2006 SHS alumnus wins Rhodes Scholarship—the 4th grad to win in 10 years December 15, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Christine Tseng Henry Barmeier, a senior at Princeton University and 2006 SHS alumnus, was recently named one of the 32 Rhodes Scholars in the U.S. for this year. Barmeier becomes the fourth Saratoga High graduate to be honored as a Rhodes Scholar, joining the ranks of former honorees Ankur Luther (Class of '99), who went to UC Berkeley, Betsy Masiello (Class of '99), who went to Wellesley and Chelsea Purvis, (Class of '01) who is currently attending Yale Law School. read more » Faithwalk stages the story of Christmas December 10, 2009 — by Parul Singh and Denise Lin A figure dressed in billowing white robes emerged from stage right. The crowd admired junior Tim Rollinson as he gracefully "floated" into the middle of Lisa Cochrum's science classroom on roller skates as the angel Gabriel and winded skillfully in and out of the tables. He swooped into center stage and beckoned for a couple of actresses to kneel. read more » Crazy about crepes: Club celebrates French week December 10, 2009 — by Parul Singh and Denise Lin A crowd gathered at the top of the quad steps Nov. 30, waiting in line to buy plates of chocolatey, whipped cream goodness. Students got a good taste of French culture through gooey mouthfuls of crepe, a traditional French food. The crepe sale put on by the French club also included items such as hot chocolate, cookies, large cookies and pieces of baguette with Nutella. Junior Cassie Tran, who helped out during 6th and 7th period, said she decided to sell crepes because they usually "sell really well." The crepe sale had a nobler purpose, however. read more » School’s filters relaxed to allow YouTube December 10, 2009 — by Ben Clement If students are spending more time watching YouTube videos and clips on school computers this year, it's because the school decided to reverse an earlier decision to block the popular site at school. Previously YouTube was open only for teachers, but administrators made change when these restrictions proved to be inefficient when, for example, students were unable to access various web sites that teachers wanted to use in their lesson plans. “We were spending a lot of time managing who could and could not access material that was mutually beneficial,” said principal Jeff Anderson. read more » Guidance departments makes scholarships easier to find and apply for online December 10, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan The world of scholarships is so vast that every high school works to find the best way to get information out to its students. This year, the guidance department has made some major changes such as reorganizing its webpage on the school's website and making the process of applying for scholarships easier. read more » New club DECA gets down to business December 10, 2009 — by Lillian Chen Junior Karthik Annaamalai first learned about the DECA club from some friends at Monta Vista High School. Inspired by Monta Vista High’s huge DECA program, Annaamalai believed DECA would be a great club to start here. With the help of juniors Harshil Sahai, Pia Mishra, Cassie Tran and friends at Monta Vista, Annaamalai worked to add DECA (which is in fact not an acronym) as an official club this past October. DECA helps students who have an interest in business, managing, marketing and entrepreneurship can gain more experience in the business world. read more » Petite flute player makes big switch to the tuba December 10, 2009 — by Kyumin Shim and Amanda Yi Standing a mere 5 feet 2 inches, junior Neya Vishwanath strolls into the room to pick up her instrument. With her small hands, she finds her case, opens it and pulls out her… tuba? At the beginning of the 2008 season, Vishwanath decided to stop playing flute for marching band and instead try the tuba. “Freshman year, flute was really fun and I really liked the section, because I played flute for SWE, [symphonic wind ensemble], as well, so I figured I should do something different for marching [band],” said Vishwanath. read more » Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
Faithwalk stages the story of Christmas December 10, 2009 — by Parul Singh and Denise Lin A figure dressed in billowing white robes emerged from stage right. The crowd admired junior Tim Rollinson as he gracefully "floated" into the middle of Lisa Cochrum's science classroom on roller skates as the angel Gabriel and winded skillfully in and out of the tables. He swooped into center stage and beckoned for a couple of actresses to kneel. read more » Crazy about crepes: Club celebrates French week December 10, 2009 — by Parul Singh and Denise Lin A crowd gathered at the top of the quad steps Nov. 30, waiting in line to buy plates of chocolatey, whipped cream goodness. Students got a good taste of French culture through gooey mouthfuls of crepe, a traditional French food. The crepe sale put on by the French club also included items such as hot chocolate, cookies, large cookies and pieces of baguette with Nutella. Junior Cassie Tran, who helped out during 6th and 7th period, said she decided to sell crepes because they usually "sell really well." The crepe sale had a nobler purpose, however. read more » School’s filters relaxed to allow YouTube December 10, 2009 — by Ben Clement If students are spending more time watching YouTube videos and clips on school computers this year, it's because the school decided to reverse an earlier decision to block the popular site at school. Previously YouTube was open only for teachers, but administrators made change when these restrictions proved to be inefficient when, for example, students were unable to access various web sites that teachers wanted to use in their lesson plans. “We were spending a lot of time managing who could and could not access material that was mutually beneficial,” said principal Jeff Anderson. read more » Guidance departments makes scholarships easier to find and apply for online December 10, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan The world of scholarships is so vast that every high school works to find the best way to get information out to its students. This year, the guidance department has made some major changes such as reorganizing its webpage on the school's website and making the process of applying for scholarships easier. read more » New club DECA gets down to business December 10, 