Westboro Church sets off free speech controversy April 19, 2011 — by Joanna Lee and Michelle Shu As sorrowful family members mourned their tragic loss of their 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, one of the many victims of the Tuscon shooting in January, members of the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funeral only a few thousand feet away. Chanting and holding up signs saying, “You’re going to hell” at funerals, the group believes that the deaths of young children and deceased servicemen and women are God’s punishment for America’s leniency toward gays. read more » Separation by grade splits schools April 9, 2011 — by Jennie Werner Joseph Di Salvo, president of the Santa Clara County Office of Education, has recently formed an anti-bullying advisory council to help address the growing bulling in high schools. With bullying on the rise, high schools need to foster a sense of community instead of separating students by year. High school students file into the gym together, and immediately separate to find seats in the four distinct sections of the gym: green, white, blue and red, each color for a grade. read more » Siblings: An advantage you can’t beat April 8, 2011 — by Rachel Perera By the time they turn 11, children devote about 33% of their free time to their siblings. That’s more time than they spend with their friends, parents, teachers or even themselves, according to a Penn State University study. read more » Guns at school would cause massive hazards April 6, 2011 — by Roy Bisht Go back 12 years to Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Two high school students unloaded multiple shotguns on innocent students at Columbine, killing 13 and injuring 8 more in one of the most devastating school shootings of all time. With such a horrific incident involving guns taking the lives of so many innocent students, it would make perfect sense to permanently ban guns from school campuses, right? read more » UCLA girl should not be punished for racist remarks April 6, 2011 — by Kelly Liu and Allison Toh “Ooooh ching-chong ling-long ting-tong!” said Alexandra Wallace, mimicking a stereotypical Asian dialect that, according to her infinite wisdom, disrupts the UCLA library every 15 minutes. read more » Aeries makes six-week grading periods unnecessary April 6, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst and Amy Jan Junior Stephanie Poo looked at her planner on the night of Tuesday, March 8, her eyes widening as she remembered the two projects due on Wednesday, two quizzes on Thursday, an essay to write and a test on Friday, along with her normal Color Guard practice. Why so much work during a seemingly normal school week? It must be the end of another grading period. read more » Help Japanese in disaster March 31, 2011 — by Synthia Ling The earthquake, reaching a colossal 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, set off a 10-meter high tsunami in Northern Japan that ripped buildings off their foundations and swept homes, cars, and ships away in its destructive waves. More than 10,800 people have died and thousands more are missing after drowning in the waves or being trapped underneath the rubble. read more » Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
Separation by grade splits schools April 9, 2011 — by Jennie Werner Joseph Di Salvo, president of the Santa Clara County Office of Education, has recently formed an anti-bullying advisory council to help address the growing bulling in high schools. With bullying on the rise, high schools need to foster a sense of community instead of separating students by year. High school students file into the gym together, and immediately separate to find seats in the four distinct sections of the gym: green, white, blue and red, each color for a grade. read more » Siblings: An advantage you can’t beat April 8, 2011 — by Rachel Perera By the time they turn 11, children devote about 33% of their free time to their siblings. That’s more time than they spend with their friends, parents, teachers or even themselves, according to a Penn State University study. read more » Guns at school would cause massive hazards April 6, 2011 — by Roy Bisht Go back 12 years to Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Two high school students unloaded multiple shotguns on innocent students at Columbine, killing 13 and injuring 8 more in one of the most devastating school shootings of all time. With such a horrific incident involving guns taking the lives of so many innocent students, it would make perfect sense to permanently ban guns from school campuses, right? read more » UCLA girl should not be punished for racist remarks April 6, 2011 — by Kelly Liu and Allison Toh “Ooooh ching-chong ling-long ting-tong!” said Alexandra Wallace, mimicking a stereotypical Asian dialect that, according to her infinite wisdom, disrupts the UCLA library every 15 minutes. read more » Aeries makes six-week grading periods unnecessary April 6, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst and Amy Jan Junior Stephanie Poo looked at her planner on the night of Tuesday, March 8, her eyes widening as she remembered the two projects due on Wednesday, two quizzes on Thursday, an essay to write and a test on Friday, along with her normal Color Guard practice. Why so much work during a seemingly normal school week? It must be the end of another grading period. read more » Help Japanese in disaster March 31, 2011 — by Synthia Ling The earthquake, reaching a colossal 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, set off a 10-meter high tsunami in Northern Japan that ripped buildings off their foundations and swept homes, cars, and ships away in its destructive waves. More than 10,800 people have died and thousands more are missing after drowning in the waves or being trapped underneath the rubble. read more » Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
