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Left to right: Seniors Jenny Chan, Nithya Krishna and Carolyn Wang sit on the bleachers at theTrack and Field home meet on April 18.

Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’

Carolyn Wang June 27, 2023

“Three, two, one — go.” Through torrential rain, fierce wind, raging heat and on certain occasions, ill-timed hail, you may have seen three figures zooming around the city of Saratoga in sleek...

Senior Ojas Somani teaches the All-Males Dance (AMD) to members in preparation for their upcoming performance in BNB.

Bombay in the Bay video process aims to recognize long-time senior participants

Nikhil Mathihalli February 12, 2023

Each year, the Indian Cultural Awareness Club (ICAC) organizes Bombay in the Bay (BNB), a Bollywood-themed fundraising event where students around the school sing and dance to well-known Bollywood songs. A...

Blom and Timmons pose at an ice rink in Palo Alto.

Lovestruck: The Falcon plays matchmaker

Sarah Thomas and Ariel Zhou February 12, 2023

In honor of the nation's “holiday of love,” The Falcon set up four potential couples to go on dates recently. Though Valentine’s Day is dedicated to romantic love, the four pairs came out of this...

Class of ‘65 alumnus Steven Spielberg’s new movie, “The Fabelmans,” covers much of his experience at the school.

‘The Fabelmans’ puts spotlight on antisemitic abuse directed at school’s most famous alumnus

Shreya Rallabandi and Shaan Sridhar December 12, 2022

A young Sammy Fabelman firmly grips his film camera as he dives into the sand under a beach volleyball net, attempting to capture action footage of his high school’s most popular jock spiking a volleyball...

Senior ACE club president Carolyn Wang presents the next group discussion to more than 15 student tutors.

ACE club members volunteer to tutor students across four different countries

Neal Malhotra and Beverly Xu October 19, 2022

After trips to Yunnan, China in the summers of 2018 and 2019, Class of ‘21 alumnus Anthony Qin was inspired to start the school’s Aspiring to Create English (ACE) club, where students tutor foreign...

Andrew Tate and his Bugatti

Andrew Tate: why he and his misogynistic beliefs need to be stopped

George Huang September 17, 2022

Depression is fake. Women are powerless. They bear responsibility for rape, and most importantly, they belong to men.  These are all opinions viral influencer Andrew Tate shares. To say his takes are...

 

Arm injury resets priorities and teaches lessons

Carolyn Wang March 15, 2022

“Plessy versus Ferguson,” I dictated to my laptop, waiting patiently as the microphone button on Google Docs’ voice-to-text feature flashed bright red. After a moment of hesitation, the cursor moved...

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Teachers prepare students for AP World Language exams remotely

Carolyn Wang May 3, 2021

Speaking performance, specifically conversations, have suffered in the pandemic among SHS language learners.

 

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Revisiting the chaos of lockdown day

Carolyn Wang April 26, 2021

Life definitely became interesting when dreaded COVID-19 rumors spread across the school
 

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Juniors search for alternative ways to take standardized testing

Carolyn Wang April 15, 2021

Some have decided to postpone their SATs, while others have gone out-of-state or taken the ACT

 

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