Saratoga Falcon
Sirens scream as police cars and ambulances pull into the lot. Two cars smashed, totaled. Three injured, one pronounced dead.
Traveling to Spain in the middle of the school year, meeting kids from over 20 different countries and representing the United States in an international dance competition—three unique opportunities that two freshmen were able to take part in this spring.
What do Epicurus, Shostakovich and the U.S. Supreme Court have in common? They are all the topics of the school’s History Day entries that qualified to represent California at the National History Day competition in June.
Several groups of physics students gathered at the upper field on April 30 to let loose their homemade catapults.
An increase in the school’s population means the preschool that has been located on campus for 15 years will be forced to move starting next year.
Throughout the year, the possibility of a transition to a full block schedule in the fall aroused excitement among many teachers and students.
Last year, May 1 seemed like another typical adult league soccer game for English teacher Meg Battey, who was playing defender until an opponent’s miscalculated kick landed full force against Battey’s right hand.
School officials began searching for a new principal as soon as current principal Jeff Anderson announced in January that he would be taking a new position at the district office.
The newly formed History Bowl team’s Cinderella story of a season came to an end at the national competition in late April. In its first year of existence, the team managed to make it all the way to the national competition in Washington, D.C.
As the school year comes to a close, seniors are elated. Twelve years of hard work is coming to fruition, and they will be attending college in the fall.
Many seniors had difficulty choosing which school they would attend.
A couple of years ago, the school’s MSET (Mechanical Science and Engineering Team), went to the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) nationals in St. Louis, Mo. This year, the team hoped for another great season where they would move on to the national competition. The team came close, placing sixth overall in the Silicon and Central Valley regionals.
For many, spring break is a time for catching up on homework or enjoying some much-needed relaxation. For 26 juniors and seniors, however, April 17-22 was an adventure like no other.
Losing to Gunn 16-14 on April 26 and Monta Vista 20-10 at home on April 24, the Falcons have lost their chances of tying with Cupertino as league champions.
With three games left in the season, the Falcons are hanging on to their current third-place position in the De Anza league.
Over spring break the school was pretty empty—except for the track team who was busy at work, diligently running laps during practice.
The Falcons participated in the Valley Christian Crown Classic on the week of April 4 with one goal in mind: to make a name for the program by winning the tournament.
Despite not being at full strength, the 8-5 boys’ tennis team managed a 4-3 win over school rivals Los Gatos on April 23 but lost to Monte Vista earlier in the month.
The Falcons came out of the 2011 season with just one win. Determined to turn around their history of losses, the Falcons thundered into the 2012 season.
After a close 206-204 loss to Milpitas on March 28 and a decisive 189-212 victory against them on the home course on April 2, the team record stands at 10-2.
Junior Robbie Parden feels that in both these matches the team played well overall. He believes that the main factor in the March 28 loss was the team’s lack of knowledge of the course.
Feb. 26, Sanford, Fla.
7:11 p.m.: Community watch coordinator George Zimmerman calls 911 to report a “real suspicious guy.” Zimmerman adds that the man looks like “he’s on drugs or something,” and begins to follow him.
Each school year begins with the infamous freshman orientation, the introduction of the incoming freshmen to the daunting world of high school. At Saratoga it is spiced up with the leadership of Link Crew leaders, upperclassmen who put in hours of preparation to dress up, entertain and introduce groups of freshmen to the school.
It seems like only yesterday that I was standing in a line of just-graduated eighth graders to pick up my freshman course schedule, flush with the excitement .
As the frenzy for acceptance into a prestigious college increases, numerous magazines and news sources, such as U.S. News and Forbes, have profited from their college ranking issues.
People often associate high school students who take college classes as geniuses. However, this wasn’t the case for me when I decided to try community college classes at West Valley and Mission college.
It costs $49 per student to take the SAT. Now take that and multiply it by 3, the average number of times a student will take this test. Take that number and multiply it by two million, the number of students who took the SAT during the 2010-2011 school yea
Until now, the government has not taken any action against trollers, but trollers beware, continuing to annoy online forums may soon land you in jail anywhere from six months to 25 years.
World history teacher Jeffrey Scott and chemistry teacher Kathy Nakamatsu talk about their travels across the globe.
In Saratoga High, students obsess over multiple computer games, thus forming groups of gamers who play together. Among these games are Starcraft, Minecraft and Call of Duty. League of Legends (LoL) is another prominent example, yet those outside of the LoL gaming circle complain that it is overhyped.
Just a few weeks ago, students logging into Facebook, or any other social networking site, would face an onslaught of posts about the popular movie, “The Hunger Games.” For the next few days, this continuous stream of excitement over the movie would only gain momentum. But all of a sudden, it disappeared. Soon enough, interest over “Avengers” came to replace it; thus, the cycle of hypes continues.
Imagine a chocolate cake, but instead of a regular circle it’s in the shape of a robot. Now imagine it lighting up with LED lights. And, if you can, imagine it moving.
On campus, it’s not unusual to see upperclassmen arriving back from lunch with cups of pearl milk tea in their hands or to witness the mob of students on the steps during a pearl milk tea fundraiser.
Although I call myself a food fanatic, I try to avoid Indian food as much as possible.
Spitting cherry pits in the summer and celebrating Chinese New Year in the spring may come across as two traditions unlikely to be shared by one family, but not for sophomore Gloria Breck and her brother, freshman Samuel Breck.
Reporters Jocelyn Takahashi, Sanjana Chetia, and Katya Simpson interviews Paul Robinson, the new principal.
Reporters take a look on track.
In my freshman year I daringly decided to eat four In-N-Out double hamburgers for a journalism assignment (I was supposed to “check it out”), and I will never do it again.
There are not many things in my life and surroundings that tick me off, but one word (yes, a word), really grinds my gears. That word is “troll.” Just typing the word makes me cringe, so for the rest of this article, I will refer to it as “the word.”
We all enjoy going out with our friends, whether it be watching a movie, going ice skating or going to the beach. What many people don’t consider, however, is cooking.
As Buster Posey was crushed at home plate, the Giants’ hopes of making the playoffs in 2011 were similarly bulldozed. With a lackluster offense, the Giants failed to score enough in the season and missed the playoffs after their Cinderella rise to the championship in 2010.
Entering high school is indeed an overwhelming transition. Dozens of movies and novels attempt to illustrate the clique-y atmosphere of the typical American high school.
Usually NFL free agency isn’t as exciting as NBA free agency, or MLB free agency, but this year, NFL’s free agency season has given me, and many other football fans, something to watch for and talk about until the beginning of the season.
If there’s one type of physical activity that I hate, it’s running. Memories of timed miles and “Super Cardio Days” from middle school haunt my thoughts as I remember the shin splints, aching muscles and burning lungs associated with running for long periods of time.
