Fentanyl crisis prompts district Narcan training aimed at students March 28, 2024 — by Derek Liang and Daniel Wu Amid a growing nationwide opioid crisis, many living in the Bay Area have been alarmed by the increasing number of overdose deaths in San Francisco in the last four years: As of March 26, the San Francisco Chronicle drug overdose deaths page projects 655 more deaths for 2024 in addition to the 131 who have […] read more » New proposed Costco near Prospect High School, Saratoga neighborhoods raises concerns about traffic March 28, 2024 — by Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu The closing of the warehouse company Smart & Final on Prospect Road on Jan. 7 was a surprise for some. Longtime customers expressed their dissatisfaction on the neighborhood app Nextdoor, describing it as “sudden” and “inconvenient”. However, Smart & Final’s closure is only the start of a much grander project: the opening of a new […] read more » Roaming campus with a purpose, Digital Photography students hone skills that can be used for a lifetime March 27, 2024 — by Shirina Cao and Emily Wu During a recent third-period Digital Photography class, senior Samuel Kau raised his Canon R7 to the tall redwood trees in the quad and positioned it vertically to capture their full height. He carefully snapped a few photos by adjusting the ISO control to match the bright sun. Around him stood several other Digital Photography students, […] read more » Debate duo advances to competitive national tournaments March 24, 2024 — by Emma Fung and Anthony Luo As they walked out of Dwinelle Hall and into the sprawling campus of UC Berkeley, public forum partners Ashish Goswami and Leonardo Jia felt confident about their success in their third and final round of the day. After arguing for and against a ban on all single-use plastics throughout the weekend of Feb. 17-18, they […] read more » Falcon wins Silver Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association March 18, 2024 — by Sam Bai and Nicole Lee The newspaper received a Silver Crown award, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) on March 15 at a ceremony in New York City, for the ‘22-’23 newspaper. The award is one of the two major competitions for high school journalism programs, the other being the Pacemaker by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). […] read more » Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
New proposed Costco near Prospect High School, Saratoga neighborhoods raises concerns about traffic March 28, 2024 — by Grace Lin and Ruiyan Zhu The closing of the warehouse company Smart & Final on Prospect Road on Jan. 7 was a surprise for some. Longtime customers expressed their dissatisfaction on the neighborhood app Nextdoor, describing it as “sudden” and “inconvenient”. However, Smart & Final’s closure is only the start of a much grander project: the opening of a new […] read more » Roaming campus with a purpose, Digital Photography students hone skills that can be used for a lifetime March 27, 2024 — by Shirina Cao and Emily Wu During a recent third-period Digital Photography class, senior Samuel Kau raised his Canon R7 to the tall redwood trees in the quad and positioned it vertically to capture their full height. He carefully snapped a few photos by adjusting the ISO control to match the bright sun. Around him stood several other Digital Photography students, […] read more » Debate duo advances to competitive national tournaments March 24, 2024 — by Emma Fung and Anthony Luo As they walked out of Dwinelle Hall and into the sprawling campus of UC Berkeley, public forum partners Ashish Goswami and Leonardo Jia felt confident about their success in their third and final round of the day. After arguing for and against a ban on all single-use plastics throughout the weekend of Feb. 17-18, they […] read more » Falcon wins Silver Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association March 18, 2024 — by Sam Bai and Nicole Lee The newspaper received a Silver Crown award, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) on March 15 at a ceremony in New York City, for the ‘22-’23 newspaper. The award is one of the two major competitions for high school journalism programs, the other being the Pacemaker by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). […] read more » Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Roaming campus with a purpose, Digital Photography students hone skills that can be used for a lifetime March 27, 2024 — by Shirina Cao and Emily Wu During a recent third-period Digital Photography class, senior Samuel Kau raised his Canon R7 to the tall redwood trees in the quad and positioned it vertically to capture their full height. He carefully snapped a few photos by adjusting the ISO control to match the bright sun. Around him stood several other Digital Photography students, […] read more » Debate duo advances to competitive national tournaments March 24, 2024 — by Emma Fung and Anthony Luo As they walked out of Dwinelle Hall and into the sprawling campus of UC Berkeley, public forum partners Ashish Goswami and Leonardo Jia felt confident about their success in their third and final round of the day. After arguing for and against a ban on all single-use plastics throughout the weekend of Feb. 17-18, they […] read more » Falcon wins Silver Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association March 18, 2024 — by Sam Bai and Nicole Lee The newspaper received a Silver Crown award, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) on March 15 at a ceremony in New York City, for the ‘22-’23 newspaper. The award is one of the two major competitions for high school journalism programs, the other being the Pacemaker by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). […] read more » Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Debate duo advances to competitive national tournaments March 24, 2024 — by Emma Fung and Anthony Luo As they walked out of Dwinelle Hall and into the sprawling campus of UC Berkeley, public forum partners Ashish Goswami and Leonardo Jia felt confident about their success in their third and final round of the day. After arguing for and against a ban on all single-use plastics throughout the weekend of Feb. 17-18, they […] read more » Falcon wins Silver Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association March 18, 2024 — by Sam Bai and Nicole Lee The newspaper received a Silver Crown award, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) on March 15 at a ceremony in New York City, for the ‘22-’23 newspaper. The award is one of the two major competitions for high school journalism programs, the other being the Pacemaker by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). […] read more » Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Falcon wins Silver Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association March 18, 2024 — by Sam Bai and Nicole Lee The newspaper received a Silver Crown award, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) on March 15 at a ceremony in New York City, for the ‘22-’23 newspaper. The award is one of the two major competitions for high school journalism programs, the other being the Pacemaker by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). […] read more » Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Annual earthquake drill includes new addition of post-tremor simulations March 18, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko Prior to this year, the school’s yearly earthquake drills only simulated “duck and cover” before all classes evacuated to the upper or lower fields; however, an all-school drill during tutorial on March 14 simulated the other effects of an earthquake including an evacuation to the football field, injuries to students, panic attacks and the necessity […] read more » Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Teachers and district officials negotiating contract for next year March 16, 2024 — by Nicole Lee With the previous 3-year contract signed between the District Teachers Association and the district ending at the end of this school year, the union is now negotiating for a new contract for the upcoming year that they hope includes better pay and other work life improvements. DTA president Jennifer Young, a math teacher at Los […] read more » ‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
‘Bruce Almighty’: 2015 alum runs for Congress against former speaker Nancy Pelosi March 16, 2024 — by Anthony Luo During the 36th season of “Jeopardy!” on March 2, 2020, Class of 2015 alum Bruce Lou buzzed in at his podium and discovered he had stumbled upon the third Daily Double of the night — a chance to double his score if he answered correctly. Despite getting the previous two questions wrong, he recalled what famed […] read more » Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions March 15, 2024 — by Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery speeches, and creative angles they hope will impress a panel of expert judges. The TOC is a prestigious national tournament that […] read more » Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Music groups kick off season with competitions, concerts and preview performances March 15, 2024 — by Saachi Jain and Sanjoli Gupta The music program has been bustling with activity this second semester. The winter percussion and winter guard groups attended their first competitions, while band and orchestra kicked off their spring semester concert and festival series. Band persists through second semester with more concerts Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) finished their performance at the […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast