Kyle Wang

Despite America's efforts to keep China out of the race in terms of military, economic, and political power, China is expanding rapidly. Kyle considers the question: is it even possible for China to shrink or collapse, as so many hoped it would, anymore?

Most Bellarmine students have reacted positively to the administration’s efforts, but Hayden — the former Bellarmine student who now attends SHS — remains skeptical.

Despite allegations of sexual harassment in the film industry, actors' profits remain unaffected.

Senior Kyle Wang prioritizes relaxation as a second semester senior

Math club co-president prepares to grduate by passing techniques down to brother.

Reporter argues that people should not immeadiately associate weed with California

Senior lacrosse captain balances his many passions. 

Juniors face against each other in a leprechaun trap making contest. 

The Falcon recommends how to spend your March. 

SHS parent was a student in China during the uprising.

Junior reporter Kyle Wang's take on preparing for college, addressed to the class of 2017.

Matthew, a sophomore, grew up in San Jose, beyond the district lines that would have placed him and his older brother within the Saratoga Unified School District (SUSD). One of their relatives, however, happened to own a house in Saratoga. Using the relative’s address, Matthew and his brother attended Foothill Elementary School and then Redwood Middle School without any major problems.  

Teachers and student provide input on cheating situation at SHS.

Junior Crystal Sun manages to get Hamliton tickets for herself, APUSH teacher Mrs. Anzalone, and Health/Drivers-Ed teacher Mrs. Obenour. 

Junior gives humorous tips on getting into an Ivy school from eighth grade till senior year.

The newly changed GPA system for the class of 2020 might not be happening. 

Teams fall short of state meet.

Junior shares his experiences with underage drinking. 

Having finished their last major competitions for the 2016 school year, the speech and debate team, led by junior co-presidents Ayush Aggarwal and Divya Rallabandi, has entered the early stages of planning volunteering events. The team has historically focused on competitions — this is the first time that it has shifted its attention to charity.  

Having lost class of 2016 alumnus Adam Camp to graduation and senior Gina Drapal, who will not be competing this year, the team looks toward its current stars junior Allie Liddle and sophomore Clayton Murabito to compensate.  

Decades later Dylan appears to be at the center of yet another revolution: on Oct. 13, to much controversy, he became the first songwriter in history to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, winning the prize over accomplished novelists such as Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth.  

Student focus on STEM causes a lack of interest in many visual arts programs.

Junior talks about third party canidates.

Junior talks about his fear of clowns.

AP Government teachers find new methods to teach about the elections. 

With the Artichoke Invitational on Saturday [Oct. 1] and Crystal Springs on Tuesday [Oct. 4], finding time to take a rest day was difficult.  

It is April of 2017, and by some unforeseen miracle (or “inside job,” as the now-disgraced Republican candidate Donald Trump claims), Gary Johnson, the 64-year-old Libertarian candidate, is now entering the 100th day of his presidency. He entered office in January, having won the November elections in a landslide. Rumor has it that most individuals at the polls simply checked off the “other” option besides “Hillary” or “Trump.”  

Earlier in the school year, sophomore Arian Raje made plans to attend more out-of-state speech and debate tournaments. In October, he will have his first chance to compete in one at the Blue Key Invitational in Florida, which takes place from Oct. 28-30.  

It’s easy to blame CNN, NBC and virtually every other TV network whose name is a three-letter acronym for the mess that has become the 2016 election. But, in spite of all the superficiality, the general public still tunes in to watch this coverage. They still read the clickbait-y articles and roll their eyes when they see videos of Trump in their newsfeeds, only to watch them anyway.    

My one week foray into living superstitiously started with a paper cutout of a rabbit’s foot. I read online somewhere that a rabbit’s foot brings you luck, but I don’t believe in animal cruelty or spending money on things I can (sort of) make at home. So, at 9 p.m. on Sunday night, when I probably should have been studying for my Spanish test, I was browsing through pictures of feet. Rabbit feet.  

Cross country looks to rebuild

2016-2017 speech and debate team recap

Information about utilization of new scanner system at SHS

Juniors' Facebook accounts are disabled after being reported of impersonating themselves

Junior on fashion, changing and maturing

A group of Lynbrook male students created a "rating" group on Facebook, and others fight back. 

