From the inside out: How clubs at nearby schools model success April 24, 2015 — by Katherine Sun and Stefanie Ting While the school boasts an array of more than 50 clubs, ranging from American Sign Language club to Marine Biology club, most have around only 15 members. Considering this small number, it is safe to wonder: What do clubs look like at other schools, and how can we learn from them? read more » Saro Acharya: the next James Cameron April 24, 2015 — by Anant Rajeev and Deepthi Sampathkumar This past month, junior Saro Acharya spent 20 sleepless hours on a weekend, eyes glued to his Macbook screen attempting to finish editing his Media Arts Project (MAP) short film: “Mishaps and Misdeeds.” read more » Motives for volunteering: Altruistic service or hours fulfillment April 23, 2015 — by Nidhi Jain and Isabelle Tseng Junior Nihar Agrawal smiles at the 7-year-old boy taping furry pom-poms together to make a caterpillar at Lowell Elementary School while participating in the volunteering program Sunday Friends. The boy giggles as one of the pom-poms falls off, and Agrawal picks it up. “Try some more glue,” he says, laughing. It is Agrawal’s third hour that day at Sunday Friends, a volunteer organization that helps children from low-income families learn skills such as cooking and crafts. read more » Marvel beginning to introduce more diverse superheroes April 23, 2015 — by Megan MacInnes Recently, Marvel Entertainment has been diversifying its cast of superheroes. It no longer has just old classics like Storm, Black Panther and Nick Fury; now there’s a black Spiderman, a black Human Torch and a Muslim Ms. Marvel. While there’s still a long way to go for equal representation, Marvel is taking a step in the right direction when it comes to representing different ethnicities and cultures. read more » Profile: Engineering assistant lends experience to classroom April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Kelly Xiao Leichner, now in his 80s, works as a volunteer assistant teacher for engineering and math teacher Audrey Warmuth in the Intro to Engineering class. Each day, he observes students and answers their questions. Outside of class, he helps Warmuth and engineering teacher Matt Welander develop class exercises and projects. read more » Following his heart, Rodriguex chooses teaching and has never looked back April 23, 2015 — by Oksana Trifonova Rodriguex said that when he looks back on his more than four decades of teaching, he knows that he has loved almost all of it. At age 24, he defied his father’s expectations when he decided to go into teaching rather than become a chemist. read more » Sydneyjoto tackles high school blog world April 23, 2015 — by Becky Hoag In eighth grade, current senior Sydney Torrens was under the impression that everything crazy happened in high school. With new relationships, rallies, classes and extracurriculars, how could it not be interesting? That, along with her transfer from the San Jose school district to the Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School district, made her and her family both excited and nervous. Surely she would be in for an adventure. So, for fun, Torrens created her blog, “SydneyJoTo: High School’s a Jungle.” read more » History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
Saro Acharya: the next James Cameron April 24, 2015 — by Anant Rajeev and Deepthi Sampathkumar This past month, junior Saro Acharya spent 20 sleepless hours on a weekend, eyes glued to his Macbook screen attempting to finish editing his Media Arts Project (MAP) short film: “Mishaps and Misdeeds.” read more » Motives for volunteering: Altruistic service or hours fulfillment April 23, 2015 — by Nidhi Jain and Isabelle Tseng Junior Nihar Agrawal smiles at the 7-year-old boy taping furry pom-poms together to make a caterpillar at Lowell Elementary School while participating in the volunteering program Sunday Friends. The boy giggles as one of the pom-poms falls off, and Agrawal picks it up. “Try some more glue,” he says, laughing. It is Agrawal’s third hour that day at Sunday Friends, a volunteer organization that helps children from low-income families learn skills such as cooking and crafts. read more » Marvel beginning to introduce more diverse superheroes April 23, 2015 — by Megan MacInnes Recently, Marvel Entertainment has been diversifying its cast of superheroes. It no longer has just old classics like Storm, Black Panther and Nick Fury; now there’s a black Spiderman, a black Human Torch and a Muslim Ms. Marvel. While there’s still a long way to go for equal representation, Marvel is taking a step in the right direction when it comes to representing different ethnicities and cultures. read more » Profile: Engineering assistant lends experience to classroom April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Kelly Xiao Leichner, now in his 80s, works as a volunteer assistant teacher for engineering and math teacher Audrey Warmuth in the Intro to Engineering