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Allied teams 95071X (right) and 1000A (left) celebrate after advancing to grand finals at the U.S. Open National Championship.
VEX Robotics team makes finalists in U.S. Open National Championship
April 10, 2025
Rally commissioners act out a skit inspired by “Beauty and the Beast.”
‘Beauty and the Beast’ rally builds hype before prom
April 10, 2025
Trustee Shawn Mortensen (far left) listens to a presentation at the district office during the school board’s March 11 meeting.
Meet Shawn Mortensen: LGSUHSD’s newest school board trustee
April 5, 2025
The Philharmonic Strings orchestra combined with the Freshman orchestra to play together in the non-competitive category of the conference.
SHS orchestras travel to Atlanta for National Orchestra Festival
April 4, 2025
During the summer of 2026, the music department will be traveling to perform in Japan.
Music department to tour Japan in summer of 2026
April 3, 2025
Cochrum helps a student during tutorial.
Cochrum reflects on educational journey with learning disability
April 5, 2025
An advertisement poster Leung made for the company.
Senior takes on remote social media job in New York
April 5, 2025
Courtesy of Montalvo Arts Center Often rented for weddings, the beautiful grounds of the Montalvo Arts Center is a popular place for hosting social events.
A nearby gem: the Montalvo Arts Center
April 3, 2025
Combining multiple skill-sets fosters collaboration and growth in ceramics class
April 2, 2025
Kinoshita films a fight scene for her college sophomore-year passion project, “The Veil” — her first time as Director of Photography
Stories that matter: Alumna pursues cinematography to inspire through storytelling
April 2, 2025
Ning launches a three against Sacred Heart as his teammates prepare to celebrate.
From 13th man to 3rd team all league — Steven Ning’s basketball journey
April 3, 2025
The beam training area at Gold Star Gymnastics.
Paying it forward for the next generation of gymnasts
March 31, 2025
Bossow wrestles against Bellarmine at Overfelt High on Dec. 6.
Wrestling team shows significant improvement this season
March 27, 2025
Coach Brian Liao talks game strategy with sophomores Andy Lu and Teegan Seid-Pham.
New head badminton coach brings valued guidance for players
March 27, 2025
President Riley Adler demonstrates yoga moves on the March 20 meeting, focused on the benefits of the practice.
Sports Medicine Club strives to teach athletes to be more aware of their body
March 26, 2025
Mangione’s alleged actions were wrong, but the diagnosis of America’s failing health-care system wasn’t
Mangione’s alleged actions were wrong, but the diagnosis of America’s failing health-care system wasn’t
March 31, 2025
Stay safe.
In a dark time, it’s time to know your rights
March 27, 2025
Starting next school year, more students are able to study at MIT without worrying about tuition.
Educational institutions are wise to offer free tuition to low-income families
March 26, 2025
Nationwide voter turnout since 2002, blue is presidential, yellow is midterm
Sagging voter participation puts democracy at risk
March 22, 2025
Cutting the tree of the Department of Education in half.
DOGE’s cuts for educational programs cause instability and loss of research confidence
March 19, 2025
Students gather to eat and talk on the upper deck.
Prom 2025: A grape evening at the Mountain Winery
April 6, 2025
Courtesy of Imgflip If you’re going to stop reading this story right here, this meme sums up my entire high school experience (I been chilling with boba but it’s close enough). Seriously, though, John Cena’s Chinese is elite.
My high school life in memes
April 5, 2025
Courtesy of Neha Sharan Students compete in a co-ed tournament held at the India Community Center in Milpitas.
A sophomore’s gambit: encouraging more girls to take up chess
April 4, 2025
Top 10 celebrity baby names over the years
April 3, 2025
Students take a test in Mrs. Marks’ Spanish 3 class.
Spanish teacher Stephanie Marks connects language learning to current events
April 2, 2025
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The Saratoga Falcon

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All content by Andrew Jiang

Too short for shorts?

Andrew Jiang

Reporters recount growing up watching retiring basketball legend

Andrew Jiang and Allison Lin

Just another sorry case of Senioritis

Andrew Jiang

Senior works part time at Pizza Studio

Andrew Jiang

Boys’ water polo continues to dominate in league play

Andrew Jiang and Neil Rao

Boys’ water polo aims to win leagues

Andrew Jiang and Neil Rao

Miscommunication between ASB and commissions leads to hate messages on YikYak

Andrew Jiang and Ariel Liu

Ceramics and SHS TV programs working to boost numbers, interest

Andrew Jiang and Spring Ma

College Bound: Lu prepares for transition to Yale

Andrew Jiang and Ariel Liu

Reporters encourage crack: trivia crack, that is

Jade Bisht, Andrew Jiang, and Sherrilyn Ling

Senior opera singer wins Saratoga Idol

Simi Srivastava and Andrew Jiang

Football players make transition to basketball

Andrew Jiang and Jihau Yu

College Bound: Lu eases through app season

Andrew Jiang and Ariel Liu

Boys’ water polo ends season with fifth place finish in League Tournament

David Fan and Andrew Jiang

Fugitive: a game of instinct, agility and thrill

Helen Chen and Andrew Jiang

College Bound: Senior plans future in fashion

Ashley Chen, Andrew Jiang, and Ariel Liu

Seniors prefer private schools over public schools, a growing trend

Helen Chen and Andrew Jiang

College Bound: the myth, the legend, the Linosaur

Ashley Chen and Andrew Jiang

Boys’ water polo places third in first tournament of the season

Andrew Jiang

Students caught attempting office break-in

Andrew Jiang and Carolyn Sun

Boys’ swimming: Five individuals and four relays reach finals in CCS

Andrew Jiang and Arjun Ramanathan

Sophomore matures through parents’ divorce

Andrew Jiang and Ariel Liu

Underclassmen should be able to go off campus

Miles Albert and Andrew Jiang

Students visiting college at younger age

Miles Albert and Andrew Jiang
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Rules restricting tackling in football becoming ridiculous

Andrew Jiang

School spends $8,000 on new murals

Andrew Jiang and Jihau Yu

First annual High School Hacks sees record attendance of over 800

Andrew Jiang and Anant Rajeev

Boys’ swimming hangs tough despite rocky start

Andrew Jiang
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Why splitting California is a bad idea

Andrew Jiang and Anant Rajeev

Does Saratoga have less spirit than other schools?

Andrew Jiang and Ariel Liu

Leadership students travel to conference at Disneyland

Andrew Jiang

Boys’ basketball team faces difficult losses

Andrew Jiang
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SOPHOMORE IN NEED OF HELP: Flying addictions, dire predictions

Andrew Jiang

Dance team competes in first competition

Andrew Jiang

Senior high jumper signs with Division I school

Andrew Jiang and Miles Albert

Snapchat: Is it really private?

Andrew Jiang and Miles Albert

Boys’ swimming eager to start the season

Andrew Jiang

Reporter imitates the NBA skills challenge

Andrew Jiang

Life in Cole world: Junior basketball player hopes to lead team to success

Andrew Jiang

Like it or not, schools need to monitor students’ online lives

Anant Rajeev and Andrew Jiang

Can you hit on upperclassmen?

Andrew Jiang

Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year

Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert

Curves benefit classes

Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao
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Boys’ water polo team tries to finish season strong

Andrew Jiang

Pool boiler broken, water polo teams finds other options

Andrew Jiang

ASB student store revamped

Andrew Jiang and Anant Rajeev

Sophomore rises up to varsity water polo

Andrew Jiang

Section 3, Question 2: Does standardized testing prepare you for college?

Deepti Kannan and Andrew Jiang
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