girls lacrosse handed out medals to the Run Seal Beach 5k and 10k finishers.

The football team members lean over the sideline barriers to hand out water bottles to oncoming runners.

The football boys stand at the starting line, interacting with the kids, before the race begins.

Race participants stopped to take pictures with Sammi the Seal, the Run Seal Beach mascot and LAHS Football team.

Aunt Gertie, a character created by Seal Beach local Karen Hadley, showed her support for Run Seal Beach.

LAHS Football players practice doing warm-ups and stretches with the kids before the Kids Fun Run begins.

The Kids Fun Run participants take off running as a confetti cannon blasts into the air.

The talent show hosted by Interact Club helped these students show off their amazing talents. (Photo courtesy of Mrs. Grimshaw)

LAHS Interact talent show fundraises for international charity

Lily Zimmerman, Joshua Lopez Hernandez, and Kaiya Velasquez
April 4, 2025
These three realistic fiction books are more relevant than ever.

Top three realistic fiction books to read right now

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer
April 1, 2025
Mrs. Castiglione began class by reading a hypothetical scenario of an astronaut dying in space. The class discussed how the body would decompose and what the best way to handle it would be. "I really enjoy seeing a different cross section of students that normally wouldn't be in any of my classes," Castiglione said. "It's kind of cool getting to know (different) types of kids."

An hour in Thanatology

Lily Zimmerman and Ally Mendez
March 11, 2025
French exchange students and their hosts explore Seal Beach.

A French perspective

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer
February 14, 2025
Dallas (left) and Ponyboy (right) comfort Johnny (center) in the hospital. (Photo courtesy of LAHS drama)

Bringing ‘The Outsiders’ to life

Lily Zimmerman and Kaiya Velasquez
January 29, 2025
Senior Owen Ingalls and freshman Max Regnier show their rhyme without reason outfit: the bat and a cat.

Winter formal spirit week dress-up days: Recap

Lily Zimmerman and Jaslene Jones
January 17, 2025
Freshman Shiloh Ruby showed the progress she has made on her project. Having finished the snake's log already, she described her process for making the texture of the snake's log. "I rolled this on a tree so it has real tree texture," Ruby said.

An hour in Ceramics 1

Lily Zimmerman and Ally Mendez
December 17, 2024
The wrestling team welcomed three new assistant coaches this season.

New coaches join LAHS wrestling team

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer
December 12, 2024

LAUSD staff and admin sign final beam for new gym

Lily Zimmerman and Isabella Adame Cordero
November 15, 2024
"The Outsiders" auditions are on Nov. 14 in the Black Box Theater.

‘The Outsiders’ opens auditions to LAHS students

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer
November 13, 2024
With shows Oct. 17-19, LAHS wowed us with their amazing production of "Percy Jackson," the musical.

LAHS students amazed with ‘The Lightning Thief, The Percy Jackson Musical’

Brooklynn De Shazer, Bella Kim, Katie Arnoult, Esme Justice, and Lily Zimmerman
October 21, 2024
Students wait at the gates to leave for off-campus lunch.

Campus security: More than fences and gates

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer
October 16, 2024
Engineering Society member Bryant demonstrates one of the pneumatics systems.

The Engineering Society’s animatronic griffin

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer
September 19, 2024
The Anne Frank LA exhibit is accepting applications for student docents.

The traveling Anne Frank exhibit is visiting Los Alamitos High School

Lily Zimmerman, Staff Writer
September 11, 2024
The 2024 Paralympics began in Paris, France on Aug. 29.

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Paralympics

Alyssa Mathews and Lily Zimmerman
September 5, 2024
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