History in the making: 15 students qualify for state History Day competition April 6, 2010 — by Parul Singh and Synthia Ling "And for individual paper, Stephen Louie." said the announcer. Honored and shocked, junior Stephen Louie was so amazed he started physically shaking as he went up to collect his ribbon at the annual Santa Clara County History Day competition. At the competition, which occurred on March 20 at Lincoln High School , Louie, along with 14 other Saratoga students qualified for the state History Day competition in Pasadena on May 8. read more » Alumni offer perspectives on their college experiences April 5, 2010 — by Lillian Chen and Girish Swaminath A series of alumni speakers were invited to the school's College and Career Center during their spring breaks recently to describe their college experiences. The College and Career Center coordinator, Bonnie Sheikh, called the visits "a great opportunity for [students] to talk to alumni" and gain "a practical perspective." Sheikh brought in speakers by asking PTSO parents if they had older kids who would be willing to speak and also sending messages through the online program Naviance. read more » Grad Night organizers work behind the scene April 5, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim As the senior class steadily approaches graduation, a group of hard-working organizers is putting in hours and hours hours each week to create a memorable Grad Night for the class of 2010. One of the many parent volunteers, Maya Baba, explained the process of planning this unforgettable night. "We start planning for it around June [the year before], when parents get together to create the themes and decorations," she said. As soon as the general idea of the night gets finalized, the team of parents begins working on the year-long project. read more » All ASB officers run—and win— in unopposed races April 2, 2010 — by Pia Mishra and Jenny Zhang For the first time in school history, each position for next year's ASB had only one candidate and everyone ran unopposed. read more » Saratoga’s Got Talent April 2, 2010 — by Olivia Chock and Saniha Shankar For those who missed out on Saratoga Idol, there's now another chance to see the high school's local talent. The senior class' first annual talent show will be held on Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the McAfee Center. On March 31, the senior class held auditions for the show. Prospective participants included singers, dancers, impersonators and many more. "There were about 20 acts that came to try out so I was pretty happy with the results overall," said senior Chelsea Sabella. "For the show we probably have around 15 acts." read more » Drama students perform at thespian conference in Southern California April 2, 2010 — by Christine Bancroft Twelve SHS drama students arrived at an Ontario theater in Southern California on March 25 armed with songs and others with monologues and ready to see how their see how their work compared to drama students throughout the state. read more » Winterguard triumphantly brings season to a close April 2, 2010 — by Alex Ju After coaches made drastic changes this year in Winterguard and split the group into both a varsity and JV team, the team's strong finish at the San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review (SJVCGPR) Championships on March 26 showed how far the group had come. read more » Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Alumni offer perspectives on their college experiences April 5, 2010 — by Lillian Chen and Girish Swaminath A series of alumni speakers were invited to the school's College and Career Center during their spring breaks recently to describe their college experiences. The College and Career Center coordinator, Bonnie Sheikh, called the visits "a great opportunity for [students] to talk to alumni" and gain "a practical perspective." Sheikh brought in speakers by asking PTSO parents if they had older kids who would be willing to speak and also sending messages through the online program Naviance. read more » Grad Night organizers work behind the scene April 5, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim As the senior class steadily approaches graduation, a group of hard-working organizers is putting in hours and hours hours each week to create a memorable Grad Night for the class of 2010. One of the many parent volunteers, Maya Baba, explained the process of planning this unforgettable night. "We start planning for it around June [the year before], when parents get together to create the themes and decorations," she said. As soon as the general idea of the night gets finalized, the team of parents begins working on the year-long project. read more » All ASB officers run—and win— in unopposed races April 2, 2010 — by Pia Mishra and Jenny Zhang For the first time in school history, each position for next year's ASB had only one candidate and everyone ran unopposed. read more » Saratoga’s Got Talent April 2, 2010 — by Olivia Chock and Saniha Shankar For those who missed out on Saratoga Idol, there's now another chance to see the high school's local talent. The senior class' first annual talent show will be held on Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the McAfee Center. On March 31, the senior class held auditions for the show. Prospective participants included singers, dancers, impersonators and many more. "There were about 20 acts that came to try out so I was pretty happy with the results overall," said senior Chelsea Sabella. "For the show we probably have around 15 acts." read more » Drama students perform at thespian conference in Southern California April 2, 2010 — by Christine Bancroft Twelve SHS drama students arrived at an Ontario theater in Southern California on March 25 armed with songs and others with monologues and ready to see how their see how their work compared to drama students throughout the state. read more » Winterguard triumphantly brings season to a close April 2, 2010 — by Alex Ju After coaches made drastic changes this year in Winterguard and split the group into both a varsity and JV team, the team's strong finish at the San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review (SJVCGPR) Championships on March 26 showed how far the group had come. read more » Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Grad Night organizers work behind the scene April 5, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim As the senior class steadily approaches graduation, a group of hard-working organizers is putting in hours and hours hours each week to create a memorable Grad Night for the class of 2010. One of the many parent volunteers, Maya Baba, explained the process of planning this unforgettable night. "We start planning for it around June [the year before], when parents get together to create the themes and decorations," she said. As soon as the general idea of the night gets finalized, the team of parents begins working on the year-long project. read more » All ASB officers run—and win— in unopposed races April 2, 2010 — by Pia Mishra and Jenny Zhang For