The Roundtable

Owen Akel

Owen Akel, Editor-in-Chief, Web Editor

Owen Akel is the Editor-in-Chief and Web Editor for The Roundtable. Akel enjoys writing stories and opinion pieces concerning national events that relate to student life. He enjoys hiking, biking, fishing, spending time with friends, being out in nature, eating good food, and playing basketball.

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Owen’s Opinion: College supplements

By Owen Akel, Editor-in-Chief
February 18, 2022
Students show up to support Kights at the homeconing football game. One of the first events with fans since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, to kick off the 2021-2022 school year.

School spirit wanes amidst pandemic

By Owen Akel, Editor-in-Chief
February 18, 2022
Four division Convent & Stuart Hall logo occupies the center of The Dungeon floor in place of the Stuart Hall High School shield. The school repainted the floor in addition to making maintenance changes and updates during the summer break.

School renovates The Dungeon

By Owen Akel, Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2021
Junior Matt Lim and senior Trieu Tran celebrate after having just scored a goal during their semi-final game at the 2021 USA Hockey National Championships. The Tri-Valley Blue Devils team, which both student athletes play on, placed third in the Tier II 18 and Under division.

Hockey Duo

By Owen Akel, Web Editor
May 21, 2021
Junior Bo Darwin carries a Christmas tree to a customers car at the Guardsmen Tree Lot as part of his community service commitment on Dec. 13. Darwin and other Stuart Hall students volunteered at the lot regularly during the holiday season, helping the organization sell trees to raise funds for at-risk youth in the Bay Area.

Volunteers find ways to serve community

By Owen Akel, Web Editor
December 17, 2020
Junior Connor Zanoli prays in his room during lockdown. Christians like Zanoli, as well as other religious students, have been unable to go to church due to social distancing restrictions.

Pandemic prohibits access to places of worship

By Owen Akel, Senior Reporter
October 27, 2020
This graphic groups counties into four tiers based on the number of cases and testing positivity rate, with San Francisco being in the “Substantial” tier with 9.8 new cases per 100 thousand people and a 3.4% COVID-19 testing positivity rate. California implemented the plan on Aug. 31 and will review data weekly.

California adopts new plan for reopening

By Owen Akel, Senior Reporter
September 4, 2020
Seniors Halsey Williamson, Raphi Laluyaux, Tabitha Parent, Audrey Gaddis, Eon Kounalakis, Harriet Ritchie and Kate Baker prepare to march from Mission Dolores Park to the Mission Police Station at a Black Lives Matter protest on June 3. A group of students from Mission High School organized the protest of thousands, demonstrating the substantial involvement of young people in the movement.

Community examines racism amid protests

By Owen Akel, Senior Reporter
August 26, 2020
Will Burns, Will Yancey, James O’Leary, Toby Slater and Connor Caba paddle through a rapid with their guide. Sophomores descended to the river in a 30-minute shuttle ride before getting in rafts.

¡Pura vida!

By Owen Akel, Reporter
February 14, 2020
Senior Marcus Williamson (number 391) competes at the CIF State Championship for cross country on Nov. 29. CIF was the last race for senior athletes, who will leave the team after graduating.

Knights end postseason strong

By Owen Akel, Reporter
December 12, 2019
Art teacher Malisa Suchanya helps senior Xander Nuñez with a crafts project in the Art Studio. The art faculty informed students of the apprenticeship with Crucible instructor Brian Enright to encourage applied skills learning outside the classroom.

Apprenticeship opens to art students

By Owen Akel, Reporter
November 13, 2019
Juniors begin college process

Juniors begin college process

By Owen Akel, Reporter
October 11, 2019

Knights partake in team bonding

By Owen Akel, Reporter
August 29, 2019
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