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Tickets for the dance are currently on sale through Dec. 5, with prices increasing by $10 per week.
Winter Formal to be held at San Jose sports complex
November 18, 2025
Juniors Haley Pham (left) and Sandya Iyer (right) and senior Kayla Bingel (center) hold pool noodles for the students to punch.
Girls Self Defense takes on lively chaos at Foothill Elementary
November 17, 2025
The broker, played by sophomore Bhavya Lohani, gives the latest update of the stock market to the president, played by junior Sahaana Chitrapura.
‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’ cast completes opening weekend shows
November 15, 2025
Students eagerly wait for the start of the tournament.
Mathletes face fierce competition at Berkeley event
November 15, 2025
Courtesy of Wen Chen Families from the community crowd around a pumpkin about to be smashed.
6165 MSET Cuttlefish’s 4th annual pumpkin SMASH breaks attendance records
November 14, 2025
The cover art of “Solo Leveling,” portraying main character Sung Jinwoo.
‘Solo Leveling’ offers great animation at the cost of shallow characters
November 18, 2025
Sophomore Michael Zhao composes his research paper on the prevalence of cognitive decline with age.
Sophomore researches cognitive decline with Duke professor
November 18, 2025
The homework students get from courses adds up quickly and can cause students to look toward AI.
Homework policies evolve in response to student workloads and AI
November 17, 2025
Simple, casual autumn outfits.
Easy outfits for the fall season
November 17, 2025
Icing on the Cake’s storefront in Los Gatos.
Sampling cupcakes from a Los Gatos classic: Icing on the Cake
November 17, 2025
The team’s seniors gather around to celebrate their last game.
Falcons end their season with a 27-21 loss despite a valiant second-half comeback
November 14, 2025
The cross country team takes a group picture at the end of league finals.
With a strong league finals finish, cross country looks toward CCS
November 14, 2025
Courtesy of Celcius Athletes often have foods or drinks that they enjoy before a game such as a Celcius.
Players follow superstitions to hype up before a game
November 9, 2025
Luo at the 2024 Starbound Regional Dance Competition; placing second overall for her ballet solo.
Dance star in ISPE maintains rigorous schedule
November 8, 2025
Follmar treks in the mountains of Colorado during the High Lonesome 100 race.
Finding her stride: Cross country coach chases purpose with ultra running
November 5, 2025
Courtesy of Bay Area News Group These white and blue buses can be seen zooming around Saratoga — “zooming” because they’re often empty.
VTA needs to change its bus schedule
November 17, 2025
Courtesy of LGSUHSD The math department course sequence chart loses some pathways.
Power of perception — math policy changes come with potential downsides
November 16, 2025
Social media is overtaking traditional news with no sign of stopping.
As Kirk assassination video shows, traditional journalism is down but shouldn’t be out
November 11, 2025
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc is stranded on a trackside hill as he laments his poor race at the Dutch Grand Prix.
100-word rant: F1 has a gatekeeping problem
November 6, 2025
If there's no sun, how is it so hot?
100-word rant: Weather, can you stop being weird?
October 31, 2025
My trusty water bottle and packs of dried rose and chrysanthemum.
How I get myself to drink water as a chronically dehydrated person
November 18, 2025
Two shelves in my room that contain souvenirs from my past trips, legos and childhood memories.
Preserving fond moments through memorabilia in my room
November 17, 2025
Hopefully this isn’t you this Winter Formal — get up and dance out there!
Top 10: Dance moves to hit at a school function
November 16, 2025
Boba prices just keep increasing
100-word rant: Can we stop with the boba-flation?
November 16, 2025
Courtesy of BuzzFeed All my quiz results, summed up in one picture.
Imagining my future one BuzzFeed quiz at a time
November 12, 2025
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