Music Boosters cookie dough fundraiser raises $10k+ December 3, 2023 — by Amy Miao and Emily Wu The Saratoga Music Booster’s (SMB) annual Cookie Dough fundraiser raised $12,052 via the sale of 1,250 items. The funds raised will be directed toward the Saratoga High, Redwood Middle and Saratoga Unified School District music programs. The fundraiser ran from Sept. 18 to Oct. 30; students in the music program were tasked with selling a […] read more » Students discover environmental solutions at Taiwan climate conference December 3, 2023 — by Andy Zhu As senior Eric Norris and his team stepped up the stairs of the stage in front of hundreds of students and teachers on Oct. 24, a wave of adrenaline hit him. He was nervous, but at the same time excited to present the progress of developments his team has made on their project for the […] read more » Long-term substitute AP Computer Science teacher hired December 3, 2023 — by Shirina Cao and Emily Wu The district recently hired Siddhartha Punj as a long-term substitute on Nov. 8 to fill in for AP Computer Science A teacher Thomas Wang’s 12-week paternity leave absence. Punj started teaching all four periods of AP Computer Science A on Nov. 13 and will continue to do so until Wang’s expected return in February. Following […] read more » Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony brings community together December 3, 2023 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang The crowd of families that had gathered in Saratoga downtown’s Blaney Plaza gasped in awe as bursts of multi-colored lights illuminated a 20-foot tall Christmas tree. A brightly lit star sat atop the tree, casting a dazzling light into the cool breeze. This was Saratoga’s 23rd annual tree lighting ceremony — held on Nov. 24 […] read more » Model UN team gains experience from first conference at Stanford November 25, 2023 — by Sanjoli Gupta and William Norwood Sixteen Model UN delegates from the school attended their first conference of the year on Nov. 10-12 at the Stanford Model United Nations Conference (SMUNC). Although the team didn’t win any awards, participants said the skills and feedback taken away from the experience will aid them in future conferences. For this event, delegates were paired […] read more » MAP 10 takes on Mount Herman’s Ropes Course and Ziplines November 21, 2023 — by Christina Labban The Media Arts Program’s (MAP) long-awaited ropes course field trip tradition made a return after a 4-year hiatus due to the pandemic. On Oct. 26, sophomores in the MAP program visited Mount Hermon Adventures in Felton, which featured an exciting ropes course and zipline network. This outing was a beloved tradition that started in 2015. […] read more » Winter Formal at Dave and Buster’s facing low ticket sales November 16, 2023 — by Natalie Chua & Anamika Anand Ticket sales were off to a slow start for this year’s Winter Formal, which will be held at Dave & Buster’s, an arcade venue inside of the Great Mall in Milpitas, on Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The theme will be “A Night in Vegas,” since the dance commissioners thought the arcade games […] read more » Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Students discover environmental solutions at Taiwan climate conference December 3, 2023 — by Andy Zhu As senior Eric Norris and his team stepped up the stairs of the stage in front of hundreds of students and teachers on Oct. 24, a wave of adrenaline hit him. He was nervous, but at the same time excited to present the progress of developments his team has made on their project for the […] read more » Long-term substitute AP Computer Science teacher hired December 3, 2023 — by Shirina Cao and Emily Wu The district recently hired Siddhartha Punj as a long-term substitute on Nov. 8 to fill in for AP Computer Science A teacher Thomas Wang’s 12-week paternity leave absence. Punj started teaching all four periods of AP Computer Science A on Nov. 13 and will continue to do so until Wang’s expected return in February. Following […] read more » Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony brings community together December 3, 2023 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang The crowd of families that had gathered in Saratoga downtown’s Blaney Plaza gasped in awe as bursts of multi-colored lights illuminated a 20-foot tall Christmas tree. A brightly lit star sat atop the tree, casting a dazzling light into the cool breeze. This was Saratoga’s 23rd annual tree lighting ceremony — held on Nov. 24 […] read more » Model UN team gains experience from first conference at Stanford November 25, 2023 — by Sanjoli Gupta and William Norwood Sixteen Model UN delegates from the school attended their first conference of the year on Nov. 10-12 at the Stanford Model United Nations Conference (SMUNC). Although the team didn’t win any awards, participants said the skills