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The Silverado Star

The Silverado Star

Winners at the SkillsUSA competition show off their medals on April 10. From left to right: Brianna Escalera, Dezarae Gonzalez, Kara Silver, Sophia Booth, Nya Cimino and Lucas Pfahler
SHS SkillsUSA brings home gold
Gabby Pedriquez, Reporter • May 15, 2026

After competing in Reno on April 7-10, at the largest SkillsUSA competition in Nevada history, Silverado SkillsUSA members brought home gold medals and several top awards. The SkillsUSA team is part...

Students dance at the Homecoming Rave on Sept. 26.
Silverado: Into the Hawkverse
Saliye Demarchena, Reporter • October 15, 2025

Towards the end of September, from Sept. 22 to 26, Silverado held the first spirit week of the 2025–2026 school year in preparation for Homecoming....

Silverado club accomplishments
Silverado club accomplishments
Star Staff May 22, 2025

Silverado's administration said they would like to "extend our heartfelt congratulations and deepest gratitude to the dedicated teachers who...

SkillsUSA members and partners from Project Pink, Girls Together, Liberty High School, Northwest Career and Technical Academy, and Coral Academy of Science gather at Silverado High School after collecting toy donations for the Holiday Heroes Drive last December.
SkillsUSA students serve their communities
Saliye Demarchena, Reporter • April 6, 2025

While many know that several SkillsUSA students will be going to Reno this week to participate in job-related competitions, not many know...

Millions of dollars are being spent to work on Silverado.
Silverado modernization project begins this summer
Naomi Jackson, News Editor • April 22, 2024

$55 million is being spent by CSSD to improve Silverado High School. Beginning this summer and planning to end in January of 2026, this project...

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Newspaper, yearbook win awards
Athletic teams make fall Academic State
Fall students of the month

Fall students of the month

October 14, 2022

Spring students of the month

Spring students of the month

June 27, 2022

Skyhawks named on all-southern Nevada Football Team

Skyhawks named on all-southern Nevada Football Team

December 15, 2021

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Drivers: Please be respectful in parking lots
Dear couples: Please stop making out in the hallway

Dear couples: Please stop making out in the hallway

November 18, 2024

How to fail a test

How to fail a test

February 7, 2024

Silverado Star takes on Tiktok trend

October 25, 2022

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Connor Biondi takes a break after running the 5K on Oct. 23.
Connor Biondi runs towards perfection
Gabby Pedriquez, Reporter • November 3, 2025

“I needed to use my free time, I just didn’t think it would take up all my time,” said Silverado senior Connor Biondi while sitting in the library’s study room trying to catch up on assignments.  Piled-up...

Elias Salas-Santes and Eizeir Tibbs-Baugus compete to finish first at a practice before Regionals.
Coach, runners find deeper meaning of ‘team’
Connor Biondi, Reporter • November 3, 2025

Cross Country from the outside may look like an individual sport. But at its core, it's a sport that thrives on the special bond of the team. Senior...

The Silverado Varsity Girls Soccer team has a record of 5-1-1- so far in the 2024 fall season.
Q&A: Insight of a sports manager
Saliye Demarchena, Reporter • September 19, 2024

GOAL! As the fall season continues, the Girls Varsity Soccer team is hard at work practicing and preparing for their upcoming games. Among them...

Zyon Trujillo proudly stands on the podium at state championships after winning first place in his weight class on Friday Feb. 16.
Zyon Trujillo: back-to-back state champion
Nyla Vazquez, Opinion Editor • March 28, 2024

The hardworking Zyon Trujillo is now a back-to-back state champion for wrestling. Although he is a junior and does not attend Silverado High...

Mr. Burgess (third from left) and his squad dressed up for Halloween in Cuba during their 2006 service.
From high seas to high school: Mr. Burgess retires from Navy reserves
Saliye Demarchena, Reporter • March 23, 2026

If you’ve had physics teacher Alan Burgess, you’ve probably noticed his annual weeks of absence from school. During that time, he was serving in the Navy. Recently, however, Burgess finished his last...

Key Club celebrates their attendance and accomplishments at the Regional Training Conference in 2023-2024.
Q & A: Key Club Spotlight
Jason Balquin, Reporter • September 22, 2025
In this photo from the Silverado Star archives, Silverado students walk out of class in order to protest school shootings. This protest occurred one month after the Valentine's Day shooting in 2018 in Parkland, FL at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The protest was in support of the March for Our Lives activists.
‘Thoughts and Prayers’
Rylee Curtis, Reporter • May 13, 2026

We need to stop saying “thoughts and prayers” and actually start taking action against school shootings. No more “nothing will ever change.” No more “there is nothing...

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The "Dress to Impress" podium highlights the winners after the "Prom" round.
Strike a Pose in ‘Dress to Impress’
Saliye Demarchena, Reporter • October 14, 2024

A certain game has been making its way across Silverado lately. Students have been spotted playing it in class, at lunch, and before school. “Dress to Impress” is a Roblox...

Isabella Delgado plays Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in the musical during a dress rehearsal.
Musical is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
Naomi Jackson, News Editor • April 11, 2024
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Art
The Art Club displayed their pinwheels in the planers in the main quad.
NAHS celebrates Day of Peace
Star Staff September 20, 2024
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