Navigating through school hallways March 24, 2010 — by Apeksha Sharma When the bell rings, students hustle through the hallways trying to avoid being crammed between students. read more » Davis incorporates experiences into teaching March 23, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Christine Tseng Ask physics teacher Kirk Davis about his work before becoming a teacher and he says he had worked as a trash collector for 20 years. ... After a long moment of silence, he laughs. "No, I worked as an engineer for three years, and I worked on energy and environmental things," said Davis. read more » How to contact your guidance counselor March 23, 2010 — by Brandon Yang Guidance counselors are familiar figures around school. In the fall, they visit the classrooms to discuss requirements and again at the end of the year to educate students about classes for the next year. Even so, some students are not sure what to talk about with their counselor or when to make appointments, resulting in rare visits—and the failure to make an important connection. read more » Chubby Bunny March 23, 2010 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Maggie Lin "1...chubby bunny...2...chubby bunny...3...chwubby bwunny...4...twubby bwunny...5..." All of the Chubby Bunny participants sounded exactly the same as they put one marshmallow in after the other. For those unfamiliar, Chubby Bunny is a childhood past time in which people compete to see how many marshmallows they can put in their mouth before their uttering of "chubby bunny" becomes incoherent. In the first showdown, seniors Mika Padmanabhan and Trevor Teerlink stuffed six and seven marshmallows in their mouths respectively, leaving witnesses in awe. read more » Little known chess team aims for sixth straight state championship March 23, 2010 — by David Eng and Anna Shen Question: What is the school's most dominant team or program? Among the many possible answers: the girls' tennis team, which won CCS this year and took second in Northern California; the boys' swimming team, which set a national relay record last spring, or the marching band, which ranks near the top of the state in its division. These are all good guesses. But another, lesser known group has set the standard for excellence on campus: the chess team, winner of five straight state championships. read more » School hosts Challenge Day; event breaks down barriers, changes lives March 23, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Grishma Athavale When junior Esha Roy received an enigmatic note in her third period AP U.S. History class regarding an event called Challenge Day, the only thing she knew about it was that she would miss an entire day of school if she chose to participate. "I was intrigued by the prospect of communicating on such an essential level with my peers," Roy said. read more » Spanish teacher with unlikely background March 23, 2010 — by Vijay Menon For the casual onlooker, it may seem strange that Kansas-born Sarah Voorhees chose to become a Spanish teacher. Yet for Voorhees, the decision was an obvious one. "I knew I wanted to be a teacher because both of my grandmothers were teachers," said Voorhees. Voorhees grew up in Kansas and her experiences in high school influenced her decision to pursue Spanish. "I just had really good Spanish teachers in high school," said Voorhees. "They always made class fun and interesting. read more » Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
Davis incorporates experiences into teaching March 23, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Christine Tseng Ask physics teacher Kirk Davis about his work before becoming a teacher and he says he had worked as a trash collector for 20 years. ... After a long moment of silence, he laughs. "No, I worked as an engineer for three years, and I worked on energy and environmental things," said Davis. read more » How to contact your guidance counselor March 23, 2010 — by Brandon Yang Guidance counselors are familiar figures around school. In the fall, they visit the classrooms to discuss requirements and again at the end of the year to educate students about classes for the next year. Even so, some students are not sure what to talk about with their counselor or when to make appointments, resulting in rare visits—and the failure to make an important connection. read more » Chubby Bunny March 23, 2010 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Maggie Lin "1...chubby bunny...2...chubby bunny...3...chwubby bwunny...4...twubby bwunny...5..." All of the Chubby Bunny participants sounded exactly the same as they put one marshmallow in after the other. For those unfamiliar, Chubby Bunny is a childhood past time in which people compete to see how many marshmallows they can put in their mouth before their uttering of "chubby bunny" becomes incoherent. In the first showdown, seniors Mika Padmanabhan and Trevor Teerlink stuffed six and seven marshmallows in their mouths respectively, leaving witnesses in awe. read more » Little known chess team aims for sixth straight state championship March 23, 2010 — by David Eng and Anna Shen Question: What is the school's most dominant team or program? Among the many possible answers: the girls' tennis team, which won CCS this year and took second in Northern California; the boys' swimming team, which set a national relay record last spring, or the marching band, which ranks near the top of the state in its division. These are all good guesses. But another, lesser known group has set the standard for excellence on campus: the chess team, winner of five straight state championships. read more » School hosts Challenge Day; event