2009 — by Lillian Chen Junior Karthik Annaamalai first learned about the DECA club from some friends at Monta Vista High School. Inspired by Monta Vista High’s huge DECA program, Annaamalai believed DECA would be a great club to start here. With the help of juniors Harshil Sahai, Pia Mishra, Cassie Tran and friends at Monta Vista, Annaamalai worked to add DECA (which is in fact not an acronym) as an official club this past October. DECA helps students who have an interest in business, managing, marketing and entrepreneurship can gain more experience in the business world. read more » Petite flute player makes big switch to the tuba December 10, 2009 — by Kyumin Shim and Amanda Yi Standing a mere 5 feet 2 inches, junior Neya Vishwanath strolls into the room to pick up her instrument. With her small hands, she finds her case, opens it and pulls out her… tuba? At the beginning of the 2008 season, Vishwanath decided to stop playing flute for marching band and instead try the tuba. “Freshman year, flute was really fun and I really liked the section, because I played flute for SWE, [symphonic wind ensemble], as well, so I figured I should do something different for marching [band],” said Vishwanath. read more » Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
Crazy about crepes: Club celebrates French week December 10, 2009 — by Parul Singh and Denise Lin A crowd gathered at the top of the quad steps Nov. 30, waiting in line to buy plates of chocolatey, whipped cream goodness. Students got a good taste of French culture through gooey mouthfuls of crepe, a traditional French food. The crepe sale put on by the French club also included items such as hot chocolate, cookies, large cookies and pieces of baguette with Nutella. Junior Cassie Tran, who helped out during 6th and 7th period, said she decided to sell crepes because they usually "sell really well." The crepe sale had a nobler purpose, however. read more » School’s filters relaxed to allow YouTube December 10, 2009 — by Ben Clement If students are spending more time watching YouTube videos and clips on school computers this year, it's because the school decided to reverse an earlier decision to block the popular site at school. Previously YouTube was open only for teachers, but administrators made change when these restrictions proved to be inefficient when, for example, students were unable to access various web sites that teachers wanted to use in their lesson plans. “We were spending a lot of time managing who could and could not access material that was mutually beneficial,” said principal Jeff Anderson. read more » Guidance departments makes scholarships easier to find and apply for online December 10, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan The world of scholarships is so vast that every high school works to find the best way to get information out to its students. This year, the guidance department has made some major changes such as reorganizing its webpage on the school's website and making the process of applying for scholarships easier. read more » New club DECA gets down to business December 10, 2009 — by Lillian Chen Junior Karthik Annaamalai first learned about the DECA club from some friends at Monta Vista High School. Inspired by Monta Vista High’s huge DECA program, Annaamalai believed DECA would be a great club to start here. With the help of juniors Harshil Sahai, Pia Mishra, Cassie Tran and friends at Monta Vista, Annaamalai worked to add DECA (which is in fact not an acronym) as an official club this past October. DECA helps students who have an interest in business, managing, marketing and entrepreneurship can gain more experience in the business world. read more » Petite flute player makes big switch to the tuba December 10, 2009 — by Kyumin Shim and Amanda Yi Standing a mere 5 feet 2 inches, junior Neya Vishwanath strolls into the room to pick up her instrument. With her small hands, she finds her case, opens it and pulls out her… tuba? At the beginning of the 2008 season, Vishwanath decided to stop playing flute for marching band and instead try the tuba. “Freshman year, flute was really fun and I really liked the section, because I played flute for SWE, [symphonic wind ensemble], as well, so I figured I should do something different for marching [band],” said Vishwanath. read more » Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
School’s filters relaxed to allow YouTube December 10, 2009 — by Ben Clement If students are spending more time watching YouTube videos and clips on school computers this year, it's because the school decided to reverse an earlier decision to block the popular site at school. Previously YouTube was open only for teachers, but administrators made change when these restrictions proved to be inefficient when, for example, students were unable to access various web sites that teachers wanted to use in their lesson plans. “We were spending a lot of time managing who could and could not access material that was mutually beneficial,” said principal Jeff Anderson. read more » Guidance departments makes scholarships easier to find and apply for online December 10, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan The world of scholarships is so vast that every high school works to find the best way to get information out to its students. This year, the guidance department has made some major changes such as reorganizing its webpage on the school's website and making the process of applying for scholarships easier. read more » New club DECA gets down to business December 10, 2009 — by Lillian Chen Junior Karthik Annaamalai first learned about the DECA club from some friends at Monta Vista High School. Inspired by Monta Vista High’s huge DECA program, Annaamalai believed DECA would be a great club to start here. With the help of juniors Harshil Sahai, Pia Mishra, Cassie Tran and friends at Monta Vista, Annaamalai worked to add DECA (which is in fact not an acronym) as an official club this past October. DECA helps students who have an interest in business, managing, marketing and entrepreneurship can gain more experience in the business world. read more » Petite flute player makes big switch to the tuba December 10, 2009 — by Kyumin Shim and Amanda Yi Standing a mere 5 feet 2 inches, junior Neya Vishwanath strolls into the room to pick up her instrument. With her small hands, she finds her case, opens it and pulls out her… tuba? At the beginning of the 2008 season, Vishwanath decided to stop playing flute for marching band and instead try the tuba. “Freshman year, flute was really fun and I really liked the section, because I played flute for SWE, [symphonic wind ensemble], as well, so I figured I should do something different for marching [band],” said Vishwanath. read more » Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
