Mr. Santa Cruz Immortalized On T-Shirts

by Ashley Cordova

You’ve seen them around campus: pictures of Mr. Cristobál Santa Cruz adorned on the black t-shirts.  About 30 seniors were inspired to create them after being in Santa Cruz’ AP U.S. history class last year.

Some of these class of 2018 seniors are very particular about when they wear these “Santa Cruz” T-shirts.

Senior Lydia Angulo said, “Many of us try to wear the shirts on Santa Cruz’ test days, and others choose to wear them on Fridays.”

At first, the idea for the T-shirts was just a joke that the senior trio Lydia Angulo, Iram Arce and Brianna Metzler had made.

“It was just a joke and we even made a fake advertisement and emailed everybody about it,” said Arce.

However, the shirts were such a big hit with many of the students and teachers that shirt requests were starting to come in quicker than expected.

“We had about 30 people order a shirt including Dr. Gonzalez and Santa Cruz’ wife,” said Arce.

“We began to see this as a means of marking a ‘historic’ event that will leave a legacy for future generations,” said Metzler.

The man in question, Mr. Cristobal Santa Cruz, said, “At first, I was shocked and a little weirded-out, but now I am appreciative.”

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