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Arroyo Offers Alternative Reading Options

Alicia Naranjo-Champion December 10, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic closed several facilities and buildings, and the Arroyo Library was no exception. The library’s closed doors, however, do not mean students cannot access reading material. Arroyo...

2020 Elections

Alicia Naranjo-Champion November 24, 2020

The 2020 election was unlike any other. A deeply divided country, a tense political climate, social unrest, and a global pandemic were among the many factors that affected this year’s elections.  According...

Arroyo S.A.V.E Club’s City Government Q&A

Ian Mancia, Staff Writer November 20, 2020

Arroyo’s S.A.V.E Club organized a City Government Q&A Panel with El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero, School Board Trustee Maria Morgan, Monterey Park Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Young, and El Monte President...

Knights Enter School Year with New Leadership at the Helm

Alicia Naranjo-Champion November 10, 2020

New Arroyo Principal Mr. Gabriel Flores and new Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction Ms. Maria Montano, have started a school year like no other. Along with many other schools worldwide, Arroyo...

Returning to Sports After Covid-19 Crisis

Aileen Diaz, Staff Writer October 14, 2020

With the Coronavirus disease outbreak, all sports were stopped and some have decided to cancel the whole season for the remainder of the year. With no other choice, student-athletes have been waiting for...

The California Wildfires

Celeste Ruiz, Staff Writer October 9, 2020

If you’ve been watching the news lately, or have been on social media, you’ve come to know about the wildfires that are happening in California and around the western United States. According to Cal...

The Importance of Voting

Alicia Naranjo-Champion September 22, 2020

The fourth Tuesday of September is recognized as National Voter Registration Day.  A few seniors may be voting for the first time this year, but for the majority of Arroyo students, the 2024 election...

Arroyo’s Principal Mrs. G Is Set To Retire This Year

Alicia Naranjo-Champion, News Editor June 4, 2020

 Mrs. Angelita Gonzales, better known as Mrs. G, will retire at the end of this school year. Mrs. G comes from a family of educators. Her mother was a paraprofessional and one of her brothers was an...

Yvette Hernandez Wins $20,000 Dell Scholarship

Yvette Hernandez Wins $20,000 Dell Scholarship

Alicia Naranjo-Champion, News Editor May 12, 2020

Yvette Hernandez, 12, is one of only 500 students in the nation to have earned a $20,000 Dell Scholarship from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.  Hernandez will attend UC Berkeley next school...

Kelli Doan is awarded $125,000 scholarship to Culinary School in New York

Kelli Doan is awarded $125,000 scholarship to Culinary School in New York

Alicia Naranjo-Champion, News Editor May 9, 2020

Kelli Doan, 12, has been awarded a $125,000 scholarship to the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in New York.  Doan received the scholarship from the Careers through Culinary Arts Program, or CCAP...

School Closures to Help Contain COVID-19: Here Is What You Need to Know

School Closures to Help Contain COVID-19: Here Is What You Need to Know

Alicia Naranjo-Champion, News Editor March 21, 2020

This page will be updated as new information is made available.  Dear Knight families, we understand that you have been receiving a lot of information regarding the COVID-19 from different sources. ...

Arroyo Students Remember Kobe and Gianna Bryant

Arroyo Students Remember Kobe and Gianna Bryant

Alicia Naranjo-Champion, News Editor March 11, 2020

Two days after their memorial service at the Staples Center, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, lost in a helicopter crash on January 26th, were remembered by Arroyo students at Rally Square.  Music...

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