New lead therapist hopes to destigmatize mental health issues September 28, 2021 — by Kavya Patel Correction (Jan. 18, 2023): An earlier version of this story misstated the first name of lead therapist Shobha Vaidyanathan. Her first name is Shobha, not Shoba. Growing up in Mumbai, India, Shobha Vaidyanathan noticed an apprehension over discussing mental health issues. This became more obvious during her years studying clinical psychology in India, where she […] read more » District updates GPA policy for Class of 2025 September 27, 2021 — by Viraaj Reddi On Aug. 30, the administration announced an updated GPA policy that will be in effect starting with the Class of 2025. The updated policy will standardize GPA calculations between Los Gatos High and Saratoga High. Saratoga’s previous GPA calculation policy did not weigh honors or AP courses taken outside the district on a 5-point scale, […] read more » Class of 2022 National Merit Semifinalists announced September 26, 2021 — by Anouk Yeh Thirty-eight seniors recently learned they are National Merit semifinalists. The previous record was 51 Semifinalists in the Class of 2020; the Class of 2021 had 30. The National Merit Program recognizes top students based on their junior year PSAT score. To qualify as a semifinalist, a student must score in the 99th percentile of their […] read more » 2021-22 Homecoming Court crowned September 26, 2021 — by Anouk Yeh Editor’s note: this story is being continuously updated as the Falcon receives more information. Last updated 4:51 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26. As the second quarter of the Homecoming football game against Monta Vista came to a close, attending students held their breaths as English teacher and commentator Erick Rector began reading out the names […] read more » Robotic teams use offseason to get even stronger after a strong pandemic year September 25, 2021 — by Arnav Swamy and Martin Xu Even though the 2019-2020 robotics season abruptly ended due to the pandemic, the school’s robotics team, MSET, quickly bounced back and reassessed its strategies for the 2020-2021 remote season. These strategies clearly worked, as all three of their FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams went on to qualify for the Northern California FTC Regionals Championship in […] read more » Club participation increases to pre-pandemic levels September 24, 2021 — by Vicky Bai and Jonny Luo As soon as the lunch bell rang, sophomore Jay Lim headed from his third-period class in the band room to a bustling quad filled with tables, students and club officers on the first day of Club Rush. As he walked between various club booths, he read the tri-fold posters set up and scanned QR codes […] read more » MAP field trips return after pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Anamika Anand and Victoria Hu Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips. Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips. “There was a lot of buildup […] read more » Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
District updates GPA policy for Class of 2025 September 27, 2021 — by Viraaj Reddi On Aug. 30, the administration announced an updated GPA policy that will be in effect starting with the Class of 2025. The updated policy will standardize GPA calculations between Los Gatos High and Saratoga High. Saratoga’s previous GPA calculation policy did not weigh honors or AP courses taken outside the district on a 5-point scale, […] read more » Class of 2022 National Merit Semifinalists announced September 26, 2021 — by Anouk Yeh Thirty-eight seniors recently learned they are National Merit semifinalists. The previous record was 51 Semifinalists in the Class of 2020; the Class of 2021 had 30. The National Merit Program recognizes top students based on their junior year PSAT score. To qualify as a semifinalist, a student must score in the 99th percentile of their […] read more » 2021-22 Homecoming Court crowned September 26, 2021 — by Anouk Yeh Editor’s note: this story is being continuously updated as the Falcon receives more information. Last updated 4:51 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26. As the second quarter of the Homecoming football game against Monta Vista came to a close, attending students held their breaths as English teacher and commentator Erick Rector began reading out the names […] read more » Robotic teams use offseason to get even stronger after a strong pandemic year September 25, 2021 — by Arnav Swamy and Martin Xu Even though the 2019-2020 robotics season abruptly ended due to the pandemic, the school’s robotics team, MSET, quickly bounced back and reassessed its strategies for the 2020-2021 remote season. These strategies clearly worked, as all three of their FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams went on to qualify for the Northern California FTC Regionals Championship in […] read more » Club participation increases to pre-pandemic levels September 24, 2021 — by Vicky Bai and Jonny Luo As soon as the lunch bell rang, sophomore Jay Lim headed from his third-period class in the band room to a bustling quad filled with tables, students and club officers on the first day of Club Rush. As he walked between various club booths, he read the tri-fold posters set up and scanned QR codes […] read more » MAP field trips return after pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Anamika Anand and Victoria Hu Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips. Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips. “There was a lot of buildup […] read more » Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
Class of 2022 National Merit Semifinalists announced September 26, 2021 — by Anouk Yeh Thirty-eight seniors recently learned they are National Merit semifinalists. The previous record was 51 Semifinalists in the Class of 2020; the Class of 2021 had 30. The National Merit Program recognizes top students based on their junior year PSAT score. To qualify as a semifinalist, a student must score in the 99th percentile of their […] read more » 2021-22 Homecoming Court crowned September 26, 2021 — by Anouk Yeh Editor’s note: this story is being continuously updated as the Falcon receives more information. Last updated 4:51 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26. As the second quarter of the Homecoming football game against Monta Vista came to a close, attending students held their breaths as English teacher and commentator Erick Rector began reading out the names […] read more » Robotic teams use offseason to get even stronger after a strong pandemic year September 25, 2021 — by Arnav Swamy and Martin Xu Even though the 2019-2020 robotics season abruptly ended due to the pandemic, the school’s robotics team, MSET, quickly bounced back and reassessed its strategies for the 2020-2021 remote season. These strategies clearly worked, as all three of their FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams went on to qualify for the Northern California FTC Regionals Championship in […] read more » Club participation increases to pre-pandemic levels September 24, 2021 — by Vicky Bai and Jonny Luo As soon as the lunch bell rang, sophomore Jay Lim headed from his third-period class in the band room to a bustling quad filled with tables, students and club officers on the first day of Club Rush. As he walked between various club booths, he read the tri-fold posters set up and scanned QR codes […] read more » MAP field trips return after pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Anamika Anand and Victoria Hu Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips. Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips. “There was a lot of buildup […] read more » Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