breaks down barriers, changes lives March 23, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Grishma Athavale When junior Esha Roy received an enigmatic note in her third period AP U.S. History class regarding an event called Challenge Day, the only thing she knew about it was that she would miss an entire day of school if she chose to participate. "I was intrigued by the prospect of communicating on such an essential level with my peers," Roy said. read more » Spanish teacher with unlikely background March 23, 2010 — by Vijay Menon For the casual onlooker, it may seem strange that Kansas-born Sarah Voorhees chose to become a Spanish teacher. Yet for Voorhees, the decision was an obvious one. "I knew I wanted to be a teacher because both of my grandmothers were teachers," said Voorhees. Voorhees grew up in Kansas and her experiences in high school influenced her decision to pursue Spanish. "I just had really good Spanish teachers in high school," said Voorhees. "They always made class fun and interesting. read more » Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
How to contact your guidance counselor March 23, 2010 — by Brandon Yang Guidance counselors are familiar figures around school. In the fall, they visit the classrooms to discuss requirements and again at the end of the year to educate students about classes for the next year. Even so, some students are not sure what to talk about with their counselor or when to make appointments, resulting in rare visits—and the failure to make an important connection. read more » Chubby Bunny March 23, 2010 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Maggie Lin "1...chubby bunny...2...chubby bunny...3...chwubby bwunny...4...twubby bwunny...5..." All of the Chubby Bunny participants sounded exactly the same as they put one marshmallow in after the other. For those unfamiliar, Chubby Bunny is a childhood past time in which people compete to see how many marshmallows they can put in their mouth before their uttering of "chubby bunny" becomes incoherent. In the first showdown, seniors Mika Padmanabhan and Trevor Teerlink stuffed six and seven marshmallows in their mouths respectively, leaving witnesses in awe. read more » Little known chess team aims for sixth straight state championship March 23, 2010 — by David Eng and Anna Shen Question: What is the school's most dominant team or program? Among the many possible answers: the girls' tennis team, which won CCS this year and took second in Northern California; the boys' swimming team, which set a national relay record last spring, or the marching band, which ranks near the top of the state in its division. These are all good guesses. But another, lesser known group has set the standard for excellence on campus: the chess team, winner of five straight state championships. read more » School hosts Challenge Day; event breaks down barriers, changes lives March 23, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Grishma Athavale When junior Esha Roy received an enigmatic note in her third period AP U.S. History class regarding an event called Challenge Day, the only thing she knew about it was that she would miss an entire day of school if she chose to participate. "I was intrigued by the prospect of communicating on such an essential level with my peers," Roy said. read more » Spanish teacher with unlikely background March 23, 2010 — by Vijay Menon For the casual onlooker, it may seem strange that Kansas-born Sarah Voorhees chose to become a Spanish teacher. Yet for Voorhees, the decision was an obvious one. "I knew I wanted to be a teacher because both of my grandmothers were teachers," said Voorhees. Voorhees grew up in Kansas and her experiences in high school influenced her decision to pursue Spanish. "I just had really good Spanish teachers in high school," said Voorhees. "They always made class fun and interesting. read more » Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
Chubby Bunny March 23, 2010 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Maggie Lin "1...chubby bunny...2...chubby bunny...3...chwubby bwunny...4...twubby bwunny...5..." All of the Chubby Bunny participants sounded exactly the same as they put one marshmallow in after the other. For those unfamiliar, Chubby Bunny is a childhood past time in which people compete to see how many marshmallows they can put in their mouth before their uttering of "chubby bunny" becomes incoherent. In the first showdown, seniors Mika Padmanabhan and Trevor Teerlink stuffed six and seven marshmallows in their mouths respectively, leaving witnesses in awe. read more » Little known chess team aims for sixth straight state championship March 23, 2010 — by David Eng and Anna Shen Question: What is the school's most dominant team or program? Among the many possible answers: the girls' tennis team, which won CCS this year and took second in Northern California; the boys' swimming team, which set a national relay record last spring, or the marching band, which ranks near the top of the state in its division. These are all good guesses. But another, lesser known group has set the standard for excellence on campus: the chess team, winner of five straight state championships. read more » School hosts Challenge Day; event breaks down barriers, changes lives March 23, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Grishma Athavale When junior Esha Roy received an enigmatic note in her third period AP U.S. History class regarding an event called Challenge Day, the only thing she knew about it was that she would miss an entire day of school if she chose to participate. "I was intrigued by the prospect of communicating on such an essential level with my peers," Roy said. read more » Spanish teacher with unlikely background March 23, 2010 — by Vijay Menon For the casual onlooker, it may seem strange that Kansas-born Sarah Voorhees chose to become a Spanish teacher. Yet for Voorhees, the decision was an obvious one. "I knew I wanted to be a teacher because both of my grandmothers were teachers," said Voorhees. Voorhees grew up in Kansas and her experiences in high school influenced her decision to pursue Spanish. "I just had really good Spanish teachers in high school," said Voorhees. "They always made class fun and interesting. read more » Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
