School pursues marijuana crackdown March 23, 2009 — by Brian Kim Several students are facing suspension or expulsion after a recent crackdown on the use and sale of marijuana on campus. The investigation has led to a lot of rumor and worry among students and parents. read more » School publication wins prestigious Crown Awards March 23, 2009 — by James Jiang The Falcon has finally brought home a Gold Crown – one of the top awards in scholastic journalism. read more » New classes give variety to student schedules March 20, 2009 — by Grishma Athavale and Ren Norris New classes that are being offered for next year include Japanese 3 Honors, Computer Science AP/A, AP Environmental Science and three new advanced Media Arts Program (MAP) classes: multi-media journalism, advanced digital animation, and filmmaking. read more » Robotics competes in FIRST, their last competition of the year March 20, 2009 — by Kevin Mu Capping off a tumultuous building season delayed by a shortage of funds, the Robotics team finished 31st out of 48 teams at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) regional competition held from March 12 to 14 at the San Jose State Spartan Stadium. read more » Torrens’ class takes new approaches March 19, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar Drivers going by Big Basin in downtown Saratoga two weeks ago saw a huge group of students who may have looked like tourists being led by a tour guide. It turned out history teacher Matt Torrens’ AP US history class was off to downtown Saratoga. The entire class walked at the beginning of class and stopped at the World War I monument near Starbucks. Once there, students listened to Torrens as he went through the history of how the war veterans named on the monument died. Students were surprised to learn that all of these people lived in Saratoga and went to war and were honored through this monument. “I’ve never done anything like this before so it was really cool,” said junior Karen Wai. “School becomes a drag when you have to do the same thing over and over again, so it was nice to have a break and do something different.” read more » Poets’ book published on Mutanabbi Anniversary March 19, 2009 — by Albert Gu and Jenny Zhang After being displayed in San Francisco for several months, poems about downtown Baghdad’s famous Mutanabbi Street, written last year by Judith Sutton’s Poetry 1-3 classes, are back at Saratoga High. The poems were on display at the Saratoga Community Library last year to commemorate the one-year mark for the tragic incident and were on display in the school library from Feb. 27 to Mar. 6 this year for the event’s second anniversary. read more » Saratoga becomes “Distinguished” March 18, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Kavya Nagarajan For the first time in many years, the school has become a California Distinguished School again. “I’ve always known that Saratoga High is a distinguished and special school,” said principal Jeff Anderson, “so I decided that it was about time that we got an official recognition of it.” read more » Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
School publication wins prestigious Crown Awards March 23, 2009 — by James Jiang The Falcon has finally brought home a Gold Crown – one of the top awards in scholastic journalism. read more » New classes give variety to student schedules March 20, 2009 — by Grishma Athavale and Ren Norris New classes that are being offered for next year include Japanese 3 Honors, Computer Science AP/A, AP Environmental Science and three new advanced Media Arts Program (MAP) classes: multi-media journalism, advanced digital animation, and filmmaking. read more » Robotics competes in FIRST, their last competition of the year March 20, 2009 — by Kevin Mu Capping off a tumultuous building season delayed by a shortage of funds, the Robotics team finished 31st out of 48 teams at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) regional competition held from March 12 to 14 at the San Jose State Spartan Stadium. read more » Torrens’ class takes new approaches March 19, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar Drivers going by Big Basin in downtown Saratoga two weeks ago saw a huge group of students who may have looked like tourists being led by a tour guide. It turned out history teacher Matt Torrens’ AP US history class was off to downtown Saratoga. The entire class walked at the beginning of class and stopped at the World War I monument near Starbucks. Once there, students listened to Torrens as he went through the history of how the war veterans named on the monument died. Students were surprised to learn that all of these people lived in Saratoga and went to war and were honored through this monument. “I’ve never done anything like this before so it was really cool,” said junior Karen Wai. “School becomes a drag when you have to do the same thing over and over again, so it was nice to have a break and do something different.” read more » Poets’ book published on Mutanabbi Anniversary March 19, 2009 — by Albert Gu and Jenny Zhang After being displayed in San Francisco for several months, poems about downtown Baghdad’s famous Mutanabbi Street, written last year by Judith Sutton’s Poetry 1-3 classes, are back at Saratoga High. The poems were on display at the Saratoga Community Library last year to commemorate the one-year mark for the tragic incident and were on display in the school library from Feb. 27 to Mar. 6 this year for the event’s second anniversary. read more » Saratoga becomes “Distinguished” March 18, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Kavya Nagarajan For the first time in many years, the school has become a California Distinguished School again. “I’ve always known that Saratoga High is a distinguished and special school,” said principal Jeff Anderson, “so I decided that it was about time that we got an official recognition of it.” read more » Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
