Math team places fourth in Stanford Tournament April 29, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko and Lawson Wang The Stanford Math Tournament (SMT), which takes place every year in April, is a team-based math competition for high school students. Only one team from Saratoga High attended SMT, placing fourth overall. SMT Online, also hosted by Stanford University, is open to high school students and younger and was hosted on April 14, one day […] read more » Photography Club holds first annual showcase April 29, 2024 — by Annika Gho Sophomore Navya Chawla, the outreach officer for the photography club, crouched over her computer, dragging designs and text boxes onto a blank Canva slide. The rest of the officers sat around the table in the library, voting for which photo in the travel category was the best. As they discussed the photos, Chawla edited the […] read more » French trip continues annual visit to France over spring break April 29, 2024 — by Annika Gho Over spring break from April 6-14, French teacher Elaine Haggerty brought a group of eight students and three parents to Paris and Brussels to explore the French language and culture. The annual trip first began in 2017, continued in 2018, but took a five year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only restarting in 2023. […] read more » Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Students placed on waitlist as prom tickets sell out April 22, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko This year’s prom tickets sold out on April 18, almost three weeks after the tickets became available for sale on April 1. Upperclassmen still interested in purchasing tickets received an email with a link allowing them to be put on a waitlist for tickets. As of April 22, 30 students were on the waitlist. According […] read more » Amidst delays, sophomores maintain winning streak in annual Falcon Puff Games April 22, 2024 — by Bill Huang and Bryan Zhao On April 17, the sophomores took on the seniors during the annual Falcon Puff competition with a 12-0 win, followed a day later by the freshmen upset against the juniors with an 8-0 win. The next day, the final championship was held between the underclassmen with a 14-0 sophomore victory, the first-ever back-to-back victory. Photo […] read more » Spring musical actors work to embody the bizarre characters in ‘Something Rotten’ April 19, 2024 — by Christina Labban The cast for the spring musical, “Something Rotten,” was announced in February. Of the leading roles, junior Ryan Backhus will play William Shakespeare, junior Apollo Burgess will play Nick Bottom and senior Arushi Maheshwar will be Nigel Bottom. There will be four shows held over two weekends: April 26 to 28 and May 3 to […] read more » Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Photography Club holds first annual showcase April 29, 2024 — by Annika Gho Sophomore Navya Chawla, the outreach officer for the photography club, crouched over her computer, dragging designs and text boxes onto a blank Canva slide. The rest of the officers sat around the table in the library, voting for which photo in the travel category was the best. As they discussed the photos, Chawla edited the […] read more » French trip continues annual visit to France over spring break April 29, 2024 — by Annika Gho Over spring break from April 6-14, French teacher Elaine Haggerty brought a group of eight students and three parents to Paris and Brussels to explore the French language and culture. The annual trip first began in 2017, continued in 2018, but took a five year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only restarting in 2023. […] read more » Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Students placed on waitlist as prom tickets sell out April 22, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko This year’s prom tickets sold out on April 18, almost three weeks after the tickets became available for sale on April 1. Upperclassmen still interested in purchasing tickets received an email with a link allowing them to be put on a waitlist for tickets. As of April 22, 30 students were on the waitlist. According […] read more » Amidst delays, sophomores maintain winning streak in annual Falcon Puff Games April 22, 2024 — by Bill Huang and Bryan Zhao On April 17, the sophomores took on the seniors during the annual Falcon Puff competition with a 12-0 win, followed a day later by the freshmen upset against the juniors with an 8-0 win. The next day, the final championship was held between the underclassmen with a 14-0 sophomore victory, the first-ever back-to-back victory. Photo […] read more » Spring musical actors work to embody the bizarre characters in ‘Something Rotten’ April 19, 2024 — by Christina Labban The cast for the spring musical, “Something Rotten,” was announced in February. Of the leading roles, junior Ryan Backhus will play William Shakespeare, junior Apollo Burgess will play Nick Bottom and senior Arushi Maheshwar will be Nigel Bottom. There will be four shows held over two weekends: April 26 to 28 and May 3 to […] read more » Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
French trip continues annual visit to France over spring break April 29, 2024 — by Annika Gho Over spring break from April 6-14, French teacher Elaine Haggerty brought a group of eight students and three parents to Paris and Brussels to explore the French language and culture. The annual trip first began in 2017, continued in 2018, but took a five year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only restarting in 2023. […] read more » Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Students placed on waitlist as prom tickets sell out April 22, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko This year’s prom tickets sold out on April 18, almost three weeks after the tickets became available for sale on April 1. Upperclassmen still interested in purchasing tickets received an email with a link allowing them to be put on a waitlist for tickets. As of April 22, 30 students were on the waitlist. According […] read more » Amidst delays, sophomores maintain winning streak in annual Falcon Puff Games April 22, 2024 — by Bill Huang and Bryan Zhao On April 17, the sophomores took on the seniors during the annual Falcon Puff competition with a 12-0 win, followed a day later by the freshmen upset against the juniors with an 8-0 win. The next day, the final championship was held between the