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In January, drama teacher Benjamin Brotzman got news he had been hoping to receive: an acceptance email letting him know the program had been accepted into the Festival Fringe for 2024. Held in Edinburgh, Scotland, Fringe is one of the most respected theatrical festivals in the world, with events ranging from high school student-run plays […]

Junior Ryan Lin first visited Operation Dawn, a drug rehab center in San Francisco, when he was in fourth grade. It was there that he first interacted with individuals who were fighting the battle of drug abuse, igniting in him a cause to spread their stories in any way he could.  Lin has immersed himself […]

In the past year, bizarre posters touting “come see the grand master” and “come to Chess Club” have covered student lockers, corridor corners and even the sides of the cafeteria beverage refrigerators.  In that time, the Chess Club has grown in size, consistently attracting over 20 members per meeting. Rather than being specifically geared at […]

In honor of the nation’s “holiday of love,” The Falcon set up four potential couples to go on dates recently. Though Valentine’s Day is dedicated to romantic love, the four pairs came out of this experience with a new friendship.  Though each pairing may seem completely random, there was actually a lot of thought put […]

Each year, the Indian Cultural Awareness Club (ICAC) organizes Bombay in the Bay (BNB), a Bollywood-themed fundraising event where students around the school sing and dance to well-known Bollywood songs. A typical BNB show consists of 18 dances — grade-level dances and specialty dances including Tamasha, Classical, Singing and Bhangra — paired with an ongoing […]

Carmel-by-the-Sea, a quaint little town of just over 3,000 people, just south of Monterey with beautiful views and calming beaches, is the perfect place to spend your February ski week or Spring Break. You can find delectable food and a bustling downtown less than 90 minutes away — it’s the perfect way to spend two […]

At the start of second semester, sophomore Vera Fung was among the 31 students in Matt Welander’s class of Principles of Engineering who heard how they would be spending the next several weeks: designing and building mini bridges out of lasercut fibrewood. The project is well-planned and targeted toward developing software skills with an emphasis […]

After relenting to peer pressure, I finally downloaded Instagram last summer. This decision opened the floodgates and soon VSCO, TikTok and more resided on my phone.  Of course, my short attention span prevented me from keeping the social media downloaded for more than two weeks. But even during these two weeks, one specific TikTok genre […]

Ace Attorney is a visual novel series rooted in absurdity, from its ridiculous characters with ridiculous names, like the metalhead Jesus-lookalike priest Pees’lubn Andistan’dhin (peace, love, and understanding), the aptly named Deid Mann (no explanation necessary), or even Inga Karkhuul Haw’kohd Dis’nahm Bi’ahni Lawga Ormo Pohmpus Da’nit Ar’edi Iz Khura’in III. (How could this name […]

Located by the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the school’s campus spans 40 acres — built atop a former prune yard when the school was established in 1959. In the early 1950s, Saratoga had little urban or even suburban development and under 1,500 residents. Farms and orchards were common sights. Then post-World War II […]