Senior’s percussion talent strikes on a national level September 9, 2011 — by Brandon Judoprasetijo and Jonathan Young Carnegie Hall. If there were ever a single building in the entire world that symbolized the epitome of greatness and success in any musician’s career, Carnegie Hall would be it. While some people spend their whole life working toward their moment in Carnegie, senior marimba talent Desmond Chan managed to earn his chance in the short time of three years. read more » New finals schedule provokes mixed responses September 9, 2011 — by Anushree Dugar and Derek Sun 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. read more » Can you order from a drive-thru without a car? September 9, 2011 — by McKenna Galvin It was a sunny Thursday afternoon as I left school and started to make my way home. Thirsty, I decided to stop by the McDonald’s on De Anza before heading back, thinking that some lemonade would be perfect before a long night of studying. There was no line at the drive-thru, so I happily went on up and looked at the menu, pondering what drink to get. read more » Runner meets high school pace September 9, 2011 — by Edward Dong Like many other incoming students, freshman Yvonne Ye hit the ground running. read more » Falcon Focus: Spicin’ it up with Mrs. A’s Famous Salsa Buena September 9, 2011 — by Sanj Nalwa Ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo has so many bags of tortilla chips stacked up against her desk in her office, adjacent to the ceramics room, that one might think she owns a salsa company. In fact, she does. read more » ”Transformers” should have been kept in the dark of the moon September 5, 2011 — by Amy Jan I still remember when the first “Transformers” movie came out in 2007. The idea of a regular teenage boy finding a secret map and then cooperating with alien robots to save Earth was very exciting. I watched it at least twice, and coming from someone like me who doesn’t like to watch movies multiple times, that’s saying something. read more » Saturday school gets serious September 5, 2011 — by Cristina Curcelli The Saturday School system is used as a consequence for students who break the school’s code of conduct. The most common offenses that merit a Saturday School are cell phone usage in class and attendance issues. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
New finals schedule provokes mixed responses September 9, 2011 — by Anushree Dugar and Derek Sun 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. read more » Can you order from a drive-thru without a car? September 9, 2011 — by McKenna Galvin It was a sunny Thursday afternoon as I left school and started to make my way home. Thirsty, I decided to stop by the McDonald’s on De Anza before heading back, thinking that some lemonade would be perfect before a long night of studying. There was no line at the drive-thru, so I happily went on up and looked at the menu, pondering what drink to get. read more » Runner meets high school pace September 9, 2011 — by Edward Dong Like many other incoming students, freshman Yvonne Ye hit the ground running. read more » Falcon Focus: Spicin’ it up with Mrs. A’s Famous Salsa Buena September 9, 2011 — by Sanj Nalwa Ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo has so many bags of tortilla chips stacked up against her desk in her office, adjacent to the ceramics room, that one might think she owns a salsa company. In fact, she does. read more » ”Transformers” should have been kept in the dark of the moon September 5, 2011 — by Amy Jan I still remember when the first “Transformers” movie came out in 2007. The idea of a regular teenage boy finding a secret map and then cooperating with alien robots to save Earth was very exciting. I watched it at least twice, and coming from someone like me who doesn’t like to watch movies multiple times, that’s saying something. read more » Saturday school gets serious September 5, 2011 — by Cristina Curcelli The Saturday School system is used as a consequence for students who break the school’s code of conduct. The most common offenses that merit a Saturday School are cell phone usage in class and attendance issues. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
Can you order from a drive-thru without a car? September 9, 2011 — by McKenna Galvin It was a sunny Thursday afternoon as I left school and started to make my way home. Thirsty, I decided to stop by the McDonald’s on De Anza before heading back, thinking that some lemonade would be perfect before a long night of studying. There was no line at the drive-thru, so I happily went on up and looked at the menu, pondering what drink to get. read more » Runner meets high school pace September 9, 2011 — by Edward Dong Like many other incoming students, freshman Yvonne Ye hit the ground running. read more » Falcon Focus: Spicin’ it up with Mrs. A’s Famous Salsa Buena September 9, 2011 — by Sanj Nalwa Ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo has so many bags of tortilla chips stacked up against her desk in her office, adjacent to the ceramics room, that one might think she owns a salsa company. In fact, she does. read more » ”Transformers” should have been kept in the dark of the moon September 5, 2011 — by Amy Jan I still remember when the first “Transformers” movie came out in 2007. The idea of a regular teenage boy finding a secret map and then cooperating with alien robots to save Earth was very exciting. I watched it at least twice, and coming from someone like me who doesn’t like to watch movies multiple times, that’s saying something. read more » Saturday school gets serious September 5, 2011 — by Cristina Curcelli The Saturday School system is used as a consequence for students who break the school’s code of conduct. The most common offenses that merit a Saturday School are cell phone usage in class and attendance issues. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
