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ASB makes changes to its constitution.

Leadership goes to Disneyland.

Instagram has many social flaws which end up detracting from the overall experience.

Finals schedule causes controversy

Senior talks about her siblings.

Junior talks about how there should be more viewpoints open to people in Saratoga. 

Student tries paintballing

Caroline Oliver anticipates freshman year at Barnard. Saro Acharya sets up future in film with Emerson.

This January, in the dark-pitched alleyways of the Indiana Jones Adventure attraction at Disneyland, we found a mutual love in spewing out our favorite lines from the “Harry Potter” franchise.  

"Just then, my ex-boyfriend Jeremy walked in," narrated ComedySportz member junior Raymónd McCarthy. McCarthy’s teammate, freshman Adina Bidel, stepped into the scene with masculine strides. 

Junior Spring Ma and sophomore Claire Rhee ask school leaders of Monta Vista High School, Cupertino High School, The Harker School, and Saratoga High School about student wellness.

Twenty-eight students from Leadership, ASB and class office positions are attending the annual Youth Leadership Program conference held by USA Student Travel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim from Jan. 28-31. 

Junior Neythra Srinivasan remembers her first days as a 6-year-old in her new home of Singapore. Dressed in her pink cherry-blossom embroidered tunic, she took in the full experience of the Chinese New Year festivities on a crowded street. Her eyes glistened with the vibrant glow of the festival lanterns, as a red dragon dashed through her peripheral vision. 

A group of students huddles in a circle, rapidly sticking Post-It notes on a large poster board sprawled on the ground. Soon, the once-white poster is smothered in a rainbow Post-It notes, covered with hundreds of valuable ideas from every commission, ASB and class office member on campus.

Two staff members will be doing their part to support the senior class by donning festive pilgrim and turkey costumes on Nov. 24, the day before Thanksgiving break. 

Walking into assistant principal Kerry Mohnike’s office, students are greeted by a tall brown bookshelf filled to the brim with student-signed screenplays, props from past English simulations and candid photos of Mohnike’s 2011 drama classes — all mementos of her 25 years at Saratoga High. 

Explanations of the nince commissions on campus.

 Saratoga High’s new assistant principal Brian Thompson talks about his experiences here and at his previous high schools.

On May 23, the Falcons’ varsity No. 1 boys’ doubles pair, junior Partha Shah and sophomore Josh Li, finished second among the 53 teams in boys’ doubles in league finals. Coming into leagues unseeded, the pair defeated the No. 1 seeded team from Lynbrook and continued on to play in semifinals and finals.

Sophomore Sophie Cichanowicz discovered a passion for ballet after playing the lead role in "The Nutcracker" and pursues her dream.

Every WongFu video showcases an overwhelming talent in film, videography and post production, as their shooting and editing techniques feature modern and simplistic aesthetics.   It would not be surprising that the first item on our summer bucket list is seeing their first feature film, “Everything Before Us,” which will come to theaters on June 3.

When junior Savannah Green’s doorbell rang at 11:45 p.m. on April 26, the night before the juniors vs. seniors Powderpuff game, she was shocked to see her front yard strewn haphazardly with toilet paper. Even though she suspected that the senior girls’ Powderpuff football players were the culprits, the team was nowhere to be seen. 

After losses to Gunn 20-10 on April 14 and Monta Vista 23-7 on April 21, the badminton team is looking to learn from its mistakes and improve for the next games to come. 

On Monday, March 30, students arrived to school decked out in red, blue, white and military gear, excited for the upcoming annual Spring Fling festivities. For the remaining days of the week, students participated in a vareity of Spring Fling related activities.  

Last fall, 2014 graduate and current University of Chicago freshman Jason Li attended a conference at the school called 3DS, short for 3 Day Startup with classmate Raymond Han and Columbia freshman Matthew Pregasen. While taking hands-on courses about entrepreneurial skills such as Ideation, Team Formation and Customer Discovery, the three met and immediately began a valuable partnership. 

Despite playing with a lineup missing several key players, the Falcons began league play with a home win against Cupertino on March 24.  

During freshman year, a combination of boredom and creativity inspired now-junior Giulia Corno to begin a story that eventually became her first novel. The storyline, set during the Reconstruction period in the South, features an orphan named Aurelia who wants to become a doctor. When she helps an injured angel, Aurelia becomes part of a prophecy that brings the two together on a mission to save their realm.

The school's Ceramics and SHS TV are facing decreases in the number of students they see in class each year, and are trying to find ways to turn their enrollment trends around.

Reporters recount unfortunate story at Tpumps, a pearl milk tea shop.

As he faces an empty canvas, senior Noah Jung considers the endless possibilities before him: a realistic rendition of the mountains outside, a stylized version of an everyday object. Picking up the brush, Jung begins to create a piece of work that is his, and his alone.

Class of 2014 alumnus Bobby Vithanage has taken a gap year to start a Media Arts Program at St. Thomas College (STC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka inspired by the one at SHS.

The badminton team prepares for the upcoming season.

Class of 2007 alumnus Varun Sivaram remembers receiving the classic yellow call-slip in the middle of an AP Spanish presentation in March of his senior year.

With Christmas and other holidays just around the corner, many teachers and students have begun their annual preparations for the upcoming season.

Students are gearing up to win the school-wide best asking competition annually hosted by the ASB. The couple with the most creative asking receives free tickets to the dance.

Scrolling through endless gifs of TV scenes and pictures of nature encompassed by the dark “Tumblr” blue background, junior Claire Leung reblogs post after post.

Homecoming 2014 will certainly be a week to remember as it came to a close with a victorious football game, successful dance and crowning of the Homecoming Court.  

On Oct. 25, 314 students filed into the already-packed Large Gym, many decked out with chef hats, Minnie Mouse ears and class T-shirts to participate in the Homecoming dance.  

Sophomore Aarushi Lakhotia excels in squash, a little-known indoor racquet sport.

In a near 50-minute performance filled with fast-paced dances and familiar Disney remixes and inside jokes, the Class of 2015 delivered an impressive (and nostalgic) Disney Channel-themed Quad Day to conclude the five-day Homecoming week celebration on Oct 24.  

The Class of 2016’s Nickelodeon-themed Quad Day delivered a solid performance filled with eccentric show characters and impressive dances.  

Sophomore Aarushi Lakhotia excels in the little known game of squash. 

The Class of 2017 shows it can handle Homecoming. 

Freshmen put together their first Quad Day at lunch on Oct. 21, which centered on a KRON 4 newscast. 

Reporter reviews The Tea Zone and Fruit Bar, a cafe located on S. Winchester Blvd in West San Jose. 

Staff members kicked off Homecoming Week with an impressive Quad Day at lunch on Oct. 20.

 As students rushed from the parking lot to their classrooms on the morning on Monday, Oct. 13, many were surprised when they walked into class at 8:51 a.m. and still beat the second bell.

More students will have the opportunity to enroll in advanced classes starting this year because the administration has increased the school's open access policy to include foreign language and math classes.

The number of Freshman Focuses — “classes” during tutorials designed to ease the transition for freshmen into high school — has been cut back to four total meetings this year, instead of the 11 last year’s freshmen had.

2011 alumnus David Mandell, now a senior and theater arts major at University of Southern California, is producing a 15-minute film titled “Laugh Along the Way.” The film centers around three characters: John, Sam and Chris, who each deal with his own set of adversities, much like Mandell, who also dealt with struggles during high school.

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