and feedback taken away from the experience will aid them in future conferences. For this event, delegates were paired […] read more » MAP 10 takes on Mount Herman’s Ropes Course and Ziplines November 21, 2023 — by Christina Labban The Media Arts Program’s (MAP) long-awaited ropes course field trip tradition made a return after a 4-year hiatus due to the pandemic. On Oct. 26, sophomores in the MAP program visited Mount Hermon Adventures in Felton, which featured an exciting ropes course and zipline network. This outing was a beloved tradition that started in 2015. […] read more » Winter Formal at Dave and Buster’s facing low ticket sales November 16, 2023 — by Natalie Chua & Anamika Anand Ticket sales were off to a slow start for this year’s Winter Formal, which will be held at Dave & Buster’s, an arcade venue inside of the Great Mall in Milpitas, on Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The theme will be “A Night in Vegas,” since the dance commissioners thought the arcade games […] read more » Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Long-term substitute AP Computer Science teacher hired December 3, 2023 — by Shirina Cao and Emily Wu The district recently hired Siddhartha Punj as a long-term substitute on Nov. 8 to fill in for AP Computer Science A teacher Thomas Wang’s 12-week paternity leave absence. Punj started teaching all four periods of AP Computer Science A on Nov. 13 and will continue to do so until Wang’s expected return in February. Following […] read more » Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony brings community together December 3, 2023 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang The crowd of families that had gathered in Saratoga downtown’s Blaney Plaza gasped in awe as bursts of multi-colored lights illuminated a 20-foot tall Christmas tree. A brightly lit star sat atop the tree, casting a dazzling light into the cool breeze. This was Saratoga’s 23rd annual tree lighting ceremony — held on Nov. 24 […] read more » Model UN team gains experience from first conference at Stanford November 25, 2023 — by Sanjoli Gupta and William Norwood Sixteen Model UN delegates from the school attended their first conference of the year on Nov. 10-12 at the Stanford Model United Nations Conference (SMUNC). Although the team didn’t win any awards, participants said the skills and feedback taken away from the experience will aid them in future conferences. For this event, delegates were paired […] read more » MAP 10 takes on Mount Herman’s Ropes Course and Ziplines November 21, 2023 — by Christina Labban The Media Arts Program’s (MAP) long-awaited ropes course field trip tradition made a return after a 4-year hiatus due to the pandemic. On Oct. 26, sophomores in the MAP program visited Mount Hermon Adventures in Felton, which featured an exciting ropes course and zipline network. This outing was a beloved tradition that started in 2015. […] read more » Winter Formal at Dave and Buster’s facing low ticket sales November 16, 2023 — by Natalie Chua & Anamika Anand Ticket sales were off to a slow start for this year’s Winter Formal, which will be held at Dave & Buster’s, an arcade venue inside of the Great Mall in Milpitas, on Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The theme will be “A Night in Vegas,” since the dance commissioners thought the arcade games […] read more » Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony brings community together December 3, 2023 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang The crowd of families that had gathered in Saratoga downtown’s Blaney Plaza gasped in awe as bursts of multi-colored lights illuminated a 20-foot tall Christmas tree. A brightly lit star sat atop the tree, casting a dazzling light into the cool breeze. This was Saratoga’s 23rd annual tree lighting ceremony — held on Nov. 24 […] read more » Model UN team gains experience from first conference at Stanford November 25, 2023 — by Sanjoli Gupta and William Norwood Sixteen Model UN delegates from the school attended their first conference of the year on Nov. 10-12 at the Stanford Model United Nations Conference (SMUNC). Although the team didn’t win any awards, participants said the skills and feedback taken away from the experience will aid them in future conferences. For this event, delegates were paired […] read more » MAP 10 takes on Mount Herman’s Ropes Course and Ziplines November 21, 2023 — by Christina Labban The Media Arts Program’s (MAP) long-awaited ropes course field trip tradition made a return after a 4-year hiatus due to the pandemic. On Oct. 26, sophomores in the MAP program visited Mount Hermon Adventures in Felton, which featured an exciting ropes course and zipline network. This outing was a beloved tradition that started in 2015. […] read more » Winter Formal at Dave and Buster’s facing low ticket sales November 16, 2023 — by Natalie Chua & Anamika Anand Ticket sales were off to a slow start for this year’s Winter Formal, which will be held at Dave & Buster’s, an arcade venue inside of the Great Mall in Milpitas, on Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The theme will be “A Night in Vegas,” since the dance commissioners thought the arcade games […] read more » Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Model UN team gains experience from first conference at Stanford November 25, 2023 — by Sanjoli Gupta and William Norwood Sixteen Model UN delegates from the school attended their first conference of the year on Nov. 10-12 at the Stanford Model United Nations Conference (SMUNC). Although the team didn’t win any awards, participants said the skills and feedback taken away from the experience will aid them in future conferences. For this event, delegates were paired […] read more » MAP 10 takes on Mount Herman’s Ropes Course and Ziplines November 21, 2023 — by Christina Labban The Media Arts Program’s (MAP) long-awaited ropes course field trip tradition made a return after a 4-year hiatus due to the pandemic. On Oct. 26, sophomores in the MAP program visited Mount Hermon Adventures in Felton, which featured an exciting ropes course and zipline network. This outing was a beloved tradition that started in 2015. […] read more » Winter Formal at Dave and Buster’s facing low ticket sales November 16, 2023 — by Natalie Chua & Anamika Anand Ticket sales were off to a slow start for this year’s Winter Formal, which will be held at Dave & Buster’s, an arcade venue inside of the Great Mall in Milpitas, on Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The theme will be “A Night in Vegas,” since the dance commissioners thought the arcade games […] read more » Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
MAP 10 takes on Mount Herman’s Ropes Course and Ziplines November 21, 2023 — by Christina Labban The Media Arts Program’s (MAP) long-awaited ropes course field trip tradition made a return after a 4-year hiatus due to the pandemic. On Oct. 26, sophomores in the MAP program visited Mount Hermon Adventures in Felton, which featured an exciting ropes course and zipline network. This outing was a beloved tradition that started in 2015. […] read more » Winter Formal at Dave and Buster’s facing low ticket sales November 16, 2023 — by Natalie Chua & Anamika Anand Ticket sales were off to a slow start for this year’s Winter Formal, which will be held at Dave & Buster’s, an arcade venue inside of the Great Mall in Milpitas, on Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The theme will be “A Night in Vegas,” since the dance commissioners thought the arcade games […] read more » Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Winter Formal at Dave and Buster’s facing low ticket sales November 16, 2023 — by Natalie Chua & Anamika Anand Ticket sales were off to a slow start for this year’s Winter Formal, which will be held at Dave & Buster’s, an arcade venue inside of the Great Mall in Milpitas, on Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The theme will be “A Night in Vegas,” since the dance commissioners thought the arcade games […] read more » Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Vignette-focused fall play offers varied perspectives on love November 16, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Divya Vadlakonda The lights of the McAfee Center dimmed as junior Apollo Burgess, playing the role of the energetic Jimmy, ran into his aloof ex-girlfriend Sandrine, played by junior Annaliese Shab, at a bar. The catch: Sandrine was engaged with another man and was celebrating her bachelorette party at that moment. It took a moment for Jimmy […] read more » Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Marching band closes out season with sweepstakes win at Folsom Fall Festival November 16, 2023 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan When the name Saratoga High School thundered across the stadium as the winner of the overall sweepstakes of the Folsom Fall Festival on Nov. 4, proud parents and band students alike whooped and hollered as they savored an end-of-the-season victory. Later, as members of the band enjoyed a late-night pizza and hot cocoa celebration, they […] read more » Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast
Pandemic slowed substance use rates among teens; those numbers are rising again November 16, 2023 — by Saachi Jain, Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu In 2023, 17% of high schoolers nationwide are addicted to drugs, more than two thirds of high schoolers have tried alcohol illegally and 12% of high school students have said they have vaped in the past month, according to American Addiction Centers and the National Library of Medicine. These numbers are alarming to observers, and, […] read more » firstprevious...910111213...2030405060...nextlast