Well, Condors, Club Rush has just passed us by, and what a spectacle it was this year! Overall, in 2025, we saw more clubs, food choices, performances, and overall turnout then I believe I ever have during my 3-year time at California High School, and if you were to ask any teacher, they’d also tell you this has been one of the most active and diverse club rushes we’ve ever seen here on this campus! But just in case you missed it (unlucky for you), we’ve taken the liberty to tell just what happened in the large quad on September 19th, 2025.
Crowd-Pullers:
Every club rush, there’s always a flock of people that rush to every table as soon as the bell rings at 12:34 (Oh, what a wonderful thing extended lunch is!) However, certain clubs always get just a little bit of extra attention by the student body, for one reason or another. Here are some of the clubs that managed to do that this year!
–Men’s League Board
With their signature delicious bacon-wrapped hot dogs, sold at the low price of $5 apiece, this stand always draws a crowd! With the help of Mr. Ramirez and through the extensive planning done by the Men’s League Board cabinet members, this stand became one of the most popular on campus this year, serving up tasty hot dogs to a crowd of hungry students. The board also threw in the nice accompaniments of chips and water to all they served to!
–Architecture and Engineering Academy
Serving up delicious taco plates for the price of 10 dollars each, the Architecture and Engineering Academy drew a massive crowd from the start of lunch up until they sold out of plates about 30 minutes later. The academy offered three delicious freshly cooked meat options for the tacos this year: al pastor, carne asada, and chicken. Each plate came with two tacos each with your choice in meat, and also added the staple sides to any good Mexican plate: rice and beans. Finally, a variety of salsas, condiments, and sodas also included with the purchase of a taco plate served to round out and make the meals of many satisfied customers even better! If you felt a little extra peckish, additional tacos served a la carte were also offered for the low price of $2 each!
–Choir
Offering up delicious and fresh quesadilla plates for $5 each, the choir had a throng of people waiting for their opportunity to snag some food from them from the beginning of Club Rush to the end! The choir offered a variety of options to their patrons, selling chicken or cheese quesadillas a la carte for 3 dollars each, as well as chips and salsa for just one dollar! In addition to this, to quench the thirst of all the students buying from them, a diverse selection of drinks was also available, with jamaica, a mango drink, and old-fashioned water being given out.
–Scholars
Serving the ever-popular Cane’s chicken fingers to students, it only took around 20 minutes for all tenders to vanish from the Scholars’ table at Club Rush! With 2 tenders and a quenching Capri-Sun being offered as a combo to all customers for the inexpensive price of 7 dollars, it’s no wonder why the Scholars were so successful this year!
Competition at Club Rush:
This Club Rush, there were a variety of unique options of food available to students this year, of all which was delicious! However, with so many clubs turning out this year, it was inevitable there would be some overlap with the items certain tables offered, simply due to coincidence. These are some of those clubs that had competition at Club Rush!
–A&E Academy and Water Polo
Each of these academies offered their own tacos to hungry students at Cal High this year. While the Architecture and Engineering Academy offered more traditional and homely taco plates, with a variety of meats to choose from, the water polo team seemed to offer more epicurean options to customers, with slightly less variety. However, both were overall relatively successful!
–Puente and Business Academy
Both of these academies here on campus offered iced coffee this year at Club Rush. Puente offered Starbucks iced coffee for $2 apiece, with the option to upgrade to a sundae coffee for $4. On the other hand, the Business Academy, ever the entrepreneurs, sold iced coffee at a slightly higher price of $5 each.
–Wrestling and the Soroptimist Club
Each of these academies offered pizza to students at Club Rush. Whereas the Soroptimist Club offered Piara Pizza, for the price of $15 per box or $5 per 2 slices, Cal High Wrestling offered Little Caesars. Overall, both of these clubs were also large crowd-pullers not mentioned earlier, with both selling out quickly!
–Dance and Movie Club
Each of these academies offered dipped strawberries, both of which were equally delicious! They were slightly different in that while Dance offered Nutella-dipped strawberries, the Movie Club had the strawberries dipped in chocolate instead.
Live Performances:
Accompanying the food and drink vendors at Club Rush was live music! A variety of performances done by multiple amazing artists were present at this year’s Club Rush, and here was their set list, which was composed largely of covers:
- Upside Down by Jack Johnson
- Song Three by I Hate Myself
- Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel
- If I Die Young by The Band Perry
These performances couldn’t have been done without the aid of Mr. Cammarata and the Performance Club, so if you want to become involved in these types of shows, go to room Z6 to join!
Overall, Club Rush this year was a highly memorable experience, and I highly recommend everyone who missed the grandeur of this event to show up in droves next year so you don’t miss out!
