Like most things in life, eating should fall into a healthy middle ground March 9, 2023 — by Andrew Lin Modern culture seems to gravitate toward the extremes, and online diet advice is no exception. Social media is heavily populated by content creators or influencers showing off their perfect bodies, getting their audience to believe they can attain this physique by eating the same foods shown on the screen. Instead of a sensible response to […] read more » Opinion: Honors-weighted elective classes should offer CP alternatives March 8, 2023 — by Sarah Zhou “How will this look on my college application?” Although students constantly hear the virtues of choosing based on interest and the realities of their personal schedules by guidance counselors, let’s face it: Most students heavily base course selection with an eye toward how it will look on their college resume. Even though a course may […] read more » Throwing food at famous paintings doesn’t solve our climate crisis March 7, 2023 — by Nicole Lee and Isabelle Wang In recent months, some climate change activists have gained notoriety by throwing smashed cream pie into the face of King Charles’s wax statue or flinging mashed potatoes on a Claude Monet painting. The trend began in Paris’s Louvre museum on May 29, 2022 when a man attempted to smash the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da […] read more » ‘Cashless future’ carries negative implications February 15, 2023 — by Sarah Thomas The days of lining up at the ticket office outside the field before a game are long over: For fans of the school’s sports teams, GoFan — an online ticket purchasing portal — is now the only way to buy a ticket. Lately, our campus has become much more oriented to favoring (or accepting only) […] read more » Superscoring exacerbates existing inequity in the SAT February 15, 2023 — by Tara Natarajan When I took my first ever SAT in November, I went in with the expectation that I would take it no more than twice. After all, I could always go the test-optional route if the retake didn’t work out. Unlike a lot of my friends, I was quite a novice at standardized testing: I had […] read more » Meat from plants: a revolutionary invention February 15, 2023 — by Anamika Anand In the six years I’ve lived in the U.S., I have never tasted a beef burger. Until last year, every family barbecue yielded the same black bean veggie burger on my plate, which I slowly learned to accept. After all, what I lost in taste, I gained in moral standing; growing regular meat is harmful […] read more » Staff editorial: Policies on academic integrity need updating, clarifying February 13, 2023 — by William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda According to the Educational Testing Service, between 75% and 95% of students admitted to cheating in high school in recent years. This is a stark contrast to the 1940s, when only 20% of high school students said they had cheated. In a 2022 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of students […] read more » Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
Opinion: Honors-weighted elective classes should offer CP alternatives March 8, 2023 — by Sarah Zhou “How will this look on my college application?” Although students constantly hear the virtues of choosing based on interest and the realities of their personal schedules by guidance counselors, let’s face it: Most students heavily base course selection with an eye toward how it will look on their college resume. Even though a course may […] read more » Throwing food at famous paintings doesn’t solve our climate crisis March 7, 2023 — by Nicole Lee and Isabelle Wang In recent months, some climate change activists have gained notoriety by throwing smashed cream pie into the face of King Charles’s wax statue or flinging mashed potatoes on a Claude Monet painting. The trend began in Paris’s Louvre museum on May 29, 2022 when a man attempted to smash the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da […] read more » ‘Cashless future’ carries negative implications February 15, 2023 — by Sarah Thomas The days of lining up at the ticket office outside the field before a game are long over: For fans of the school’s sports teams, GoFan — an online ticket purchasing portal — is now the only way to buy a ticket. Lately, our campus has become much more oriented to favoring (or accepting only) […] read more » Superscoring exacerbates existing inequity in the SAT February 15, 2023 — by Tara Natarajan When I took my first ever SAT in November, I went in with the expectation that I would take it no more than twice. After all, I could always go the test-optional route if the retake didn’t work out. Unlike a lot of my friends, I was quite a novice at standardized testing: I had […] read more » Meat from plants: a revolutionary invention February 15, 2023 — by Anamika Anand In the six years I’ve lived in the U.S., I have never tasted a beef burger. Until last year, every family barbecue yielded the same black bean veggie burger on my plate, which I slowly learned to accept. After all, what I lost in taste, I gained in moral standing; growing regular meat is harmful […] read more » Staff editorial: Policies on academic integrity need updating, clarifying February 13, 2023 — by William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda According to the Educational Testing Service, between 75% and 95% of students admitted to cheating in high school in recent years. This is a stark contrast to the 1940s, when only 20% of high school students said they had cheated. In a 2022 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of students […] read more » Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
Throwing food at famous paintings doesn’t solve our climate crisis March 7, 2023 — by Nicole Lee and Isabelle Wang In recent months, some climate change activists have gained notoriety by throwing smashed cream pie into the face of King Charles’s wax statue or flinging mashed potatoes on a Claude Monet painting. The trend began in Paris’s Louvre museum on May 29, 2022 when a man attempted to smash the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da […] read more » ‘Cashless future’ carries negative implications February 15, 2023 — by Sarah Thomas The days of lining up at the ticket office outside the field before a game are long over: For fans of the school’s sports teams, GoFan — an online ticket purchasing portal — is now the only way to buy a ticket. Lately, our campus has become much more oriented to favoring (or accepting only) […] read more » Superscoring exacerbates existing inequity in the SAT February 15, 2023 — by Tara Natarajan When I took my first ever SAT in November, I went in with the expectation that I would take it no more than twice. After all, I could always go the test-optional route if the retake didn’t work out. Unlike a lot of my friends, I was quite a novice at standardized testing: I had […] read more » Meat from plants: a revolutionary invention February 15, 2023 — by Anamika Anand In the six years I’ve lived in the U.S., I have never tasted a beef burger. Until last year, every family barbecue yielded the same black bean veggie burger on my plate, which I slowly learned to accept. After all, what I lost in taste, I gained in moral standing; growing regular meat is harmful […] read more » Staff editorial: Policies on academic integrity need updating, clarifying February 13, 2023 — by William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda According to the Educational Testing Service, between 75% and 95% of students admitted to cheating in high school in recent years. This is a stark contrast to the 1940s, when only 20% of high school students said they had cheated. In a 2022 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of students […] read more » Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
