Semester-long sub forms bonds with students, has good first teaching assignment January 9, 2014 — by Jade Bisht and Jane Park When history teacher Margaritta Morelle went on her maternity leave one week into the school year, Caroline Underwood, a newly credentialed teacher, stepped in to take her place. Though she received her teaching credential within the last year, Underwood started her teaching career by taking on five periods of regular U.S. History in Morelle’s absence. read more » PE policy remains on hold January 6, 2014 — by Dorrie Tang and Devin Zhao (and Robert Eng) Last year, the school district proposed BP 6146.1, a new policy that required all Saratoga High freshmen to take P.E. But it caused much controversy among many students, parents, coaches, and others, mainly from athletics and band, that it was not successfully passed. read more » Mexico exchange students visit Saratoga January 6, 2014 — by Becky Hoag and Shazia Gupta Before coming to Saratoga on Nov. 18 from his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, BIU senior Andres Martinez wasn’t sure what to expect. Would he like California? What would Saratoga be like? read more » From shame to joy: one grad’s journey December 13, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Michelle Leung 2002 grad Amy Chang faced hardships in high school for her sexual orientation but found acceptance as an adult read more » Culture of judgement December 13, 2013 — by Samuel Liu A girl suffered bullying when her friends turned on her. read more » Reported fire in boys’ bathroom on Dec. 11 December 12, 2013 — by Falcon Staff At roughly 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, students reported seeing a fire in the bathroom across from English teacher Michael Kim’s room, 706. read more » Project SEED gives first grant December 12, 2013 — by by: Sudeep Raj Two years ago, senior Nikhil Goel founded Project SEED, or Student Entrepreneurs for Educational Development, with his brother Vishal Goel, who graduated in 2012. They wanted to create student-run businesses while earning money for the school. The project slowly expanded with one business model and many additional members. Eventually, Vishal graduated and turned over the organization to his brother. After cementing the project and proving its viability, Nikhil made current junior Vikram Ramesh the president. In two years, the organization has raised over $3,000 for the school. read more » Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
PE policy remains on hold January 6, 2014 — by Dorrie Tang and Devin Zhao (and Robert Eng) Last year, the school district proposed BP 6146.1, a new policy that required all Saratoga High freshmen to take P.E. But it caused much controversy among many students, parents, coaches, and others, mainly from athletics and band, that it was not successfully passed. read more » Mexico exchange students visit Saratoga January 6, 2014 — by Becky Hoag and Shazia Gupta Before coming to Saratoga on Nov. 18 from his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, BIU senior Andres Martinez wasn’t sure what to expect. Would he like California? What would Saratoga be like? read more » From shame to joy: one grad’s journey December 13, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Michelle Leung 2002 grad Amy Chang faced hardships in high school for her sexual orientation but found acceptance as an adult read more » Culture of judgement December 13, 2013 — by Samuel Liu A girl suffered bullying when her friends turned on her. read more » Reported fire in boys’ bathroom on Dec. 11 December 12, 2013 — by Falcon Staff At roughly 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, students reported seeing a fire in the bathroom across from English teacher Michael Kim’s room, 706. read more » Project SEED gives first grant December 12, 2013 — by by: Sudeep Raj Two years ago, senior Nikhil Goel founded Project SEED, or Student Entrepreneurs for Educational Development, with his brother Vishal Goel, who graduated in 2012. They wanted to create student-run businesses while earning money for the school. The project slowly expanded with one business model and many additional members. Eventually, Vishal graduated and turned over the organization to his brother. After cementing the project and proving its viability, Nikhil made current junior Vikram Ramesh the president. In two years, the organization has raised over $3,000 for the school. read more » Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
Mexico exchange students visit Saratoga January 6, 2014 — by Becky Hoag and Shazia Gupta Before coming to Saratoga on Nov. 18 from his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, BIU senior Andres Martinez wasn’t sure what to expect. Would he like California? What would Saratoga be like? read more » From shame to joy: one grad’s journey December 13, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Michelle Leung 2002 grad Amy Chang faced hardships in high school for her sexual orientation but found acceptance as an adult read more » Culture of judgement December 13, 2013 — by Samuel Liu A girl suffered bullying when her friends turned on her. read more » Reported fire in boys’ bathroom on Dec. 11 December 12, 2013 — by Falcon Staff At roughly 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, students reported seeing a fire in the bathroom across from English teacher Michael Kim’s room, 706. read more » Project SEED gives first grant December 12, 2013 — by by: Sudeep Raj Two years ago, senior Nikhil Goel founded Project SEED, or Student Entrepreneurs for Educational Development, with his brother Vishal Goel, who graduated in 2012. They wanted to create student-run businesses while earning money for the school. The project slowly expanded with one business model and many additional members. Eventually, Vishal graduated and turned over the organization to his brother. After cementing the project and proving its viability, Nikhil made current junior Vikram Ramesh the president. In two years, the organization has raised over $3,000 for the school. read more » Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