underclassmen with a 14-0 sophomore victory, the first-ever back-to-back victory. Photo […] read more » Spring musical actors work to embody the bizarre characters in ‘Something Rotten’ April 19, 2024 — by Christina Labban The cast for the spring musical, “Something Rotten,” was announced in February. Of the leading roles, junior Ryan Backhus will play William Shakespeare, junior Apollo Burgess will play Nick Bottom and senior Arushi Maheshwar will be Nigel Bottom. There will be four shows held over two weekends: April 26 to 28 and May 3 to […] read more » Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Students placed on waitlist as prom tickets sell out April 22, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko This year’s prom tickets sold out on April 18, almost three weeks after the tickets became available for sale on April 1. Upperclassmen still interested in purchasing tickets received an email with a link allowing them to be put on a waitlist for tickets. As of April 22, 30 students were on the waitlist. According […] read more » Amidst delays, sophomores maintain winning streak in annual Falcon Puff Games April 22, 2024 — by Bill Huang and Bryan Zhao On April 17, the sophomores took on the seniors during the annual Falcon Puff competition with a 12-0 win, followed a day later by the freshmen upset against the juniors with an 8-0 win. The next day, the final championship was held between the underclassmen with a 14-0 sophomore victory, the first-ever back-to-back victory. Photo […] read more » Spring musical actors work to embody the bizarre characters in ‘Something Rotten’ April 19, 2024 — by Christina Labban The cast for the spring musical, “Something Rotten,” was announced in February. Of the leading roles, junior Ryan Backhus will play William Shakespeare, junior Apollo Burgess will play Nick Bottom and senior Arushi Maheshwar will be Nigel Bottom. There will be four shows held over two weekends: April 26 to 28 and May 3 to […] read more » Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Students placed on waitlist as prom tickets sell out April 22, 2024 — by Nika Svizhenko This year’s prom tickets sold out on April 18, almost three weeks after the tickets became available for sale on April 1. Upperclassmen still interested in purchasing tickets received an email with a link allowing them to be put on a waitlist for tickets. As of April 22, 30 students were on the waitlist. According […] read more » Amidst delays, sophomores maintain winning streak in annual Falcon Puff Games April 22, 2024 — by Bill Huang and Bryan Zhao On April 17, the sophomores took on the seniors during the annual Falcon Puff competition with a 12-0 win, followed a day later by the freshmen upset against the juniors with an 8-0 win. The next day, the final championship was held between the underclassmen with a 14-0 sophomore victory, the first-ever back-to-back victory. Photo […] read more » Spring musical actors work to embody the bizarre characters in ‘Something Rotten’ April 19, 2024 — by Christina Labban The cast for the spring musical, “Something Rotten,” was announced in February. Of the leading roles, junior Ryan Backhus will play William Shakespeare, junior Apollo Burgess will play Nick Bottom and senior Arushi Maheshwar will be Nigel Bottom. There will be four shows held over two weekends: April 26 to 28 and May 3 to […] read more » Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Amidst delays, sophomores maintain winning streak in annual Falcon Puff Games April 22, 2024 — by Bill Huang and Bryan Zhao On April 17, the sophomores took on the seniors during the annual Falcon Puff competition with a 12-0 win, followed a day later by the freshmen upset against the juniors with an 8-0 win. The next day, the final championship was held between the underclassmen with a 14-0 sophomore victory, the first-ever back-to-back victory. Photo […] read more » Spring musical actors work to embody the bizarre characters in ‘Something Rotten’ April 19, 2024 — by Christina Labban The cast for the spring musical, “Something Rotten,” was announced in February. Of the leading roles, junior Ryan Backhus will play William Shakespeare, junior Apollo Burgess will play Nick Bottom and senior Arushi Maheshwar will be Nigel Bottom. There will be four shows held over two weekends: April 26 to 28 and May 3 to […] read more » Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Spring musical actors work to embody the bizarre characters in ‘Something Rotten’ April 19, 2024 — by Christina Labban The cast for the spring musical, “Something Rotten,” was announced in February. Of the leading roles, junior Ryan Backhus will play William Shakespeare, junior Apollo Burgess will play Nick Bottom and senior Arushi Maheshwar will be Nigel Bottom. There will be four shows held over two weekends: April 26 to 28 and May 3 to […] read more » Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Asian Anthology: literary journal co-founded by local high schoolers April 18, 2024 — by Amy Luo and Kathy Wang Amidst a STEM dominated society, Notre Dame High juniors Rio Funatsu and Amabelle Nguyen were linked with the same burning passion for humanities. They wanted to create something impactful while also expressing their love for literary works. While brainstorming potential approaches to various media forms, the idea of a literary journal suddenly came to them. […] read more » Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Junior concerto competition winner shines in spring orchestra concert April 5, 2024 — by Anika Kapasi and Angela Tan As the final note of Cecil Forsyth’s “Viola Concerto in G Minor, I. Appassionato,” rang throughout the McAfee Theater, the crowd stood up to give a standing ovation for one of the 2023 concerto competition winners — junior violist David Kim. After performing on March 7 during the Spring Orchestra Concert with the Saratoga Symphony […] read more » Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast
Drama prepares for upcoming spring musical ‘Something Rotten’ April 3, 2024 — by Emma Fung During performances that run from April 26 to May 4, a cast of 24 actors will step out onto the McAfee Center stage to perform the well-liked musical “Something Rotten.” The musical, written by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick in 2015, tells the comedic tale of two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, both aspiring playwrights […] read more » 12345...1020304050...nextlast