The 40 students who took the Leadership class up on its offer of a lunch from In-n-Out last month received a delicious burger without even having to rush off-campus and speed to make it back in time.

Bigger classes, one fewer guidance counselor, a shorter school year.

Old movies and musicals describe huge all-city parades, with floats, a marching band and lots of young children. Yet nothing like that has ever seemed to happen in the small town of Saratoga.

Our school’s most iconic sports fan of years past—scarlet-feathered mascot Freddie Falcon—is missing in action. AWOL from the football team’s thrilling 21-17 victory over Los Gatos on Oct. 22 and seemingly camera shy from all of this year’s spirit days, our feathery friend sure seems to have flown the coop. And I for one can barely stand the suspense.

And so I set out to find Freddie, on a mission of grave importance to both the success of our school sports teams and my sense of investigative prowess.

12:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7.

More than 500 students partied it up at the school's kick-off dance in the quad on Sept. 4, marking an unusually high attendance rate for the first dance.

This year, the "California Love"-themed dance was held on a Saturday rather than the traditional Friday. The large turnout can be attributed to the change of date, according to assistant principal Karen Hyde.

Saratoga suburban legend sometimes alludes to a tradition known as the "senior streak." From the mid-'80s until 1995, seniors left their legacy in the form of a streak through the high school while covered in body paint some time during the year. Many participants drank alcohol as way of working up courage for the streak.

Even more surprising than the lifespan of this tradition was that teachers and administrators mostly seemed to view it as a harmless activity.

In 1991, then-rookie history teacher Kim Anzalone was shocked the first time she witnessed the streak.

On Monday, Jan. 18, the school held its first annual Martin Luther King Jr. community service day. Ninety-seven students and 30 adult volunteers attended an event sponsored by the Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO).

The different activities included preparing food for a local charity, creating care packages for soldiers overseas, making cards for seniors and participating in a Quad cleanup and a beach cleanup trip.

Parents Sudha Sreenivasan and Dory Albert organized the service day with help from many other parents.

As students geared up for the various activities associated with Homecoming last month, administrators armed themselves with flashlights, breathalyzers and a new, school-wide dance policy.

True or false: Being in charge of a club will increase your chances on getting into a top college? To the people's dismay, the answer is false.

This misconception has instigated many students to create new clubs on campus, forcing the Associated Student Body (ASB) to go as far as placing restrictions, such as the requirement of 20 members for a club to officially exist. As a result, numerous previously existing clubs are under the risk of being cut, resulting in complaints from their respective leaders.