By Benjamin Rodriguez Enthusiastic, kind, open-minded, caring, polite—this is just a short list of words that can be used to describe our brand new principal, Dr. Jon Tuin. Almost every morning before first period, Dr. Tuin is at the entrance of school greeting Tiller students as they walk onto campus. If you don’t see him…
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Principal Debriefing
By Zachary Apperson This upcoming school year, we’ll have to say farewell to Mrs. Matos and applaud her on her new position as Director of Educational Services, at the Tustin Unified School District Administration Center. Replacing her is Dr. Tuin, with over 30 years of experience in education. He served eight of those years as…
Positive Parley in Principal’s Press Conference
Positive Parley in Principal’s Press Conference By Kristina Ching Sitting at the head of a table reminiscent of a board room meeting, Tustin High School’s principal, Mrs. Christine Matos, sat with arms crossed, students encircling in orange, yellow, and blue plastic desk chairs, laptops poised and ready, fingers hovering over the keys. It was strange,…
Out With The Old – In With The New
by Emily Rodriguez Often seen as intimidating and strict, the job of being a principal is not always an easy or fun one. At the end of the year it was announced that our principal, Mr. Blackmore, and two of our vice principals, Mr. Fresch and Mrs. Sanders, were going to be leaving Tustin High….