Highway 85 expansion project meets continued opposition March 31, 2014 — by Michelle Leung The Saratoga City Council sent a letter on Feb. 25 to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) expressing concerns and asking for further studies on possible negative impacts expanding Highway 85 could have on residents. read more » Dance team takes first place title at NorCal Dance Competition March 28, 2014 — by Allison Lin and Megan MacInnes As the music came to an end, freshman Caroline Li smiled proudly and held her head high. read more » Mock trial season comes to a close March 28, 2014 — by Megana Iyer Senior Charles Li holds a script in his hand as he nods his head along to the lines. read more » ‘Girls with Courage’ succeeds in its second year March 28, 2014 — by Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng Planned by ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo and attendance secretary Mandy Armes, an informal club of female students and Saratoga High parents, “Girls for Courage” had around 20 to 25 participants in its second year. read more » Q&A: Behind the scenes of ‘Shark Tank’ with Jason Li March 17, 2014 — by Samuel Liu On March 14, senior Jason Li presented his business, iReTron, on the ABC reality TV show “Shark Tank,” which gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas against five “sharks.” iReTron recycles and sells used electronics. Li received $100,000 in grant money from investors Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran, on the condition that they would own 20% of any business he made in the next five years. Li was on stage for 55 minutes, though they only used roughly 10 minutes of it. You can watch the segment here. read more » MAP changes elective sequence for juniors March 13, 2014 — by Vibha Seshadri In previous years, students in their junior year of the Media Arts Program (MAP) took the obligatory classes, English and History, as well as an elective of their choice: either Animation, Multi-Media Journalism or Film Making. Starting next year, however, juniors will no longer have the option of choosing one of the three possible electives. The incoming MAP juniors will take a new elective that combines all three of the previous elective choices into one class. If any students wish to take SHSTV, it will be an extra elective. read more » APES Study: School water fountains have unusual level of copper March 12, 2014 — by Rotem Shaked Several water fountains near the tennis courts, pool and track contain higher than recommended levels of copper, according to AP Environmental Science students, and confirmed by tests run by The Falcon. read more » Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
Dance team takes first place title at NorCal Dance Competition March 28, 2014 — by Allison Lin and Megan MacInnes As the music came to an end, freshman Caroline Li smiled proudly and held her head high. read more » Mock trial season comes to a close March 28, 2014 — by Megana Iyer Senior Charles Li holds a script in his hand as he nods his head along to the lines. read more » ‘Girls with Courage’ succeeds in its second year March 28, 2014 — by Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng Planned by ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo and attendance secretary Mandy Armes, an informal club of female students and Saratoga High parents, “Girls for Courage” had around 20 to 25 participants in its second year. read more » Q&A: Behind the scenes of ‘Shark Tank’ with Jason Li March 17, 2014 — by Samuel Liu On March 14, senior Jason Li presented his business, iReTron, on the ABC reality TV show “Shark Tank,” which gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas against five “sharks.” iReTron recycles and sells used electronics. Li received $100,000 in grant money from investors Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran, on the condition that they would own 20% of any business he made in the next five years. Li was on stage for 55 minutes, though they only used roughly 10 minutes of it. You can watch the segment here. read more » MAP changes elective sequence for juniors March 13, 2014 — by Vibha Seshadri In previous years, students in their junior year of the Media Arts Program (MAP) took the obligatory classes, English and History, as well as an elective of their choice: either Animation, Multi-Media Journalism or Film Making. Starting next year, however, juniors will no longer have the option of choosing one of the three possible electives. The incoming MAP juniors will take a new elective that combines all three of the previous elective choices into one class. If any students wish to take SHSTV, it will be an extra elective. read more » APES Study: School water fountains have unusual level of copper March 12, 2014 — by Rotem Shaked Several water fountains near the tennis courts, pool and track contain higher than recommended levels of copper, according to AP Environmental Science students, and confirmed by tests run by The Falcon. read more » Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
Mock trial season comes to a close March 28, 2014 — by Megana Iyer Senior Charles Li holds a script in his hand as he nods his head along to the lines. read more » ‘Girls with Courage’ succeeds in its second year March 28, 2014 — by Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng Planned by ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo and attendance secretary Mandy Armes, an informal club of female students and Saratoga High parents, “Girls for Courage” had around 20 to 25 participants in its second year. read more » Q&A: Behind the scenes of ‘Shark Tank’ with Jason Li March 17, 2014 — by Samuel Liu On March 14, senior Jason Li presented his business, iReTron, on the ABC reality TV show “Shark Tank,” which gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas against five “sharks.” iReTron recycles and sells used electronics. Li received $100,000 in grant money from investors Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran, on the condition that they would own 20% of any business he made in the next five years. Li was on stage for 55 minutes, though they only used roughly 10 minutes of it. You can watch the segment here. read more » MAP changes elective sequence for juniors March 13, 2014 — by Vibha Seshadri In previous years, students in their junior year of the Media Arts Program (MAP) took the obligatory classes, English and History, as well as an elective of their choice: either Animation, Multi-Media Journalism or Film Making. Starting next year, however, juniors will no longer have the option of choosing one of the three possible electives. The incoming MAP juniors will take a new elective that combines all three of the previous elective choices into one class. If any students wish to take SHSTV, it will be an extra elective. read more » APES Study: School water fountains have unusual level of copper March 12, 2014 — by Rotem Shaked Several water fountains near the tennis courts, pool and track contain higher than recommended levels of copper, according to AP Environmental Science students, and confirmed by tests run by The Falcon. read more » Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
