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Student art being showcased at last year’s Soundings exhibition in the SHS Library.
Soundings’ April 18. Exhibition will feature works from The Wildcat Review
April 17, 2025
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
I’ve imagined myself in 10 years in countless ways, and I’m still unsure where I’ll be.
A letter to me in 10 years
April 21, 2025
Junior Kiana Saadieh makes a latte for a customer at Big Basin Cafe.
Students’ reality of working in restaurants, fast food and cafes
April 20, 2025
Caption: Despite now mostly working as a writer, Mandell has acted in various productions — most recently, he starred in the self-written one-man-show “It’s a Phase” in 2022.
SHS alumnus pursues screenwriting career amid a turbulent Hollywood landscape
April 20, 2025
Jain poses during a dive in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, her first rotation at the Johnson Space Center during fall 2022.
Alumni reflect on the benefits of college co-op programs that place them in workplace settings for extended periods
April 17, 2025
Cochrum helps a student during tutorial.
Cochrum reflects on educational journey with learning disability
April 5, 2025
Bonner instructs swimmers to start the set off the block.
Christian Bonner’s journey from non-swimmer to longtime swimming coach
April 17, 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
The issue of modern feminism: Don’t mistake progress for exploitation
April 20, 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
The infamous “criss cross chair” from TikTok Shop, ranging from $40-70, has taken over social media feeds.
Is TikTok Shop another marketing trap or actually have legitimate products?
April 17, 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
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Volume 49, Issue 1
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The Saratoga Falcon

The Saratoga Falcon
All content by Minu Palaniappan
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The Exodus: Top athletes who live in Saratoga often don’t play for the Falcons

Ashley Chen and Minu Palaniappan

Boys’ lacrosse going strong

Minu Palaniappan and Devin Zhao

Soccer teams participate in sportsmanship seminar

Minu Palaniappan and Jihau Yu
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SHS median grade is a B+

Robert Eng, Sherrilyn Ling, and Minu Palaniappan

Boys’ lacrosse season preview

Minu Palaniappan and Devin Zhao

Apple: a company of the past

Minu Palaniappan

Student led hackathon plans to get teens involved with coding

Minu Palaniappan and Miles Albert

Bringing sound to the inexpressable

Minu Palaniappan

California legislation gives minors rights to erase info

Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang

Students hold mixed opinions on recent Facebook sticker addition

Sherrilyn Ling and Minu Palaniappan

Application Developer’s Club joins the Hack revolution

Miles Albert and Minu Palaniappan

App Developers Club creates online goldenrod

Simi Srivastava and Minu Palaniappan

Facebook Graph Search: A powerful tool for discovery

Minu Palaniappan

Google Glass: a privacy blunder

Minu Palaniappan

Chess team places fourth at county tournament

Priyanka Nookala and Minu Palaniappan

Injury-prone tennis team looking to become a top league contender

Minu Palaniappan and Sudeep Raj

Robotics fundraising seeing success

Minu Palaniappan

APUSH should allow typed notes

Minu Palaniappan and Rohan Rajeev
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Boys’ tennis looks to regain position as champions

Sudeep Raj and Minu Palaniappan
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FTC team heads to NorCal Championship

Minu Palaniappan and David Sparkman

Senior delves into past in preparation for History Bowl

Nick Chow and Minu Palaniappan

Chess club plans intramural tournaments open to everyone

Minu Palaniappan and Priyanka Nookala

Research class would encourage hands-on learning

Minu Palaniappan and Elijah Yi

History Department offers trip to France

Minu Palaniappan and Jay Mulye

San Jose State student talks programming

Minu Palaniappan
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Chess team hopes to build on past success

Minu Palaniappan and Priyanka Nookala

SAT score drops irrelevant to education

Minu Palaniappan and Sudeep Raj

Club builds iPhone application for Saratoga students

Minu Palaniappan and Sophie Mattson
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Armstrong deserves Tour titles

Minu Palaniappan
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New clubs shine at Club Day, old ones merge

Rohan Rajeev and Minu Palaniappan

Off campus lunches

Minu Palaniappan
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Students launch website to inform teens about politics

Minu Palaniappan and Sanj Nalwa

MSET 649 makes history at Central Valley Regional

Minu Palaniappan and David Sparkman

MSET 649 excels at Central Valley Regional

Minu Palaniappan and David Sparkman

Developers Club competes in Bay Area coding tournaments

Minu Palaniappan

Boys track: Sophomore looks to lead 2012 season

Jonathan Young and Minu Palaniappan
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Sophomore Ivan France finds passion in robotics

Minu Palaniappan
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Seniors spend break playing Fugitive

Minu Palaniappan

Chess team falls short at county tournament

Minu Palaniappan

SHS Developers Club introduces computer science lessons

Minu Palaniappan

M-SET attends 2012 FRC Kick-off

Minu Palaniappan
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Sophomore finds success in green business

Minu Palaniappan

Juniors help develop Android Application; Presented to Gates Foundation

Minu Palaniappan

Chess teams hopes to continue great season for years to come

Minu Palaniappan
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Robotics team prepares for FRC Competition

Minu Palaniappan

Boys’ cross country: runners make State

Minu Palaniappan

Saratoga Cross Country season ends well, Steven Sum places 2nd overall at CCS

Minu Palaniappan and Nikil Ramanathan

Spanish Club celebrates Mexican holiday

Edward Dong and Minu Palaniappan

Teachers assign video projects to broaden education

Brandon Judoprasetijo and Minu Palaniappan

Robotics team learns from Calgames

Minu Palaniappan

Saratoga finishes strong at Baylands and Lynbrook but suffers at Crystal Springs

Minu Palaniappan

SHS Application developers club goes big

Minu Palaniappan

649 MSET Preps for Cal Games

Minu Palaniappan

Chess Club hopes to go big

Minu Palaniappan

Memories of 9/11: staff members share tragic accounts

Dylan Jew and Minu Palaniappan
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