The Saratoga Falcon

Senior finds adventure in California after moving from Sweden

Ashley Chen
May 30, 2016

A minority opinion: Recent rolling block decision sets a bad precedent

Ashley Chen and Eric Sze
March 27, 2015

Staff editorial: AP classes should be geared toward learning, not just passing AP tests

Ashley Chen and Ariel Liu
March 27, 2015

Engineering program gives prospective students alternative to AP classes

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang
March 9, 2015

Mathletes prepare for AMC competitions

Ashley Chen and Karissa Dong
February 11, 2015

Self-described ‘piano genie’ brings classical pieces to life

Ashley Chen
February 10, 2015

Rising application fees are unnecessary expenses

Michelle Cen and Ashley Chen
February 9, 2015

College Bound: After college acceptance, senior explores fashion through job

Ashley Chen
February 5, 2015

Music sampling offers fresh tastes of originals

Ashley Chen and Katherine Sun
February 5, 2015

Classical music: the soundtrack to all situations

Ashley Chen and Deepti Kannan
February 5, 2015

New English policy a step in the right direction

Ashley Chen
December 5, 2014

Strickland takes the next jump in college admissions

Ashley Chen, Claire Chou, and Shreya Tumu
December 5, 2014

Taylor Swift should not break up with Spotify

Ashley Chen and Katherine Sun
December 2, 2014

Art and literary magazine seeks submissions

Ashley Chen
November 13, 2014

Audrie’s Law signed by governor

Ashley Chen
November 12, 2014

Runners aim to finish with their best foot forward

Ashley Chen and Katherine Sun
November 12, 2014

College Bound: Senior plans future in fashion

Ashley Chen, Andrew Jiang, and Ariel Liu
November 7, 2014

Math department poll shows interest in fourth-year, non-AP class

Ashley Chen
October 29, 2014

Math department poll shows interest in fourth-year, non-AP class

Ashley Chen
October 27, 2014

Are the humanities hopeless? No

Ashley Chen and Carolyn Sun
October 25, 2014

Freshman excels in badminton

Michelle Cen and Ashley Chen
September 24, 2014

College Bound: the myth, the legend, the Linosaur

Ashley Chen and Andrew Jiang
September 19, 2014

Documentary to cover aftermath of Pott case, issues facing teen girls

Ashley Chen and Claire Chou
September 19, 2014

The dangers of open access

Ashley Chen
September 19, 2014

Saratoga needs more diversity in its humanities classes

Ashley Chen
September 18, 2014

“If I Stay” I will be bored…

Ashley Chen
September 14, 2014

Can you go 24 hours Internet-free?

Ashley Chen
September 7, 2014

Taylor Swift ‘shakes off’ haters in cringeworthy music video

Ashley Chen and Eileen Toh
August 28, 2014

Terra organization inspires environmental change

Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng
May 23, 2014

Track finishes season strong

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang
May 23, 2014

Not-so-Amazing Spider-Man 2

Ashley Chen
May 14, 2014

My newest addiction: Hogwarts is Here

Ashley Chen
May 14, 2014

AP Psychology: a solution to the humanities deficit

Ashley Chen and Shreya Tumu
May 7, 2014

He raped me. His punishment? Next to nothing —what Audrie’s Law aims to fix

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao
May 7, 2014

WASC team visits school

Ashley Chen
May 2, 2014

Girls’ track: Leaders see progress in early season

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang
April 2, 2014

The Exodus: Top athletes who live in Saratoga often don’t play for the Falcons

Ashley Chen and Minu Palaniappan
April 2, 2014

Disappointment in downtown After less than a year in operation, Wildwood Market closes

Ashley Chen
April 2, 2014

“Divergent” disappoints

Ashley Chen
April 2, 2014

What all honors classes should have

Ashley Chen
April 2, 2014

America SATisfaction begins with the new SAT

Ashley Chen, Nelson Wang, and Anant Rajeev
March 31, 2014

Why we need more respect for creative minds

Ashley Chen
March 31, 2014

‘Girls with Courage’ succeeds in its second year

Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng
March 28, 2014

JBK speaker misses the point; school’s efforts should go elsewhere

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao
February 12, 2014

Gender disparities prevalent in various STEM courses

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang
February 12, 2014

Current tenure laws offer job security, but may also protect bad teachers

Ashley Chen and Ariel Liu
February 10, 2014

Nonfiction, English’s fictional genre

Ashley Chen
February 7, 2014

Would limiting AP’s hurt students’ college chances?

Ashley Chen and Devin Zhao
January 31, 2014

Girls’ track aims to improve

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang
January 29, 2014

How to binge-watch

Ashley Chen
January 29, 2014

Tiger Mom’s new book is misunderstood

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao
January 23, 2014

‘Catching Fire’ burns away sophomores’ expectations

Shreya Tumu and Ashley Chen
January 10, 2014

The negative effects of a school culture obsessed with academics

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao
December 11, 2013

‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity

Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling
December 11, 2013

The path back from concussions

Miles Albert and Ashley Chen
December 11, 2013

Spiral of Failure: Why teaching the same concepts every year doesn’t work

Ashley Chen
December 11, 2013

The ultimate challenge: Silence

Ashley Chen
December 11, 2013

Outage Followup: School’s power only down for an hour

Ashley Chen, Bruce Lou, Deepthi Sampathkumar, and Shreya Tumu
November 20, 2013

WASC committee discusses ideas for school improvement

Ashley Chen
October 30, 2013

Davis gravitates to physics

Ashley Chen and Robert Eng
October 29, 2013

Living with allergies: a cautionary tale

Ashley Chen
October 29, 2013

Has the Nobel Peace Prize lost its credibility?

Ashley Chen and Arman Vaziri
October 28, 2013

Fixed fee for sports participation is fair for everyone

Ashley Chen
October 28, 2013

Saratoga develops vision for new local attraction: Quarry Park

Ashley Chen and Devin Zhao
October 28, 2013

CON REVIEW “City of Bones”: a gigantic disappointment

Ashley Chen
September 23, 2013

To pledge or not to pledge?

Kelly Xiao and Ashley Chen
September 23, 2013

Dual studentship: a closer look at concurrent enrollment

Tiffany Zheng and Ashley Chen
September 20, 2013

Girls’ cross country: co-captain motivates team

Ashley Chen and Carolyn Sun
September 19, 2013

Facebook should not sell personal data

Ashley Chen and Michelle Leung
September 11, 2013

Falcon Focus: I am a drum major

Ashley Chen
February 7, 2013