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 » Freshman class officers selected through interviews, not an election September 14, 2021 — by Esther Luan and Tiffany Wang Instead of a normal class election involving social media campaigns and student voting, the ASB elected this year to decide freshman class officers through an application and interview process. “No one has really seen each other in two years, and we didn’t want the freshmen to feel too rushed,” ASB vice president Alex Yang said. […] read more » New English 12 teacher splits time between SHS and LGHS September 13, 2021 — by Apurva Chakravarthy and Tara Natarajan In her more than two decades of teaching, Mollie Hicok Parker has only ever taught at one school at a given time — until this year. Teaching seniors at Saratoga High on Red Days and freshmen at Los Gatos High on Blue Days means double the number of classrooms, new names and faces to learn […] read more » KQED report: Former El Gato editor-in-chief claims newspaper adviser blocked multiple stories September 10, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar, Atrey Desai and Anouk Yeh On Aug. 5, Bay Area news station KQED ran a segment alleging that Los Gatos High School’s El Gato newspaper’s current teacher adviser, Doug Garrett, prevented his student journalists from reporting on the school’s rape culture during the 2020-2021 school year. Since June 2020, Los Gatos High School has been going through a #MeToo sexual […] read more » As promised, district offers online program for ‘21-‘22 September 10, 2021 — by Howard Shu and Nikhil Mathihalli While almost all students are on campus and in their seats when the first-period bell rings this year, senior Noora Fayad is one of 16 in the district who have opted to continue with online education at home because of the pandemic. Fayad and the others are enrolled in an online Independent Study (IS) program. […] read more » Students discuss excitement, challenges of being back in-person school September 10, 2021 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai Freshman Aneri Shah scoured the science building for her biology class on the first day of school. She frantically compared passing room numbers with the campus map set as her lock screen — a tip she had learned from an upperclassman. Although she was anxious to get to class, Shah reveled in the energy among […] read more » Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...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 » Freshman class officers selected through interviews, not an election September 14, 2021 — by Esther Luan and Tiffany Wang Instead of a normal class election involving social media campaigns and student voting, the ASB elected this year to decide freshman class officers through an application and interview process. “No one has really seen each other in two years, and we didn’t want the freshmen to feel too rushed,” ASB vice president Alex Yang said. […] read more » New English 12 teacher splits time between SHS and LGHS September 13, 2021 — by Apurva Chakravarthy and Tara Natarajan In her more than two decades of teaching, Mollie Hicok Parker has only ever taught at one school at a given time — until this year. Teaching seniors at Saratoga High on Red Days and freshmen at Los Gatos High on Blue Days means double the number of classrooms, new names and faces to learn […] read more » KQED report: Former El Gato editor-in-chief claims newspaper adviser blocked multiple stories September 10, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar, Atrey Desai and Anouk Yeh On Aug. 5, Bay Area news station KQED ran a segment alleging that Los Gatos High School’s El Gato newspaper’s current teacher adviser, Doug Garrett, prevented his student journalists from reporting on the school’s rape culture during the 2020-2021 school year. Since June 2020, Los Gatos High School has been going through a #MeToo sexual […] read more » As promised, district offers online program for ‘21-‘22 September 10, 2021 — by Howard Shu and Nikhil Mathihalli While almost all students are on campus and in their seats when the first-period bell rings this year, senior Noora Fayad is one of 16 in the district who have opted to continue with online education at home because of the pandemic. Fayad and the others are enrolled in an online Independent Study (IS) program. […] read more » Students discuss excitement, challenges of being back in-person school September 10, 2021 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai Freshman Aneri Shah scoured the science building for her biology class on the first day of school. She frantically compared passing room numbers with the campus map set as her lock screen — a tip she had learned from an upperclassman. Although she was anxious to get to class, Shah reveled in the energy among […] read more » Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
Freshman class officers selected through interviews, not an election September 14, 2021 — by Esther Luan and Tiffany Wang Instead of a normal class election involving social media campaigns and student voting, the ASB elected this year to decide freshman class officers through an application and interview process. “No one has really seen each other in two years, and we didn’t want the freshmen to feel too rushed,” ASB vice president Alex Yang said. […] read more » New English 12 teacher splits time between SHS and LGHS September 13, 2021 — by Apurva Chakravarthy and Tara Natarajan In her more than two decades of teaching, Mollie Hicok Parker has only ever taught at one school at a given time — until this year. Teaching seniors at Saratoga High on Red Days and freshmen at Los Gatos High on Blue Days means double the number of classrooms, new names and faces to learn […] read more » KQED report: Former El Gato editor-in-chief claims newspaper adviser blocked multiple stories September 10, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar, Atrey Desai and Anouk Yeh On Aug. 5, Bay Area news station KQED ran a segment alleging that Los Gatos High School’s El Gato newspaper’s current teacher adviser, Doug Garrett, prevented his student journalists from reporting on the school’s rape culture during the 2020-2021 school year. Since June 2020, Los Gatos High School has been going through a #MeToo sexual […] read more » As promised, district offers online program for ‘21-‘22 September 10, 2021 — by Howard Shu and Nikhil Mathihalli While almost all students are on campus and in their seats when the first-period bell rings this year, senior Noora Fayad is one of 16 in the district who have opted to continue with online education at home because of the pandemic. Fayad and the others are enrolled in an online Independent Study (IS) program. […] read more » Students discuss excitement, challenges of being back in-person school September 10, 2021 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai Freshman Aneri Shah scoured the science building for her biology class on the first day of school. She frantically compared passing room numbers with the campus map set as her lock screen — a tip she had learned from an upperclassman. Although she was anxious to get to class, Shah reveled in the energy among […] read more » Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