From shame to joy: one grad’s journey December 13, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Michelle Leung 2002 grad Amy Chang faced hardships in high school for her sexual orientation but found acceptance as an adult read more » Culture of judgement December 13, 2013 — by Samuel Liu A girl suffered bullying when her friends turned on her. read more » Reported fire in boys’ bathroom on Dec. 11 December 12, 2013 — by Falcon Staff At roughly 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, students reported seeing a fire in the bathroom across from English teacher Michael Kim’s room, 706. read more » Project SEED gives first grant December 12, 2013 — by by: Sudeep Raj Two years ago, senior Nikhil Goel founded Project SEED, or Student Entrepreneurs for Educational Development, with his brother Vishal Goel, who graduated in 2012. They wanted to create student-run businesses while earning money for the school. The project slowly expanded with one business model and many additional members. Eventually, Vishal graduated and turned over the organization to his brother. After cementing the project and proving its viability, Nikhil made current junior Vikram Ramesh the president. In two years, the organization has raised over $3,000 for the school. read more » Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
Culture of judgement December 13, 2013 — by Samuel Liu A girl suffered bullying when her friends turned on her. read more » Reported fire in boys’ bathroom on Dec. 11 December 12, 2013 — by Falcon Staff At roughly 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, students reported seeing a fire in the bathroom across from English teacher Michael Kim’s room, 706. read more » Project SEED gives first grant December 12, 2013 — by by: Sudeep Raj Two years ago, senior Nikhil Goel founded Project SEED, or Student Entrepreneurs for Educational Development, with his brother Vishal Goel, who graduated in 2012. They wanted to create student-run businesses while earning money for the school. The project slowly expanded with one business model and many additional members. Eventually, Vishal graduated and turned over the organization to his brother. After cementing the project and proving its viability, Nikhil made current junior Vikram Ramesh the president. In two years, the organization has raised over $3,000 for the school. read more » Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
Reported fire in boys’ bathroom on Dec. 11 December 12, 2013 — by Falcon Staff At roughly 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, students reported seeing a fire in the bathroom across from English teacher Michael Kim’s room, 706. read more » Project SEED gives first grant December 12, 2013 — by by: Sudeep Raj Two years ago, senior Nikhil Goel founded Project SEED, or Student Entrepreneurs for Educational Development, with his brother Vishal Goel, who graduated in 2012. They wanted to create student-run businesses while earning money for the school. The project slowly expanded with one business model and many additional members. Eventually, Vishal graduated and turned over the organization to his brother. After cementing the project and proving its viability, Nikhil made current junior Vikram Ramesh the president. In two years, the organization has raised over $3,000 for the school. read more » Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
Project SEED gives first grant December 12, 2013 — by by: Sudeep Raj Two years ago, senior Nikhil Goel founded Project SEED, or Student Entrepreneurs for Educational Development, with his brother Vishal Goel, who graduated in 2012. They wanted to create student-run businesses while earning money for the school. The project slowly expanded with one business model and many additional members. Eventually, Vishal graduated and turned over the organization to his brother. After cementing the project and proving its viability, Nikhil made current junior Vikram Ramesh the president. In two years, the organization has raised over $3,000 for the school. read more » Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
Senior’s T-shirts draw laughs December 12, 2013 — by Jay Mulye On one of senior Wesley Chaffin’s shirts, three cartoon boys roast their hot dogs and one of the boys’ weiners falls into the camp fire. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a weiner,” the shirt proclaims. read more » Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding December 11, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert This spring, Paypal's San Jose Headquarters will be packed with high school developers programming in languages like HTML5 and Java. Sophomore Spencer Yen has been recruited by the hackathon to raise interest among other students. read more » Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast
Is it impractical to major in philosophy? Recent grad, now at Stanford, doesn’t think so: A look at Saratoga’s cultural and academic imbalance December 11, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa “Freedom comes in awareness, understanding that which we are subject to if we live passively without attention.” Sound like it was spoken by a true philosopher? Well it was. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...246247248249250...260270280290300...nextlast