Robotics teams compete in their first tournaments of the year November 16, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu The fall has been a busy season for the school’s six VEX robotics teams, who have participated in two tournaments and now have one team 95071X, qualified to compete in the state championship. At their second VEX tournament, hosted in the school gym on Oct. 8, the best among Saratoga’s six teams, 95071X, finished seventh […] read more » Yearbook adjusts to rapidly changing class structure with majority junior leadership November 15, 2023 — by Divya Vadlakonda The yearbook class has faced a new post-pandemic reality in recent years: It has seen a decline in enrollment from 33 students — all sophomores, juniors and seniors in 2019-2020 to 25 students in 2020-2021, a drop of 24%. The next year was worse, with only a dozen sophomores, juniors and seniors returning to staff. […] read more » Falcon Focus: Ariana Tootoonchi shines on stage in 14 productions in her high school career November 15, 2023 — by Christina Labban Senior Ariana Tootoonchi gained widespread praise last fall for her heart-rending portrayal of Mary Warren in “The Crucible,” one of over 14 drama productions she has starred in over her high school career. “She played Mary Warren with so much passion and accuracy, and there was so much intensity in her voice she almost brought […] read more » Application inflation: As acceptance rates decline, seniors are applying to more colleges November 15, 2023 — by Andrew Lin With 96% of 2022 graduating seniors continuing their education at a 2-year or 4-year college, the school has earned its reputation as an academic powerhouse: It’s ranked No. 181 among 17,680 high schools nationwide by the U.S. News Report and No. 24 among 1,536 high schools in California. A large part of its academic excellence […] read more » Teachers continue to call for hiring of credentialed librarian three years after the role became vacant November 14, 2023 — by Sam Bai and Zack Zhang In spring of 2020 former librarian Kevin Heyman retired. Since then, district officials have chosen to leave the position vacant. Both teachers and students have complained about this decision, saying they no longer have the same level of guidance and easy access to information for research projects. The job of a credential librarian is to […] read more » Board investigates possible parcel tax campaign November 9, 2023 — by William Cao, Eric Shi and Agastya Vitaldevara In recent years, it’s become harder for Bay Area schools, including Saratoga High, to recruit and retain top teaching talent in such a high-cost-of-living area. At the same time, other comparable districts such as Mountain View Los Altos and Santa Clara now pay their teachers significantly higher wages than LGSUHSD. Notably, in recent years, longtime […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Yearbook adjusts to rapidly changing class structure with majority junior leadership November 15, 2023 — by Divya Vadlakonda The yearbook class has faced a new post-pandemic reality in recent years: It has seen a decline in enrollment from 33 students — all sophomores, juniors and seniors in 2019-2020 to 25 students in 2020-2021, a drop of 24%. The next year was worse, with only a dozen sophomores, juniors and seniors returning to staff. […] read more » Falcon Focus: Ariana Tootoonchi shines on stage in 14 productions in her high school career November 15, 2023 — by Christina Labban Senior Ariana Tootoonchi gained widespread praise last fall for her heart-rending portrayal of Mary Warren in “The Crucible,” one of over 14 drama productions she has starred in over her high school career. “She played Mary Warren with so much passion and accuracy, and there was so much intensity in her voice she almost brought […] read more » Application inflation: As acceptance rates decline, seniors are applying to more colleges November 15, 2023 — by Andrew Lin With 96% of 2022 graduating seniors continuing their education at a 2-year or 4-year college, the school has earned its reputation as an academic powerhouse: It’s ranked No. 181 among 17,680 high schools nationwide by the U.S. News Report and No. 24 among 1,536 high schools in California. A large part of its academic excellence […] read more » Teachers continue to call for hiring of credentialed librarian three years after the role became vacant November 14, 2023 — by Sam Bai and Zack Zhang In spring of 2020 former librarian Kevin Heyman retired. Since then, district officials have chosen to leave the position vacant. Both teachers and students have complained about this decision, saying they no longer have the same level of guidance and easy access to information for research projects. The job of a credential librarian is to […] read more » Board investigates possible parcel tax campaign November 9, 2023 — by William Cao, Eric Shi and Agastya Vitaldevara In recent years, it’s become harder for Bay Area schools, including Saratoga High, to recruit and retain top teaching talent in such a high-cost-of-living area. At the same time, other comparable districts such as Mountain View Los Altos and Santa Clara now pay their teachers significantly higher wages than LGSUHSD. Notably, in recent years, longtime […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Falcon Focus: Ariana Tootoonchi shines on stage in 14 productions in her high school career November 15, 2023 — by Christina Labban Senior Ariana Tootoonchi gained widespread praise last fall for her heart-rending portrayal of Mary Warren in “The Crucible,” one of over 14 drama productions she has starred in over her high school career. “She played Mary Warren with so much passion and accuracy, and there was so much intensity in her voice she almost brought […] read more » Application inflation: As acceptance