Falcon wins Silver Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association March 18, 2024 — by Sam Bai and Nicole Lee The newspaper received a Silver Crown award, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) on March 15 at a ceremony in New York City, for the ‘22-’23 newspaper. The award is one of the two major competitions for high school journalism programs, the other being the Pacemaker by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). […] read more » Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » New ASB officers elected for next year March 15, 2024 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Alan Cai The results of a March 7-8 vote for ASB officers in 2024-25 were recently released. Junior Alan Cai will be the ASB president, junior Langdon Huynh will be vice president, sophomore Jena Lew will be secretary and sophomore Anthony Tran will be treasurer. The new ASB team then met to nominate junior Anisa Taymuree and […] read more » Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » New ASB officers elected for next year March 15, 2024 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Alan Cai The results of a March 7-8 vote for ASB officers in 2024-25 were recently released. Junior Alan Cai will be the ASB president, junior Langdon Huynh will be vice president, sophomore Jena Lew will be secretary and sophomore Anthony Tran will be treasurer. The new ASB team then met to nominate junior Anisa Taymuree and […] read more » Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » New ASB officers elected for next year March 15, 2024 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Alan Cai The results of a March 7-8 vote for ASB officers in 2024-25 were recently released. Junior Alan Cai will be the ASB president, junior Langdon Huynh will be vice president, sophomore Jena Lew will be secretary and sophomore Anthony Tran will be treasurer. The new ASB team then met to nominate junior Anisa Taymuree and […] read more » Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » New ASB officers elected for next year March 15, 2024 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Alan Cai The results of a March 7-8 vote for ASB officers in 2024-25 were recently released. Junior Alan Cai will be the ASB president, junior Langdon Huynh will be vice president, sophomore Jena Lew will be secretary and sophomore Anthony Tran will be treasurer. The new ASB team then met to nominate junior Anisa Taymuree and […] read more » Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » New ASB officers elected for next year March 15, 2024 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Alan Cai The results of a March 7-8 vote for ASB officers in 2024-25 were recently released. Junior Alan Cai will be the ASB president, junior Langdon Huynh will be vice president, sophomore Jena Lew will be secretary and sophomore Anthony Tran will be treasurer. The new ASB team then met to nominate junior Anisa Taymuree and […] read more » Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » New ASB officers elected for next year March 15, 2024 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Alan Cai The results of a March 7-8 vote for ASB officers in 2024-25 were recently released. Junior Alan Cai will be the ASB president, junior Langdon Huynh will be vice president, sophomore Jena Lew will be secretary and sophomore Anthony Tran will be treasurer. The new ASB team then met to nominate junior Anisa Taymuree and […] read more » Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
New ASB officers elected for next year March 15, 2024 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Alan Cai The results of a March 7-8 vote for ASB officers in 2024-25 were recently released. Junior Alan Cai will be the ASB president, junior Langdon Huynh will be vice president, sophomore Jena Lew will be secretary and sophomore Anthony Tran will be treasurer. The new ASB team then met to nominate junior Anisa Taymuree and […] read more » Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Soundings exhibition fails to raise enough funds for print issue March 14, 2024 — by Florence Wei The Soundings Art and Literary held its second exhibition on March 1 to fund the annual print issue. The exhibition was estimated to fundraise about $2,000, but massively fell short at $311. After a successful first exhibition in 2023 that raised about $2,000, the Soundings staff continued the exhibition this year with similar features: school […] read more » New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
New math class announced for next year March 14, 2024 — by Alan Cai In February, students finalizing their course selections for next year saw an interesting new addition to the list of mathematics offerings: Finite Math. The newly offered course is intended to be an inclusive class designed to improve mathematics fundamentals. Finite Mathematics aims to replace College Prep Statistics, currently taught by math teacher Seema Patel, a […] read more » Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast
Modern Mystery club ‘solves’ past murder cases, such as the 1969 unsolved Zodiac Killer case of a serial killer March 14, 2024 — by Isabelle Wang and Florence Wei Walking up to the whiteboard, senior president Elsa Fang reads aloud a brief paragraph that sets up a murder mystery featuring serial killer Edmund Kemper, who murdered at least 10 people in California between 1960 and 1970. Fifteen students listen attentively to catch every detail, and fierce discussion soon echoes around the room as they […] read more » previous12345...1020304050...nextlast