Guidance departments makes scholarships easier to find and apply for online December 10, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan The world of scholarships is so vast that every high school works to find the best way to get information out to its students. This year, the guidance department has made some major changes such as reorganizing its webpage on the school's website and making the process of applying for scholarships easier. read more » New club DECA gets down to business December 10, 2009 — by Lillian Chen Junior Karthik Annaamalai first learned about the DECA club from some friends at Monta Vista High School. Inspired by Monta Vista High’s huge DECA program, Annaamalai believed DECA would be a great club to start here. With the help of juniors Harshil Sahai, Pia Mishra, Cassie Tran and friends at Monta Vista, Annaamalai worked to add DECA (which is in fact not an acronym) as an official club this past October. DECA helps students who have an interest in business, managing, marketing and entrepreneurship can gain more experience in the business world. read more » Petite flute player makes big switch to the tuba December 10, 2009 — by Kyumin Shim and Amanda Yi Standing a mere 5 feet 2 inches, junior Neya Vishwanath strolls into the room to pick up her instrument. With her small hands, she finds her case, opens it and pulls out her… tuba? At the beginning of the 2008 season, Vishwanath decided to stop playing flute for marching band and instead try the tuba. “Freshman year, flute was really fun and I really liked the section, because I played flute for SWE, [symphonic wind ensemble], as well, so I figured I should do something different for marching [band],” said Vishwanath. read more » Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
New club DECA gets down to business December 10, 2009 — by Lillian Chen Junior Karthik Annaamalai first learned about the DECA club from some friends at Monta Vista High School. Inspired by Monta Vista High’s huge DECA program, Annaamalai believed DECA would be a great club to start here. With the help of juniors Harshil Sahai, Pia Mishra, Cassie Tran and friends at Monta Vista, Annaamalai worked to add DECA (which is in fact not an acronym) as an official club this past October. DECA helps students who have an interest in business, managing, marketing and entrepreneurship can gain more experience in the business world. read more » Petite flute player makes big switch to the tuba December 10, 2009 — by Kyumin Shim and Amanda Yi Standing a mere 5 feet 2 inches, junior Neya Vishwanath strolls into the room to pick up her instrument. With her small hands, she finds her case, opens it and pulls out her… tuba? At the beginning of the 2008 season, Vishwanath decided to stop playing flute for marching band and instead try the tuba. “Freshman year, flute was really fun and I really liked the section, because I played flute for SWE, [symphonic wind ensemble], as well, so I figured I should do something different for marching [band],” said Vishwanath. read more » Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
Petite flute player makes big switch to the tuba December 10, 2009 — by Kyumin Shim and Amanda Yi Standing a mere 5 feet 2 inches, junior Neya Vishwanath strolls into the room to pick up her instrument. With her small hands, she finds her case, opens it and pulls out her… tuba? At the beginning of the 2008 season, Vishwanath decided to stop playing flute for marching band and instead try the tuba. “Freshman year, flute was really fun and I really liked the section, because I played flute for SWE, [symphonic wind ensemble], as well, so I figured I should do something different for marching [band],” said Vishwanath. read more » Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
Speaker delivers the latest on 3D technology and 3D TV December 10, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath Gary Sasaki, the founder of a digital entertainment consulting company known as DIGDIA, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of 3D movies and television at the second Industry and Academia Connections Program (IACP) meeting in library on Dec. 9. Sasaki described different forms of 3D visuals and how they could be viewed. Senior Christine La was one of 10 students who attended the presentation. "We learned quite a lot about the glasses people use to view 3D items and [Sasaki] even proposed that people can see 3D graphics without glasses," said La. read more » Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
Saratoga Winterguard looking forward to upcoming season December 9, 2009 — by Alex Ju Members of the Winterguard are looking forward to a promising season after placing 4th during field season at the Western Band Association Championships in Clovis on Nov. 21. "I couldn't be more excited about the outcome of the season and am really happy with the improvement all the kids have made," said instructor Tony Crapo, new this year to Saratoga High. Winterguard differs from Color Guard by moving off the field and onto a large indoor floor. More up close and without the band, it focuses solely on the guard, which dances and spins flags, rifles and sabres. read more » Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast
Leadership class works to make the holiday season more inclusive of different cultures December 8, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath The winter holidays aren't only about Christmas. That's the message the leadership class is trying to convey this month with numerous posters around campus about other winter holidays such as Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day, Las Posadas, La Befana, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. "[This project] was a joint effort of several clubs, including Italian Club, Spanish Club, Diversity Task Force and Multicultural Club," said senior Rebecca Amato. "We just wanted to create more awareness about other holidays and encourage people to celebrate other holidays in addition to Christmas." read more » firstprevious...1020304050...350351352353354...360370380390...nextlast