the first time in school history, each position for next year's ASB had only one candidate and everyone ran unopposed. read more » Saratoga’s Got Talent April 2, 2010 — by Olivia Chock and Saniha Shankar For those who missed out on Saratoga Idol, there's now another chance to see the high school's local talent. The senior class' first annual talent show will be held on Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the McAfee Center. On March 31, the senior class held auditions for the show. Prospective participants included singers, dancers, impersonators and many more. "There were about 20 acts that came to try out so I was pretty happy with the results overall," said senior Chelsea Sabella. "For the show we probably have around 15 acts." read more » Drama students perform at thespian conference in Southern California April 2, 2010 — by Christine Bancroft Twelve SHS drama students arrived at an Ontario theater in Southern California on March 25 armed with songs and others with monologues and ready to see how their see how their work compared to drama students throughout the state. read more » Winterguard triumphantly brings season to a close April 2, 2010 — by Alex Ju After coaches made drastic changes this year in Winterguard and split the group into both a varsity and JV team, the team's strong finish at the San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review (SJVCGPR) Championships on March 26 showed how far the group had come. read more » Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
All ASB officers run—and win— in unopposed races April 2, 2010 — by Pia Mishra and Jenny Zhang For the first time in school history, each position for next year's ASB had only one candidate and everyone ran unopposed. read more » Saratoga’s Got Talent April 2, 2010 — by Olivia Chock and Saniha Shankar For those who missed out on Saratoga Idol, there's now another chance to see the high school's local talent. The senior class' first annual talent show will be held on Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the McAfee Center. On March 31, the senior class held auditions for the show. Prospective participants included singers, dancers, impersonators and many more. "There were about 20 acts that came to try out so I was pretty happy with the results overall," said senior Chelsea Sabella. "For the show we probably have around 15 acts." read more » Drama students perform at thespian conference in Southern California April 2, 2010 — by Christine Bancroft Twelve SHS drama students arrived at an Ontario theater in Southern California on March 25 armed with songs and others with monologues and ready to see how their see how their work compared to drama students throughout the state. read more » Winterguard triumphantly brings season to a close April 2, 2010 — by Alex Ju After coaches made drastic changes this year in Winterguard and split the group into both a varsity and JV team, the team's strong finish at the San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review (SJVCGPR) Championships on March 26 showed how far the group had come. read more » Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Saratoga’s Got Talent April 2, 2010 — by Olivia Chock and Saniha Shankar For those who missed out on Saratoga Idol, there's now another chance to see the high school's local talent. The senior class' first annual talent show will be held on Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the McAfee Center. On March 31, the senior class held auditions for the show. Prospective participants included singers, dancers, impersonators and many more. "There were about 20 acts that came to try out so I was pretty happy with the results overall," said senior Chelsea Sabella. "For the show we probably have around 15 acts." read more » Drama students perform at thespian conference in Southern California April 2, 2010 — by Christine Bancroft Twelve SHS drama students arrived at an Ontario theater in Southern California on March 25 armed with songs and others with monologues and ready to see how their see how their work compared to drama students throughout the state. read more » Winterguard triumphantly brings season to a close April 2, 2010 — by Alex Ju After coaches made drastic changes this year in Winterguard and split the group into both a varsity and JV team, the team's strong finish at the San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review (SJVCGPR) Championships on March 26 showed how far the group had come. read more » Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Drama students perform at thespian conference in Southern California April 2, 2010 — by Christine Bancroft Twelve SHS drama students arrived at an Ontario theater in Southern California on March 25 armed with songs and others with monologues and ready to see how their see how their work compared to drama students throughout the state. read more » Winterguard triumphantly brings season to a close April 2, 2010 — by Alex Ju After coaches made drastic changes this year in Winterguard and split the group into both a varsity and JV team, the team's strong finish at the San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review (SJVCGPR) Championships on March 26 showed how far the group had come. read more » Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Winterguard triumphantly brings season to a close April 2, 2010 — by Alex Ju After coaches made drastic changes this year in Winterguard and split the group into both a varsity and JV team, the team's strong finish at the San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review (SJVCGPR) Championships on March 26 showed how far the group had come. read more » Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Crazy spring schedule for SHS music department end in April reward April 1, 2010 — by Kyumin Shim The music department can finally heave a sigh of relief as soon as April is here. The entire month of March was filled with concerts and competitions such as the California Music Ensemble Association for all departments, after preparing the pieces since January. In the week of March 15, Symphonic Bands and Orchestras held concerts on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Wind Ensemble played a complicated yet fun piece by a contemporary composer, Mazlanka. read more » Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Senior class holds drawing that gives away Macbooks and iPods as fundraiser March 31, 2010 — by Lillian Chen Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize. read more » Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast
Education crisis hurting teachers looking for jobs March 31, 2010 — by Anoop Galivanche and Parul Singh A chain reaction involving the economic crisis and rapidly falling education budgets has hit the teachers entering the field hard. While teachers already with a job are mostly manging to hang on to them, it has become increasingly difficult for new teachers to enter the field since most schools are not hiring. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...341342343344345...350360370380390...nextlast