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Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Editor

Jocelyn Hsu is the 2023-24 AVT Page editor and a senior at Amador. She joined the Amador Valley Journalism program starting when she was a sophomore to step outside of her comfort zone. This year, she is looking forward to meeting new members in the team and hopes her work can be published as Best of SNO again! 

Other than being a journalist at school, she loves traveling and exploring the world with her family. Her favorite activity outside of school is dancing to Jazz and Hip Hop and experience different culture just like a hermit crab! Trying to fit into different shells.

All content by Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu
Shallene Lacey (25) performs the lion dance starting at the age of five, inheriting the East Asian culture from her parents.

Step by step: Shanelle Lacey (’25) amazes with her lion dancing talent

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, A&E Page Editor
March 25, 2024
Tracks for the Road

Tracks for the Road

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Editor
March 21, 2024
Charting your course: unveiling hidden gems and crafting your college list

Charting your course: unveiling hidden gems and crafting your college list

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Editor
March 4, 2024
The Californias cursive comeback: What do students think?

The California’s cursive comeback: What do students think?

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Editor
March 4, 2024
Inspired by thumbnails on Roblox, Shimon Arai (25) learned to turn models to 3D through rendering starting as a middle schooler.

Unleashing imagination: Shimon Arai (’25) transcends reality in 3D Blender

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor
February 27, 2024
The art pieces are displayed in the Library Lab A for students who are interested to come by and see.

AV Library hosts Donversity Art Show 2024

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Editor
February 23, 2024
The Donversity Committee started meeting every week since the end of Semester 1 to begin planning the week-long event.

Donversity Committee begins planning Donversity week & events

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Editor
February 1, 2024
Sahil Mehta (24), third from the right, is recognized with the 2040 Regional Visionary Award with his Tri-Valley team.

Sahil Mehta (’24) is Tri-Valley 2040 Regional Visionary Awardee

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Edit
February 1, 2024
As the 2023 Congressional App Challenge winner, Tejasveer Chugh (25) wanted to bring impact to the community and environment.

Tejasveer Chugh (‘25) wins Congressional App Challenge with his plant disease detecting app

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor
January 22, 2024
Dickinson and Echo, a spinoff from the Marvel series are both available on Apple TV+ while Singles Inferno is available on Netflix.

3 great shows to binge on a rainy weekend

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu and Max Dye
January 20, 2024
Clipper Cards will be the new way of payment compared to the old BART paper tickets.

BART paper tickets no longer accepted after Nov. 30

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor
November 28, 2023
Entering high school as part of the class of 2025, Yatin Bayya plans to graduate in the class of 2024.

Yatin Bayya (‘24) set to graduate high school one year early

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor
October 29, 2023
Every year, Starbucks customers order over 20 variations of custom Halloween drinks.

Starbucks recipes: Specialize your order for Halloween

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor
October 23, 2023
Students groove to the beats spun by the DJ.

Students dance the night away at annual Homecoming Dance

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor
October 20, 2023
Students groove to the beats spun by the DJ.

Homecoming lights up the night with dance

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor
October 15, 2023
Keeping your surroundings clean, getting vaccines, wearing a mask, and even trying to sleep well can all prevent one from getting the flu.

Beating the flu season blues: A roadmap to wellness

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT Arts and Entertainment Page Editor
September 22, 2023
Starting in the 2023-24 school year, PUSD replaced Q connection with Synergy.

How well are our teachers adapting to Synergy?

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT Arts and Entertainment Page Editor
September 19, 2023
pancake

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The spirit wear stand posing for a picture.

Amador’s centennial pancake breakfast unites alumni

Zenil Koovejee, Edwin He, Parsa Hassanpour, and Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu
September 18, 2023
Guests being served breakfast.

Through photos: Alums, students, and staff enjoy a pancake breakfast at Amador

Parsa Hassanpour, Zenil Koovejee, and Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu
September 18, 2023
Concert Band performs their last piece of the year, The Big Cage, conducted by director Jonathan Grantham in the spring concert.

Amador Valley bands end the year strong in the Spring Band Concert 

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
May 26, 2023
As technology development accelerates, AI became a thread to many career, including teachers in the English department.

How AI is affecting the creativity of students in English classes

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
May 25, 2023
Efforts in summer training paid off when playing and winning against rivals. (Photo provided by Aarav Kapadia.)

Amador Valley Football releases full spring/summer schedule

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
May 25, 2023
AV Japanese teacher Rieko Murphy teaches her students in various ways including making art work.

Teacher Profile: Rieko Murphy’s journey to teaching Japanese at Amador

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Senior Staff Writer
May 18, 2023
AV Winter Guard won National A Champion in 2023 California color guard circuit.

AV Winter Guard wins Scholastic National A championship

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Senior Staff Writer
May 4, 2023
AV teachers beat the March Madness winners with a score of 11 to 8.

Students play teachers in Staff v. Student March Madness game

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
April 1, 2023
March Amadon 2023

March Amadon 2023

Zaynah Shah, Yi (Steven) Yang, Renna Popli, Eva Grove, Aileen Hu, Arlina Yang, Carol Xu, Vincent Ma, Trisha Pandey, Sophie Pereira, Ian Cha, Heaven Boren, Varsha Harnoor, Parsa Hassanpour, Matthew Nader, Sebastian Diligent, Audrey Combs, Grace Huang, Aashi Jain, Riley Rohr, Nadya Carreira, Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Anita Gautam, Ritika Ghosh, Rohan Prakash, Julia Evans, and Zayn Ali
March 30, 2023
Many students attend the mock final exam and get extra help from the Math Club before the final math exams.

Club Profile: International Advanced Math Society

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Senior Staff Writer
March 28, 2023
Many club members of AV Model UN got commendations, outstanding delegate, and best delegate at Berkeley MUN conference.

Model UN competes at Berkeley MUN

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Senior Staff Writer
March 21, 2023
The 2023 Junior Prom venue at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center was chosen last year by AV leadership.

Junior prom: the experience

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
March 1, 2023
One of the liveliest areas at the venue was the karaoke corner in the game room.

[Photo] Juniors celebrate Masquerade Night Prom

Aileen Hu, AVT Editor
February 28, 2023
Aryan Jain(23), Pleasanton Energy and Environment committee member, shares his research experience and journey on getting into the top worlds university, MIT.

ACING MIT with Aryan Jain (’23) | Acing Admissions Advice

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
January 26, 2023
Samuel Wang(23) was admitted to Vanderbilt University. He shares his experience from application to acceptance.

ACING Vanderbilt University with Samuel Wang (‘23) | Acing Admissions Advice

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
January 26, 2023
The Seoul crowd crush takes the lives of over 100 people and many more injured.

Tragedy in the streets of Seoul: Amador Korean-American community grieves after Seoul crowd crush

Grace Huang and Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu
December 16, 2022
Athletic director Alphonso Powell hosted the Winter Athletic Orientation meeting in the MPR.

Winter Athletic Orientation 2022 recap

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
October 18, 2022
José Villalobos, Admissions Counselor at Washington State University introduces the available programs to students who are interested.

College Visits Introduce More Options to Seniors at Amador

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer
September 29, 2022
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