Students brought in more than 700 children’s storybooks for the book drive during Homecoming week, according to assistant principal Karen Hyde.

“I AM a senior.” I had some trouble rolling my tongue around these words on the first day of school, as I could hardly believe they told the truth. Most students wait three years of high school to reach this point in their lives, but I’ve looked forward to this moment since I was 4 years old.

Senior Nina Mohanty, ASB Vice President, could very well have another moniker, that of Saratoga High’s Prima Ballerina. Nina started dancing when she was three and has never turned back. Her mother took her to the San Francisco ballet in her formidable years for inspiration.

Some students keep their cars completely spotless. Senior Kabir Jiandani is not one of those students.

Ever since Jiandani got his 2008 silver Mercedes Brabus last year from his older brother, he has never made much of an effort to keep his car tidy. He blames this habit on a variety of things, particularly his heavy schoolwork load as an upperclassman.

1. Season Record: 3-13

2. Highlight of the season (something like a win against LG or something): A season's worth of work paid off in the team's senior game against Los Altos on May 11, finishing with a score where they pulled ahead in the 10th inning. "[Our senior game against Los Altos] was good. We had a bad season, losing almost every single game, but we wanted to go out playing our hardest," said senior Nicole Gragnola. "We all wanted to do it for each other so we made fewer errors and played pretty well." The final score was 3-2.

Morning announcements were being concluded May 22, and most students in Kelly Frangieh's math class were listening as a string of numbers were called in a drawing for new MacBook computers. With his ticket in front of him, senior Grant Thomas realized his number was called. Thomas jumped up and yelled that he won. The rest of the math class stared in awe, thinking he was playing around. But Thomas knew better as he ran down to the office to pick up his prize.

The seniors will host a talent show on April 7 in the McAfee Center to generate funds for their class. The show, organized by senior Chelsea Sabella, will replace Lip Sync, which has been canceled for the past three years because of low participation.
"We thought, what if we take kids who want to do Lip Sync, because we always get about three acts, and kids who really wanted to perform, and combined them," said assistant principal Karen Hyde. "It seemed like a really really really good idea, so we'll see how we do."

To most people, senior Jonathon Stutchman is a student, a leader, a classmate, a friend, and even a musician, yet few people know that behind his quiet exterior Stutchman harbors a hidden talent: He is a composer.

His talent and passion for both writing and playing music has remained generally unknown because he has little involvement in the school's music department.

Stutchman is a self-taught composer who has penned more than 40 full pieces of music, of which two have been published.

With AP courses weighing a student down and SATs and college applications in their imminent future, it’s no wonder junior year is thought to be the toughest year for any student.

Counselor Dona Feizzadeh says junior year may seem more difficult because of these pressures.

"In general juniors may seem more stressed out because in addition to their rigorous course load, they are also planning/various standardized tests," she said.