Cassandra King

The school recently installed a new ID system for students to purchase lunch and snacks without hard money. 

Mock Trial starts season off strong. 

Seniors Alyssa Boldt and Saba Hakimzadeh-Abianeh share experiences of being vegans.

Students passion for singing continues through highschool.

Grades aren't what they seem

Hillary Clinton’s push into America’s political world began long before she first campaigned for president in 2008. The efforts she has made to empower young girls and women across this country began long before she became one of the leading figures in U.S. politics. Her loss will not change her revolutionary place in history.  

Senior shares opinion on teachers' grading policy for group projects. 

Mohnike explains her experience raising child

Linguistics Club promotes lesser known languages

Juniors showed off all their hard work over the past weeks during their “Monsters Inc.”-themed Quad Day on Sept. 29. This year the juniors pushed for — and got — increased participation in the dances, decorations and overall spirit.

This year’s Homecoming rally was quite different than years past because of new games and a full-circle ending, starting and ending with the song “We’re All in This Together,” from the iconic movie “High school Musical.” The rally emphasized school unity rather than class competition.  

This year, administrators are focusing on teaching students the solutions that reduce stress levels. The entire school district is working on this goal as well, as Los Gatos High School hosted its own World Cafe event and connected to the SHS event through live feed at the same time.

The Olympics are and always have been a selective institution for the privileged that are able to afford dedicating their lives to their sport

On the morning of April 17, over 200 people stepped out onto Joe’s Trail at Congress Park to begin the 2.5-mile Color Dash. Adults and children alike eagerly awaited the spray of colors that greeted them throughout the run.  

Most students never get the opportunity to have their work recognized beyond the classroom, but senior Katherine Liu is not most students.

The case of junior Rosa Castren shows the dangers when students bring allergy-inducing foods like nuts and citrus into areas that are supposed to be safe.

Winter guard and winter percussion season ramps up number of practices and shows.

Mock trial team prepares for upcoming matches and reflects on past matches.

Senior Nicholas Lai’s mother, Tuyen, left her home and family in Vietnam on a cloudy, moonless night in 1979 to pursue a better life in America.  

With talents, high fashion, sheer guts and even an attempt to solve a tricky calculus problem, nine males of Saratoga High walked down the runway of the McAfee Center on Jan. 27 in front of an audience of over 100 people for the second annual Mr. Saratoga.

The Young Coder’s Club was co-founded by the Kumar brothers with the mission of immersing high school and middle school students in computer science.

Mock trial kicks off the season with a strong start.

With a greater variety of difficulty levels for required classes comes a decreased variety in the faces a student sees in his or her classes, which leads to "invisible people."

Reporter has a fright of her life with the dreaded APUSH homework.

On the first day of school, 12 students stepped eagerly into the Creative Writing classroom, glancing at the posters strung across the walls and surveying English and drama teacher Sarah Thermond, who awaited her enthusiastic pupils. By the next week, the class size had increased to 20.

“Teen Beach 2,” which came out in June, and “Descendants,” released in July, both appear to be aimed at mirroring the success of “High School Musical.” “Teen Beach 2” turned out to be better than its predecessor (which was released July 2013), while “Descendants” proved itself worthy of rivaling HSM itself.  

Students, parents, teachers and siblings piled into the cafeteria for the 12th annual Souper Bowl on  April 28, held later in the year than usual, but nevertheless, a huge success. By the end of the night, all of the bowls made by the ceramics students were sold out.

Rants about school starting earlier each year, the smarter balanced tests, fanfictions, and badminton.

Global Health Club recently organized a medical career panel featuring five doctors who spoke about their experiences getting into medical school and working in the field. 

Crossword answers for May 1 issue

The Ultimate Frisbee club has been competitive at SHS for three years now, and though it is not very well known, it has been growing steadily under current co-presidents seniors Edwin Chen and Stephen Peng. The team is co-ed, consisting of 20 members from all grades.

Despite low funding, the school’s Model United Nations club (MUN) has been up and running, having participated  in the Santa Clara Valley Model United Nations conference held at Santa Teresa High School from Jan. 30-31.

We promised ourselves that, as an early New Year’s resolution, we would go (however long) without consuming more than one cookie-sized sweet per day. 

Twenty teams from schools around the Santa Clara County attended the Santa Clara County Mock Trial Invitational on Jan. 17. The invitational was practice for the more competitive Mock Trial tournaments in February.

As more on-campus attacks have occurred in high schools across the nation, Code Red drills like this have become an integral part in the school’s emergency procedures. 

The American Sign Language (ASL) club, founded this year by Deva,  aims to teach students ASL and increase awareness about the deaf culture.  

Reporter creates a mini tree, a DIY Thanksgiving project.

The thin strum of a ukulele sounded from the research center Oct. 24 as 30 pairs of eyes turned  to look at the source — Saratoga city council candidate John Chen.

Late on the night of Oct. 11, mock trial members logged onto Facebook to see the results of the auditions held earlier that week.

Founded as a personal account on Facebook by a student who prefers to remain anonymous, Saratoga Compliments launched last April. 

The cross country team began the season with consistent improvements during its first three meets.

After weeks of uncertainty the mock trial team has found a teacher and a coach, and now they can begin preparing even more seriously for the year.  

Club Day took place on Sept. 26 this year and was organized by senior clubs commissioner Sherrilyn Ling.

Events such as the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan, in 2011 only intensify the need to stop increasing the amount of nuclear power the world uses.

After a season filled with miscommunications and uphill battles last year, the Mock Trial team is ready for a fresh start and looking for a new teacher-coach and a new attorney-coach.

Reporter discusses opinion on the new Falcons' Sports Plaza.

Verde Tea Cafe in Cupertino on Stevens Creek Boulevard in the Merlion Plaza is perfect for relaxing and forgetting the day’s issues. With their well-known milk tea and other various drinks and food items, Verde successfully caters to almost all teenagers.

The school's cross country teams are gearing up for a season of hard runs in an effort to qualify for the state meet.