Oksana Trifonova

The black and white image was lauded by many newspaper editors.

Reporter discusses his passion of astronomy.

Senior reflects on past obsession with astrology

Student talks about atrology and why she does not belive in it. 

Student talks about the controversy surronding artist Ai Weiwei

  I don’t like math. And it’s not because I find it boring or useless, but because I simply don’t get it.

Senior who is taking both classes this year clears the air about the choice between taking AP Literature and AP Language.  

Funding, however, is a crucial question every year, and this year, more so than others because of the small size of the senior class, which has only 328 students compared to the 361 students for the Class of 2015.  

After graduating, alumni Helen Wong found her place at Brandeis, where she is on a pre-law track, double majoring in history and health science and policy. Although Brandeis is not a well known university among Saratoga students, it ranks as No. 34 school in the 2016 edition of Best Colleges from U.S. News and benefits from its smaller size of around 3,729 undergraduate students.  

The Falcon has won the Pacemaker award by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) for 2014-2015 in the broadsheet category for newspapers of 17 or more pages for the second consecutive year.  

It's Thanksgiving time!

Covergirl’s video two years ago announced the launch of the “Girls Can” campaign, a movement seeking to promote female empowerment and intelligence.

Reporters review "The Visit" and find it surprisingly good in several aspects.

As the season progresses, the Falcons have already faced some of their toughest league opponents. Even though they’ve been playing well, they have suffered consecutive losses to leave their record at 5-5 as of Oct. 8.

What seems to be a lazy, easy-to-play sport can actually be one of the most difficult. A reporter details her experience with learning how to golf.

In an article published in a Chinese media outlet and later, an American website, alumnus Sameul Liu wrote that “the culture [at Saratoga High] had split soundlessly into two separate circles, each involved in its own activities and contemptuous of the other.”

As the school year begins, the golf players start practice at the Saratoga Country Club. The new team is without Vivian Roan, last year’s top player, but now boasts of freshman Janelle Jin, who leads the team with the top score of 124 shots for the qualifying round of 27 holes. 

  Instead of the same movies that include cliché portrayals of women, there should be more films that showcase unconventional views of women.

Junior Nate Ney’s interests span beyond simply just STEM courses and activities, and recently he has become more involved in humanity-related activities like History Bowl — an involvement that has inspired him to expand his comfort zone.  

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

Junior State of America (JSA) Club hosted an Open Mic at Blue Rock Shoot Cafe on May 15 in an effort to bring more foot traffic to downtown Saratoga and boost business. During the Open Mic, students and adults alike sang and played the piano and the guitar. 

Crossword answers for May 1 issue

Rodriguex said that when he looks back on his more than four decades of teaching, he knows that he has loved almost all  of it. At age 24, he defied his father’s expectations when he decided to go into teaching rather than become a chemist.

With four key seniors, the boys’ golf team certainly does not lack experience.

From AYSO soccer to high school varsity football, sports have always been an integral part of growing up.

“Game of Thrones,” including the 2011 HBO show version and the 1991 book series, has created a fan stronghold for itself through its multiple storyline plot that details the struggles of several characters over a throne.

Intended to help students relax and celebrate a successful week of inspiration, the carnival in the Quad ended Speak Up for Change week on Jan. 23.

A  lack of language options at the middle school level and competition from other electives have resulted in increasingly small French classes.

With about 1,350 students on its campus, Saratoga High has an average class size of about 28. 

Sarah Lo is the only freshman player on the girls’ golf team, but has already earned the position of fourth best player.  

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.

Having faced tough opponents over the past few weeks, the girls’ golf team has a record of 3-5 as of Oct. 9.

J-Day, a journalism conference sponsored by the Journalism Education Association of Northern California, was held on Sept. 27 at Palo Alto High School’s new Media Arts Center. 

September is on the calendar as the Falcons hit the golf course. This year, the girls’ golf team has had many valuable freshmen additions.

Spanish teacher Rebeca Marshburn has taken on an additional challenge this year: being the new activities director.

This summer, members of the school’s orchestra and band will be traveling to Spain and two ensembles will perform: the symphony orchestra and the symphonic wind ensemble.

The speech and debate team ended a successful season with a bang at the state competition on April 25 at James Enochs High School in Modesto.  

As a college student at Princeton, English teacher Catherine Head took a social science course called Critical Theory, taught by a professor who thought women had no place in higher education.  

School dances have always been a symbol of school spirit, a time when all social groups come together, united under the pride of being a Falcon. And with more dances and more attendance comes more unity and school pride. However, during the beginning of this year, the administration decided to ban freaking, a sort of dancing that consists of two people grinding against each other, with both looking in one direction so that interaction is not face-to-face. The administration has not approved of this way of dancing for many years and finally required students to dance “face to face” in the beginning of the school year.

At the league finals on April 29 at the Santa Teresa Golf Course, senior Christian Galvin, the Falcons’ No. 1 player, became league finals champion.

The boys’ golf team is off to a good start this year after beating Lynbrook on Feb. 27, Monta Vista on March 3, and Los Gatos and Milpitas on March 10, leading to a 4-0 record for the Falcons as of March 10.

Eighty-eight schools competed in the Martin Luther King speech and debate tournament at James Logan High from Jan. 17-19. 

Assistant principal Kerry Mohnike pointed to a sentence projected onto a board. “She went to the doctor,” said Mohnike, slowly and carefully articulating each word. Thirty-one students — all of them adults — stared at the board, carefully listening to Mohnike’s pronunciation of the sentence. “She went to the doctor,” a medley of assorted accents chanted back. 

Most of us wouldn't recognize Christmas in Russia.

For many students, the first few months of school can be rough, especially for seniors: Getting past the Nov. 1 early deadline for college applications can be the hardest part of the year.

Standardized tests that students have taken for years are about to change next spring: California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) tests and the API scores that accompany it are being eliminated in favor of a new system based on Common Core Standards. 

The 2014 Winter Olympics planned to be held in Sochi, Russia, has been the object of public criticism and protests for months. Some athletes and activists have even spoken of boycotting the Olympics.  The reason: Russia’s supposed anti-gay laws.

What would you do for 234,178 likes? Would you trash your kitchen “trying to kill a bug”? Or how about for 501,769 likes? Would you run around the mall singing “I believe I can fly” while hitting strangers with swim noodles on your arms? Believe it or not, people do all of the above and more through a social media app, Vine.

This year, the administration enacted a new “face-to-face” dance policy, resulting in an increase in freshman attendance but also a decrease in upperclassman attendance.  

It's the beginning of the school year and new faces and names are everywhere. It's especially intimidating if you're the new kid. Now imagine the first day of school in another country, where even the language is unfamiliar, let alone the campus and the students.