Senior Mag 2023: Fusing the music of my heritage with classical piano — how a relationship with two instruments has shaped my present and future August 30, 2023 — by Anirudh Iyer I don’t want this to be a story where I discuss my “emotional connection” to the piano, or how I’ve used the instruments I love playing as a “means to escape from reality.” That verbiage is omnipresent across music applicants’ college essays. Instead, I want to detail what I plan on doing in the future […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Cars crash, but friendships last August 30, 2023 — by Shannon Ma and Minsui Tang The driver’s license: the golden ticket to freedom and independence, but also — too often — recklessness and impaired judgment. Truth be told, the young adult brain is not fully developed until age 25, and unfortunately, teenage driving serves as solid proof of this fact. Two senior drivers, Allison Tan and Shaan Sridhar, reflect on […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Taking the untraditional path: Seniors pursue gap years before resuming academic studies August 30, 2023 — by Christina Chang While most students at Saratoga High go directly to 4-year colleges, a select few in the Class of 2023 have opted to take a gap year to explore other pursuits before resuming their collegiate plans. Julian Berkowitz-Sklar Following the path of his four older siblings before him, Julian will be taking a gap year before […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Rallying and Restoring: Jo Bejar pursues interest in automotive restoration August 30, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi At 15, after years of begging her parents to buy her a project car, Joanna Behar (who goes by Jo) finally bought a Porsche 914, a half Volkswagen and half Porsche 1970s car with pop-up headlights, her new pride and joy, after months of searching. She took help pulling out the engine and ignition, then […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Twin Trouble August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee From the moment they were born, to their first steps, to their first day of school, and soon enough, high school graduation, some siblings have been walking this road side by side their whole lives. There are 10 pairs twins in the Class of 2023: William and Kevin Zhao; Ara and Delara Esfarjani; Mayson and […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: How a transfer student found his place in Saratoga August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee As Idan Talker approached the field from the parking lot, he could hear chatter and the distant clanking of the metallic bleachers. It was the day of the Homecoming football game in late September, a day that had been hyped up by all those morning announcements, and the first time Idan, who had moved to […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: TikTokers share plans for the evolution of their social media personas July 9, 2023 — by Christopher Chen Sunny Huang unabashedly unfolds a brand new creased pride flag, camera shaking as she shares her excitement with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok. Sunny’s TikTok, which she created just before the pandemic, has accumulated roughly 650k likes across hundreds of videos. Sunny’s content mostly consists of fancams of K-pop artists mixed with songs […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: Cars crash, but friendships last August 30, 2023 — by Shannon Ma and Minsui Tang The driver’s license: the golden ticket to freedom and independence, but also — too often — recklessness and impaired judgment. Truth be told, the young adult brain is not fully developed until age 25, and unfortunately, teenage driving serves as solid proof of this fact. Two senior drivers, Allison Tan and Shaan Sridhar, reflect on […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Taking the untraditional path: Seniors pursue gap years before resuming academic studies August 30, 2023 — by Christina Chang While most students at Saratoga High go directly to 4-year colleges, a select few in the Class of 2023 have opted to take a gap year to explore other pursuits before resuming their collegiate plans. Julian Berkowitz-Sklar Following the path of his four older siblings before him, Julian will be taking a gap year before […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Rallying and Restoring: Jo Bejar pursues interest in automotive restoration August 30, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi At 15, after years of begging her parents to buy her a project car, Joanna Behar (who goes by Jo) finally bought a Porsche 914, a half Volkswagen and half Porsche 1970s car with pop-up headlights, her new pride and joy, after months of searching. She took help pulling out the engine and ignition, then […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Twin Trouble August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee From the moment they were born, to their first steps, to their first day of school, and soon enough, high school graduation, some siblings have been walking this road side by side their whole lives. There are 10 pairs twins in the Class of 2023: William and Kevin Zhao; Ara and Delara Esfarjani; Mayson and […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: How a transfer student found his place in Saratoga August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee As Idan Talker approached the field from the parking lot, he could hear chatter and the distant clanking of the metallic bleachers. It was the day of the Homecoming football game in late September, a day that had been hyped up by all those morning announcements, and the first time Idan, who had moved to […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: TikTokers share plans for the evolution of their social media personas July 9, 2023 — by Christopher Chen Sunny Huang unabashedly unfolds a brand new creased pride flag, camera shaking as she shares her excitement with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok. Sunny’s TikTok, which she created just before the pandemic, has accumulated roughly 650k likes across hundreds of videos. Sunny’s content mostly consists of fancams of K-pop artists mixed with songs […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: Taking the untraditional path: Seniors pursue gap years before resuming academic studies August 30, 2023 — by Christina Chang While most students at Saratoga High go directly to 4-year colleges, a select few in the Class of 2023 have opted to take a gap year to explore other pursuits before resuming their collegiate plans. Julian Berkowitz-Sklar Following the path of his four older siblings before him, Julian will be taking a gap year before […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Rallying and Restoring: Jo Bejar pursues interest in automotive restoration August 30, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi At 15, after years of begging her parents to buy her a project car, Joanna Behar (who goes by Jo) finally bought a Porsche 914, a half Volkswagen and half Porsche 1970s car with pop-up headlights, her new pride and joy, after months of searching. She took help pulling out the engine and ignition, then […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Twin Trouble August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee From the moment they were born, to their first steps, to their first day of