Bruce Lou

Letters of recommendation, lengthy essays, “reaches,” “targets” and “safeties.” 

A power outage that affected many Saratoga buildings, including the school, occurred at 7:52 PM, according to PG&E, on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 19. According the principal Paul Robinson, the outage was caused by a tree falling onto a transformer, which went up in flames on Herriman Avenue.  SHSTV reported that a transformer on Herriman caught fire and later exploded.

The History Bowl team crossed the finish line at the 2013 national tournament, 3,000 miles away in Washington, D.C, with the varsity A team and JV team placing within the top 20 and top eight in the nation respectively. But most importantly, the trip was the culminating experience to a successful season.

The thread follows the needle closely as Nancy Flowers’ fingers dance gracefully across the fabric. The year is 1977, and this is sewing class.

Compared to last year’s abysmal season, in which the wrestling team scored last in the Falcon’s end-of-the-year power rankings and went 0-6, this year’s prospects are looking up.

Living up to an older sibling’s legacy is a difficult challenge for many younger siblings. For sophomore Christian Murabito, having a wrestling legend as an older brother makes it much, much harder.

Although it is one of the newest clubs on campus, it has already won multiple victories. In only its first year, the History Bowl team conquered numerous other teams in its qualification for the national tournament. This year’s team is starting off right where they left off last year.

Think back to the feel-good days of kindergarten: nap time, coloring and playing with friends on the playground. While the inherent fun of kindergarten may never change, this school year, the compositions of classes will drastically change, and students with fall birthdays will now take a slightly roundabout route getting there.