class. Each day, he observes students and answers their questions. Outside of class, he helps Warmuth and engineering teacher Matt Welander develop class exercises and projects. read more » Following his heart, Rodriguex chooses teaching and has never looked back April 23, 2015 — by Oksana Trifonova Rodriguex said that when he looks back on his more than four decades of teaching, he knows that he has loved almost all of it. At age 24, he defied his father’s expectations when he decided to go into teaching rather than become a chemist. read more » Sydneyjoto tackles high school blog world April 23, 2015 — by Becky Hoag In eighth grade, current senior Sydney Torrens was under the impression that everything crazy happened in high school. With new relationships, rallies, classes and extracurriculars, how could it not be interesting? That, along with her transfer from the San Jose school district to the Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School district, made her and her family both excited and nervous. Surely she would be in for an adventure. So, for fun, Torrens created her blog, “SydneyJoTo: High School’s a Jungle.” read more » History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
Motives for volunteering: Altruistic service or hours fulfillment April 23, 2015 — by Nidhi Jain and Isabelle Tseng Junior Nihar Agrawal smiles at the 7-year-old boy taping furry pom-poms together to make a caterpillar at Lowell Elementary School while participating in the volunteering program Sunday Friends. The boy giggles as one of the pom-poms falls off, and Agrawal picks it up. “Try some more glue,” he says, laughing. It is Agrawal’s third hour that day at Sunday Friends, a volunteer organization that helps children from low-income families learn skills such as cooking and crafts. read more » Marvel beginning to introduce more diverse superheroes April 23, 2015 — by Megan MacInnes Recently, Marvel Entertainment has been diversifying its cast of superheroes. It no longer has just old classics like Storm, Black Panther and Nick Fury; now there’s a black Spiderman, a black Human Torch and a Muslim Ms. Marvel. While there’s still a long way to go for equal representation, Marvel is taking a step in the right direction when it comes to representing different ethnicities and cultures. read more » Profile: Engineering assistant lends experience to classroom April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Kelly Xiao Leichner, now in his 80s, works as a volunteer assistant teacher for engineering and math teacher Audrey Warmuth in the Intro to Engineering class. Each day, he observes students and answers their questions. Outside of class, he helps Warmuth and engineering teacher Matt Welander develop class exercises and projects. read more » Following his heart, Rodriguex chooses teaching and has never looked back April 23, 2015 — by Oksana Trifonova Rodriguex said that when he looks back on his more than four decades of teaching, he knows that he has loved almost all of it. At age 24, he defied his father’s expectations when he decided to go into teaching rather than become a chemist. read more » Sydneyjoto tackles high school blog world April 23, 2015 — by Becky Hoag In eighth grade, current senior Sydney Torrens was under the impression that everything crazy happened in high school. With new relationships, rallies, classes and extracurriculars, how could it not be interesting? That, along with her transfer from the San Jose school district to the Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School district, made her and her family both excited and nervous. Surely she would be in for an adventure. So, for fun, Torrens created her blog, “SydneyJoTo: High School’s a Jungle.” read more » History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
Marvel beginning to introduce more diverse superheroes April 23, 2015 — by Megan MacInnes Recently, Marvel Entertainment has been diversifying its cast of superheroes. It no longer has just old classics like Storm, Black Panther and Nick Fury; now there’s a black Spiderman, a black Human Torch and a Muslim Ms. Marvel. While there’s still a long way to go for equal representation, Marvel is taking a step in the right direction when it comes to representing different ethnicities and cultures. read more » Profile: Engineering assistant lends experience to classroom April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Kelly Xiao Leichner, now in his 80s, works as a volunteer assistant teacher for engineering and math teacher Audrey Warmuth in the Intro to Engineering class. Each day, he observes students and answers their questions. Outside of class, he helps Warmuth and engineering teacher Matt Welander develop class exercises and projects. read more » Following his heart, Rodriguex chooses teaching and has never looked back April 23, 2015 — by Oksana Trifonova Rodriguex said that when he looks back on his more than four decades of teaching, he knows that he has loved almost all