Newly credentialed social studies teacher fills in January 24, 2022 — by Martin Xu After recently graduating from San Jose State University’s Teacher Credential program, social studies teacher Bismah Siddiqi was hired as a long-term sub in January to teach the classes of longtime teacher Todd Dwyer, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in December. Siddiqi teaches four periods of world geography and one period of economics. She hopes […] read more » Community mourns death of 23-year veteran teacher Todd Dwyer January 23, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Atrey Desai The school is mourning the death of longtime teacher Todd Dwyer, who passed away at age 60 on Dec. 10. Dwyer carved a unique career path and held occupations ranging from military service to a construction worker to a social studies teacher. He is survived by his mother, brother, wife, children and granddaughter. Throughout his […] read more » More 12- to 15-year-old get booster shots following recent approval January 21, 2022 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Selina Chen The school partnered with Safeway to host a COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Clinic on Jan. 22, following the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s approval earlier in the month of Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots for 12- to 15-year olds. Students who have just become eligible are now receiving their boosters to enhance protection against the omicron variant; […] read more » Speak Up For Change reveals this year’s theme: Stepping Forward January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai During the 2022 Speak Up for Change assembly on Feb. 4, students will share their experiences overcoming adversities related to the theme “Stepping Forward,” which emphasizes the importance of openly discussing mental health in order to break its stigma. The event is slated to take place outdoors during tutorial. Each year, the Speak Up For […] read more » After months of deliberation, school board leaves bell schedule unchanged January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin and Nikhil Mathihalli After receiving teacher and student negative feedback for the first semester bell schedule that lacks a daily tutorial, district leaders sent a survey to the students, parents and staff members at both Saratoga and Los Gatos High before winter break to gauge which schedule changes the stakeholders would like to see. In the survey, students, […] read more » Teachers reach 3-year agreement with district January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Martin Xu Following continuous efforts to rally for higher pay in the fall, the members of the District Teachers Association (DTA) came to an agreement with LGSUHSD in December. The agreement entailed a 5% raise for three consecutive years for a total of 15%, along with improvements to dental and vision healthcare plans. The chief negotiator representing […] read more » The process of Early Decisions: tips from two STEM-bound seniors January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai and Christopher Chen Every fall, thousands of high school students across the globe scramble to apply early decision and early action to their dream schools. According to the 2020-21 Common Data Set, many universities reported an increase of over 10 percent in admissions from the pool of students who applied early decision or early action over those who […] read more » Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
Community mourns death of 23-year veteran teacher Todd Dwyer January 23, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Atrey Desai The school is mourning the death of longtime teacher Todd Dwyer, who passed away at age 60 on Dec. 10. Dwyer carved a unique career path and held occupations ranging from military service to a construction worker to a social studies teacher. He is survived by his mother, brother, wife, children and granddaughter. Throughout his […] read more » More 12- to 15-year-old get booster shots following recent approval January 21, 2022 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Selina Chen The school partnered with Safeway to host a COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Clinic on Jan. 22, following the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s approval earlier in the month of Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots for 12- to 15-year olds. Students who have just become eligible are now receiving their boosters to enhance protection against the omicron variant; […] read more » Speak Up For Change reveals this year’s theme: Stepping Forward January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai During the 2022 Speak Up for Change assembly on Feb. 4, students will share their experiences overcoming adversities related to the theme “Stepping Forward,” which emphasizes the importance of openly discussing mental health in order to break its stigma. The event is slated to take place outdoors during tutorial. Each year, the Speak Up For […] read more » After months of deliberation, school board leaves bell schedule unchanged January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin and Nikhil Mathihalli After receiving teacher and student negative feedback for the first semester bell schedule that lacks a daily tutorial, district leaders sent a survey to the students, parents and staff members at both Saratoga and Los Gatos High before winter break to gauge which schedule changes the stakeholders would like to see. In the survey, students, […] read more » Teachers reach 3-year agreement with district January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Martin Xu Following continuous efforts to rally for higher pay in the fall, the members of the District Teachers Association (DTA) came to an agreement with LGSUHSD in December. The agreement entailed a 5% raise for three consecutive years for a total of 15%, along with improvements to dental and vision healthcare plans. The chief negotiator representing […] read more » The process of Early Decisions: tips from two STEM-bound seniors January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai and Christopher Chen Every fall, thousands of high school students across the globe scramble to apply early decision and early action to their dream schools. According to the 2020-21 Common Data Set, many universities reported an increase of over 10 percent in admissions from the pool of students who applied early decision or early action over those who […] read more » Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
More 12- to 15-year-old get booster shots following recent approval January 21, 2022 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Selina Chen The school partnered with Safeway to host a COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Clinic on Jan. 22, following the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s approval earlier in the month of Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots for 12- to 15-year olds. Students who have just become eligible are now receiving their boosters to enhance protection against the omicron variant; […] read more » Speak Up For Change reveals this year’s theme: Stepping Forward January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai During the 2022 Speak Up for Change assembly on Feb. 4, students will share their experiences overcoming adversities related to the theme “Stepping Forward,” which emphasizes the importance of openly discussing mental health in order to break its stigma. The event is slated to take place outdoors during tutorial. Each year, the Speak Up For […] read more » After months of deliberation, school board leaves bell schedule unchanged January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin and Nikhil Mathihalli After receiving teacher and student negative feedback for the first semester bell schedule that lacks a daily tutorial, district leaders sent