Amy Tang

Senior forms bonds with baristas through signature order: strawberry acai refresher with green tea instead of water and less ice

Search for successor will begin soon

As second semester seniors, we decided to see how many new activities we could try in a week.

Reporters review websites for online clothes shopping.

TOP TEN ORANGE THINGS THIS FALL

Breaking Down the Walls was worth the time, money, missed classes and extra homework in order to teach important life lessons.

Reporter is thankful for working at T4 despite demanding customers.

To celebrate the 10-year-anniversary of the MAP Speaker Series, the program invited Saratoga alumni to hold an advanced screening of a documentary.

Review on Taco Bell

The recent uptick in school shootings necessitates steps to prevent shootings before they occur. 

Seniors begin preparation for last Powder Puff competition. 

Facebook games provide entertainment and competition for teenangers. 

As the dance team begins to practice for nationals, they have to adapt to the sudden change in leadership. 

The Saratoga High dancers compete at Valley Christian High School, winning silver in jazz

Reporter shares her opinion on the competitive atmosphere created by comparing test scores.

Senior Smrithi Balebail has been reading every story in the Saratoga Falcon for five years

Students look to male dance team to pursue passion for dance as well as fulfill PE credits. 

Junior develops his passion for cello through composing. 

Sophomore Sandhya Sundaram and junior Amy Tang review copycat snacks from a website, Brandless.

Meet 15 freshmen and learn about their interests and experiences. 

In light of recent car break-in's reporter questions the safety of Saratoga. 

In preparation for homecoming, Junior class officers have begun planning ahead of time and look to increase participation. 

Sophomore reviews 'Fate of the Furious'. 

Sophomore shares her opinion on school visual and performing arts requirements. 

Sophomore discusses her previous obsession with fairy books. 

New app is essentially Tinder for teens. 

Students begin to mentor younger students, such as soccer players, outside of school. 

Raindrops seemed to fall from the sky during the fall production of “The White Snake,” landing on the McAfee Center stage, yet the audience wasn’t wet, and neither was the black matte stage that the actors stood on. This special effect was created by senior Gaya Chatterjee and other members of the tech crew, who made it look as if rain was falling from the sky by projecting images onto a screen, turned umbrellas into moons and built secret tunnels and trapdoors to get actors onstage. 

Reporter explores "Cash me ousside" and the world of facebook memes.

Social media makes people want approval from peers. 

On Feb. 11, more than 24 high schools from around the area competed at Monta Vista High School. The stands were filled to the rim with performers checking out the competition and parents nervously waiting for their children to perform. They all cheered as the 10 girls on the SHS dance team walked out onto the gym floor, ready to compete.    

A story featuring multiple sports players who were forced to stop playing due to concussions. 

Sophomore shares her story on how she re-initiated her dancing career after breaking her shoulder. 

It all started when Sabrina sat next to Joy on the first day of third grade. They became best friends, and their families hit it off immediately. From before elementary school to now, a decade later, the Chen and Tang girls have shared many hilarious memories together.  

If you really believe that ignorance is bliss, then go ahead and stop reading the news. Otherwise, although willful ignorance may feel like bliss, being uninformed about your community, your city, your country and the world around you is more likely to be hurtful than helpful.  

TIME has not previously shied away from giving the award to controversial figures, among them Adolf Hitler (1938) and Josef Stalin (1939, 1942). After Donald Trump was named TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year, with Hillary Clinton coming in second, America has learned that the most influential person of the year has not necessarily made a positive difference.    

Student's should not volunteer just to get the awards.

SHS alumni talk about drinking culture in high school and college

A recommendation for Quantico fans

Everyday student life consists of a few phrases of short language that change every month or so.

Students follow "easy" pie recipes but end up with mediocre results.

Working around problems created by the short dance season proves to be a challenge.

We should support California Proposition 62 to repeal the death penalty. Capital punishment is a never-ending cycle of violence created by a system riddled with social and economic bias and tainted by human error.

At the JV and varsity football games on Sept. 23, the dance team held a baked potato and raffle fundraiser. After a successful sale last year, coach Kaitlyn Landeza decided to make the fundraiser an annual tradition.

Donald Trump isn’t particularly appealing to female voters, and one of his latest proposals isn’t helping.

Viewers of the Sept. 18 show soon witnessed the night transform from a celebration of television’s finest to a platform for entertainment celebrities to preach their political views.  

Earlier this year, my friends and I participated in Real Escape Room in San Francisco. We were first taken to the room and briefed on the storyline and rules by the “gamemaster.”

Dance Team shares hopes for upcoming year.

Over the summer, the cheer team invited instructors to SHS, who taught them new stunts and tricks.  

Students and teachers share perspective on new school schedule.