Little known chess team aims for sixth straight state championship March 23, 2010 — by David Eng and Anna Shen Question: What is the school's most dominant team or program? Among the many possible answers: the girls' tennis team, which won CCS this year and took second in Northern California; the boys' swimming team, which set a national relay record last spring, or the marching band, which ranks near the top of the state in its division. These are all good guesses. But another, lesser known group has set the standard for excellence on campus: the chess team, winner of five straight state championships. read more » School hosts Challenge Day; event breaks down barriers, changes lives March 23, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Grishma Athavale When junior Esha Roy received an enigmatic note in her third period AP U.S. History class regarding an event called Challenge Day, the only thing she knew about it was that she would miss an entire day of school if she chose to participate. "I was intrigued by the prospect of communicating on such an essential level with my peers," Roy said. read more » Spanish teacher with unlikely background March 23, 2010 — by Vijay Menon For the casual onlooker, it may seem strange that Kansas-born Sarah Voorhees chose to become a Spanish teacher. Yet for Voorhees, the decision was an obvious one. "I knew I wanted to be a teacher because both of my grandmothers were teachers," said Voorhees. Voorhees grew up in Kansas and her experiences in high school influenced her decision to pursue Spanish. "I just had really good Spanish teachers in high school," said Voorhees. "They always made class fun and interesting. read more » Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
School hosts Challenge Day; event breaks down barriers, changes lives March 23, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Grishma Athavale When junior Esha Roy received an enigmatic note in her third period AP U.S. History class regarding an event called Challenge Day, the only thing she knew about it was that she would miss an entire day of school if she chose to participate. "I was intrigued by the prospect of communicating on such an essential level with my peers," Roy said. read more » Spanish teacher with unlikely background March 23, 2010 — by Vijay Menon For the casual onlooker, it may seem strange that Kansas-born Sarah Voorhees chose to become a Spanish teacher. Yet for Voorhees, the decision was an obvious one. "I knew I wanted to be a teacher because both of my grandmothers were teachers," said Voorhees. Voorhees grew up in Kansas and her experiences in high school influenced her decision to pursue Spanish. "I just had really good Spanish teachers in high school," said Voorhees. "They always made class fun and interesting. read more » Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
Spanish teacher with unlikely background March 23, 2010 — by Vijay Menon For the casual onlooker, it may seem strange that Kansas-born Sarah Voorhees chose to become a Spanish teacher. Yet for Voorhees, the decision was an obvious one. "I knew I wanted to be a teacher because both of my grandmothers were teachers," said Voorhees. Voorhees grew up in Kansas and her experiences in high school influenced her decision to pursue Spanish. "I just had really good Spanish teachers in high school," said Voorhees. "They always made class fun and interesting. read more » Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
Planners more than meets the eye March 19, 2010 — by Roy Bisht Wouldn't it be great to be able to carry around a calendar, a world map, a periodic table of elements, common mathematical equations and a place to write down the daily homework? Well, the student planner has all of these useful items and even more. read more » Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
Teachers, students use less paper to save money, environment March 16, 2010 — by Karthik Sreedhara Every year, the school consumes an enormous amount of electricity and natural resources. In turn, it produces tons of solid waste, and a substantial amount of that waste comes from the classrooms, where many tests, quizzes, projects and assignments done on paper are tossed in the garbage rather than recycled. In the past few years, however, SHS has taken numerous measures to become part of the trend towards going green. A paper-less classroom? read more » Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast
Garbage, garbage, everywhere March 16, 2010 — by David Eng As one famous poem goes, "water, water, everywhere." Well, in our nation's case, the phrase should be changed to "garbage, garbage, everywhere." According www.greenwaste.com, Americans will generate an astounding 222 million tons of waste this year. In other words, America's total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times and reach halfway to the moon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...284285286287288...300...nextlast