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Class sizes at the school are much more varied this year than previous years. While some are crowded with over 40 students, other classes function with as few as 13 students.  Viewed from the perspective of students, bigger classes sometimes mean teachers can’t assign as much work. On the other hand, large classes also mean […]

The Hunger at Home club’s recent drive resulted in three filled bins of 350 donated foods, consisting of canned food, cup ramen, and other nonperishable items.  From Nov. 16-21, the Hunger at Home club placed three gray bins in front of the music building, cafeteria and school entrance.  “Our club really focuses on food insecurity […]

A short film by junior Rohan Chopra won The Best Educational Film Award on Nov. 13 in the CineSpace International Short Film Competition held by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  The first half of his 6-minute film, called “Journey to Mars,”  primarily focused on NASA’s past expeditions and progress in discoveries on Mars, […]

Thirty students sat in the journalism room during tutorial on Nov. 22, eagerly awaiting the introduction of guest speaker Kellen Browning, a New York Times technology reporter based in San Francisco. Browning spoke to students during both tutorial and the third-period newspaper class. The tutorial section of the event was open to any interested students.  […]

Following low enrollment in the yearbook in 2021-2022, the Journalism 1 class combined with the yearbook class, leaving the staff of mostly freshmen to experience a steep learning curve of a publication and learn the basics of journalism at the same time.  The same model is at work again this year, but with a bigger […]

In an incident that sparked widespread condemnation, Mahsa Amini, 22, passed away under the custody of the Iranian morality police, who arrested her for wearing her hijab “inappropriately” on Sept. 16. On a visit to her family three days before her death, she was confronted and arrested on the basis of needing training on Iran’s […]

Since 2012, the MSET Robotics team has hosted an annual FTC qualifier at the school, where around 24 teams compete to earn a spot in the NorCal Regionals tournament. This year, the tournament hosted 22 teams, resulting in around 275 to 320 students attending on Dec. 4.  Hosting a competition with so many attendees required […]

A young Sammy Fabelman firmly grips his film camera as he dives into the sand under a beach volleyball net, attempting to capture action footage of his high school’s most popular jock spiking a volleyball into the opposing team’s court. Fabelman captures the senior ditch day for Grand View High, fashioning a movie with his […]

English 11 Honors teachers hosted Professor Emeritus Michael Warren on Dec. 8 to help students better understand Shakespeare’s message, themes and background in “Hamlet,” the play they are currently reading in class.  English 11 Honors teachers Natasha Ritchie and Amy Keys invited Warren to speak, as they have in past years before the pandemic. Ritchie, […]

When superintendent Bill Sanderson joined the district in the summer, he met with the mayors of Saratoga and Los Gatos along with other community partners to discuss their perspectives on the biggest needs of the district. The common answer was the need for better communication — community members often had little knowledge of what was […]