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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

The Saratoga Falcon

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All content by Roy Bisht

Senior rows her way to Tulsa

Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew
January 18, 2012

DECA allows students to get a taste of business

Roy Bisht and Matt Foley
December 7, 2011
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Football: Season hampered by injuries

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
November 13, 2011
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Football: Milpitas delivers painful league loss

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
November 11, 2011

Football: Falcons take big hit from Paly

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
October 26, 2011

Football: Doles dominates on both sides of the ball

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
October 18, 2011

Students consider drugs in Saratoga inappropriate

Roy Bisht and Edward Dong
October 18, 2011
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Football team suffers key injuries in 42-14 loss to Mountain View

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
October 17, 2011
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Athlete of the Issue: Dozier finds inspiration from family name

Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew
October 14, 2011
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Football: Offense struggles against Hollister

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
September 22, 2011

Parking lot for parking only, not student dropoffs

Roy Bisht
September 13, 2011
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Football: Team struggles, loses key players in season opener

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
September 9, 2011

Senior recruited to play Division I baseball at Seattle University

Roy Bisht
September 9, 2011
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Football Preview 2011

Roy Bisht and Nikil Ramanathan
September 7, 2011

Seniors look back as graduation approaches

Roy Bisht
June 7, 2011

Sports and sevenths: Loss of playing time for students with full schedules an unfair reality

Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew
May 31, 2011

Guns at school would cause massive hazards

Roy Bisht
April 6, 2011

Cutting off transfers slightly aids overpopulated Los Gatos High

Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew
March 31, 2011

Round two loss ends solid season

Karthik Annaamalai and Roy Bisht
March 1, 2011

Baseball: More than a game

Roy Bisht
February 6, 2011
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Family dynasty continues in SHS athletics

Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew
February 6, 2011

Boys’ basketball: Teamwork taking team to new level

Karthik Annaamalai and Roy Bisht
February 5, 2011

Apocalypse not coming: Dead birds exemplify human ignorance

Dylan Jew and Roy Bisht
January 28, 2011
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Boys’ basketball: Team hopes to carry momentum into regular season

Karthik Annaamalai and Roy Bisht
January 13, 2011

Boys’ Basketball: Coach Naas and seniors step up game

Karthik Annaamalai and Roy Bisht
December 7, 2010
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Gone too far? Trash talking evokes serious incidents

Roy Bisht
December 7, 2010

Billion-dollar home in the slums of India in shockingly poor taste

Roy Bisht
November 23, 2010

Athlete of the Issue: Troy Doles

Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew
November 23, 2010

Boys’ basketball team ready to strike opposition

Karthik Annaamalai and Roy Bisht
November 23, 2010
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Senior class pumps up school spirit

Roy Bisht and Dylan Jew
November 18, 2010
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Giants in the World Series? NO WAY

Roy Bisht
October 22, 2010

Senior recalls World Cup experience

Roy Bisht and Abhishek Venkataramana
October 15, 2010
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Car cleanliness not a priority for senior

Roy Bisht
September 14, 2010

Big Ben deserves big suspension

Roy Bisht and Cullan McChesney
September 14, 2010

New raised crosswalk in front of school draws criticism from some students

Roy Bisht
September 14, 2010
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Football star from SHS raps its up at Cal

Roy Bisht and Anoop Galivanche
June 1, 2010

Roethlisberger deserves to lose part of season

Roy Bisht
June 1, 2010

Students’ dedication pays off in CSF awards ceremony

Roy Bisht
May 27, 2010

College not so bad after all

Roy Bisht
May 27, 2010

Baseball Season Recap: Count this one as a rebuilding year

Roy Bisht and David Eng
May 24, 2010
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Lack of sign-ups forces school to cut poetry and other electives for next year

Roy Bisht and Denise Lin
May 3, 2010

2010: The Year of the Giants

Roy Bisht
April 26, 2010

The name is iPad, not iPod

Sulmaan Hassan and Roy Bisht
April 23, 2010

Baseball: Injuries plague diminished Falcon roster

Roy Bisht and David Eng
April 23, 2010

Falcons struggle with starting pitching, look for defense to improve chances

Roy Bisht and David Eng
March 31, 2010

It wouldn’t be March Madness without the Madness

Roy Bisht
March 29, 2010

Planners more than meets the eye

Roy Bisht
March 19, 2010

Georgian luger’s death prompts concerns about track safety and disregard of speed complaints

Christine Bancroft and Roy Bisht
March 16, 2010

Baseball adjusts to changes all around the diamond

Roy Bisht and David Eng
March 16, 2010

Boys’ soccer: Falcons shutout in CCS in quarterfinals

Roy Bisht
March 8, 2010

SHS students more than volunteers at hospital

Roy Bisht and Mira Chaykin
February 22, 2010

Boys’ soccer: fighting to maintain league lead

Roy Bisht and Aanchal Mohan
February 9, 2010

Boys’ soccer climbs ranks in hope of league championship

Aanchal Mohan and Roy Bisht
February 2, 2010

Texas Tech incident shows football injuries need more caution

Roy Bisht
January 26, 2010

Young boys’ soccer team looks to win league title

Roy Bisht
December 10, 2009

Obama needs to pay closer attention to international protocol

Roy Bisht and Parul Singh
December 9, 2009

The holidays coming early in Los Gatos park

Roy Bisht
November 30, 2009

Celebrities’ personal mistakes shouldn’t kill their careers

Roy Bisht
November 20, 2009

John Mayer Preview: ‘Battle Studies’

Roy Bisht and Anoop Galivanche
November 4, 2009

Amazon’s Kindle is making more and more sense for schools

Roy Bisht and Brandon Yang
October 30, 2009

Junior re-visits freshman lifestyle

Roy Bisht
October 15, 2009

Students find refuge in community colleges

Roy Bisht
October 12, 2009

SHS needs to be regularly updated

Roy Bisht and Brandon Yang
October 12, 2009

Michael Vick deserves right to fight his way back into the NFL

Roy Bisht and Tim Rollinson
September 8, 2009
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