![Alexander Oki ‘28 picks up trash in the lower parking lot Feb. 20. According to Keep America Beautiful, the majority of the trash found on both roads and waterways consists of fast food wrappers and packaging, receipts and plastic beverage bottles. Clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS) offer students the opportunity to earn service hours by cleaning up the trash in the parking lots. “[The trash] makes us look very unhygienic and unmotivated to be a proper school,” Emberlyse Vidal ‘28 said. “It makes us look like we just don't care about our students' environments.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260220_1355020-2-1200x904.jpg)
by Dee Lee
Blazing heat and fiery red-hot flames.
It’s the annual Homecoming bonfire.
Student Council and Fire Science held the annual Homecoming Bonfire at 7 p.m. Sept. 21. Masses of students gathered in a grassy area just outside the lower lot to watch the fire burn, with music playing and lots of pictures taken.