‘Girls with Courage’ succeeds in its second year March 28, 2014 — by Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng Planned by ceramics teacher Leah Aguayo and attendance secretary Mandy Armes, an informal club of female students and Saratoga High parents, “Girls for Courage” had around 20 to 25 participants in its second year. read more » Q&A: Behind the scenes of ‘Shark Tank’ with Jason Li March 17, 2014 — by Samuel Liu On March 14, senior Jason Li presented his business, iReTron, on the ABC reality TV show “Shark Tank,” which gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas against five “sharks.” iReTron recycles and sells used electronics. Li received $100,000 in grant money from investors Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran, on the condition that they would own 20% of any business he made in the next five years. Li was on stage for 55 minutes, though they only used roughly 10 minutes of it. You can watch the segment here. read more » MAP changes elective sequence for juniors March 13, 2014 — by Vibha Seshadri In previous years, students in their junior year of the Media Arts Program (MAP) took the obligatory classes, English and History, as well as an elective of their choice: either Animation, Multi-Media Journalism or Film Making. Starting next year, however, juniors will no longer have the option of choosing one of the three possible electives. The incoming MAP juniors will take a new elective that combines all three of the previous elective choices into one class. If any students wish to take SHSTV, it will be an extra elective. read more » APES Study: School water fountains have unusual level of copper March 12, 2014 — by Rotem Shaked Several water fountains near the tennis courts, pool and track contain higher than recommended levels of copper, according to AP Environmental Science students, and confirmed by tests run by The Falcon. read more » Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
Q&A: Behind the scenes of ‘Shark Tank’ with Jason Li March 17, 2014 — by Samuel Liu On March 14, senior Jason Li presented his business, iReTron, on the ABC reality TV show “Shark Tank,” which gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas against five “sharks.” iReTron recycles and sells used electronics. Li received $100,000 in grant money from investors Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran, on the condition that they would own 20% of any business he made in the next five years. Li was on stage for 55 minutes, though they only used roughly 10 minutes of it. You can watch the segment here. read more » MAP changes elective sequence for juniors March 13, 2014 — by Vibha Seshadri In previous years, students in their junior year of the Media Arts Program (MAP) took the obligatory classes, English and History, as well as an elective of their choice: either Animation, Multi-Media Journalism or Film Making. Starting next year, however, juniors will no longer have the option of choosing one of the three possible electives. The incoming MAP juniors will take a new elective that combines all three of the previous elective choices into one class. If any students wish to take SHSTV, it will be an extra elective. read more » APES Study: School water fountains have unusual level of copper March 12, 2014 — by Rotem Shaked Several water fountains near the tennis courts, pool and track contain higher than recommended levels of copper, according to AP Environmental Science students, and confirmed by tests run by The Falcon. read more » Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
MAP changes elective sequence for juniors March 13, 2014 — by Vibha Seshadri In previous years, students in their junior year of the Media Arts Program (MAP) took the obligatory classes, English and History, as well as an elective of their choice: either Animation, Multi-Media Journalism or Film Making. Starting next year, however, juniors will no longer have the option of choosing one of the three possible electives. The incoming MAP juniors will take a new elective that combines all three of the previous elective choices into one class. If any students wish to take SHSTV, it will be an extra elective. read more » APES Study: School water fountains have unusual level of copper March 12, 2014 — by Rotem Shaked Several water fountains near the tennis courts, pool and track contain higher than recommended levels of copper, according to AP Environmental Science students, and confirmed by tests run by The Falcon. read more » Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
APES Study: School water fountains have unusual level of copper March 12, 2014 — by Rotem Shaked Several water fountains near the tennis courts, pool and track contain higher than recommended levels of copper, according to AP Environmental Science students, and confirmed by tests run by The Falcon. read more » Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
Suicide prevention being taught to parents, staff March 12, 2014 — by Aditya Chaudhry On the evening of March 4, six parents filed into the library. This was not a parent-teacher meeting or a talk about next year courses. This was a workshop about suicide prevention. The entire teaching faculty also met during collaboration the next day and underwent the same training as the parents did the previous night. read more » Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
Sports Plaza construction begins, planned to be completed by June March 12, 2014 — by Helen Chen The idea of building a plaza to furnish the entrance of the football field has long been a dream and one that is now being fulfilled. After two years of completing architectural drawings and finalizing planning for the project, construction for the school’s new Sports Plaza officially began on Feb. 10. A large donation helped to move the plan forward as the SHS Foundation hopes to improve the facilities at the school. read more » ‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast
‘Audrie’s law’ goes to the public, Legislature March 11, 2014 — by Deepti Kannan and Sabrina Chen As expected, a bill inspired by the incident that led to the suicide of Audrie Pott in 2012 will be heading to the state Legislature soon. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...238239240241242...250260270280290...nextlast