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The student news site of Tracy High School

Scholar & Athlete

The student news site of Tracy High School

Scholar & Athlete

The student news site of Tracy High School

Scholar & Athlete

2025-2026 Staff

Addison Van Os
Editor-in-Chief

Addison Van Os

Addison Van Os is a 17-year-old senior at Tracy High School. Born and raised in Tracy, she is the youngest of four children. Her family includes her mom, dad, two older sisters, and an older brother. All three of her siblings attended Tracy High School...

Jacoby Freitas
Assistant Editor-in-Chief

Jacoby Freitas

Jacoby Freitas was born on November 12, 2007, and is currently a 17-year-old senior at Tracy High School. This is his first year in journalism, but he is extremely excited to play a significant role in the class this year. He is hoping to improve his...

Callie Foisy
Sports Editor

Callie Foisy

Callie Foisy is a senior at Tracy High School, born on March 1st, 2008. Foisy is the youngest in a family of four that consists of her mom, dad, brother and a French Bulldog named Izzy. Her older brother, Bryce, was a journalism student in the class ...

Mehak Kaur
Reporter

Mehak Kaur

Mehak Kaur was born on April 28, 2008, and is a current senior at Tracy High School. Kaur moved to Tracy when she was 14. She was born into a family of five and is the youngest child in the family. She likes to spend most of her time with her family on...

Reporter

Lukas Buendia

Lukas Buendia is a current 16-year-old junior attending Tracy High School. He was born on Aug. 4, 2009, in Pleasanton, Calif. Buendia is the youngest of 3 children, he has one brother who’s the oldest and one sister who’s the middle child. His passions...

Violet Carrillo
Reporter

Violet Carrillo

Violet Carrillo is currently a 14-year-old freshman at Tracy High School. She was born in Modesto, Calif. She was born and raised in Tracy, California. She grew up in a family of four that includes her mom, dad, and older brother. She is very close to...

Natalie Leon
Reporter

Natalie Leon

Natalie Leon, 17, born on November 2, 2007, is a senior at Tracy High School. Originally from Pleasanton, Calif., she spent 14 years living in Livermore before moving to Tracy at age 14. Leon’s family includes her mom, dad, her brother Cesar and four...

Rylund Bassett
Reporter

Rylund Bassett

Rylund Bassett is a freshman at Tracy High School and is a true Scholar and Athlete. He is active in many sports such as Soccer, Football, Track, and Boxing. While in school he is a member of the Ag/Sci academy. Basset has a profound interest in photography...

Aisha Lopez
Reporter

Aisha Lopez

Aisha Lopez is an introverted 14-year-old girl born in San Jose, California, but moved to Tracy, Calif., at 5-years-old. She likes to read, skateboard, listen to music, and write. Her favorite book genre is romance. She enjoys talking with her friends...

Lima Argand
Reporter

Lima Argand

Lima Argand is a junior at Tracy High School, born on March 18, 2009, completing a family of six. She lives with her mom, dad and three older brothers. She is the last person in her family still in school, as everyone has already graduated from college....

Nayibi Oliva
Reporter

Nayibi Oliva

Nayibi Oliva is a 17-year-old senior at Tracy High School. She moved to Calif. 3 years ago from Cuba. She has a lovely dog who is a special member of her family. She is passionate about art and nature and loves spending time outdoors with animals. Oliva...

Fawas Erakkath Shameer
Reporter

Fawas Erakkath Shameer

Fawas Erakkath Shameer was born on Sept. 4, 2010, and is currently a freshman at Tracy High School. Born in Karnataka, India, Shameer stayed in there for the first 10 years of his life. Then he and his family came to Cupertino, Calif. when Shameer was...

Cali Krowl
Reporter

Cali Krowl

Cali Krowl is a 17-year-old senior attending Tracy High School. She was born and raised in Tracy. At school, Krowl has been a member of the Ethics Bowl club since she was a freshman and is currently in her second year as the co–president after competing...

Nicolas Smith
Reporter

Nicolas Smith

Nicolas Smith is a 16-year-old junior at Tracy High School. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 4, 2009, and has lived in Tracy for five years. He lives with his dad, younger sister and cat. He loves the community of Tracy and is always...

Sophie Gaa
Reporter

Sophie Gaa

Sophie Gaa is a junior at Tracy High School; she has lived in Tracy her entire life and deeply admires her community. Born on October 28, 2008, to a tight-knit family, Gaa is currently 16-years-old. She lives with her mom and dad, as well as her two dogs,...

Benazir Qasim
Reporter

Benazir Qasim

Benazir Qasim is a senior here at Tracy High School. She is a part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and has three brothers and one sister. Qasim also has two cats, named Coco and Enzo. Her favorite subject currently is Anthropology, but...

 Ava Holbrook
Reporter

 Ava Holbrook

Ava Holbrook is 16-years-old born on July 21, 2009. She is a junior at Tracy High School. Holbrook was born in Tracy, California and has lived there her whole life. Her family consists of her mom, dad, younger brother Jaxson who is 11 years old and her...

Redrick Sambrano
Photographer

Redrick Sambrano

Redrick Sambrano is a 17-year-old senior at Tracy High School. Born in Union City and raised in Tracy, he is the youngest of three brothers, both of whom graduated from Tracy High in 2017 and 2020. A dedicated student, Sambrano is a member of both the Intern...

Caylen Jones
Photographer

Caylen Jones

Caylen Jones, a 15-year-old resident of Oakland who moved from Tracy during his freshman year. He is an active and determined individual both in and out of the classroom. He has a passion for photography, wrestling, volleyball, track and field, music, an...