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On Sept. 15, 38 seniors were announced as National Merit semifinalists, up from last year’s 30.  The National Merit Program is an “academic competition” that recognizes top students based on their junior year PSAT score. To qualify as a semifinalist, a student must score in the 99th percentile of their state, amounting to just 2,100 […]

Editor’s note: this story is being continuously updated as the Falcon receives more information. Last updated 4:51 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26. As the second quarter of the Homecoming football game against Monta Vista came to a close, attending students held their breaths as English teacher and commentator Erick Rector began reading out the names […]

Even though the 2019-2020 robotics season abruptly ended due to the pandemic, the school’s robotics team, MSET, quickly bounced back and reassessed its strategies for the 2020-2021 remote season. These strategies clearly worked, as all three of their FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams went on to qualify for the Northern California FTC Regionals Championship in […]

As soon as the lunch bell rang, sophomore Jay Lim headed from his third-period class in the band room to a bustling quad filled with tables, students and club officers on the first day of Club Rush. As he walked between various club booths, he read the tri-fold posters set up and scanned QR codes […]

Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips.  Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips.  “There was a lot of buildup […]

After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said.  Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […]

As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team.  Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […]

Instead of a normal class election involving social media campaigns and student voting, the ASB elected this year to decide freshman class officers through an application and interview process.  “No one has really seen each other in two years, and we didn’t want the freshmen to feel too rushed,” ASB vice president Alex Yang said. […]