Catherine Tang

With the approach of the NCAA March Madness tournament, the ASB, in conjunction with the Sports and Athletics Commission, will hold an intramural basketball tournament starting March 1.

ASB has decided to join Teens for Jeans, a national drive sponsored by Aeropostale that donates jeans to teens around the country who cannot afford to buy them.  

Senior Addison Polcyn said he was not planning to sign up for Mr. Saratoga at first, but decided to go with it after his friends went ahead and entered him in the first-ever event.   

French students celebrate the season.

After 12 wins, the girls’ volleyball team stayed undefeated throughout league competition and won the El Camino league. Because strong teams like Lynbrook and Cupertino lost many of their best players due to graduation, the Falcons were able to win league.

On the morning of homecoming move-in day on Oct. 18, many sophomores and juniors also chose to take the PSAT.

On Oct. 15, instead of attending school, upperclassmen in the Media Arts Program (MAP) spent the day in beautiful San Francisco and Alcatraz Island.  

Last year, the girls’ volleyball team ended its season with a tough loss against Burlingame High School at the quarterfinal CCS game after tensing up from nerves and missing serves at 22-20 in the third game. This year, the team is hoping to come back stronger with additions such as junior outside hitter Jennifer Chen and junior libero Caitlin Cooper. Despite facing upper league teams during all the preseason games, the team, which is in the El Camino league, won its first four games with ease.

Reporter defends her favorite show "Pretty Little Liars" from others' complaints.

The boys’ volleyball team tied with Wilcox during the league championships on May 9, and as a result, the two teams became co-league champions. The tie also resulted in a conflict: Which team would go onto the CCS playoffs? To resolve this problem, the two teams faced off in a coin toss in which Saratoga lost. As a result, Wilcox got the chance to play in CCS starting on May 14.

As junior prom on April 19 approached, students were scrambling to find the perfect dress or to rent last-minute tuxedos. One worry that was made easier this year was the buying of corsages and boutonnieres, which were sold by the junior class officers.

Ever since I can remember, my family has always been health conscious, to say the least. I didn’t realize my family’s extremely health conscious ways were weird until I began having play dates with my friends in elementary school. They would come over and the only snacks I would have at my house were fruit and other healthy foods. Apples. Yogurt. Granola bars. No one wanted them but me.

My mouth waters as I look at picture after picture. Pink and green and purple with tapioca at the bottom, each of the colorful drinks looks so good. 

During the first set of the first game of the season against Eastside College Prep on March 5, sophomore star setter Chester Leung landed on opponent’s foot and broke both his ankle and his foot. Since then, Leung has been out, but plans to play again in three weeks, or about a few weeks into league.

Upon hearing that there was a winter sports challenge this issue for newspaper, I enthusiastically signed up, but that excitement only lasted a brief moment. Later that day, when I found out that my winter sport challenge was for soccer, excitement quickly turned into panic. 

“We missed CCS last year by one point, and this year, we plan on breaking streak and making CCS,” said senior outside hitter Kevin Tran.

Aspen, Colo., is known for its high-brow, celebrity culture, as many celebrities spend their winters in Aspen. A few years ago, junior Carmine Drohan was lucky enough to spot Barry Bonds, a former star baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, on one of her winter trips. 

After remaining undefeated for the first half of the season, the team's winning streak finally ended with a loss to Lynbrook.

The  two orchestras are hosting their annual concert exchange with Lynbrook high school’s two orchestras on Nov. 1 at the McAfee.

Last year, the girls’ volleyball team ended its season with a tough loss against Sacred Heart Cathedral at the quarterfinal CCS game, partly due to many of the players being sick.  This year, the team came back healthier, stronger and tougher. While all of the team’s preseason games are against upper league teams and the team is in the lower league, the girls won their first three games with ease. 

Blind dates are often seen as random, the awkward meeting of two students with nothing to talk about, no similarities, and may come from very different social groups. Yet sometimes, these dates can have a much happier ending. 

Half a mile into the run with the cross-country team, I felt my shins stinging with pain. The concrete roads were infinitely harder on my recurring shin splints than the gym floors are at volleyball practices. So why then, you might ask, is a volleyball player running with the cross country team? 

To further promote the sciences among underclassmen, Science Club president senior Robert Eng plans to start Science Olympiad at the school after club day.

As the year comes to an end, each class is looking at its standing regarding its financial state.

Although the boys' volleyball team suffered many injuries this season, the Falcons proved to be strong contenders in the El Camino League with a record of 7-5. 

When it comes to asking a potential date to prom, students usually stick with the cliche method of using a poster, but senior Cody Cai thought outside of the box when asking senior Kiki Shim. Both worked as editors-in -chief of the yearbook this year and cemented their friendship through long hours of work. 

Gone are the days of elementary school, when students were able to hop on a bus and travel to a zoo, museum or historical landmark to further their studies in school. It’s high school now; lunchables have been replaced by off-campus vehicular sprints, “hands-on” education by grade-stressing labs.

For the past few years, the boys’ varsity volleyball team was composed of mainly juniors and seniors, but this year two freshmen, setter Chester Leung and libero Spencer Yen, made the team.

In early January, junior Cathy Guo and her friends were sitting in Chinese teacher Sara Tseng’s room when they came up with the idea of Chinese Club.

Since December break ended, student teacher Krista Fazekas has been observing history teacher Jerry Sheehy and world geography teacher Richard Ellis’s classrooms, taking notes on her computer.

We cannot believe the world is going to end on Dec. 21. In the midst of studying for finals, we made time to prepare for the apocalypse. We have prepared for everything including natural disasters, alien invasions, meteor strikes and even zombie viruses.   

We cannot believe the world is going to end on Dec. 21. In the midst of studying for finals, we made time to prepare for the apocalypse.

Sophomores Charlotte Beam and Saia Ghelichkhani had a tough choice to make this year: to be on the varsity team but not play in any games or to be on JV and have a leading role.

As part of the Silicon Valley Reads 2013 program, SVR is inviting students in journalism programs in the area to attend a special press conference.

After the re-election of President Obama on Nov. 6, many students expressed both relief and concern for the future of the nation. 

In the next few years, many students will begin jobs at companies like Google or Microsoft or Facebook. In those jobs, they will usually work in small teams charged with completing specific projects such as new piece of software or an advertisement or a new product.

The girls’ volleyball team’s successful season ended on Nov. 10 in a disappointing second CCS match against Sacred Heart Cathedral High, the No. 2 seed in Division 3, in San Francisco. 

Although many people often compare Los Gatos High School to Saratoga High, Lynbrook has become an increasingly prevalent comparison over the years.  

After a month of preseason games, the girls’ volleyball players have refined their skills and teamwork. However, players say they have yet to learn how to perform to the best of their abilities when it matters.

After a month of preseason games, the girls’ volleyball players have refined their skills and teamwork.

Off the coast of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean, a school of dolphins circled around a snorkeler as if serenading her. The sun glistened and reflected off the water and the dolphins’ bodies. Amidst a ring of dolphins, new science teacher Janny Cahatol rose out of the crystal-clear water and removed her goggles.

At the 2012 Olympic games, over one million people were in the Olympic Park, lines to the bathrooms were over a mile long and lines of McDonald’s were triple that length, according to sophomore Puck de Roos.

Having lost only one player from last season, much of the team has had at least one season of varsity experience.