The EDHS Mock Trial team defeated Santa Margarita in semifinal action February 26th and will advance to the Orange County Mock Trial finals this Saturday, March 1. If you’d like to come see some remarkable and impressive legal action, the finals this year are doubleheader action - our Prosecution team will face off against Woodbridge’s defense at 9:00am on Saturday at the Orange County Courthouse (in Santa Ana) and then our Defense team will meet Woodbridge’s prosecution at 1:30pm on Saturday. The winner will be determined by the combined results of both rounds.

SEUSSICAL TICKETS – The theatre department’s production of Seussical, a musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss will run February 27th to March 1st. Tickets go on sale at lunch on Monday the 25th. Tickets bought by Wednesday at lunch are $8.00, after that the price goes up to $10.00. Seussical is a wonderful musical that is sure to be fun for the whole family, so don’t miss it. It runs Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with an additional 2:00 p.m. performance on Saturday, March 1st. Get your tickets at lunch by Wednesday to save $2.00 off the general admission price.

GIRLS BASKETBALL CIF GAME – Tickets are available to be purchased for the girls CIF basketball game this Saturday February 16th at Mater Dei at 7:30 p.m. You can buy them at break and lunch. Prices are $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for student/child.

Original article HERE.

By LOU PONSI | MyOCHigh.com

Every Tuesday, Mark Switzer’s classroom at El Dorado High transforms into a TV studio.

Desks are rearranged, cameras positioned. Makeshift lighting rigs form a rectangular arch over a long table used as an anchorman’s desk. Students type up scripts that will be displayed on a teleprompter.

A student producer asks for quiet.

“Hawk Talk” is in production.

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