Simi Srivastava

With only one loss to Monta Vista High School out of the seven total league matches played, the boys’ tennis team is proving to once again be one of the top teams in the area.

The tech crew of nine has begun its preparations approximately one month before the musical, creating and painting sets and blocking the lighting. Usually, they work on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout seventh period until 6:30. During the weeks closer to the show, however, tech calls can go as late as 10 or 11 p.m. every day until the show date.

My mom is extremely superstitious and cannot let small things like this go. Though the common superstition is to not drive past when a black cat has crossed the way, my mom’s version includes any colored cat (or sometimes, large squirrels — she never takes a chance).

This year’s opening show of Bombay in the Bay takes place Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. and Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. in the McAfee Center, which will be decorated in traditional Indian style. 

The drama department will be showcasing the musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” on April 24, 25 and 26 as well as May 1 and 2. Unlike most shows, the audience will get to choose the ending.

As my parents never fail to point out, there are very few activities I am willing to get out of pajamas on a Saturday morning for.

The team only lost one player from the starting lineup. With the addition of Stratakos, the team should be able to make another deep run in CCS.

As senior Nadia Younes carefully crooned the last note in her rendition of “Toxic” by Britney Spears, the crowd burst into a standing ovation. Younes was later crowned the winner of this year’s Saratoga Idol held on Dec. 1 in the McAfee Center.

The varsity girls’ tennis team wrapped up its De Anza League season 12-0. With a lineup of reliable singles players and powerhouse doubles pairs, the team has a strong chance of winning CCS, which began on Nov. 11.

The drama department will be hosting its latest student production, Tennessee Williams's “A Streetcar Named Desire,” directed by senior Bridgette Olson in the Thermond Drama Center the weekend before Thanksgiving break.

After four hard-fought matches, the Falcon brought back a third place finish at the annual California Peach Tree Classic Tournament in Fresno on Sept. 5-7. The team was seeded No. 2 heading into the tournament and faced powerhouse teams such as Santa Barbara High School and Menlo High School.

Science teacher Lisa Cochrum traveled in India during this past summer break.

Members of the senior class will end their final year of high school with a bang.

Whoever said “Image isn’t everything” was certainly not a Hypebeast. The shoes. The pants. The shirt. The accessories. But most importantly, the brand. From head to toe, Hypebeasts like junior Patrick Huynh must put all of these factors into consideration when putting together the perfect outfit. 

This year’s junior prom theme is “Escape to Paradise,” and will be held in the Decathlon Club in Santa Clara on April 19.

Publicity posters for “God of Carnage,” the recent student production directed by senior Annelise Nussbacher, described the play as being not suitable for small children and possibly some of the elderly. 

When "The Secret Life of an American Teenager" first aired on ABC family six years ago, very few people took lead actress Shailene Woodley seriously, with her cheesy role as a pregnant 16-year-old. But over the past few years, Woodley has acted in numerous big-name movies and has gained the respect of audiences across the nation.

For the past few months, the members of /the Indian Cultural Awareness Club have been preparing for their biggest event of the year, Bombay in the Bay (BnB). This annual showcase, on Feb. 14 and 15, features SHS students performing several Indian dance numbers. Dances this year include the four grade dances; a teacher dance; Bhangra, which is a traditional Punjabi dance; and a classical dance. In past years, there had been a Garba segment, which was a traditional Gujurati dance, but it has been eliminated this year because nobody volunteered to lead the dance, according to senior officers Sachi Verma, Raj Thakkar, Ruchi Jain, Trishika Shetty, Rohan Hardikar, Rick Roy and Priyanka Krishnamurti. With less than a month to go, the officers, performers and parents of Bombay in the Bay are scrambling to take care of the remaining logistical issues. The officers still need to find a charity, determine the sponsors and select a caterer for dinner for the Saturday night show.

Biology and Earth Science teacher Lisa Cochrum was scheduled for an undisclosed major surgery on Friday, Nov. 22, and will not return to school until after holiday break. In order to miss the two weeks of actual teaching, she had to rearrange her curriculum and cram in a lot of material before she left.

The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore  Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina.

“Gold teeth, Grey Goose trippin’ in the bathroom. Blood stains, ball gowns trashin’ the hotel room. We don’t care; we aren’t caught up in your love affair.” Now, many may wonder what this random hodgepodge means; however, for those acquainted with the new artist Lorde, these are more than words. They are a string of lyrics to Lorde’s most popular song, “Royals.”

I really like food. Now, I know that does not make me very different from most people, but do not take those four words lightly.

The 9-1 girls' tennis team’s 4-3 win against Monta Vista has put them in first place in the upper league, tied with the Matadors. The team prevailed with freshman Caitlin Ju winning her match at No. 3 singles, and strong doubles pairs consisting of sophomores Ai Marie and Yu Karen Asai, Shireen Haghshenas and Meera Rachamallu, and Allison Lin and freshman Kelly Hsu.  

Now with two successful productions under its belt for the 2013-2014 school year, drama is beginning to plan for its next mainstage production, the spring musical. Drama teacher Sarah Thermond, after putting much thought into her decision, has chosen “Les Miserables,” originally by Victor Hugo, as this year’s spring musical.

Fueled by last year’s release of the SHS app, which allowed students easy access to the school websites from their phones, the SHS Application Developers’ Club is working on an online goldenrod system.

The drama department’s two student-directed shows this year are “Witness for the Prosecution,” directed by senior Shayda Roohpavar, and “Barefoot in the Park,” directed by senior Laura Hannibal.

Minutes after finishing the Boston Marathon on April 15, science teacher Kelly Nicholson heard a loud explosion and saw a large cloud of smoke about a block away. Nicholson, still exhausted from finishing the 26-mile race, frantically tried to find her husband, who was waiting for her near to the finish line.

Senior and Indian Cultural Awareness Club president Shauray Agrawal stood in the middle of the McAfee Center stage, playing an average high schooler with a dream of being a Bollywood movie star. He and his fellow actors projected their lines to introduce the next performance, and exited the stage as dancers rushed on to take their places for the start of their act. 

From March 21-24, a record number of students from the school’s drama department traveled to Upland in Southern California to compete in the International State Thespian Society’s annual California Conference.

Splat. The sound of my pica ruler falling to the ground caused me to lose my train of thought. It was pretty embarrassing, because I was in the middle of teaching a class.

The senior class has made a significant effort to lower prom bids this year through a variety of fundraisers.

This year's spring musical hit all the right notes, according to those who went.

For most of society, the “season of giving” is limited to the winter holidays, but ASB is trying to continue this mood throughout the rest of the school year.

With the stress of school and the pressure to do well academically, is reading for fun a priority anymore?

In early October, senior Shayda Roohpavar began writing her first play, “What do you want to be when you grow up,” about three friends applying for college. 

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“If you’re not making a difference,” Teen Truth Live presenter Erahm Christopher asked the class of 2016, “what are you doing?”

2007 graduate Sarah Thermond has returned to Saratoga High to teach drama and English.