The Quill is a magazine made by Mayfair High School’s creative writing class. The magazine includes a variety of pages full of poems from students of the creative writing class, either worked on together or by themselves, and also includes Mayfair Writing Center contest winners’ Valentine’s Day and Halloween poems. They have been making The Quill every year, and this year’s magazine for the creative writing class of 2025-2026 is a new edition to the collection. The pages dis

On Saturday April 25, 2026, two of our students Ryder Hitt and Gregory Mejia competed in the Mesa Coding Regional competition where they both got first place. MESA is the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement competition that happens with both high schoolers and middle schoolers. At a general level, MESA is also a college prep program for students in the STEM field and is designed to bring real life practices to inspire the youth to pursue a higher education in ST

The fourth annual Congressional Art Competition is a contest hosted by one of our United States House of Representatives, Robert Garcia. The competition was open to high school students who demonstrate artistic talent. Additionally, it was revealed that the winning artist will have the opportunity to have their piece displayed in the U.S. Capitol. Furthermore, the winner will be invited to a reception in Washington D.C. to celebrate their successful artwork. On April 30th, 20

Mayfair High School had its senior and junior Prom night at 21 South Fullerton Airport. The upperclassmen’s big event went on from 7 to 11pm. The attendees were welcomed by the principal and all the high school counselors. Everyone had to go through a strict security check to ensure safety at the event. Overall, there was a wonderful setup at the airport hangar with a big food court and a DJ. On the dance floor, many kids crowded around and danced to the music played. Everyo

Trump’s most recent assassination attempt was on April 25, 2026 during the White House Correspondents Dinner. The assault was carried out by a man named Cole Tomas Allen. He managed to break past security with knives, a shotgun, and a pistol. As soon as he got in, it is reported that he ran 60 feet towards the ballroom where Trump was sitting and a sudden burst of gunfire occurred. Security quickly came to Trump, Vance, and their families assistance to safety. The dinner it

Artemis II was a flyby mission around the moon that lasted 10 days. It was successfully completed in April 2026 which means that this is the first human mission to travel beyond our orbit since 1972. The people on the mission were Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman. These astronauts took the brave step of risking their lives to help expand space exploration and to test new systems that could have backfired in the name of science. They went on the O

As of recent, controversy has sparked regarding the legality of conversion therapy, if it should be outruled or not. Conversion therapy is known as an emotional or physical practice of “curing” one’s attraction to the same sex or their gender identity. Though there are still many mixed opinions from people who have done conversion therapy previously, it’s confirmed to not be a medically approved method. Despite it all, many parents tend to have their children do conversion t

On April 22, 2025, the Yamaha Corporation of America building in Buena Park revealed its newly renovated building which cost $34 million dollars in total. Mayfair’s band had the great opportunity of touring their facilities with many different employees and representatives at the Yamaha company. First we walked into a lobby room that had many different models of instruments like synthesizers, drumkits, grand pianos, and guitars. We were then taken to another building where t

USC baseball had very high expectations after they finished last season with a 37-23 overall record and a conference record on 18-12 with key wins against number #14 UCLA and #22 TCU. Then after making a playoff to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015 they beat TCU in regionals before getting eliminated by Oregon State in the regional final. Even though they had very promising feats and a solid record, fans didn’t expect for them to do that much better the next

Many people hear and celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day every year without knowing the true reason how it came to be. The holiday started as a 17th century religious day to honor the patron saint of Ireland because he brought Christianity to the Pagan people. St. Patrick himself was a 5th century missionary who became enslaved and taken to Ireland. He eventually escaped but then felt called to return to convert the people there which ended up being successful. Eventually, the ch

As of March 21st 2026, marks the very day Tsuki the seal from Tokkari Center was born, and is turning a year old today! Tsuki was born from Yo-chan and her father Katsunori, both being well known seals within the seal community — or at least anyone who’s a huge fan of seals. Tokkari Center is the only place in Japan where weak or injured seals are held inside to rehabilitate or permanently foster them if they aren’t capable of being released. They also teach the seals some tr

Enhypen was established in 2020 through the reality competition series I-LAND, and it made its debut with the first being Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon, and Ni-ki. Enhypen's debut album is the first mini album, BORDER:DAY ONE, released on November 30th, 2020, featuring the title track "Given-Taken." This album talked about the complex emotions as they transitioned from trainees to artists. It has been a big and amazing year for Enhypen. In April 2025 they made

Ramadan is a holy month of fasting and prayer for Muslims, the followers of Islam. It celebrates the month during which the Prophet Muhammad received the initial revelation of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, around the 7th century. Fasting is one of the five fundamental principles of Islam. During each day of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk each day, and they are supposed to avoid eating, drinking, and smoking as well as unkind or impure thoughts and words and

Women’s History Month grew from Women’s History Week from 1978. The recognition originated in Santa Rosa, California in correlation with International Women’s Day, March 8th. Former President Jimmy Carter issued the week of March 8th in 1980 to be National Women’s History Week, but in 1987 Congress had expanded it to be a full month. This month is dedicated to recognizing the important women and women who led movements in history that have often been overlooked in the past.

Kristi Noem was the former Secretary and led the Department of Homeland Security. However, she was just fired by President Donald Trump. She was previously the governor of South Dakota and is part of the Republican party. She was only appointed on January 25, of last year and was the 8th appointed secretary. She was fired due to many forms of malpractice. Her most recent controversy was a commercial that cost $220 million. While she has claimed that Trump knew about this co

On Saturday March 14, 2026, Mariners and Showtime participated in a show choir competition hosted by the Los Alamitos Choirs where they competed against other show choirs in their own division. Mariners were scheduled to perform around 2:30 PM and went against three schools in the intermediate treble division. They started off with “Holding Out For A Hero” with a powerful intro of wanting something that they're trapped into. Throughout their set, they had a powerful finale w

Ever since the tragic death of Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28th, Iran has finally settled on who the new leader is. His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, became Iran’s new leader on March 8th. Many wonder about who he is. He was born September 8th, 1969, and is the second child of Khamenei amongst six others. At seventeen, he served in the military, and in 1999, went to Qom to continue his religious studies. Now at 56 years old, despite keeping a low profile in h

On February 15th, 2026, famous actor Robert Duvall passed away peacefully in his home in Middleburg, Virginia. Robert Duvall was most well known for his roles in “The Godfather” and "Apocalypse Now” as Tom Hagen in “The Godfather” and as Lieutenant Colonel William Kilgore in “Apocalypse Now.” He has also received the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1983 and nominated for an Oscar seven times because of his incredible performances. Besides his incredible acting career, Robert

The U.S. Women's Olympic hockey team has been participating in every single Olympics Winter games since the first women’s game in 1998. The U.S. has won a total of three gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medal. The U.S. women's team has been one of the most successful hockey teams in every international play. This year’s Olympic Winter game has been chaotic, creating history and controversy. The men’s team was bashing the women’s team, laughing at them and not s

Back on February 28th, the U.S. and Israel had launched an attack on Iran claiming that Trump was trying to prevent Iran from getting their hands on nuclear weaponry, as well as encouraging the people of Iran to overthrow their own government. However, these attacks had resulted in the death of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , setting off Iran with the U.S. and Israel receiving major backlash, and Iran attacking Israel in retaliation. Since then, people