2021-22 Homecoming Court crowned September 26, 2021 — by Anouk Yeh Editor’s note: this story is being continuously updated as the Falcon receives more information. Last updated 4:51 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26. As the second quarter of the Homecoming football game against Monta Vista came to a close, attending students held their breaths as English teacher and commentator Erick Rector began reading out the names […] read more » Robotic teams use offseason to get even stronger after a strong pandemic year September 25, 2021 — by Arnav Swamy and Martin Xu Even though the 2019-2020 robotics season abruptly ended due to the pandemic, the school’s robotics team, MSET, quickly bounced back and reassessed its strategies for the 2020-2021 remote season. These strategies clearly worked, as all three of their FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams went on to qualify for the Northern California FTC Regionals Championship in […] read more » Club participation increases to pre-pandemic levels September 24, 2021 — by Vicky Bai and Jonny Luo As soon as the lunch bell rang, sophomore Jay Lim headed from his third-period class in the band room to a bustling quad filled with tables, students and club officers on the first day of Club Rush. As he walked between various club booths, he read the tri-fold posters set up and scanned QR codes […] read more » MAP field trips return after pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Anamika Anand and Victoria Hu Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips. Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips. “There was a lot of buildup […] read more » Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
Robotic teams use offseason to get even stronger after a strong pandemic year September 25, 2021 — by Arnav Swamy and Martin Xu Even though the 2019-2020 robotics season abruptly ended due to the pandemic, the school’s robotics team, MSET, quickly bounced back and reassessed its strategies for the 2020-2021 remote season. These strategies clearly worked, as all three of their FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams went on to qualify for the Northern California FTC Regionals Championship in […] read more » Club participation increases to pre-pandemic levels September 24, 2021 — by Vicky Bai and Jonny Luo As soon as the lunch bell rang, sophomore Jay Lim headed from his third-period class in the band room to a bustling quad filled with tables, students and club officers on the first day of Club Rush. As he walked between various club booths, he read the tri-fold posters set up and scanned QR codes […] read more » MAP field trips return after pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Anamika Anand and Victoria Hu Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips. Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips. “There was a lot of buildup […] read more » Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
Club participation increases to pre-pandemic levels September 24, 2021 — by Vicky Bai and Jonny Luo As soon as the lunch bell rang, sophomore Jay Lim headed from his third-period class in the band room to a bustling quad filled with tables, students and club officers on the first day of Club Rush. As he walked between various club booths, he read the tri-fold posters set up and scanned QR codes […] read more » MAP field trips return after pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Anamika Anand and Victoria Hu Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips. Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips. “There was a lot of buildup […] read more » Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
MAP field trips return after pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Anamika Anand and Victoria Hu Before the pandemic, senior Mahi Ravi never would have guessed that her Media Arts Program (MAP) 11 year would be fully devoid of field trips. Ravi was especially looking forward to the juniors’ field trip to Los Angeles, which she described as the highlight of all MAP field trips. “There was a lot of buildup […] read more » Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
Music department back on track after rough pandemic year September 20, 2021 — by Shannon Ma and Nikhil Mathihalli After struggling through the pandemic for over a year, the music department has finally returned to their ensembles, much to the relief of students and their teachers. The pandemic stripped students of the traditional band and orchestra atmosphere, band director Jason Shiuan said. Over Zoom, students were asked to play one at a time, with […] read more » Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
Dance team captains, officers step up in wake of coach’s departure due to maternity leave September 17, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Audrey Mah As soon as the energetic pom-pom music ended at a recent practice, senior Patricia Huang, one of the dance team captains, jumped to her feet and offered corrections to each member of the team. Such corrections ordinarily have come from coach Maleia Fernandez, but she is out on pregnancy leave until December, just as the […] read more » Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast
Screener-19 QR code prank redirects confused students to ‘Remy Ratatouille’ photo September 16, 2021 — by Selina Chen When English teacher Suzanne Herzman walked toward her room on Sept. 7, she saw a pile of scattered yellow scan codes and painter’s tape abandoned on the ground. She didn’t think too much of it. But when her first English 9 MAP student tried to scan the Screener-19 QR code, he found himself redirected to […] read more » firstprevious...10203040...5253545556...60708090100...nextlast