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Class of 2023 reflects on their year emerging from the pandemic

All Quiet on the Eastern Front: Using the Russia-Ukraine conflict to understand history

From custodian to plant supervisor: Paul Weir’s 30-year journey in the Bay Area

73 questions: conversations with the school community

Orchestra and band students headed to Europe this summer

Boys’ tennis: Falcons close season with victory against Bellarmine for the first time in seven years

Pickett retires after 9 years of teaching math at the school

Saratoga: Shangri-La of historical homes and orchards

Baseball team makes CCS after a three-game win streak to end the regular season

Spanish teacher Allison Dermont to depart school

NEWS
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Robotics teams clash against the world’s best teams in Houston

May 30, 2022 — by Nikhil Mathihalli and Daniel Wu

The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, along with one of the three FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams, 6165 MSET Cuttlefish, competed at the FIRST World Division Tournament at the George R. Brown convention center in Houston....

Combined prom set for May 29 at Tech Interactive

May 30, 2022 — by Avani Kongetira

Grad Night to be hosted at school on June 2

May 26, 2022 — by Hannah Lee and Stephanie Sun

District to review plan for solar panel farms in mid-June

May 22, 2022 — by Christina Chang

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ overcomes hurdles presented by illnesses

May 22, 2022 — by Lena Aribi and Christopher Chen

OPINION
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We were freshmen in our sophomore year

June 5, 2022 — by Jonny Luo

It’s near the end of my freshman year of high school, and I’m sitting in my bedroom alone. Staring at tiny faces on my computer screen, I’m wondering how long it would take to get to know all these people, let alone befriend one. Coming...

Niche high school rankings matter about as much as Falcon Top 10s

June 5, 2022 — by Michael Fok

And about those geese on campus . . . they’re not so cute

May 30, 2022 — by Aiden Ye

Precalculus Honors classes should not transform curriculum to conform to AP Precalculus

May 30, 2022 — by Nilay Mishra and Arnav Swamy

Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more than just women’s lives

May 30, 2022 — by Hannah Lee

SPORTS
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Boys’ volleyball finishes season 0-14

May 30, 2022 — by Ariel Zhou

Boys’ golf placed second in league finals, junior qualified for CCS finals

May 30, 2022 — by Mitchell Chen and Nilay Mishra

Fighting injuries, girls’ lacrosse finishes 5-7 in league

May 28, 2022 — by Lena Aribi and Meher Bhatnagar

FEATURES
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‘Diverse’ period dramas must choose between fact and fiction

June 5, 2022 — by Sarah Thomas

Drop Shah Rukh Khan for Rajnikanth: Give South Indian movies more hype

May 26, 2022 — by Kavya Patel and Sarah Thomas

Baking: A pandemic escape turned professional

May 24, 2022 — by Kavita Sundaram

COLUMNS
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Minor addictions: Online games feed procrastination

June 5, 2022 — by George Huang

From Disney Songs to Musical Theater: Junior’s odd song preferences triumph over mainstream music

June 5, 2022 — by Carolyn Wang

Top 10: ways to fake having friends

June 5, 2022 — by Christina Chang

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Summer construction to begin

APUSH students compete at the 2022 NHD State championships in Rocklin

School should offer more humanities courses

Getting to know the staff who keep campus running

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