rates decline, seniors are applying to more colleges November 15, 2023 — by Andrew Lin With 96% of 2022 graduating seniors continuing their education at a 2-year or 4-year college, the school has earned its reputation as an academic powerhouse: It’s ranked No. 181 among 17,680 high schools nationwide by the U.S. News Report and No. 24 among 1,536 high schools in California. A large part of its academic excellence […] read more » Teachers continue to call for hiring of credentialed librarian three years after the role became vacant November 14, 2023 — by Sam Bai and Zack Zhang In spring of 2020 former librarian Kevin Heyman retired. Since then, district officials have chosen to leave the position vacant. Both teachers and students have complained about this decision, saying they no longer have the same level of guidance and easy access to information for research projects. The job of a credential librarian is to […] read more » Board investigates possible parcel tax campaign November 9, 2023 — by William Cao, Eric Shi and Agastya Vitaldevara In recent years, it’s become harder for Bay Area schools, including Saratoga High, to recruit and retain top teaching talent in such a high-cost-of-living area. At the same time, other comparable districts such as Mountain View Los Altos and Santa Clara now pay their teachers significantly higher wages than LGSUHSD. Notably, in recent years, longtime […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Application inflation: As acceptance rates decline, seniors are applying to more colleges November 15, 2023 — by Andrew Lin With 96% of 2022 graduating seniors continuing their education at a 2-year or 4-year college, the school has earned its reputation as an academic powerhouse: It’s ranked No. 181 among 17,680 high schools nationwide by the U.S. News Report and No. 24 among 1,536 high schools in California. A large part of its academic excellence […] read more » Teachers continue to call for hiring of credentialed librarian three years after the role became vacant November 14, 2023 — by Sam Bai and Zack Zhang In spring of 2020 former librarian Kevin Heyman retired. Since then, district officials have chosen to leave the position vacant. Both teachers and students have complained about this decision, saying they no longer have the same level of guidance and easy access to information for research projects. The job of a credential librarian is to […] read more » Board investigates possible parcel tax campaign November 9, 2023 — by William Cao, Eric Shi and Agastya Vitaldevara In recent years, it’s become harder for Bay Area schools, including Saratoga High, to recruit and retain top teaching talent in such a high-cost-of-living area. At the same time, other comparable districts such as Mountain View Los Altos and Santa Clara now pay their teachers significantly higher wages than LGSUHSD. Notably, in recent years, longtime […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Teachers continue to call for hiring of credentialed librarian three years after the role became vacant November 14, 2023 — by Sam Bai and Zack Zhang In spring of 2020 former librarian Kevin Heyman retired. Since then, district officials have chosen to leave the position vacant. Both teachers and students have complained about this decision, saying they no longer have the same level of guidance and easy access to information for research projects. The job of a credential librarian is to […] read more » Board investigates possible parcel tax campaign November 9, 2023 — by William Cao, Eric Shi and Agastya Vitaldevara In recent years, it’s become harder for Bay Area schools, including Saratoga High, to recruit and retain top teaching talent in such a high-cost-of-living area. At the same time, other comparable districts such as Mountain View Los Altos and Santa Clara now pay their teachers significantly higher wages than LGSUHSD. Notably, in recent years, longtime […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Board investigates possible parcel tax campaign November 9, 2023 — by William Cao, Eric Shi and Agastya Vitaldevara In recent years, it’s become harder for Bay Area schools, including Saratoga High, to recruit and retain top teaching talent in such a high-cost-of-living area. At the same time, other comparable districts such as Mountain View Los Altos and Santa Clara now pay their teachers significantly higher wages than LGSUHSD. Notably, in recent years, longtime […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Biology teacher takes on new role as WASC coordinator November 8, 2023 — by Jessica Li and Amy Miao Besides teaching this year, biology teacher Jennifer Lee is coordinating the school’s mid-cycle report as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process. As the accrediting commission for schools in the western U.S., WASC ensures that quality benchmarks are met in areas such as school culture, curriculum and effective instruction. The […] read more » A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids November 8, 2023 — by Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening meetings have been consistently garnering dozens of people. A new speech coach, Jenny Cook, has joined the returning […] read more » Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast
Knit for Need Club donates student creations to charities November 8, 2023 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei During lunch meetings in English teacher Mary Palisoul’s room, members of the new Knit for Need Club — established earlier this year — carefully wrap threads of colorful, fluffy yarn around metal crochet hooks while junior co-presidents Aadhya Naveen and Shreya Raghuvanshi walk around, demonstrating how to crochet a scarf. On the other side of […] read more » firstprevious...1011121314...2030405060...nextlast