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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 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
Hyde working on her duties electronically in Evanoff’s office.
Once a Falcon, always a Falcon: Two retired administrators return in interim roles
November 14, 2025
The band lines up for award announcements at Hornet Stadium.
Marching band wraps up a successful season with second-place finish at NorCal Super Show
November 13, 2025
With these tips, you will climb the peak Precalculus Honors.
How to not only survive but thrive in Precalculus Honors
November 14, 2025
The newly opened Vons Chicken in Saratoga did not disappoint.
New Vons Chicken excels with extraordinary service and delicious food
November 14, 2025
The bilingual promotional artwork for “A Chip Odyssey,” a film exploring how ambition and technology work to help Taiwan thrive as a nation.
Bay Area premiere of ‘A Chip Odyssey’ shines Taiwan’s role in Silicon Valley tech
November 14, 2025
Senior Lawson Wang coaches the Blue Team in the Redwood Library.
Coaching at Toga Junior Math Club allows students to give back to their community
November 14, 2025
Senior Dylan Huang playing the saxophone with the Millennium Chamber Orchestra.
Senior saxophonist achieves accolades through practice and persistence
November 14, 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
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
Courtesy of Apple Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup, featuring a redesigned back and new color options.
Backlash over iPhone 17 grows as users call out Apple’s lack of innovation
October 31, 2025
Why is it that out of teenagers, boys find more satisfaction in video games?
How video games are harming teen boys
October 31, 2025
My biggest pet peeve: assignments due at 11:59 p.m.
Assignments should never be due at 11:59 p.m. — the default Canvas time
October 31, 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
Courtesy of LAIKA Studios I still have nightmares of the Other Mother sewing buttons over my eyes.
As an extremely jumpy person, I’ll gladly skip horror movies
November 5, 2025
Which states in the U.S. are the most auraful?
Top 10: U.S. states with the most aura
October 31, 2025
A composition of all the food I bought.
How far will $10 go to make a meal at Safeway?
October 28, 2025
My current Pinterest feed consists mostly of random trinkets.
Pinterest should be everyone’s alternative to doomscrolling
October 27, 2025
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The Saratoga Falcon

The Saratoga Falcon
All content by Minu Palaniappan
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The Exodus: Top athletes who live in Saratoga often don’t play for the Falcons

Ashley Chen and Minu Palaniappan

Boys’ lacrosse going strong

Minu Palaniappan and Devin Zhao

Soccer teams participate in sportsmanship seminar

Minu Palaniappan and Jihau Yu
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SHS median grade is a B+

Robert Eng, Sherrilyn Ling, and Minu Palaniappan

Boys’ lacrosse season preview

Minu Palaniappan and Devin Zhao

Apple: a company of the past

Minu Palaniappan

Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding

Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert

Bringing sound to the inexpressable

Minu Palaniappan

California legislation gives minors rights to erase info

Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang

Students hold mixed opinions on recent Facebook sticker addition

Sherrilyn Ling and Minu Palaniappan

Application Developer’s Club joins the Hack revolution

Miles Albert and Minu Palaniappan

App Developers Club creates online goldenrod

Simi Srivastava and Minu Palaniappan

Facebook Graph Search: A powerful tool for discovery

Minu Palaniappan

Google Glass: a privacy blunder

Minu Palaniappan

Chess team places fourth at county tournament

Priyanka Nookala and Minu Palaniappan

Injury-prone tennis team looking to become a top league contender

Minu Palaniappan and Sudeep Raj

Robotics fundraising seeing success

Minu Palaniappan

APUSH should allow typed notes

Minu Palaniappan and Rohan Rajeev
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Boys’ tennis looks to regain position as champions

Sudeep Raj and Minu Palaniappan
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FTC team heads to NorCal Championship

Minu Palaniappan and David Sparkman

Senior delves into past in preparation for History Bowl

Nick Chow and Minu Palaniappan

Chess club plans intramural tournaments open to everyone

Minu Palaniappan and Priyanka Nookala

Research class would encourage hands-on learning

Minu Palaniappan and Elijah Yi

History Department offers trip to France

Minu Palaniappan and Jay Mulye

San Jose State student talks programming

Minu Palaniappan
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Chess team hopes to build on past success

Minu Palaniappan and Priyanka Nookala

SAT score drops irrelevant to education

Minu Palaniappan and Sudeep Raj

Club builds iPhone application for Saratoga students

Minu Palaniappan and Sophie Mattson
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Armstrong deserves Tour titles

Minu Palaniappan
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New clubs shine at Club Day, old ones merge

Rohan Rajeev and Minu Palaniappan

Off campus lunches

Minu Palaniappan
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Students launch website to inform teens about politics

Minu Palaniappan and Sanj Nalwa

MSET 649 makes history at Central Valley Regional

Minu Palaniappan and David Sparkman

MSET 649 excels at Central Valley Regional

Minu Palaniappan and David Sparkman

Developers Club competes in Bay Area coding tournaments

Minu Palaniappan

Boys track: Sophomore looks to lead 2012 season

Jonathan Young and Minu Palaniappan
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Sophomore Ivan France finds passion in robotics

Minu Palaniappan
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Seniors spend break playing Fugitive

Minu Palaniappan

Chess team falls short at county tournament

Minu Palaniappan

SHS Developers Club introduces computer science lessons

Minu Palaniappan

M-SET attends 2012 FRC Kick-off

Minu Palaniappan
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Sophomore finds success in green business

Minu Palaniappan

Juniors help develop Android Application; Presented to Gates Foundation

Minu Palaniappan

Chess teams hopes to continue great season for years to come

Minu Palaniappan
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Robotics team prepares for FRC Competition

Minu Palaniappan

Boys’ cross country: runners make State

Minu Palaniappan

Saratoga Cross Country season ends well, Steven Sum places 2nd overall at CCS

Minu Palaniappan and Nikil Ramanathan

Spanish Club celebrates Mexican holiday

Edward Dong and Minu Palaniappan

Teachers assign video projects to broaden education

Brandon Judoprasetijo and Minu Palaniappan

Robotics team learns from Calgames

Minu Palaniappan

Saratoga finishes strong at Baylands and Lynbrook but suffers at Crystal Springs

Minu Palaniappan

SHS Application developers club goes big

Minu Palaniappan

649 MSET Preps for Cal Games

Minu Palaniappan

Chess Club hopes to go big

Minu Palaniappan

Memories of 9/11: staff members share tragic accounts

Dylan Jew and Minu Palaniappan
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