Sophomore shares opinion on how more students should participate in the class/ ASB voting procedure at school. 

Nonetheless, while brilliant basketball certainly drives the Warriors’ success, the Warriors have by no means revolutionized the game.  

The speech and debate team is returning to a leadership structure from the past, one that was more successful in encouraging participants to show up to practice.  

Sophomore shares his noteworthy experience from Washington D.C.  

When the Falcon’s Lifestyles editors challenged us to start conversations with pickup lines, we happily obliged.  

Sophomore shares History Bowl Experience in Washington D.C.

Tournament takes place at Mission San Jose

From April 2-3, members of the speech and debate team sat in crowded rooms at the Santa Clara University Philalethic Invitational surrounded by students from different schools; some held bags of food from Ike’s Sandwiches, while others mindlessly scrolled through their Facebook feeds. 

SHSTV looks at teachers' efforts to try to combat stress and experiment with different kinds of homework this year, speech and debate national qualifiers, the addition of a freshman diver to the swimming team and students' Spring Break plans.

SHSTV sums up recent CCS sports action and examines the start-up business uProspie as well as the recent trip some students took to Cuernavaca, Mexico, over February break.

This year, the speech and debate team has entered 11 students in the 2016 Berkeley Invitational, which starts on Feb. 13 with over 3,000 participants across all events.

The girls’ team would like to have more members make it to the league finals and have more CCS qualifying athletes. “Though it is hard to tell so far, I see more going on to SCVALs,” junior Celine Bellegarda said. “The coaches are working hard to place people in the right events for them.”

Senior Nicholas Lai’s mother, Tuyen, left her home and family in Vietnam on a cloudy, moonless night in 1979 to pursue a better life in America.  

Islamophobia has wrongfully taken hold of the hearts of many American citizens. And replacing that fear with tolerance will be an important battle in the next several decades.

A recent, troubling trend that has emerged among these parents involves sending their children to private middle schools, only to move them back to the public education system for high school.  

When I first saw my invitation to the “NETFLIX AND CHILL” Facebook event, I was confused for a couple of reasons. One, I had no idea what “Netflix and chill” meant, so I had to look that up on Urban Dictionary (I won’t say any more about that). And two, I don’t have a Netflix account. 

Four hundred and seventy-five students enjoyed an evening at the Children’s Discovery Museum on Dec. 5 during this year’s Winter Formal, themed “Frozen in Time,” which lasted from 8-11 p.m.  

As the current parent committee president, Sunder Raj, father of senior Sweeya Raj, is in charge of communicating with families and coaches, administering tournament logistics and ensuring a smooth season.

Over the weekend of Nov. 20-22, the speech and debate team competed at the annual Dempsey-Cronin Invitational held at Santa Clara University.

SHSTV covers the upcoming Homecoming week as well as the Oct. 9 home football game vs. rival Los Gatos.

Sophomore Lillian Zeng frequently posts pictures of her own SSBM-related artwork to her Twitter account. Since August, she has garnered a network of followers that includes gamers such as MaNg0 and Hungrybox, two of the greatest SSBM players of all time.  

I woke up on Saturday morning feeling like a monk who had eaten nothing but tea leaves and rice for a week. I was hungry, exhausted and fed-up (pun intended) with my blood type diet. I never really believed in these health fad diets, as most of them are based on pseudoscience and feigned scientific research, and so I was pleasantly surprised when I checked dadamo.com, the official website for the blood type diet. The better part of their justification for their method actually seemed reputable.

You have pretended to run for president four times, first in 1988 when you used a dirty word to describe the Supreme Leader of Iran and finally in 2015, when you decided to run for real. You chose the worst possible year, my friend — there are currently 17 GOP candidates.

On Aug. 26, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 725 into law to temporarily suspend the administration of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). As a result, starting in 2016, high schoolers will no longer need to pass the test to graduate, and the class of 2018 will likely not take the exam this spring.

Netflix now uses data collected from users to determine what types of shows to produce. This damages ingenuity inherent in the creation of great TV shows and violates user privacy — and that’s a problem.