New classes give variety to student schedules March 20, 2009 — by Grishma Athavale and Ren Norris New classes that are being offered for next year include Japanese 3 Honors, Computer Science AP/A, AP Environmental Science and three new advanced Media Arts Program (MAP) classes: multi-media journalism, advanced digital animation, and filmmaking. read more » Robotics competes in FIRST, their last competition of the year March 20, 2009 — by Kevin Mu Capping off a tumultuous building season delayed by a shortage of funds, the Robotics team finished 31st out of 48 teams at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) regional competition held from March 12 to 14 at the San Jose State Spartan Stadium. read more » Torrens’ class takes new approaches March 19, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar Drivers going by Big Basin in downtown Saratoga two weeks ago saw a huge group of students who may have looked like tourists being led by a tour guide. It turned out history teacher Matt Torrens’ AP US history class was off to downtown Saratoga. The entire class walked at the beginning of class and stopped at the World War I monument near Starbucks. Once there, students listened to Torrens as he went through the history of how the war veterans named on the monument died. Students were surprised to learn that all of these people lived in Saratoga and went to war and were honored through this monument. “I’ve never done anything like this before so it was really cool,” said junior Karen Wai. “School becomes a drag when you have to do the same thing over and over again, so it was nice to have a break and do something different.” read more » Poets’ book published on Mutanabbi Anniversary March 19, 2009 — by Albert Gu and Jenny Zhang After being displayed in San Francisco for several months, poems about downtown Baghdad’s famous Mutanabbi Street, written last year by Judith Sutton’s Poetry 1-3 classes, are back at Saratoga High. The poems were on display at the Saratoga Community Library last year to commemorate the one-year mark for the tragic incident and were on display in the school library from Feb. 27 to Mar. 6 this year for the event’s second anniversary. read more » Saratoga becomes “Distinguished” March 18, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Kavya Nagarajan For the first time in many years, the school has become a California Distinguished School again. “I’ve always known that Saratoga High is a distinguished and special school,” said principal Jeff Anderson, “so I decided that it was about time that we got an official recognition of it.” read more » Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
Robotics competes in FIRST, their last competition of the year March 20, 2009 — by Kevin Mu Capping off a tumultuous building season delayed by a shortage of funds, the Robotics team finished 31st out of 48 teams at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) regional competition held from March 12 to 14 at the San Jose State Spartan Stadium. read more » Torrens’ class takes new approaches March 19, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar Drivers going by Big Basin in downtown Saratoga two weeks ago saw a huge group of students who may have looked like tourists being led by a tour guide. It turned out history teacher Matt Torrens’ AP US history class was off to downtown Saratoga. The entire class walked at the beginning of class and stopped at the World War I monument near Starbucks. Once there, students listened to Torrens as he went through the history of how the war veterans named on the monument died. Students were surprised to learn that all of these people lived in Saratoga and went to war and were honored through this monument. “I’ve never done anything like this before so it was really cool,” said junior Karen Wai. “School becomes a drag when you have to do the same thing over and over again, so it was nice to have a break and do something different.” read more » Poets’ book published on Mutanabbi Anniversary March 19, 2009 — by Albert Gu and Jenny Zhang After being displayed in San Francisco for several months, poems about downtown Baghdad’s famous Mutanabbi Street, written last year by Judith Sutton’s Poetry 1-3 classes, are back at Saratoga High. The poems were on display at the Saratoga Community Library last year to commemorate the one-year mark for the tragic incident and were on display in the school library from Feb. 27 to Mar. 6 this year for the event’s second anniversary. read more » Saratoga becomes “Distinguished” March 18, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Kavya Nagarajan For the first time in many years, the school has become a California Distinguished School again. “I’ve always known that Saratoga High is a distinguished and special school,” said principal Jeff Anderson, “so I decided that it was about time that we got an official recognition of it.” read more » Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