of it. At age 24, he defied his father’s expectations when he decided to go into teaching rather than become a chemist. read more » Sydneyjoto tackles high school blog world April 23, 2015 — by Becky Hoag In eighth grade, current senior Sydney Torrens was under the impression that everything crazy happened in high school. With new relationships, rallies, classes and extracurriculars, how could it not be interesting? That, along with her transfer from the San Jose school district to the Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School district, made her and her family both excited and nervous. Surely she would be in for an adventure. So, for fun, Torrens created her blog, “SydneyJoTo: High School’s a Jungle.” read more » History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
Profile: Engineering assistant lends experience to classroom April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Kelly Xiao Leichner, now in his 80s, works as a volunteer assistant teacher for engineering and math teacher Audrey Warmuth in the Intro to Engineering class. Each day, he observes students and answers their questions. Outside of class, he helps Warmuth and engineering teacher Matt Welander develop class exercises and projects. read more » Following his heart, Rodriguex chooses teaching and has never looked back April 23, 2015 — by Oksana Trifonova Rodriguex said that when he looks back on his more than four decades of teaching, he knows that he has loved almost all of it. At age 24, he defied his father’s expectations when he decided to go into teaching rather than become a chemist. read more » Sydneyjoto tackles high school blog world April 23, 2015 — by Becky Hoag In eighth grade, current senior Sydney Torrens was under the impression that everything crazy happened in high school. With new relationships, rallies, classes and extracurriculars, how could it not be interesting? That, along with her transfer from the San Jose school district to the Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School district, made her and her family both excited and nervous. Surely she would be in for an adventure. So, for fun, Torrens created her blog, “SydneyJoTo: High School’s a Jungle.” read more » History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
Following his heart, Rodriguex chooses teaching and has never looked back April 23, 2015 — by Oksana Trifonova Rodriguex said that when he looks back on his more than four decades of teaching, he knows that he has loved almost all of it. At age 24, he defied his father’s expectations when he decided to go into teaching rather than become a chemist. read more » Sydneyjoto tackles high school blog world April 23, 2015 — by Becky Hoag In eighth grade, current senior Sydney Torrens was under the impression that everything crazy happened in high school. With new relationships, rallies, classes and extracurriculars, how could it not be interesting? That, along with her transfer from the San Jose school district to the Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School district, made her and her family both excited and nervous. Surely she would be in for an adventure. So, for fun, Torrens created her blog, “SydneyJoTo: High School’s a Jungle.” read more » History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
Sydneyjoto tackles high school blog world April 23, 2015 — by Becky Hoag In eighth grade, current senior Sydney Torrens was under the impression that everything crazy happened in high school. With new relationships, rallies, classes and extracurriculars, how could it not be interesting? That, along with her transfer from the San Jose school district to the Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School district, made her and her family both excited and nervous. Surely she would be in for an adventure. So, for fun, Torrens created her blog, “SydneyJoTo: High School’s a Jungle.” read more » History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
History teacher pursues passion for music April 23, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Trevor Leung With a gleam in his eye, history teacher Kirk Abe fanatically waves his drum sticks as a pointer for his lecture about Industrialism’s impact on European countries. read more » Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
Saratoga Youth Commission concludes a busy year April 23, 2015 — by Summer Smith and Nupur Maheshwari Today, the Saratoga Youth Commission's goal to get Saratoga's youth more involved in the city is recognized as the commission acts as a liaison between the young citizens of Saratoga and the City Council, reaching out to more of the city’s youth through engaging events than they have before. read more » RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast
RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow April 22, 2015 — by Apoorv Kwatra and Neehar Thumaty What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...176177178179180...190200210220230...nextlast