Mexico exchange students visit Saratoga December 11, 2013 — 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 » Saratoga Union School District weekly minimum day causes controversy with parents December 11, 2013 — by Sabrina Chen Some parents think it's a bad idea for their kids to have every Wednesday afternoon off read more » CASSY counselors provide therapeutic support for students December 11, 2013 — by Sabrina Chen and Deepti Kannan After the suicide of Audrie Pott in the fall of 2012 and the resulting fallout, the school has employed three counselors from the Counseling and Support Services for Youth (CASSY) in an effort to provide extra therapeutic support on campus. The school offered students access to an on-campus therapist in the past, but with CASSY, three counselors are on campus to help students deal with personal issues. read more » Science teacher scheduled for surgery December 11, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Simi Srivastava Biology and Earth Science teacher Lisa Cochrum was scheduled for an undisclosed major surgery on Friday, Nov. 22, and will not return to school until after holiday break. In order to miss the two weeks of actual teaching, she had to rearrange her curriculum and cram in a lot of material before she left. read more » Spirit week receives mixed opinions December 11, 2013 — by Rohan Hardikar Nov. 18 marked the beginning of the first spirit week of the school year, as students donned mustaches and other forms of facial hair to dress up for Mustache Monday. The rest of the spirit week included Tuesday Mathletes vs Athletes, Western Wednesday, Disney Thursday and Formal Friday. read more » ‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity December 11, 2013 — by Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling On Aug. 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266, an amendment to the California education code that will give transgender students access to sex-segregated bathrooms, sports regardless of their gender at birth. read more » Drama program planning for third student production December 6, 2013 — by Simi Srivastava The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina. read more » ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
Saratoga Union School District weekly minimum day causes controversy with parents December 11, 2013 — by Sabrina Chen Some parents think it's a bad idea for their kids to have every Wednesday afternoon off read more » CASSY counselors provide therapeutic support for students December 11, 2013 — by Sabrina Chen and Deepti Kannan After the suicide of Audrie Pott in the fall of 2012 and the resulting fallout, the school has employed three counselors from the Counseling and Support Services for Youth (CASSY) in an effort to provide extra therapeutic support on campus. The school offered students access to an on-campus therapist in the past, but with CASSY, three counselors are on campus to help students deal with personal issues. read more » Science teacher scheduled for surgery December 11, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Simi Srivastava Biology and Earth Science teacher Lisa Cochrum was scheduled for an undisclosed major surgery on Friday, Nov. 22, and will not return to school until after holiday break. In order to miss the two weeks of actual teaching, she had to rearrange her curriculum and cram in a lot of material before she left. read more » Spirit week receives mixed opinions December 11, 2013 — by Rohan Hardikar Nov. 18 marked the beginning of the first spirit week of the school year, as students donned mustaches and other forms of facial hair to dress up for Mustache Monday. The rest of the spirit week included Tuesday Mathletes vs Athletes, Western Wednesday, Disney Thursday and Formal Friday. read more » ‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity December 11, 2013 — by Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling On Aug. 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266, an amendment to the California education code that will give transgender students access to sex-segregated bathrooms, sports regardless of their gender at birth. read more » Drama program planning for third student production December 6, 2013 — by Simi Srivastava The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina. read more » ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
CASSY counselors provide therapeutic support for students December 11, 2013 — by Sabrina Chen and Deepti Kannan After the suicide of Audrie Pott in the fall of 2012 and the resulting fallout, the school has employed three counselors from the Counseling and Support Services for Youth (CASSY) in an effort to provide extra therapeutic support on campus. The school offered students access to an on-campus therapist in the past, but with CASSY, three counselors are on campus to help students deal with personal issues. read more » Science teacher scheduled for surgery December 11, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Simi Srivastava Biology and Earth Science teacher Lisa Cochrum was scheduled for an undisclosed major surgery on Friday, Nov. 22, and will not return to school until after holiday break. In order to miss the two weeks of actual teaching, she had to rearrange her curriculum and cram in a lot of material before she left. read more » Spirit week receives mixed opinions December 11, 2013 — by Rohan Hardikar Nov. 18 marked the beginning of the first spirit week of the school year, as students donned mustaches and other forms of facial hair to dress up for Mustache Monday. The rest of the spirit week included Tuesday Mathletes vs Athletes, Western Wednesday, Disney Thursday and Formal Friday. read more » ‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity December 11, 2013 — by Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling On Aug. 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266, an amendment to the California education code that will give transgender students access to sex-segregated bathrooms, sports regardless of their gender at birth. read more » Drama program planning for third student production December 6, 2013 — by Simi Srivastava The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina. read more » ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
Science teacher scheduled for surgery December 11, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Simi Srivastava Biology and Earth Science teacher Lisa Cochrum was scheduled for an undisclosed major surgery on Friday, Nov. 22, and will not return to school until after holiday break. In order to miss the two weeks of actual teaching, she had to rearrange her curriculum and cram in a lot of material before she left. read more » Spirit week receives mixed opinions December 11, 2013 — by Rohan Hardikar Nov. 18 marked the beginning of the first spirit week of the school year, as students donned mustaches and other forms of facial hair to dress up for Mustache Monday. The rest of the spirit week included Tuesday Mathletes vs Athletes, Western Wednesday, Disney Thursday and Formal Friday. read more » ‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity December 11, 2013 — by Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling On Aug. 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266, an amendment to the California education code that will give transgender students access to sex-segregated bathrooms, sports regardless of their gender at birth. read more » Drama program planning for third student production December 6, 2013 — by Simi Srivastava The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina. read more » ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
Spirit week receives mixed opinions December 11, 2013 — by Rohan Hardikar Nov. 18 marked the beginning of the first spirit week of the school year, as students donned mustaches and other forms of facial hair to dress up for Mustache Monday. The rest of the spirit week included Tuesday Mathletes vs Athletes, Western Wednesday, Disney Thursday and Formal Friday. read more » ‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity December 11, 2013 — by Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling On Aug. 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266, an amendment to the California education code that will give transgender students access to sex-segregated bathrooms, sports regardless of their gender at birth. read more » Drama program planning for third student production December 6, 2013 — by Simi Srivastava The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina. read more » ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity December 11, 2013 — by Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling On Aug. 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266, an amendment to the California education code that will give transgender students access to sex-segregated bathrooms, sports regardless of their gender at birth. read more » Drama program planning for third student production December 6, 2013 — by Simi Srivastava The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina. read more » ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
Drama program planning for third student production December 6, 2013 — by Simi Srivastava The drama department debuted its second student production “Up” by Bridgette Carpenter on Dec. 5, 6 and 8. The production was directed by senior Ehrland Hollingsworth, and starred juniors Jay Sehmbey and Andrew York, sophomore Emily Ludwig and freshmen Raymond McCarthy, Lea Moustakas and Sarah Traina. read more » ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
ASB begins several seasonal drives December 2, 2013 — by Ariel Liu and Dorrie Tang With the holiday season coming up, the ASB is planning additional drives this year to spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate. On Nov. 5, the ASB started a new drive for Operation Gratitude, which donates leftover Halloween candy to deployed troops overseas. read more » Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
Has anyone ever met math teacher’s push-up challenge? December 2, 2013 — by Michelle Leung and Carolyn Sun For the longest time, math teacher PJ Yim’s so-called push-up challenge remained undefeated. read more » Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast
Falcon Focus: Sophomore in Math Club discusses interest in math November 21, 2013 — by Maya Ravichandran and Rachel Hull Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...248249250251252...260270280290300...nextlast