Rachel Hull

Senior Prom will take place this year at Levi’s Stadium on May 23. The theme is “Night Under the Lights.”   

After having been pranked ourselves, we knew we had to step it up. Unfortunately, as we’re second semester seniors, we quickly gave up on a more elaborate idea.

Junior Spencer Yen thought he was witnessing a drug bust as he stood by a picnic table in Wildwood Park on March 3, peering into the darkness as eight police officers walked toward him and a couple of friends.

Grad Night requires hundreds of hours on the part of Grad Night committee parents — but also hundreds of dollars on the part of students.

Senior Alec Furlong may seem like the epitome of a stereotypical jock — but he is anything but.

Sept. 24, 2011. Four years later, freshman Solomon Bailey can still remember the exact date he came to America — and he will likely never forget it. 

Three Doziers walked the halls of Saratoga High before freshman Quinn Dozier ever did. 

At the age of 2, senior Madison Seagraves was already exploring a passion that would blossom further as she grew older: dancing.

Nine juniors this year are taking AP European History as well as AP U.S. History.

Senior Celia Kohler met Junior when he was 6 years old, and already he had experienced enough struggles to last him a lifetime.

With the arrival of Sources of Strength, a nationwide youth suicide prevention program, a wave of confusion emerged among Common Roots members.

English teacher Cathy Head recounts the story of one student's fateful college essay experience.

Reporter reflects on feelings toward the 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi, in the TV show "Doctor Who."

SHS seniors' scores on the PSAT qualify them for academic honor.

It would not be wise to ask new English 9 teacher Susanna Ryan what she did before coming to Saratoga High. Rather, it might save one time to ask what she didn’t do.

The news that history teacher Jim Chin would not be returning for the 2014-15 school year has recently sparked outrage.

Five new students have been voted into ASB for the 2014-15 school year and are bringing new ideas to the school. 

Carter is 15, maybe 16. His teammates crowd around him, chuckling and nodding, shoving each other around. They are at a friend’s house, and it seems like any other day.  

Everything came down to the last question of the final round of the History Bowl tournament on Jan. 26. The moderator started reading the question: “A retiarius is....”  

It’s the same situation every year. When Jan. 1 rolls around, approximately 45 percent of Americans make a New Year’s resolution, according to The Oregonian. However, these goals are not as useful and necessary as they seem. In fact, they are pointless.

With the American Math Competition (AMC) coming up in February, the Math Club has begun preparing for the contest.  By attending club meetings every Friday, members are able to get into the appropriate mindset for the competition.  

Sophomore Sean Shi participated in his first math competition when he was in fourth grade.

As a child, I spent many a night in what was then called the HP Pavilion, the home of the San Jose Sharks. My dad has season tickets to see the Sharks, and when I was younger, my sister and I would alternate whose turn it was to go to each game.  

With the partition of India in 1947 came bloodshed, riots, despair and one of the largest mass migrations in history. Millions of lives were cut short, and thousands of families were separated

Michael Slone has worked as a school psychologist for more than a decade. He has worked at the school for the past three years, supporting the more than 120 students here who have or are suspected to have disabilities.

When Math Club started about six years ago, it consisted of four students. There were no practices, no officers and few competitions. According to math teacher and club adviser P.J. Yim, the club back then was mostly “like hanging out” for these students.

When she was in third grade, senior Katie Woodruff received a letter that changed her life. This letter, from the Guide Dogs for the Blind organization, came in the mail soon after the death of one of her family’s dogs and promoted raising guide dogs in one’s own house.

Every Wednesday at 12:45 p.m, the bell rings at Redwood Middle School. This bell does not signal the beginning of lunch, but the end of the school day. Students shuffle into hallways, clutching their backpacks as they wait for their parents to pick them up, excited for a few extra hours of relaxation time. 

Recently, the Application Developers Club released the Saratoga Falcon app for iPhones. In the app, people can view all of the stories that have been uploaded to the Saratoga Falcon website. The stories on the app range from news to opinion to sports, separated by section. 

After a long day at school, sophomore Shreya Kanchan often returns home craving something refreshing. With a parched mouth, she opens her refrigerator door until her eyes rest on a can of Sprite.

Recently, the Application Developers Club released the Saratoga Falcon app for iPhones. In the app, people can view all of the stories that have been uploaded to the Saratoga Falcon website.

As Grad Night approaches, curiosity about its location is rising. One thing is certain: For the first time ever, the event will take place off-campus. What is less clear is where it will occur, though many seniors think it will be at Great America.

Eighteen to 20 hours without sleep, and one might as well be drunk. According to the periodical “Men’s Fitness,” being deprived of sleep for this amount of time is equivalent to having a blood alcohol level of 0.1, 0.02 above the legal limit. 

Upon hearing about the fire at the Richmond oil refinery in August 2012, there was a collective feeling of loss and grief among many Californians. Looking beyond the damage to the refinery and injured workers that came along with it, however, they knew what was coming next: the inevitable increase in gas prices.

At colleges like Columbia University, students have been selling Adderall to each other for years. It is estimated by the New York Times that 20 percent of college students have used Adderall and other related drugs to aid them when studying.

When students returned after winter break, some found that their school schedules had evaporated from their minds; others could not even recall their locker combinations. Coming back to school after one or two weeks off is often wearisome, since upon returning to campus, students find that they are out of practice or utterly lost in the academic environment.

While most people use Facebook to see what their friends have been up to or relay news in their own lives to others, some turn to the social networking site with the purpose of studying in mind. The creation of Facebook groups intended to allow students to communicate with others about their classes has become a commonplace practice.

In a far-off corner of the school campus near the upper field and past the library, there lies a building labeled MM1, with papers taped to the wall motivating students in creativity, innovation and leadership, with spinning chairs and oddly-shaped tables that each hold six computers.

Sophomore Mihir Samdarshi has participated in many sports, including rowing, boxing and basketball. But the one sport that he thinks impacted his life the most is karate. 

When the red curtains of the McAfee Center were parted during tutorial on Nov. 26, the sophomore class was met with the sight of a slight man in a green T-shirt and faded blue jeans. 

While Santa’s elves were busy sleeping in their comfortable beds in the North Pole, the two of us were decorating. As the only people hallucinating sugar plums before Thanksgiving had even come around, it fell to us to bring a slice of holiday cheer to room 303.

The 5-5-0 field hockey team recently suffered a 3-0 loss to Gilroy on Oct. 9, a 3-1 win over Leland on Oct. 11, a 2-0 loss to Mitty on Oct. 16, a 1-0 loss to Saint Francis on Oct. 18 and a 4-1 win to Los Altos on Oct. 23. Through the mixed results, the team has learned about its own weaknesses.

Nestled between the bustling streets of the village and the peacefulness of Wildwood Park, The Inn at Saratoga is a spot that many people pass but don’t often notice.

When the SHS Foundation, a group that raises money for various projects on campus, observed the inadequacy of the restrooms near the football field, they never imagined an idea to renovate the area would grow into a $1.5 million Sports Plaza project.

For the 2012-2013 school year, about 150 Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus Honors students are using a photocopied version of the trigonometry textbook because of a shortage.

 As the year begins, the field hockey team is counting on senior Allison Bruno for both her skill and leadership. Starting in eighth grade, Bruno said she expected nothing more from the sport than to have a little fun and spend time with her friends. She is now going into her fifth year in the sport.  

When the door to woodshop was closed last spring, a can of worms was opened. Though students outside the group of 20 who signed up for the class this year may or may not be disappointed by its cancellation, the removal of woodshop signifies a larger issue to which all students can relate.