The Falcons went 2-0 on the week of Jan. 23-27, compiling wins against the the Fremont Firebirds on Jan. 25, 53-44 and the Los Altos Eagles on Jan. 27, 50-44.

Principal Jeff Anderson has announced that he will be stepping down as principal to accept the position of assistant superintendent for the Los Gatos-Saratoga Unified School District. Anderson will continue to serve as principal until the end of the school year, after which he will assume his new position at the district office.

Once upon a time, she was just an ordinary student. Then one day everything changed. Senior Maddie Emery logged on to Tumblr, a personal blog site, and five minutes and 40 words later, she leapt from the bottom rung of Internet obscurity to superstar status.

Gasping for breath, a sixth grader stumbles past the finish line with a mile time of over 10 minutes. His classmates had completed the run minutes ago.

A few years later, a high school student crosses the finish line of a half Ironman—1.2 miles of swimming, 56 miles of biking, and 13.1 miles of running.

Senior Eren Veziroglu was both of these students.

Turn on many “space-age” movies, and chances are you’ll find a virtual classroom. Students are shown watching holograms of teachers instead of a physical teacher, and using tablets to complete their assignment.

At the start of first semester, students found out that they would be graded on a pass-fail system for team sports, cheer and band. This system was enacted because the majority of the sports team coaches and supervisors do not have proper credentials in physical education, the state standard for assigning a letter grade in physical education.

Reaching the finals of the NorCals tournament on Nov. 19, the girls’ tennis team lost for the fourth time this season to rival Monta Vista, but this time they were close—so close—to victory.

After being robbed, suffering from a broken-down bus, performing in the rain and winning sweepstakes, it has been a season to remember for the marching band. Show after show, the marching band has skillfully obtained numerous awards in every category this field season with their show, “In the Beginning.”

Few will forget the amazing performance at championships, where the band placed fifth among 15 other high-caliber bands from other schools across the state.

Junior Michael Cheung and four friends from marching band were surprised to find themselves called to the office during fifth-period band on Nov. 7. They soon discovered that their involvement in an on-campus game called Assassin was the cause.

After losing half its members to graduation at the end of last year, the Mock Trial team has a new look this year.