Anushree Dugar

She is the longest  serving figure on campus. She refuses to give her age, saying only, “I’m a thousand.” She is assistant principal Mrs. Karen Hyde, who, after 36 years of serving the school and the district is retiring. 

The indomitable Hyde leaves Saratoga with an unforgettable legacy.

Trying to imagine the school without longtime assistant principal Karen Hyde seems almost impossible to most students and teachers. But a hiring committee recently decided to select English teacher Kerry Mohnike out of over 100 applicants to fill the job following Hyde’s retirement. 

I didn’t plan on becoming ambidextrous. To be honest, I really did not want to learn how to write with my left hand just as well as I could write with my right hand. But it is definitely something I will never regret learning.  

At the Regional Science Bowl Competition at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) on Feb. 11, the science bowl team of seniors Arnav Dugar, Chris Jones, Hansen Qian, Alissa Zhang and Myron Zhang placed third among 24 teams from 20 other high schools from the Silicon Valley.

The tranquil ambiance of the dimly lit Community Room in the Saratoga Public Library, adorned with homey Christmas and tea lights and seats and tables, welcomed performers and viewers alike for the Coffeehouse event on the evening of Feb. 3.

The decision to join the Media Arts Program (MAP) is tough for students make. The prospect of integrating technology and new software in classes attracts many students to the program, but scheduling conflicts often cause students to avoid MAP altogether. Senior Jocelyn Takahashi faced a few of these problems herself when she enrolled in the MAP program her sophomore year. According to Takahashi, she temporarily dropped out of the MAP program for a week and a half at the beginning of the year due to scheduling conflicts.

“Ten women sit in 10 seats in a line. All of the 10 get up and then re-seat themselves using all 10 seats, each sitting in the seat she was in before or a seat next to the one she occupied before. In how many ways can the women be reseated?”

An average student spends 5,320 hours in high school with roughly 28 teachers. Clearly teachers play a large role in a teenager’s life and affect how students view the world.

Within the game Call of Duty, one of the most popular war games on the market, soldiers are shot down as they try to defend their bomb sights from the enemy.

The Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) hosted a talk by alumni and Rhodes Scholar Ankur Luthra about investing in relation to sell-side and buy-side careers on Dec. 9 in the Learning Resource Center.

The Siemens Foundation recently announced senior Hansen Qian as a regional finalist and seniors David Eng and Alissa Zhang as semifinalists in this year’s Siemens competition for math, science and technology.

For most students in teacher Mike Davey’s economics class, the business proposal simulation on Oct. 24 was just another class project, but a group of seniors decided to take the project one step further and try to make their proposed business plan a reality.

Junior Maggy Liu woke up with a sore throat and a bad cough on a dreary Tuesday morning. Her nose was running, and she dragged herself out of bed to get a tissue. But Liu could not afford the luxury of taking a day off to recover, so she reluctantly got ready for a long day at school.

The annual frenzy of finishing college applications involves more than just writing essays. One of the most important parts of these applications is the teacher recommendation letters, which provides admission officers a holistic view of a student in a classroom environment.

The heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts is home to a thriving community of intellectual college students who study at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). One of the most competitive colleges for engineering with a 9.7 percent acceptance rate, MIT strives to educate students in science, technology and other areas of study for 39,212 dollars per school year, that will best serve the nation in the years to come.

Not until recently have students realized that the California budget cuts directly impact class sizes at Saratoga High. Not until just this year have students realized that these budget cuts are now limiting who can take what classes.

On Sept. 29, Saratoga High was ranked as the 37th best high school for math and science in the country using a new ranking methodology by U.S. News. The ranking methodology utilizes information from the vigorous and enriching college-level courses of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Just over three weeks ago, a buzz of conversation concerning the sophomore class’s inappropriate quad day skit and subsequent Homecoming disqualification circulated the school. Almost immediately, students pointed fingers and spread rumors about who was responsible for the embarrassment.

Though sophomores took to the quad steps at lunch on Sept. 28 for their annual Homecoming quad day, they were disqualified soon after their lunchtime performance for using inappropriate jokes that targeted individuals, according to administrators.

Though sophomores took to the quad steps at lunch on Sept. 28 for their annual Homecoming quad day, they were disqualified soon after their lunchtime performance for using inappropriate jokes that targeted individuals, according to administrators.

Though sophomores took to the quad steps at lunch on Sept. 28 for their annual Homecoming quad day, they were disqualified soon after their lunchtime performance for using inappropriate jokes that targeted individuals, according to administrators.

The administration has implemented a new finals schedule this year in which finals week will start on Dec. 19, before winter break, instead of in January. Winter break will now start on Dec. 23, and students will not be burdened by having to study for finals over the holidays.

“Your future looks bright,” sophomore Nina Jayashankar said when she read aloud her fortune cookie last year. The first thought that flew through her mind was the one and only Broadway. In fact, this notion touched her heart so much, she decided to keep the slip of paper.

Freshman Supriya Khandekar has found her passion: singing. While she attended middle school in Europe for two years, Khandekar participated in the AMIS International Honor Chorus.

There are some things in life that are easy to learn in a day and remember for life. Drawing is not one of these things. Freshman Preethi Ravi has been taking sketching classes over the summer in India since she was 5, and has slowly perfected the art.