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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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Sophia Hernandez

Sophia Hernandez, Editor In Chief

Sophia Hernandez, Editor-in-Chief, is a senior and second-year staffer, enjoys her English classes and is an officer for Student Council, League of United Latin American Citizens, Partners in Health and French National Honor Society. As soon as the dismissal bell rings, she’s at home watering her plants, sending memes to her friends,  reading, and learning guitar riffs. She also stays active in Girl Scouts and enjoys volunteering at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. She spends a lot of time trying to convince her cat Abby to pose for photos and hopes that one day society will realize that cats are truly the superior pet. 

All content by Sophia Hernandez
Defense and senior Curstin Brown cradles the ball away from her opponent at the game against Duchesne Academy on Apr. 9. Varsity women’s lacrosse won the game 12-1.

Varsity women’s lacrosse finishes district season undefeated

Sophia Hernandez, Editor-in-Chief
Apr 14, 2022
Principal Michael McDonough presents 9 of the senior class's 13 valedictorians at the HISD Scholar's Recognition ceremony at Delmar Fieldhouse on Apr. 12. McDonough announced the future college plans of each student to the audience.

Bellaire’s 13 valedictorians break HISD record

Sophia Hernandez, Editor-in-Chief
Apr 13, 2022
Student Council president Rachel Pontes opens up the buddy program meeting on Mar. 9. She encourages buddies to exchange contact information to stay in touch between meetings.

Student Council buddy program expands to include sophomores, juniors

Sophia Hernandez, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 10, 2022
Sophomore Austin Schmidt eats a cold Eggo waffle in the boys locker room before school starts. During the first week of school, Schmidt adapted to eating breakfast in the locker room.

Squeezing in sleep: student athletes strive for the prized 8 hours

Ian Kuzola, Rilina Tran, and Sophia Hernandez
Oct 8, 2021
Guest speaker and CEO of Renzoe Box Rene Graham discusses hardships she faces as a woman in the male-dominated industry of architecture at the Women’s History Month student forum on Mar. 21. The 180 student attendees were given the opportunity to ask her questions in the Microsoft Teams chat and by raising their hand.

Student Council facilitates schoolwide discussion on environmental sustainability, women’s rights

Sophia Hernandez, Features Editor
May 24, 2021
The varsity softball team huddles on the field before their game against rival school Lamar at Delmar Stadium on Mar. 2.

‘Family dynamic’ leads to strong start of softball season

Sophia Hernandez, Features Editor
Mar 26, 2021
Junior Evie Kao watches Minari at home prior to its official release date. The film was available to OCA members to stream within a 24 hour period thanks to the purchasing of tickets by OCA Greater Houston.

OCA members stream Korean-American movie Minari before release date

Sophia Hernandez, Features Editor
Mar 8, 2021
Texas Children’s hospital patients, ranging in age from 5-11 years old, visit Bellaire High School for fun games and gift distribution last year for Project Santa 2019. Each child went home with a gift presented to them by the school based on wishlists the kids submitted in advance.

Revising Project Santa: annual event moves to YouTube

Sophia Hernandez, Features Editor
Dec 14, 2020
Senior Amiel Katz advocates for Covid-19 funding on a Zoom call with Representative Lizzie Fletcher. Courtesy of Amiel Katz.

Partners in Health Engage calls for action in Congress

Sophia Hernandez, Features Editor
Oct 7, 2020
Sophia Kotlyar packs homemade kimbap, a Korean meal, as lunch for her and her little brother. Photo courtesy of Sophia Kotlyar.

Feeding picky eaters: students become household chefs

Sophia Hernandez, Feature Editor
Oct 6, 2020
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