Ellen Wu

Sport Name: Girls’ basketball Coach name: Mike Davey Last year’s record: 21-6

Two reporters learn how to skate. 

Chunks of banana and tortilla chips peeked out of a rotten lettuce-colored liquid as we turned on the blender. Just watching the ingredients blend together made us squeamish.  

The YouTube revolution is underway. With more than 1 billion unique users every month, the site’s popularity has skyrocketed, and with it, the popularity of hundreds of YouTube stars across the world.  

With so many students swept up in the academic competition, there is not enough of an emphasis on the non-academic aspects of life. 

"Boyhood," directed by Richard Linklater, is a coming-of-age film that tells the story of a child named Mason Evans, played by actor Ellar Coltrane, who literally matures in front of the audience's eyes. The film touches upon all sorts of adolescent challenges, including loss, peer pressure and bullying.

This year is senior Alvin Kim’s first year playing football at a high school level. As a senior rookie on varsity, Kim has already had impressive performances against both Hillsdale and Santa Clara as both linebacker and running back.

Completed just before graduation last year, the Sports Plaza is now the main entrance of countless sporting events. The Plaza was the culmination of more than two years of extensive planning and fundraising that started when the SHS Foundation and alumni got together and decided the old ticket booth was something the school needed to fix.

Students attended educational summer programs for high prices -- but was the money worth it?

As time goes on, people change, and so did the relationship between my two older sisters and me.