‘Cashless future’ carries negative implications February 15, 2023 — by Sarah Thomas The days of lining up at the ticket office outside the field before a game are long over: For fans of the school’s sports teams, GoFan — an online ticket purchasing portal — is now the only way to buy a ticket. Lately, our campus has become much more oriented to favoring (or accepting only) […] read more » Superscoring exacerbates existing inequity in the SAT February 15, 2023 — by Tara Natarajan When I took my first ever SAT in November, I went in with the expectation that I would take it no more than twice. After all, I could always go the test-optional route if the retake didn’t work out. Unlike a lot of my friends, I was quite a novice at standardized testing: I had […] read more » Meat from plants: a revolutionary invention February 15, 2023 — by Anamika Anand In the six years I’ve lived in the U.S., I have never tasted a beef burger. Until last year, every family barbecue yielded the same black bean veggie burger on my plate, which I slowly learned to accept. After all, what I lost in taste, I gained in moral standing; growing regular meat is harmful […] read more » Staff editorial: Policies on academic integrity need updating, clarifying February 13, 2023 — by William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda According to the Educational Testing Service, between 75% and 95% of students admitted to cheating in high school in recent years. This is a stark contrast to the 1940s, when only 20% of high school students said they had cheated. In a 2022 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of students […] read more » Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
Superscoring exacerbates existing inequity in the SAT February 15, 2023 — by Tara Natarajan When I took my first ever SAT in November, I went in with the expectation that I would take it no more than twice. After all, I could always go the test-optional route if the retake didn’t work out. Unlike a lot of my friends, I was quite a novice at standardized testing: I had […] read more » Meat from plants: a revolutionary invention February 15, 2023 — by Anamika Anand In the six years I’ve lived in the U.S., I have never tasted a beef burger. Until last year, every family barbecue yielded the same black bean veggie burger on my plate, which I slowly learned to accept. After all, what I lost in taste, I gained in moral standing; growing regular meat is harmful […] read more » Staff editorial: Policies on academic integrity need updating, clarifying February 13, 2023 — by William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda According to the Educational Testing Service, between 75% and 95% of students admitted to cheating in high school in recent years. This is a stark contrast to the 1940s, when only 20% of high school students said they had cheated. In a 2022 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of students […] read more » Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
Meat from plants: a revolutionary invention February 15, 2023 — by Anamika Anand In the six years I’ve lived in the U.S., I have never tasted a beef burger. Until last year, every family barbecue yielded the same black bean veggie burger on my plate, which I slowly learned to accept. After all, what I lost in taste, I gained in moral standing; growing regular meat is harmful […] read more » Staff editorial: Policies on academic integrity need updating, clarifying February 13, 2023 — by William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda According to the Educational Testing Service, between 75% and 95% of students admitted to cheating in high school in recent years. This is a stark contrast to the 1940s, when only 20% of high school students said they had cheated. In a 2022 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of students […] read more » Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
Staff editorial: Policies on academic integrity need updating, clarifying February 13, 2023 — by William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda According to the Educational Testing Service, between 75% and 95% of students admitted to cheating in high school in recent years. This is a stark contrast to the 1940s, when only 20% of high school students said they had cheated. In a 2022 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of students […] read more » Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
Los Gatos High deserved to have school, too February 12, 2023 — by Shreya Rallabandi Not fair. That’s the way many Falcon students were feeling the first week back from winter break. On Jan. 10, there were power outages at both Saratoga High and Los Gatos High due to a storm, resulting in both schools missing that day of school. But while SHS regained power the following day and was […] read more » Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
Spirit — and event participation — should last the whole year February 12, 2023 — by Allison Tan Words cannot describe the disappointment I felt when the Spring Fling dance got canceled last school year. My friends had to hold me back from rallying students and demanding they purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. But sadly, this is not the first time a springtime event has been canceled due to the lack of […] read more » District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast
District right to overhaul school’s outdated website February 12, 2023 — by George Hu When students open the school’s website, they are presented with a slideshow that includes a series of pictures of various recent school events along with a large picture of the front of the school’s football stadium. As they scroll down the page, they begin to see upcoming events, as well as links to over a […] read more » firstprevious...10...1415161718...3040506070...nextlast