a survey to the students, parents and staff members at both Saratoga and Los Gatos High before winter break to gauge which schedule changes the stakeholders would like to see. In the survey, students, […] read more » Teachers reach 3-year agreement with district January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Martin Xu Following continuous efforts to rally for higher pay in the fall, the members of the District Teachers Association (DTA) came to an agreement with LGSUHSD in December. The agreement entailed a 5% raise for three consecutive years for a total of 15%, along with improvements to dental and vision healthcare plans. The chief negotiator representing […] read more » The process of Early Decisions: tips from two STEM-bound seniors January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai and Christopher Chen Every fall, thousands of high school students across the globe scramble to apply early decision and early action to their dream schools. According to the 2020-21 Common Data Set, many universities reported an increase of over 10 percent in admissions from the pool of students who applied early decision or early action over those who […] read more » Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
Speak Up For Change reveals this year’s theme: Stepping Forward January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai During the 2022 Speak Up for Change assembly on Feb. 4, students will share their experiences overcoming adversities related to the theme “Stepping Forward,” which emphasizes the importance of openly discussing mental health in order to break its stigma. The event is slated to take place outdoors during tutorial. Each year, the Speak Up For […] read more » After months of deliberation, school board leaves bell schedule unchanged January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin and Nikhil Mathihalli After receiving teacher and student negative feedback for the first semester bell schedule that lacks a daily tutorial, district leaders sent a survey to the students, parents and staff members at both Saratoga and Los Gatos High before winter break to gauge which schedule changes the stakeholders would like to see. In the survey, students, […] read more » Teachers reach 3-year agreement with district January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Martin Xu Following continuous efforts to rally for higher pay in the fall, the members of the District Teachers Association (DTA) came to an agreement with LGSUHSD in December. The agreement entailed a 5% raise for three consecutive years for a total of 15%, along with improvements to dental and vision healthcare plans. The chief negotiator representing […] read more » The process of Early Decisions: tips from two STEM-bound seniors January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai and Christopher Chen Every fall, thousands of high school students across the globe scramble to apply early decision and early action to their dream schools. According to the 2020-21 Common Data Set, many universities reported an increase of over 10 percent in admissions from the pool of students who applied early decision or early action over those who […] read more » Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
After months of deliberation, school board leaves bell schedule unchanged January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin and Nikhil Mathihalli After receiving teacher and student negative feedback for the first semester bell schedule that lacks a daily tutorial, district leaders sent a survey to the students, parents and staff members at both Saratoga and Los Gatos High before winter break to gauge which schedule changes the stakeholders would like to see. In the survey, students, […] read more » Teachers reach 3-year agreement with district January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Martin Xu Following continuous efforts to rally for higher pay in the fall, the members of the District Teachers Association (DTA) came to an agreement with LGSUHSD in December. The agreement entailed a 5% raise for three consecutive years for a total of 15%, along with improvements to dental and vision healthcare plans. The chief negotiator representing […] read more » The process of Early Decisions: tips from two STEM-bound seniors January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai and Christopher Chen Every fall, thousands of high school students across the globe scramble to apply early decision and early action to their dream schools. According to the 2020-21 Common Data Set, many universities reported an increase of over 10 percent in admissions from the pool of students who applied early decision or early action over those who […] read more » Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
Teachers reach 3-year agreement with district January 21, 2022 — by Christina Chang and Martin Xu Following continuous efforts to rally for higher pay in the fall, the members of the District Teachers Association (DTA) came to an agreement with LGSUHSD in December. The agreement entailed a 5% raise for three consecutive years for a total of 15%, along with improvements to dental and vision healthcare plans. The chief negotiator representing […] read more » The process of Early Decisions: tips from two STEM-bound seniors January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai and Christopher Chen Every fall, thousands of high school students across the globe scramble to apply early decision and early action to their dream schools. According to the 2020-21 Common Data Set, many universities reported an increase of over 10 percent in admissions from the pool of students who applied early decision or early action over those who […] read more » Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
The process of Early Decisions: tips from two STEM-bound seniors January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai and Christopher Chen Every fall, thousands of high school students across the globe scramble to apply early decision and early action to their dream schools. According to the 2020-21 Common Data Set, many universities reported an increase of over 10 percent in admissions from the pool of students who applied early decision or early action over those who […] read more » Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
Longtime football coach Lugo accepts athletic director and head coach job at Mountain View January 21, 2022 — by Andrew Lin After 14 years here, well-respected head football coach and P.E. teacher Tim Lugo has moved to Mountain View High as their new athletic director, head football coach and PE teacher. Lugo said steadily declining football participation in recent years was his primary reason for leaving his job here. This past season, there were only 17 […] read more » Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
Saratoga parent takes over as long-term substitute for departing English teacher January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo After her husband was hired for a job late last semester that required him to frequently travel, veteran English 9 and 10 teacher Kelly Wissolik began trying to figure out how she was going to care for her two young children while also teaching three English classes. Ultimately, she made the difficult decision to leave […] read more » $30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast
$30,000 in MAP camera equipment stolen from library over break, but later recovered undamaged on roadside January 20, 2022 — by Anamika Anand & Victoria Hu On Monday, Jan. 3, the first day after winter break, school staff discovered that about 30 cameras along with several microphones, tripods and batteries were missing from the library. During first period, Media Arts Program teacher Alex Hemmerich’s sophomores went to the library to retrieve cameras for a mini film project to learn how to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...4546474849...60708090100...nextlast