Jenny Qian

Softball team starts season off shaky, but stabilize as season progresses.

With the season coming to an end, the Falcons have dropped a series of hard-fought league games while continuing to prepare to defend their Division III  CCS title. As of Feb. 12, the team had a 4-6 league record but has already qualified for postseason because they have won over half of their games and are in the more competitive A League this year.  

Winter guard members face new challenges.

Falcons win early-season tournament.

Football charges into CCS

Recently, early-action has become more popular with highschool students.

Seniors Jenny Qian and Eric Sze travel far distances for lunch during 35-minute lunch period. 

Born in Mountain View, Nimmu moved to India when she was 8 as a result of her dad’s job transfer. While in India, Nimmu moved around frequently and attended three different international schools. The schools had grades from preschool to 12th grade, with about 90 students per grade.  

Unfortunately for the team, coach Chris Do has decided to leave after this year; he has signed a contract with Yonex as an international sports photographer for tennis, golf and badminton.    

With a record of 11-1, the boys’ tennis team has won the De Anza League championship for the third consecutive year. 

Looking at the bare walls of his suite at Washington University in St. Louis, Class of 2015 alumnus Ethan Ngai took out his 2-foot long “Star Wars” poster to put up. As Ngai’s roommate walked by and caught a glimpse of the poster, he excitedly began to list all 200 characters featured in the film series, even ones that Ngai had not known. From this moment, Ngai knew that he was going to fit in at his new school quite well.  

The school’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BnB) performance is one of the most significant events in spreading Indian cultural awareness. To continue this spirit, the junior class officers held a Dandia celebration on the evening of March 12 as a fundraiser in the Large Gym. 

The girls' basketball team defeated South San Francisco 55-46 in the championship game.

The boys’ tennis team has had a strong start to the season, currently undefeated in De Anza League with a record of 3-0. 

Entertainment technology has greatly transformed due to the development of new software and inventions throughout the years. Today, many children grow up playing with iPhones and iPads instead of Nintendos or Game Boys. I thought it would be interesting to introduce some ‘90s technology items to my friends’ younger siblings to see if they knew what they were. Here’s how it went: 

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Junior Vincent Man finds passion and character in volunteering.

As people grow busier, more and more applications have been created to help people follow a workout routine. One such app, RUNkeeper, allows users to create running schedules that work around their existing commitments and keeps track of their workouts and provides audio cues during the workout.  

Following a successful preseason, the girls have progressed through the highly competitive De Anza league with a record of 12-6 through Jan. 21.

Junior Richie Sun has been practicing Wushu, a form of Chinese contemporary martial arts, at Shaolin Martial Arts for five years.

The team stayed from Dec. 17-21 in Victoria, where they played against three Canadian teams and also explored the capital of British Columbia.

Junior Neythra Srinivasan remembers her first days as a 6-year-old in her new home of Singapore. Dressed in her pink cherry-blossom embroidered tunic, she took in the full experience of the Chinese New Year festivities on a crowded street. Her eyes glistened with the vibrant glow of the festival lanterns, as a red dragon dashed through her peripheral vision. 

Getting up early on a Wednesday, the Leadership class served a teacher appreciation breakfast during collaboration Nov. 4, to honor the staff members for their commitment to excellent education for Falcon students.  

This year, the Falcons are working to better in their league record.

"The Nutcracker" has become one of the most prominent ballets as it epitomizes all of these aspects and is a show performers like junior Felicia Hung and sophomore Sarah Auches look forward to all year.

Though it may sound surprising, I’ve never experienced the stereotypical American Thanksgiving. Instead, my Thanksgiving table features barbecue pork rather than turkey, steamed rice rather than mashed potatoes and tiramisu rather than pumpkin pie.

As of Oct. 9, the girls are 1-6 in the upper De Anza league and working on rebuilding their team.  

Ten years ago, current special education instructor and coach at SHS, Danny Wallace, was a star member of four teams during his senior year: football, volleyball, basketball and track.

For the past three years, freshman Arin Chang has been training to decrease his Rubik’s cube completion time. With his fastest time of 9.47 seconds, Chang has reached a level of proficiency nearing professional.  

Last season, the lady Falcons were  plagued by injuries and illnesses, making it hard to practice together as a team. Despite these challenges, the team managed to place fourth in the De Anza League and competed in CCS. This year, the team will have to adjust to a new coach as well as the loss of several key senior players.

AP teachers should administer more AP practice tests and integrate more AP style practice problems into their courses prior to the real tests. This will help students perform better while also alleviating their last-minute cramming stress.

Teams compete in prank wars

The team went into the first round CCS confident after having a record of 5-7 in a difficult De Anza League.

 Because of facility scheduling problems, this year's Jazz Cabaret was left without a date and given no good options to resolve the issues.

Despite low funding, the school’s Model United Nations club (MUN) has been up and running, having participated  in the Santa Clara Valley Model United Nations conference held at Santa Teresa High School from Jan. 30-31.

From AYSO soccer to high school varsity football, sports have always been an integral part of growing up.

The team has been practicing harder than ever to compete in the highly competitive De Anza league. 

Students who have had AP Language and Composition and English 10 teacher Ken Nguyen know him to be humorous, witty and skilled at teaching.

This is the story of two Princeton geniuses who graced our plebeian lives.

Finally, on May 15, 2015, there’s going to be a sequel to the magical wonder that was “Pitch Perfect.”

Among the daily changing trends on Twitter, the following hashtags were among the ones that were recently popular. 

The marching band saw the season come to an end last weekend, and again the music room’s counters overflow with trophies.

For many students, leaving high school to pursue a project that could change the world is not a common path to take, but is one former student Thomas Hunt decided upon himself.

Sport Name: Girls’ basketball Coach name: Mike Davey Last year’s record: 21-6

Two reporters learn how to skate. 

Chunks of banana and tortilla chips peeked out of a rotten lettuce-colored liquid as we turned on the blender. Just watching the ingredients blend together made us squeamish.  

The YouTube revolution is underway. With more than 1 billion unique users every month, the site’s popularity has skyrocketed, and with it, the popularity of hundreds of YouTube stars across the world.  

With so many students swept up in the academic competition, there is not enough of an emphasis on the non-academic aspects of life. 

The marching band kicked off its season by taking home a handful of awards at the Cupertino Tournament of Bands on Oct. 11 with an ambitious new show.

"Boyhood," directed by Richard Linklater, is a coming-of-age film that tells the story of a child named Mason Evans, played by actor Ellar Coltrane, who literally matures in front of the audience's eyes. The film touches upon all sorts of adolescent challenges, including loss, peer pressure and bullying.

This year is senior Alvin Kim’s first year playing football at a high school level. As a senior rookie on varsity, Kim has already had impressive performances against both Hillsdale and Santa Clara as both linebacker and running back.

This summer break, while many students were busy attending summer camps and SAT prep classes, another group of students traveled to the opposite side of the globe — Spain. On June 21, 220 students and five teachers from the music and language departments traveled there to perform and learn about Spanish culture.