Shazia Gupta

With the loss of key players from last year’s team to graduation, including Christina Crolla, Christina Chin, Bridget Olsen, Sophia Ajanee and Varna Jammula, the girls on the lacrosse team are in a full rebuilding mode, and so far, their efforts are paying off.  

As much as I love when my culture is represented, I’m concerned that the Bollywood and even American media industries portray North Indian culture more often than South Indian culture. 

Preview of girls lacrosse.

Former “Saturday Night Live” cast members once made us roar with laughter, but most have now left the show to find successful acting careers in the Hollywood.  

Clad in a hot pink T-shirt with a light pink ribbon pinned to the front, senior Maya Kumar set up her trifold covered with breast cancer facts behind a table draped with a pink table cloth. Kumar was at “Breast Cancer Benefit Ride,” an event she single-handedly organized for horse riders on Aug. 1 in Calero County Park in Santa Clara. All proceeds went to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

A typical day in the life of a toddler would probably entail  sleeping and attempting to walk. On the other hand, a typical day in the life of North West, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s 2-year-old daughter, might consist of avoiding paparazzi and attending high-profile events.

When the Falcon staff dared me to complete a three-day juice cleanse, I was eager to accept the challenge. How hard could it be? Drinking juice all day for three days seemed fun, and healthy.  

Junior Nina Harris and her sister Sonia Harris accompanied their father, the chair of pediatrics at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, to Guatemala to observe a program that Stanford professor of child health and health research Dr. Paul Wise created. The program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford, builds hospitals and provides better medical care to Guatemalans.

Reporters pretend to be employees at Target for a day.

Sophomore Derek Chen discusses participating in recreational parkour and speed running.

The Falcons secured a spot in CCS and placed second in the De Anza Division in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League with a 2-1 overtime win over Cupertino on Nov. 7.

Reporter reflects on her trip to Africa.

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 band OneRepublic, whose original genre was rock, made songs such as “All We Are” and “Apologize.”  Lately, they have started to transition into pop music, as shown in their latest album “Native” with songs like “Counting Stars” and “If I Lose Myself.” Fans who once appreciated One Republic’s original rock style are disappointed by their newer, more mainstream pop music.        

The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (M-SET) robotics team finished 13th out of 50 teams and ended with a record of 8-6-0 in the Colorado Regional tournament from April 3-5 in Denver.  

Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children.Some parents are overly obsessed with college and need to understand that this college pressure can cause more harm than good in students. This constant college craze needs to stop, before high school becomes a rigorous experience aimed only at getting accepted into the best colleges.

The boys’ varsity track team has experienced a wealth of success, starting the season undefeated with wins in all three of their past dual meets against Homestead on March 14, Santa Clara on March 20 and Fremont on March 25. All of these victories have come in the lower El Camino League after the team struggled in the upper De Anza League last year.

Sophomore Nina Nelson shook with nervousness as she walked into her first audition to face the casting directors for the prime-time television show “NCIS.”

Have you ever heard your parents lecture you about your upcoming summer plans, or why that extracurricular would look amazing on a college application? It almost feels some parents are the ones trying to get accepted into college, not their children.

Members of the Saratoga High staff and Redwood Middle School faculty participated in the second annual charity basketball game on March 19 at 7 p.m. The final score was 52-32, with the Saratoga High staff winning for the second time in a row. Around 300 to 400 people attended the event.

From Jan. 24-26, seniors Robert Eng and Matthew Lee and sophomores Aakash Thumaty and Spencer Yen participated in the Hacktech Hackathon at Cal Tech, an event in which students programmed nonstop for three days to create a project, like an app or game.

This year’s Jazz Cabaret, to be held on March 1, promises the traditional night of singing and swing dancing, along with creative new additions to the jazz lineup. The event will be held in the Large Gym at 7 p.m.

After trudging through her three long periods on Friday, junior Dani Bruno sighs, realizing that her day is only half over. Due to the school’s current schedule, she has to rush to softball practice and then return home to complete seven classes’ worth of homework, which are all due Monday.

After an unfortunate season last year with a losing streak of 0-6, the track team has been bumped down from the De Anza League to the El Camino League.

Before coming to Saratoga on Nov. 18 from his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, BIU senior Andres Martinez wasn’t sure what to expect.  Would he like California?  What would Saratoga be like?

With the holiday season just around the corner, students are starting their own fundraisers at school to give back to their community and help those in need.

Pick a commission, almost any commission, and look deeply to see what's going on. A couple of the commissioners will likely be doing most of the work; some help out when asked; others rest on their laurels and won't work even if prompted.

Before coming to Saratoga on Nov. 18 from his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, BIU senior Andres Martinez wasn’t sure what to expect.  Would he like California?  What would Saratoga be like?

Name/Grade: Alexa Frieberg 10th grade   Sport: water polo   Years of Playing: 5 years   Hours of training each week: 10 hours  

I admit I was disappointed when sophomore Shreya Tumu and I received third place out of five groups in the the cultural cook off hosted by the Lifestyles section of the newspaper.

Quick thinking and witty comebacks were on stage Sept. 14 when the school’s Improv team squared off for the first time in the Thermond Drama Center in the first of five Comedy Sportz shows this year.  

As Homecoming nears and the reality of actually pulling together a quad day and creating a myriad of decorations arrives like thunder on a sunny day, students are scrambling to finish their various projects, the procrastination of weeks past a mere memory.