Runner meets high school pace September 9, 2011 — by Edward Dong Like many other incoming students, freshman Yvonne Ye hit the ground running. read more » Falcon Focus: Spicin’ it up with Mrs. A’s Famous Salsa Buena September 9, 2011 — by Sanj Nalwa Ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo has so many bags of tortilla chips stacked up against her desk in her office, adjacent to the ceramics room, that one might think she owns a salsa company. In fact, she does. read more » ”Transformers” should have been kept in the dark of the moon September 5, 2011 — by Amy Jan I still remember when the first “Transformers” movie came out in 2007. The idea of a regular teenage boy finding a secret map and then cooperating with alien robots to save Earth was very exciting. I watched it at least twice, and coming from someone like me who doesn’t like to watch movies multiple times, that’s saying something. read more » Saturday school gets serious September 5, 2011 — by Cristina Curcelli The Saturday School system is used as a consequence for students who break the school’s code of conduct. The most common offenses that merit a Saturday School are cell phone usage in class and attendance issues. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
Falcon Focus: Spicin’ it up with Mrs. A’s Famous Salsa Buena September 9, 2011 — by Sanj Nalwa Ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo has so many bags of tortilla chips stacked up against her desk in her office, adjacent to the ceramics room, that one might think she owns a salsa company. In fact, she does. read more » ”Transformers” should have been kept in the dark of the moon September 5, 2011 — by Amy Jan I still remember when the first “Transformers” movie came out in 2007. The idea of a regular teenage boy finding a secret map and then cooperating with alien robots to save Earth was very exciting. I watched it at least twice, and coming from someone like me who doesn’t like to watch movies multiple times, that’s saying something. read more » Saturday school gets serious September 5, 2011 — by Cristina Curcelli The Saturday School system is used as a consequence for students who break the school’s code of conduct. The most common offenses that merit a Saturday School are cell phone usage in class and attendance issues. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
”Transformers” should have been kept in the dark of the moon September 5, 2011 — by Amy Jan I still remember when the first “Transformers” movie came out in 2007. The idea of a regular teenage boy finding a secret map and then cooperating with alien robots to save Earth was very exciting. I watched it at least twice, and coming from someone like me who doesn’t like to watch movies multiple times, that’s saying something. read more » Saturday school gets serious September 5, 2011 — by Cristina Curcelli The Saturday School system is used as a consequence for students who break the school’s code of conduct. The most common offenses that merit a Saturday School are cell phone usage in class and attendance issues. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
Saturday school gets serious September 5, 2011 — by Cristina Curcelli The Saturday School system is used as a consequence for students who break the school’s code of conduct. The most common offenses that merit a Saturday School are cell phone usage in class and attendance issues. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. read more » Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
Freshman kicks off the year with soccer aspirations September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu For freshman Audrie Pott, the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal for her soccer team. Soccer has been Pott’s favorite sport for as long as she could remember; she started playing when she was only 2. “Soccer has always been my No. 1 sport,” Pott said. “I plan to play throughout high school too, and see where that takes me.” Pott enjoys every aspect of being part of a team and is looking forward to joining the school’s girls’ soccer team. read more » New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast
New school psychologist anticipates success September 5, 2011 — by Vivien Lu New school psychologist Michael Slone joined the administrative team at the start of this school year after former school psychologist Mark Atkinson accepted a position as the director of special education at the district office. Slone was encouraged by Atkinson to apply for the position and is excited to come to Saratoga High. “He bragged about this school and the students,” Slone said. “All of the positive information he gave me about the students, the staff and the administration was one of the reasons that convinced me to come here.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...256257258259260...270280290300...nextlast