Siblings: An advantage you can’t beat April 8, 2011 — by Rachel Perera By the time they turn 11, children devote about 33% of their free time to their siblings. That’s more time than they spend with their friends, parents, teachers or even themselves, according to a Penn State University study. read more » Guns at school would cause massive hazards April 6, 2011 — by Roy Bisht Go back 12 years to Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Two high school students unloaded multiple shotguns on innocent students at Columbine, killing 13 and injuring 8 more in one of the most devastating school shootings of all time. With such a horrific incident involving guns taking the lives of so many innocent students, it would make perfect sense to permanently ban guns from school campuses, right? read more » UCLA girl should not be punished for racist remarks April 6, 2011 — by Kelly Liu and Allison Toh “Ooooh ching-chong ling-long ting-tong!” said Alexandra Wallace, mimicking a stereotypical Asian dialect that, according to her infinite wisdom, disrupts the UCLA library every 15 minutes. read more » Aeries makes six-week grading periods unnecessary April 6, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst and Amy Jan Junior Stephanie Poo looked at her planner on the night of Tuesday, March 8, her eyes widening as she remembered the two projects due on Wednesday, two quizzes on Thursday, an essay to write and a test on Friday, along with her normal Color Guard practice. Why so much work during a seemingly normal school week? It must be the end of another grading period. read more » Help Japanese in disaster March 31, 2011 — by Synthia Ling The earthquake, reaching a colossal 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, set off a 10-meter high tsunami in Northern Japan that ripped buildings off their foundations and swept homes, cars, and ships away in its destructive waves. More than 10,800 people have died and thousands more are missing after drowning in the waves or being trapped underneath the rubble. read more » Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
Guns at school would cause massive hazards April 6, 2011 — by Roy Bisht Go back 12 years to Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Two high school students unloaded multiple shotguns on innocent students at Columbine, killing 13 and injuring 8 more in one of the most devastating school shootings of all time. With such a horrific incident involving guns taking the lives of so many innocent students, it would make perfect sense to permanently ban guns from school campuses, right? read more » UCLA girl should not be punished for racist remarks April 6, 2011 — by Kelly Liu and Allison Toh “Ooooh ching-chong ling-long ting-tong!” said Alexandra Wallace, mimicking a stereotypical Asian dialect that, according to her infinite wisdom, disrupts the UCLA library every 15 minutes. read more » Aeries makes six-week grading periods unnecessary April 6, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst and Amy Jan Junior Stephanie Poo looked at her planner on the night of Tuesday, March 8, her eyes widening as she remembered the two projects due on Wednesday, two quizzes on Thursday, an essay to write and a test on Friday, along with her normal Color Guard practice. Why so much work during a seemingly normal school week? It must be the end of another grading period. read more » Help Japanese in disaster March 31, 2011 — by Synthia Ling The earthquake, reaching a colossal 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, set off a 10-meter high tsunami in Northern Japan that ripped buildings off their foundations and swept homes, cars, and ships away in its destructive waves. More than 10,800 people have died and thousands more are missing after drowning in the waves or being trapped underneath the rubble. read more » Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
UCLA girl should not be punished for racist remarks April 6, 2011 — by Kelly Liu and Allison Toh “Ooooh ching-chong ling-long ting-tong!” said Alexandra Wallace, mimicking a stereotypical Asian dialect that, according to her infinite wisdom, disrupts the UCLA library every 15 minutes. read more » Aeries makes six-week grading periods unnecessary April 6, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst and Amy Jan Junior Stephanie Poo looked at her planner on the night of Tuesday, March 8, her eyes widening as she remembered the two projects due on Wednesday, two quizzes on Thursday, an essay to write and a test on Friday, along with her normal Color Guard practice. Why so much work during a seemingly normal school week? It must be the end of another grading period. read more » Help Japanese in disaster March 31, 2011 — by Synthia Ling The earthquake, reaching a colossal 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, set off a 10-meter high tsunami in Northern Japan that ripped buildings off their foundations and swept homes, cars, and ships away in its destructive waves. More than 10,800 people have died and thousands more are missing after drowning in the waves or being trapped underneath the rubble. read more » Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
Aeries makes six-week grading periods unnecessary April 6, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst and Amy Jan Junior Stephanie Poo looked at her planner on the night of Tuesday, March 8, her eyes widening as she remembered the two projects due on Wednesday, two quizzes on Thursday, an essay to write and a test on Friday, along with her normal Color Guard practice. Why so much work during a seemingly normal school week? It must be the end of another grading period. read more » Help Japanese in disaster March 31, 2011 — by Synthia Ling The earthquake, reaching a colossal 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, set off a 10-meter high tsunami in Northern Japan that ripped buildings off their foundations and swept homes, cars, and ships away in its destructive waves. More than 10,800 people have died and thousands more are missing after drowning in the waves or being trapped underneath the rubble. read more » Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
Help Japanese in disaster March 31, 2011 — by Synthia Ling The earthquake, reaching a colossal 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, set off a 10-meter high tsunami in Northern Japan that ripped buildings off their foundations and swept homes, cars, and ships away in its destructive waves. More than 10,800 people have died and thousands more are missing after drowning in the waves or being trapped underneath the rubble. read more » Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High March 31, 2011 — by Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew Transferring between schools has been a part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified High School District for a long time, but now the situation will change next fall when the district shuts down down the freedom for Saratoga students to transfer to Los Gatos. read more » A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
A Call to (Early) Action March 30, 2011 — by Vijay Menon In late February, Harvard and Princeton made an announcement that certainly turned heads among the Saratoga High junior crowd—both schools would be bringing back Early Action starting with the Class of 2012. read more » School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast
School in need of more earthquake preparedness March 30, 2011 — by Giulia Curcelli It’s tutorial on Monday morning. Barely alert masses of people are gathered in hallways and classrooms. Everything seems perfectly normal. Suddenly, however, a powerful earthquake strikes. One student darts into the nearest classroom. Another takes cover in a doorway. A third sprints to the quad. In all the chaos, what would you do? read more » firstprevious...1020304050...166167168169170...180190200210...nextlast