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The official map, decided during the April 14 public hearing.

School board finalizes district map for new trustee elections

Tanvee Tirthapura June 1, 2025

In the first board meeting of 2025, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District (LGSUHSD) board unanimously voted to switch to By-Trustee Area elections in order to align with the California Legal...

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Junior Arjun Krish is one of 20 students in the country who have a shot at representing the US at the International Biology Olympiad.

Junior qualifies for International Biology Olympiad training camp at Harvard

Nika Svizhenko May 27, 2025

By the time he was a freshman, Arjun Krish had tired of the competitive math contests he had begun in middle school. In search of something to fill the void, Krish, now a junior, joined the school’s...

French 1 classes are switching to the “Reporters Francophones” textbook for next year.

Language classes to try new textbook options next year

Dhatri Iyer May 25, 2025

After years of teaching, French 1, 2, 3 and AP French with the same textbook series, teacher Elaine Haggerty believed it might be time for a change. Next year, the French 1 class will use an online and...

Seniors gather in the quad to celebrate their college decisions.

Seniors showcase post-grad plans on Commit Day

Ethan Lee and Sanyukta Ravishankar May 23, 2025

For many members of the Class of 2025, the college application process began a year ago as they started to write essays and think about where to apply.  The results of that process were made visible...

Choir and AP Music Theory teacher Beth Nitzan conducts a choir class during a rehearsal for their end-of-year concert on May 19.

Nitzan to leave school after four years in music department

Nika Svizhenko May 21, 2025

After teaching for four school years at the school, choir director Beth Nitzan will be leaving in search of a new teaching position in Humboldt County. Currently, she teaches the five choir levels and...

Along with their alliance partner 11101B Barcbots Getting There, team 95071X walks into “The Dome” to compete in the Finals bracket at the VEX World Championship.

VEX team 95071X makes semifinals at the World Championship

Alec Guan and Bryan Zhao May 19, 2025

Every year, more than 14,000 VEX Robotics teams from over 50 countries compete to qualify for the prestigious VEX Robotics World Championship, held this year in Dallas from May 6-8. This year, one of the...

Engineering teacher Audrey Warmuth at her desk teaching Engineering Design and Development.

Warmuth retires after 19 years at Saratoga High

Ariia Blanco May 19, 2025

After 19 years of teaching math and engineering at Saratoga High and 30 years of teaching altogether,  Audrey Warmuth is retiring at the end of the school year. She currently teaches Engineering Design...

A few of the works displayed at the Saratoga Library.

Saratoga Library hosts third annual AAPI exhibition

Addison Ma May 19, 2025

In May, the Saratoga Library is hosting its third annual Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Teen Art Exhibition in collaboration with the SHS Chinese Club.  Featured are over 50 different artworks...




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Member Katherine Liu of the Girls Self Defense Club practices her newly learned skills with the club’s sophomore president Mona Chen.

Members of newly formed Girls Self Defense learn how to defend themselves through practical punches and kicks

Annika Gho and Florence Wei May 17, 2025

On any Red Tuesday in the Team Room, sophomore Mona Chen, the president of the Girls’ Self-Defense Club,  can be found teaching members how to protect themselves, such as how to avoid a tight wrist...

A student writing an essay in class.

Increasing student use of AI causes English teachers to switch to in-class essays

Ariia Blanco and Melinda Su May 15, 2025

Earlier this year, English teacher Erick Rector was conducting his infamous “Rector Roast” activity in his ninth-grade class — an activity where students volunteer their essays to be projected on...

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Saratoga mayor Belal Aftab centers his agenda on residents’ feedback.

New mayor Belal Aftab aims to foster a more vibrant, connected community

Ruiyan Zhu May 10, 2025

Since being appointed Saratoga’s mayor in December, 39-year-old Belal Aftab has set his sights on improving community vitality and fostering meaningful connections among residents — goals rooted in...

The Saratoga Speech and Debate team at TOC in Kentucky

Speech and debate celebrates national-level results while striving for more

Alexander Mao May 9, 2025

Over the weekend of April 26-27, two important speech and debate tournaments took place: the highly competitive Tournament of Champions (TOC) and National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Last Chance...

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