Ladies and gentlemen, today school history will be made. Teachers from all over the school will gather in the library in a contest of epic proportions. A tournament. A battle of willpower as educators will engage in a showdown in the form of a staring contest. The main event will be a clash of two titans, as science teacher John Steiner and his infamous “Steiner Stare” goes up against English teacher Erica Dei Rossi and her lethal “Dei Rossi Glare.”

Today after school, there will be a staring contest tournament for charity. Eighteen teachers are participating in the event. “We are all really excited by it,” said Key Club President, Angelo Robles. “It’s a nice twist on the traditional can food drive,” Robles said. By giving a donation of either two cans of food or $2, students can add their predictions about who they think will win.

By correctly choosing the victor of each match and successfully predicting the overall winner, students can win prizes. All the proceeds will go to the Stockton Emergency Food Bank. This is just another way clubs around campus are giving back.
For the holiday season the Stagg Key Club, Red Cross Club,and National Honor Society are teaming up and having a toy drive. Toys can be dropped off at various English and history teacher’s classrooms. The drive will run now until Dec. 15.  At the end, the clubs will hand all the toys to The Stockton Police Department and they will distribute them to a charity.
Some other contributions to help get more students involved were made by Associated Student Body, they’re making this year’s holiday canned food drive a competition among classes. ASB will be placing a box in each classroom for cans. Students can bring in cans to their fourth period class and at the end whichever class has collected the most will be rewarded with a pizza party.

National Honor Society will also be placing boxes in each class room.These boxes are for recycling, encouraging students to dispose of their aluminum cans, glass, and plastic bottles in them. NHS will turn in the cans for money and all the proceeds will be going to Heifer. Heifer is an organization that works to provide families in Third World countries with livestock, as a way to help them gain a better life. The organization’s overall mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth.
Another drive coming up will be hosted by Key Club. It’s going to be a blanket drive for the Emergency Food Bank. The drive will be from Jan.3 through Jan. 13.
Along with these events, clubs have also been volunteering and raising money off campus. In clubs like Interact Club, and NHS, members are mandated to turn in a certain number of community service hours which are completed on their own time outside of club functions.

Some of these beyond the campus community service events various clubs have done include gift wrapping at the Barnes and Noble Book Store, and volunteering at the Thanksgiving Run/Walk against Hunger. Dedication of the club members is important to be in the club. Some of the volunteers woke up early on Thanksgiving morning to arrive at Banner Island Ballpark by 6 a.m. and took jobs all around downtown handing out water, setting up signs, and working at the concession stand.

Some students who participated in the event expressed their pride in their efforts. “I did it to help out the hungry,” said sophomore Hildeliza Espinoza. Further proceeds were raised to help out the less fortunate because runners had to pay a fee of $40 in order to participate. All of the money donated went to the Stockton Emergency Food Bank. “I gained satisfaction in knowing people in need would have a hot plate of food,” Espinoza said.