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Tickets for the dance are currently on sale through Dec. 5, with prices increasing by $10 per week.
Winter Formal to be held at San Jose sports complex
November 18, 2025
Juniors Haley Pham (left) and Sandya Iyer (right) and senior Kayla Bingel (center) hold pool noodles for the students to punch.
Girls Self Defense takes on lively chaos at Foothill Elementary
November 17, 2025
The broker, played by sophomore Bhavya Lohani, gives the latest update of the stock market to the president, played by junior Sahaana Chitrapura.
‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’ cast completes opening weekend shows
November 15, 2025
Students eagerly wait for the start of the tournament.
Mathletes face fierce competition at Berkeley event
November 15, 2025
Courtesy of Wen Chen Families from the community crowd around a pumpkin about to be smashed.
6165 MSET Cuttlefish’s 4th annual pumpkin SMASH breaks attendance records
November 14, 2025
The cover art of “Solo Leveling,” portraying main character Sung Jinwoo.
‘Solo Leveling’ offers great animation at the cost of shallow characters
November 18, 2025
Sophomore Michael Zhao composes his research paper on the prevalence of cognitive decline with age.
Sophomore researches cognitive decline with Duke professor
November 18, 2025
The homework students get from courses adds up quickly and can cause students to look toward AI.
Homework policies evolve in response to student workloads and AI
November 17, 2025
Simple, casual autumn outfits.
Easy outfits for the fall season
November 17, 2025
Icing on the Cake’s storefront in Los Gatos.
Sampling cupcakes from a Los Gatos classic: Icing on the Cake
November 17, 2025
The team’s seniors gather around to celebrate their last game.
Falcons end their season with a 27-21 loss despite a valiant second-half comeback
November 14, 2025
The cross country team takes a group picture at the end of league finals.
With a strong league finals finish, cross country looks toward CCS
November 14, 2025
Courtesy of Celcius Athletes often have foods or drinks that they enjoy before a game such as a Celcius.
Players follow superstitions to hype up before a game
November 9, 2025
Luo at the 2024 Starbound Regional Dance Competition; placing second overall for her ballet solo.
Dance star in ISPE maintains rigorous schedule
November 8, 2025
Follmar treks in the mountains of Colorado during the High Lonesome 100 race.
Finding her stride: Cross country coach chases purpose with ultra running
November 5, 2025
Courtesy of Bay Area News Group These white and blue buses can be seen zooming around Saratoga — “zooming” because they’re often empty.
VTA needs to change its bus schedule
November 17, 2025
Courtesy of LGSUHSD The math department course sequence chart loses some pathways.
Power of perception — math policy changes come with potential downsides
November 16, 2025
Social media is overtaking traditional news with no sign of stopping.
As Kirk assassination video shows, traditional journalism is down but shouldn’t be out
November 11, 2025
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc is stranded on a trackside hill as he laments his poor race at the Dutch Grand Prix.
100-word rant: F1 has a gatekeeping problem
November 6, 2025
If there's no sun, how is it so hot?
100-word rant: Weather, can you stop being weird?
October 31, 2025
My trusty water bottle and packs of dried rose and chrysanthemum.
How I get myself to drink water as a chronically dehydrated person
November 18, 2025
Two shelves in my room that contain souvenirs from my past trips, legos and childhood memories.
Preserving fond moments through memorabilia in my room
November 17, 2025
Hopefully this isn’t you this Winter Formal — get up and dance out there!
Top 10: Dance moves to hit at a school function
November 16, 2025
Boba prices just keep increasing
100-word rant: Can we stop with the boba-flation?
November 16, 2025
Courtesy of BuzzFeed All my quiz results, summed up in one picture.
Imagining my future one BuzzFeed quiz at a time
November 12, 2025
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The Saratoga Falcon

The Saratoga Falcon
All content by Ashley Feng

Annual World Cafe connects community

Ashley Feng and Kevin Sze

MAP Speaker Series: Drone expert discusses personal videography experiences

Daniel Bessonov and Ashley Feng

Girls’ Basketball prepares to compete in the De Anza League

Ashley Feng and Anna Novoselov
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Book by 2014 grad urges students to discover purpose behind going to the elite colleges they are applying to

Daniel Bessonov and Ashley Feng
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Juniors balance obligations and rehearsal in preparation for Quad Day

Ashley Feng and Kaylene Morrison

Local bagel cafe prime lunchtime spot

Ashley Feng

SMASH’n awards crown the best of MAP

Ashley Feng and Sanjana Melkote

Benefit honors former activities director

Ashley Feng and Elaine Toh

After losses to graduation, mock trial adds underclassmen to team

Ashley Feng and Katherine Zhou

Field Hockey hopes to live up to last year’s success

Ashley Feng and Neil Rao

MAP finds new home in old music building

Ashley Feng and Krithi Sankar

Leadership class evolving for next school year

Ashley Feng

Leadership class evolving for next school year

Ashley Feng
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Severe decline in sports donations jeopardizes programs

Ashley Feng

MAP documentary project challenges sophomores

Ashley Feng

Falcon Focus: Junior chemistry tutor helps students in Honors class

Ashley Feng

Hit-and-runs leave victims feeling frustrated and angry

Ashley Feng and Michelle Lee

Junior prom to be held at The GlassHouse

Ashley Feng

Girls’ basketball: Senior basketball guard dribbles through injury

Ashley Feng and Kitty Huang
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Photo or Graphic for: Annual Jazz Cab a successful night of music, food and friends

Kevin Chow and Sanjana Melkote
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Benefit raises money for special cause

Ashley Feng and Elaine Fan

Winterguard gears up for Las Vegas competition after satisfactory regionals performance

Ashley Feng
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Past Falcon editor-in-chiefs reflect on how the position influenced them

Ashley Feng

Applying for FAFSA as a Saratoga Student

Ashley Feng and Michelle Lee

Mock Trial focuses on improving after first scrimmage

Angela Liu and Ashley Feng

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming

Ashley Feng

Aspiring professional ballerina spends junior year training in Houston

Ashley Feng and Sherrie Shen

I’m a scorpio, and scorpios are good at fortune-telling

Ashley Feng

Leadership class gears up for Disneyland conference

Ashley Feng

‘Fantastic Beasts’ a not-so-fantastic movie

Ashley Feng

Holiday baking: easy as pie?

Francesca Chu, Ashley Feng, and Amy Tang

Mock Trial season kicks off with ‘Game of Thrones’ inspired case and auditions

Angela Liu and Ashley Feng

Girls’ water polo still on track for CCS

Ashley Feng
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I’m a CBCA — a Canadian Born Chinese American

Ashley Feng

Students recruited as reps to promote brands

Ashley Feng and Elizabeth Lee

Five Nights at the Feng’s: Sophomore encounters paranormal events in her own house

Ashley Feng

Epipen prices cause widespread shock and anger — but it’s nothing new

Ashley Feng

ASB starts preparing early for new school year

Adina Bidel and Ashley Feng

New Harry Potter book fails to impress readers

Ashley Feng

ASB and administration expand use of 5-star system

Ashley Feng and Kyle Wang

Girls’ Water Polo: A shot at playoffs in a new league

Ashley Feng

Uptight fans shouldn’t criticize Olympians

Ashley Feng
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