New English 12 teacher splits time between SHS and LGHS September 13, 2021 — by Apurva Chakravarthy and Tara Natarajan In her more than two decades of teaching, Mollie Hicok Parker has only ever taught at one school at a given time — until this year. Teaching seniors at Saratoga High on Red Days and freshmen at Los Gatos High on Blue Days means double the number of classrooms, new names and faces to learn […] read more » KQED report: Former El Gato editor-in-chief claims newspaper adviser blocked multiple stories September 10, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar, Atrey Desai and Anouk Yeh On Aug. 5, Bay Area news station KQED ran a segment alleging that Los Gatos High School’s El Gato newspaper’s current teacher adviser, Doug Garrett, prevented his student journalists from reporting on the school’s rape culture during the 2020-2021 school year. Since June 2020, Los Gatos High School has been going through a #MeToo sexual […] read more » As promised, district offers online program for ‘21-‘22 September 10, 2021 — by Howard Shu and Nikhil Mathihalli While almost all students are on campus and in their seats when the first-period bell rings this year, senior Noora Fayad is one of 16 in the district who have opted to continue with online education at home because of the pandemic. Fayad and the others are enrolled in an online Independent Study (IS) program. […] read more » Students discuss excitement, challenges of being back in-person school September 10, 2021 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai Freshman Aneri Shah scoured the science building for her biology class on the first day of school. She frantically compared passing room numbers with the campus map set as her lock screen — a tip she had learned from an upperclassman. Although she was anxious to get to class, Shah reveled in the energy among […] read more » Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
KQED report: Former El Gato editor-in-chief claims newspaper adviser blocked multiple stories September 10, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar, Atrey Desai and Anouk Yeh On Aug. 5, Bay Area news station KQED ran a segment alleging that Los Gatos High School’s El Gato newspaper’s current teacher adviser, Doug Garrett, prevented his student journalists from reporting on the school’s rape culture during the 2020-2021 school year. Since June 2020, Los Gatos High School has been going through a #MeToo sexual […] read more » As promised, district offers online program for ‘21-‘22 September 10, 2021 — by Howard Shu and Nikhil Mathihalli While almost all students are on campus and in their seats when the first-period bell rings this year, senior Noora Fayad is one of 16 in the district who have opted to continue with online education at home because of the pandemic. Fayad and the others are enrolled in an online Independent Study (IS) program. […] read more » Students discuss excitement, challenges of being back in-person school September 10, 2021 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai Freshman Aneri Shah scoured the science building for her biology class on the first day of school. She frantically compared passing room numbers with the campus map set as her lock screen — a tip she had learned from an upperclassman. Although she was anxious to get to class, Shah reveled in the energy among […] read more » Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
As promised, district offers online program for ‘21-‘22 September 10, 2021 — by Howard Shu and Nikhil Mathihalli While almost all students are on campus and in their seats when the first-period bell rings this year, senior Noora Fayad is one of 16 in the district who have opted to continue with online education at home because of the pandemic. Fayad and the others are enrolled in an online Independent Study (IS) program. […] read more » Students discuss excitement, challenges of being back in-person school September 10, 2021 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai Freshman Aneri Shah scoured the science building for her biology class on the first day of school. She frantically compared passing room numbers with the campus map set as her lock screen — a tip she had learned from an upperclassman. Although she was anxious to get to class, Shah reveled in the energy among […] read more » Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
Students discuss excitement, challenges of being back in-person school September 10, 2021 — by Christina Chang and Lynn Dai Freshman Aneri Shah scoured the science building for her biology class on the first day of school. She frantically compared passing room numbers with the campus map set as her lock screen — a tip she had learned from an upperclassman. Although she was anxious to get to class, Shah reveled in the energy among […] read more » Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
Homecoming participation rises after school starts back up September 10, 2021 — by Lena Aribi and Harshini Velchamy As senior Kaylie Wong stood under the awning in front of the cafeteria waiting to start the Senior All Girls’ Dance practice recently, she worried that after a year and a half of completely virtual events, people wouldn’t show up. However, her worries began to ease as she saw over 50 girls stream in, armed […] read more » New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
New activities director Cunningham brings fresh perspective September 10, 2021 — by Nicole Lu After working with assistant principal Matt Torrens as part of the Leadership class for the past three years, senior class president Apurva Chakravarthy felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness upon meeting his replacement, Kristen Cunningham. When meeting her for the first time during the summer over Zoom, Chakravarthy had no idea what to expect. […] read more » New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast
New English teacher strives for student-centered classroom September 10, 2021 — by Sanjoli Gupta and Kavya Patel New English teacher Megan Laws can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. In fact, she remembers setting up stuffed animals to prepare for her next “lesson” at just 3 years old. Fast forward to 2021, and she is now teaching both freshmen and sophomores here after seven years of teaching […] read more » firstprevious...1020304050...5556575859...708090100110...nextlast