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District drops Twitter usage as hate speech increases following Musk’s takeover

SEF draws high participation in first community 5K fun run

Girls’ tennis closes out season 11-3

Fall play audience attendance rebounds to pre-COVID numbers

The need for speed: Junior races go-karts at an elite level

2 retired teachers and Saratoga parent win seats on school board

Stanford professor’s findings help explain why so many young people feel so miserable

Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do

Donations are ‘voluntary,’ but programs can’t run without them

Meet Bill Sanderson: beekeeper, food-lover and district new superintendent

NEWS
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School releases fall finals schedule

December 3, 2022 — by Skyler Mao

Principal Greg Louie released the 2022 Fall Finals schedule in his Friday letter on Nov. 11, a vital tool for students to plan their study schedule for the week. Finals are 2 hours – far longer than ordinary 85-minute classes. This year’s...

Huge turnout expected for Winter formal at Great America

November 30, 2022 — by Nikhil Mathihalli

Math teacher starts Saturday peer tutoring program to support Algebra 1 class

November 21, 2022 — by Victoria Hu and Sarah Zhou

Leadership pleased with participation from Halloween spirit week

November 20, 2022 — by Allison Tan

District preps staff to handle fentanyl overdoses

November 20, 2022 — by Leyna Chan

OPINION
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School shooting pranks undermine safety

November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai

Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. ...

Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members

November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou

For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil

November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen

High school research: A mismarketed resource

November 17, 2022 — by Anthony Wang

Rishi Sunak’s election as U.K. prime minister: putting national pride aside

November 17, 2022 — by Anirudh Iyer

SPORTS
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The 2022 MLB season was one of the best in recent memory — here’s why

December 2, 2022 — by Vinay Gollamudi

Field hockey ends season in CCS loss

November 30, 2022 — by Amy Luo and Isabelle Wang

Season preview: Girls’ basketball aspires to make it further into CCS

November 22, 2022 — by Emma Fung and Amy Luo

FEATURES
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Fighting arts provide structure and inspiration to athletes

December 4, 2022 — by Nicole Lee and Isabelle Wang

English teacher rocks at rock climbing

December 1, 2022 — by George Huang

Quiz Bowl wins first two tournaments, qualifies for national tournament

December 1, 2022 — by Nikhil Mathihalli, Aiden Ye and Zack Zhang

COLUMNS
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What a 6-year-old does in Mexico during Winter Break

December 4, 2022 — by Kavya Patel

A Christmas cookie disaster

December 2, 2022 — by Sanjoli Gupta

‘All I Want for Christmas’ … is this song to end

December 2, 2022 — by William Norwood

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