Torrens’ class takes new approaches March 19, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar Drivers going by Big Basin in downtown Saratoga two weeks ago saw a huge group of students who may have looked like tourists being led by a tour guide. It turned out history teacher Matt Torrens’ AP US history class was off to downtown Saratoga. The entire class walked at the beginning of class and stopped at the World War I monument near Starbucks. Once there, students listened to Torrens as he went through the history of how the war veterans named on the monument died. Students were surprised to learn that all of these people lived in Saratoga and went to war and were honored through this monument. “I’ve never done anything like this before so it was really cool,” said junior Karen Wai. “School becomes a drag when you have to do the same thing over and over again, so it was nice to have a break and do something different.” read more » Poets’ book published on Mutanabbi Anniversary March 19, 2009 — by Albert Gu and Jenny Zhang After being displayed in San Francisco for several months, poems about downtown Baghdad’s famous Mutanabbi Street, written last year by Judith Sutton’s Poetry 1-3 classes, are back at Saratoga High. The poems were on display at the Saratoga Community Library last year to commemorate the one-year mark for the tragic incident and were on display in the school library from Feb. 27 to Mar. 6 this year for the event’s second anniversary. read more » Saratoga becomes “Distinguished” March 18, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Kavya Nagarajan For the first time in many years, the school has become a California Distinguished School again. “I’ve always known that Saratoga High is a distinguished and special school,” said principal Jeff Anderson, “so I decided that it was about time that we got an official recognition of it.” read more » Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
Poets’ book published on Mutanabbi Anniversary March 19, 2009 — by Albert Gu and Jenny Zhang After being displayed in San Francisco for several months, poems about downtown Baghdad’s famous Mutanabbi Street, written last year by Judith Sutton’s Poetry 1-3 classes, are back at Saratoga High. The poems were on display at the Saratoga Community Library last year to commemorate the one-year mark for the tragic incident and were on display in the school library from Feb. 27 to Mar. 6 this year for the event’s second anniversary. read more » Saratoga becomes “Distinguished” March 18, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Kavya Nagarajan For the first time in many years, the school has become a California Distinguished School again. “I’ve always known that Saratoga High is a distinguished and special school,” said principal Jeff Anderson, “so I decided that it was about time that we got an official recognition of it.” read more » Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
Saratoga becomes “Distinguished” March 18, 2009 — by Saniha Shankar and Kavya Nagarajan For the first time in many years, the school has become a California Distinguished School again. “I’ve always known that Saratoga High is a distinguished and special school,” said principal Jeff Anderson, “so I decided that it was about time that we got an official recognition of it.” read more » Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
Risk of salmonella worries cookie dough lovers March 16, 2009 — by Annie Lee Hundreds of boxes of fundraising peanut butter cookie dough for the school’s music department have been recalled because of the possible risk of salmonella infection in late January. However, although the company offered to collect the boxes of cookie dough as a precaution, no boxes of cookie dough have been turned in, according to the music department. read more » Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
Junior makes top 10 in literature contest March 13, 2009 — by Brandon Yang When English teacher Natasha Ritchie gave her English 11 Honors class a “practice write” assignment last November, junior Steven Hong thought it was just another 800-word essay assignment. So a few months later, in February, when Ritchie congratulated several of her students for making it to the state level in a contest, Hong was confused at first, like a few other students who had advanced. “I completely forgot because I wrote the letter sometime in first semester,” said Hong. “And it took a while before I even remembered what my essay was about.” read more » Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast
Jazz Cabaret a success March 12, 2009 — by Girish Swaminath and Tiffany Tung The annual Jazz Cabaret and Swing Dance was held on March 7 in the Large Gym and showcased the musical talents of the Jazz Bands I and II, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Concert Choir, the Redwood Middle School Band and a community band. Music Boosters were mainly responsible for the organization of the event and provided the refreshments and snacks and sold tickets at the door, which were $10 for students. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...367368369370371...380390...nextlast