school, and soon enough, high school graduation, some siblings have been walking this road side by side their whole lives. There are 10 pairs twins in the Class of 2023: William and Kevin Zhao; Ara and Delara Esfarjani; Mayson and […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: How a transfer student found his place in Saratoga August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee As Idan Talker approached the field from the parking lot, he could hear chatter and the distant clanking of the metallic bleachers. It was the day of the Homecoming football game in late September, a day that had been hyped up by all those morning announcements, and the first time Idan, who had moved to […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: TikTokers share plans for the evolution of their social media personas July 9, 2023 — by Christopher Chen Sunny Huang unabashedly unfolds a brand new creased pride flag, camera shaking as she shares her excitement with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok. Sunny’s TikTok, which she created just before the pandemic, has accumulated roughly 650k likes across hundreds of videos. Sunny’s content mostly consists of fancams of K-pop artists mixed with songs […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: Rallying and Restoring: Jo Bejar pursues interest in automotive restoration August 30, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi At 15, after years of begging her parents to buy her a project car, Joanna Behar (who goes by Jo) finally bought a Porsche 914, a half Volkswagen and half Porsche 1970s car with pop-up headlights, her new pride and joy, after months of searching. She took help pulling out the engine and ignition, then […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Twin Trouble August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee From the moment they were born, to their first steps, to their first day of school, and soon enough, high school graduation, some siblings have been walking this road side by side their whole lives. There are 10 pairs twins in the Class of 2023: William and Kevin Zhao; Ara and Delara Esfarjani; Mayson and […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: How a transfer student found his place in Saratoga August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee As Idan Talker approached the field from the parking lot, he could hear chatter and the distant clanking of the metallic bleachers. It was the day of the Homecoming football game in late September, a day that had been hyped up by all those morning announcements, and the first time Idan, who had moved to […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: TikTokers share plans for the evolution of their social media personas July 9, 2023 — by Christopher Chen Sunny Huang unabashedly unfolds a brand new creased pride flag, camera shaking as she shares her excitement with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok. Sunny’s TikTok, which she created just before the pandemic, has accumulated roughly 650k likes across hundreds of videos. Sunny’s content mostly consists of fancams of K-pop artists mixed with songs […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: Twin Trouble August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee From the moment they were born, to their first steps, to their first day of school, and soon enough, high school graduation, some siblings have been walking this road side by side their whole lives. There are 10 pairs twins in the Class of 2023: William and Kevin Zhao; Ara and Delara Esfarjani; Mayson and […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: How a transfer student found his place in Saratoga August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee As Idan Talker approached the field from the parking lot, he could hear chatter and the distant clanking of the metallic bleachers. It was the day of the Homecoming football game in late September, a day that had been hyped up by all those morning announcements, and the first time Idan, who had moved to […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: TikTokers share plans for the evolution of their social media personas July 9, 2023 — by Christopher Chen Sunny Huang unabashedly unfolds a brand new creased pride flag, camera shaking as she shares her excitement with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok. Sunny’s TikTok, which she created just before the pandemic, has accumulated roughly 650k likes across hundreds of videos. Sunny’s content mostly consists of fancams of K-pop artists mixed with songs […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: How a transfer student found his place in Saratoga August 30, 2023 — by George Huang and Hannah Lee As Idan Talker approached the field from the parking lot, he could hear chatter and the distant clanking of the metallic bleachers. It was the day of the Homecoming football game in late September, a day that had been hyped up by all those morning announcements, and the first time Idan, who had moved to […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: TikTokers share plans for the evolution of their social media personas July 9, 2023 — by Christopher Chen Sunny Huang unabashedly unfolds a brand new creased pride flag, camera shaking as she shares her excitement with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok. Sunny’s TikTok, which she created just before the pandemic, has accumulated roughly 650k likes across hundreds of videos. Sunny’s content mostly consists of fancams of K-pop artists mixed with songs […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: TikTokers share plans for the evolution of their social media personas July 9, 2023 — by Christopher Chen Sunny Huang unabashedly unfolds a brand new creased pride flag, camera shaking as she shares her excitement with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok. Sunny’s TikTok, which she created just before the pandemic, has accumulated roughly 650k likes across hundreds of videos. Sunny’s content mostly consists of fancams of K-pop artists mixed with songs […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: The Three Run-Sketeers: Cross country friends maintain 4-year running ‘cult’ June 7, 2023 — by Carolyn Wang “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 running clothes and broad smiles. Just kidding — scratch the last part. There’s nothing remotely smiley about painfully jogging up Canyon View or […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: Chlorine couldn’t sink my second semester June 6, 2023 — by Stephanie Sun As a freshman, I was always curious about the seemingly infinitely long road ahead of me in high school. In particular, I eagerly anticipated the fabled “second semester senior” portion, where life would theoretically become much easier and much more fun. Even during the first semester of my senior year, I vowed to spend more […] read more » Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Senior Mag 2023: Seniors suffer from chronic tardiness June 6, 2023 — by Jonathan Si and Stephanie Sun It’s 8:47 a.m. First period is already in session, but Afsoon Modiri continues hibernating as her alarm goes off like a siren. Eventually, Sleeping Beauty awakens from her deep slumber and trudges her way through her morning routine. When she finally pulls up to school, she heads straight to the attendance office. It is now […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast