By: Gwynn Van Houten It’s a truth that anime fans can’t run from: they practically live and breathe anime, a style of Japanese animation that comes in all sorts of flavors with a wide spectrum of target demographics. Their skillsets includes things like “can binge-watch an entire anime series in a day” or “spends entire…
Category: Student Life
Tustin High Presents: Hoko Pauu
By: Ashley Faleao Senior Hoko Pauu comes from an athletic family full of Tustin alumni, who played volleyball, football, and basketball. Pauu is continuing the family tradition by playing basketball for the Lady Tillers. Basketball is an important sport to her, but besides playing basketball and spending time with her friends and family, Hoko is…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By: Benjamin Rodriguez Pink socks, pink jerseys, pink laces: everything is pink, but why? The reason is because it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The NFL is one of the biggest organizations that supports the fight against Breast Cancer. The NFL’s campaign “A Crucial Catch” teams up with the American Cancer Society to emphasize the importance of early…
Welcome to T-Tech, Your Future
By Alexia Mitchell and Johnathon Froman Tustin High School’s T-Tech program is the program that every student should consider taking. If one is interested in science, technology, engineering, or math, then this program is the perfect program for them. This program offers the opportunity to provide in-depth and hands on learning in the engineering world….
Homeruns for Her
By: Karley Bailey Taking a step outside onto the Tustin High baseball fields on a Tuesday afternoon, you might not notice anything out of the ordinary. The same as always, you will see three sets of boys’ baseball teams practicing: Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh/Soph. Getting a closer perspective you walk onto the Frosh/Soph field…
The El Camino Real Rivalry
By: Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor On Friday September 24, the Tillers’ varsity football team set out to defeat the Beckman Patriots in their annual cross town rivalry game. Last year, the Patriots took the win with a last minute field goal to put them up 20-17. But this year, the Tillers were out for vengeance….
Tustin High School Alma Mater Lyrics
Alma Mater Our strong band can ne’er be broken, Form’d in Tustin High, Far surpassing wealth unspoken, Seal’d by friendship’s tie. High school life is best at passing, Gliding swiftly by, Then let us pledge in work and deed, Our love for Tustin High. Alma Mater, Alma Mater Deep graven on each heart, Shall be…
Upsetting Loss For Girls’ Volleyball Despite Best Efforts
By: Benjamin Rodriguez Tustin’s girls’ volleyball team got off to a quick start against a solid Segerstrom team. The Lady Tillers were unrelenting in their first game winning by a score of 25-13. The Tillers started the second game off fast leading 7-0. The Jaguars were unable to get the ball over the net because…
Leading the School Into ‘16
By: Jocelyn You With a new school year comes the next generation of ASB members. Fresh-faced and eager to exude pure love for Tustin High School, the ASB kids work hard to spread spirit across campus. Whether it be long hours into the night setting up the next day’s assembly, or starting the rollercoaster wave…
Step One of Pursuing the American Dream: College
By Jocelyn You Falling into fall of senior year, students are stressing about beginning their college applications. There’s deadlines to meet. There’s financial aid waiting to be applied for, transcripts needing to be sent in, letters of recommendations to be written, and a personal statement worthy of woo’ing the admission office of one’s dream school….
New Year, New School, New Friends
By: Daniel Camano, Evelyn Carrillo, Genesis Montes, and Johnathon Froman It’s been a long summer, and now vacation has come to an end. Unfortunately, none of these four Tillers: Genesis Montes (freshman), Evelyn Carrillo (sophomore), Emily Crowl (sophomore), and Daniel Camano (freshman) knew how to react to the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year at…
Tustin Runs Their Way to Victory
By: Benjamin Rodriguez The Tillers old school style of play returned during the second half of their 34-21 rout of Aliso Niguel, running the ball relentlessly on a worn out Wolverine defense. Tustin rushed for nearly 300 yards in the game with a number of players contributing on the ground. Most noticeably, sophomore Kc Carr…
Hello and Goodbye
By Karley Bailey Emotions ran high Thursday, as they always do this time of year. It was the annual Hello Goodbye Assembly, a Tustin High tradition for decades. This is where seniors not only say goodbye to their home for four years, but to their youth. Seniors said goodbye to their teachers by establishing their…
Key Club Ends The Year With A Concert
By Vanessa Cuellar Tustin High School’s Key Club hosted their fourth annual Butterfly Empowerment Benefit Concert that was held on Saturday, May 16th. All of the proceeds went towards raising awareness for young women who have been abused or neglected in any way. This concert helped support organizations such as NYEMO Cambodia and Pathways to…
Behind the Scenes; Prom 2015
Tustin High School’s very exclusive Prom, took place this Saturday, June 6th 2015 at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point. Prom is a beautiful event where lovely ladies can wear the dresses of their dreams, and gentlemen can look their sharpest. Luckily my fellow journalist, Yazalex and I, got a chance to get behind the…
The Bells’ll Be Back In T-Town
By Alec Ortega It’s undeniably the voice of Tustin. It’s easily one of the most significant and visible structures on the Tustin High School campus—our bell tower. It’s been a part of the newly renovated version of Tustin High for a good eight years now and our campus just wouldn’t be the same without it….
Once A Tiller, Always A Tiller
By Kristina Ching and Katelyn Merrell Making History: The mantra for the class of 2015, a simple statement that holds a great expectation for a group of very special students. UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, San Francisco State, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Santa Cruz, just some of…
Got Friends?
By: Julia Klotz, Seth Williams, Bryan Silva, Neil Slater, and Vanessa Tang You can find friendship in some of the most unexpected places and times. Among these experiences is high school, where friendships are forged, whether it lasts longer than a solitary experience or becomes lifelong. Trial and error is a large part of…
Prom Body Types
Prom season is quickly approaching and some of you need to find a dress as soon as possible. You may think to yourself, “Is it even possible to find the perfect dress in such a short amount of time?” Never say never. When going on the search for your perfect prom dress, there are a…
Don’t Walk On Red
By Milca Salazar Red light, green light, yellow light. We are all familiar with these colors as a method to direct traffic, both auto and pedestrian. The lights have a meaning that maintains the flow of traffic and keeps cars and people safe. According to the law, red means stop, green means go, and yellow…
Video Preview of “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown”
Theater Arts next performance is the musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” performed in the Little Theater on May 19th-22nd at 7 p.m. The main role of Charlie Brown will be played by senior, Jonathan Deprosse and directed by senior, Angie Ngo. Purchase tickets at the student store for $5, reserved tickets $8. Come out and support…
Colorguard Workshops and Auditions
By Julie Moreno Its that time of the year where Tustin High School’s color guard workshops and auditions begins for the 2015-2016 school year. On May 4th and 5th color guard workshops will begin from 3:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. at Tustin’s Room 603. But what is color guard? It all started as a military…
Anthony Walters: A True Competitor
By: Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor “I want to be able to go out and perfect the game, which is probably impossible. But when you work so hard at something you love, you hate to fail at it, so I keep on working harder and harder and harder.” -Anthony Walters Junior, Anthony Walters transferred to Tustin…
Tustin High School Band Performs at Beckman
By Neil Slater The Tustin High School band performed at a Spring concert at Beckman High School this Wednesday in Beckman’s auditorium. The concert consisted of Tustin’s band and orchestra and was the final concert of the year. Tustin’s play list consisted of: Fanfare for the Third Planet, Loch Lomond, The Crosley March, Disneyland Celebration, Into The Storm,for the finale,…
Tustin’s Got Talent
By Dalyn Baxter From 7 – 8 p.m. on April 16th in Tustin High Schools new Sports Pavilion, the Tustin District put on a district showcase featuring performers from Tustin, Foothill, and Beckman High. The night was filled with talent and thrilling performances as the audience gathered to watch the three high schools put away…
International Assembly
The International Assembly successfully delivered outstanding performances from talented Tustin High School students. Part of the Tiller allure is our multiculturalism, and this assembly demonstrated that and more. Here are a few photos before we head out for Spring Break:
Tustin High Early Access Food Fair Menu
Hey Tillers! Coming up on Wednesday, April 1 we are having a food fair. For our freshmen who are unaware, the food fair is an annual event at Tustin High in which our clubs gather in the Plaza during lunch and sell a variety of foods to raise funds. However, as any senior here can tell…
Spreading the News About Journalism: We are on the Rise
by Karli Stichter Yesterday, Journalism students got the opportunity to visit C.E. Utt Middle School and present to students about iTHSmedia (Journalism and Yearbook.) This marks the first year of Journalism at Tustin High for six years, it is also the first time Journalism students presented in front of a middle school audience. For a first year class filled…
Jasmine Cordero: Wrestling at State
By: Julie Moreno Tustin High School’s senior Jasmine Cordero competed in the 2015 CIF Girls’ Wrestling State Championships on the 27th and 28th of February. At the Visalia Convention Center, Cordero wrestled against 24 of the best girls in the 141 pound weight class. According to the Varsity wrestling team’s coach Greg Smith, “The competition…
We Love Our Varsity
By: Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor On Tuesday March 3, the Tillers loaded up four buses full of dedicated, spirited students, ready to cheer on their boys’ varsity basketball team in their CIF semifinal game against Village Christian High School. Unfortunately for the Tillers, they were unable to come out with a win, despite their incredible…