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To ensure that all students and staff are safe in emergencies like earthquakes or fires, the district is doing a new four-phase evacuation simulation this year.  During tutorial on Oct. 21, nearly 1,400 students and staff members evacuated to predetermined spots on the upper field and football field as part of the first three phases. […]

Teachers, students, and parents expressed outrage after a black doll was discovered hanging by a noose from a tree in the main quad on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 13, by a group of band students. Similar incidents have occurred recently at Redwood Middle and Prospect High School. “This is a horrible display of racism […]

A Saratoga Nextdoor post by Marian Williams on Sept. 26 detailed an encounter with two thieves: “This morning at about 7:10 a.m, a neighbor’s catalytic converter was stolen. I saw two people in a white Ford F-250. I didn’t get a chance to get the license plate, but there were two people in the truck. […]

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Nov. 20 to reflect the updated status of the ELD class. While some fluctuation in class numbers is normal and expected as students change courses at the start of the school year, class sizes skewed in the direction of especially unbalanced this year compared to previous years. To […]

Claudia Zambon joined the teaching staff at the start of the year following the departure of former Spanish teacher Allison Dermont, who left the school to work closer to her home in San Francisco. She is teaching Spanish 2 and 3. Born to two Argentine parents in America, Zambon learned both Spanish and English at […]

This fall, following FDA approval of the second bivalent Covid booster for those 12 and older, the district partnered with Inspire Diagnostics to provide all four COVID-19 shots: the first two primary vaccines, as well as the updated bivalent boosters. The three clinics — were on Sept. 30 at the Saratoga High Cafeteria, Oct. 7 […]

As the marching band stepped on to the football field for a Senior Night performance on Oct. 14, a feeling of pride was easy to detect. The countless hours of rehearsal over the past month and a half culminated in their 3rd to last home performance of the season. “The band worked really hard going […]

The Starbucks located in downtown Saratoga closed on Oct. 2 because of a combination of staffing problems and the end of a lease, according to senior Victoria Prillwitz, who worked at the location between March and August. When contacted, Starbucks representatives did not respond for comment. Prillwitz said the location was convenient because of its […]

The school’s large gym hummed with the energy of 400 students and parents celebrating the Hindu holiday Garba on the evening of Oct. 8.  Garba is a traditional Gujarati holiday, focusing on garba dances and dandiya portions. The event was split into two parts: First were the garba dances, where participants danced in a circle […]