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A tale of two seniors: What we wish we had known

A tale of two seniors: What we wish we had known

Apurva Chakravarthy and Preston Fu April 9, 2022

In a little under three months, we will graduate high school and move on to the next chapter in our lives. The uncertainty of life beyond our small town is jarring. While we don’t know much about what...

One senior’s journey: how to make the most of college applications

One senior’s journey: how to make the most of college applications

Preston Fu April 9, 2022

College applications: widely regarded as the most stressful and tedious part of most students’ four years of high school. They’re intimidating at first glance, requiring students to create a list of...

Class of 2022 valedictorian and salutatorian announced

Class of 2022 valedictorian and salutatorian announced

Avani Kongetira and Harshini Velchamy April 9, 2022

The school recently announced seniors Marcus Kuo and Andrew Cheng as the Class of 2022 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. They received these honors because they have the highest GPAs in the...

Track: While losing meets, individuals set their own PRs

Tara Natarajan and Shaan Sridhar April 9, 2022

Unable to continue the forward momentum of their first two meets against Santa Clara and Mountain View, the Falcons were defeated by Monta Vista High School and Cupertino High School on March 31 and 24,...

Kyle Scola hits a jump off a ramp at the Northstar slopes while snowboarding.

A Tahoe life: Skier and snowboarder relish their time on the slopes

Tara Natarajan and Daniel Wu April 9, 2022

Almost every week in the winter, sophomores Amaris Charton and Kyle Scola make the 5-hour commute to slopes in the Tahoe area. Frequent skiers like Charton and snowboarders like Scola have an unconventional...

Stand up for Bell Tower — for all your brunch needs

Stand up for Bell Tower — for all your brunch needs

Apurva Chakravarthy March 31, 2022

In the past few months, my overly sentimental self has been pondering what it will be like at the end of this year to leave the town I’ve lived in for pretty much all my life. One of the questions I’ve...

Senior Sajiv Shah holding a glider during a glider competition for new hires during his first week at WhisperAero.

Senior helps develop next-generation aviation technology

Serena Li and Daniel Wu March 31, 2022

As a child, senior Sajiv Shah’s favorite pastime was driving with his father 40 minutes to San Francisco International Airport and watching airplanes take off on the parallel runways and soar into the...

Senior finally reaches the 131,072 tile, the highest tile possible in the game, 2048, on March 24.

2048: the brainless game that won my heart

Serena Li March 31, 2022

There are two tabs open on a split screen as I’m writing this: my Google Doc on the left side of my monitor, and on the right, a game that took the world by storm eight years ago: 2048, a single-player...

Picture of the patio that connects the inside dining area to its outside seating space.

Standing up for local businesses: Sue’s serves up coffee and calm

Zachary Zinman March 31, 2022

Some of the most unique, delicious and pleasant places are nested in street corners. These small, hard-to-find coffee shops often provide the best atmosphere for productivity and relaxation. So it is...

Team ‘Scottsdale Community College’ takes first in school’s March Madness tourney

Team ‘Scottsdale Community College’ takes first in school’s March Madness tourney

Benjamin Li March 31, 2022

As the month of March came to a close, fans waited in anticipation for the winners to emerge from the annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) March Madness tournament. Meanwhile, on a more...

Digitizing the SAT will not make it equitable

Digitizing the SAT will not make it equitable

Nilay Mishra March 31, 2022

In January, the College Board announced that the SAT will move to a fully online format in 2024. The test will be condensed from three hours to two hours, reading passages will be made shorter and more...

20 students win awards at the 2022 Scholastic Writing and Arts Awards

20 students win awards at the 2022 Scholastic Writing and Arts Awards

Nidhi Mathihalli March 31, 2022

Each year thousands of students from across the nation submit entries to the Scholastic Writing and Art Awards and await the results. The writing results came out in late January. Among the winners...

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