David Sparkman

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.  

This past weekend the the school’s M-SET robotics team travelled to Madera for the Central Valley Regional tournament to fight for the championship against 45 competitors. The team advanced to the semifinals — finishing in sixth place overall.

Robotics continues to become more challenging every year. This year’s challenge, called aerial assist, is a combination of volleyball, football and soccer.

In the gym on Nov. 24, a different kind of sporting event will be taking place: one involving machines instead of athletes.

Every year the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (M-SET) attends CalGames, a competition where they replay last year’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) game. Teams from all over the Bay Area and even from out of state join in the competition.

By noon on Saturday and Sunday, dozens of students working on their Homecoming decorations will be hungry.   

It's the beginning of the school year and new faces and names are everywhere. It's especially intimidating if you're the new kid. Now imagine the first day of school in another country, where even the language is unfamiliar, let alone the campus and the students.

On April 6  the robotics competition season officially came to a close for the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (M-SET) when the members placed third in the First Robotics Competition (FRC) Silicon Valley Regional.

Students taking AP Environmental Science, commonly known as APES, went on a field trip to the Año Nuevo State Reserve to watch elephant seals on March 14 and 15.

The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (M-SET), or commonly known as the robotics club, is competing at the Silicon Valley Regional of the FIRST Robotics Competition held at San Jose State on April 5-6.

The college application process can seem long and confusing to many.

The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) will be sending their newly founded First Tech Challenge (FTC) team to the Northern California Championship held in Newark on Feb. 24.

A summer trip to Normandy, France, planned by the history department, has been canceled after too few students signed up. 

The movie theatres are packed and people are lining up outside to buy tickets.

It’s another SAT Saturday and students are again faced with the hardest section of the test: signing the certification statement in cursive, something that seems redundant in today’s world.

It’s that time of year again. The moist ground is littered with a colorful carpet of fallen leaves. A slight breeze blows through the air.

For the first time, the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET), or informally known as the robotics team, has implemented a waiting list for membership.

Many students don’t look forward to the end of the six-week grading periods because of the plethora of due dates. From tests, to projects, to essays and, of course, a heavier homework load than usual, teachers have to rush to get grades entered by the deadline.

 The scene was one of true astonishment and pride as they watched Space Shuttle Endeavor make her last flight strapped on top of a modified Boeing 747-100.  

A couple of years ago, the school’s MSET (Mechanical Science and Engineering Team), went to the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) nationals in St. Louis, Mo. This year, the team hoped for another great season where they would move on to the national competition. The team came close, placing sixth overall in the Silicon and Central Valley regionals.

A couple of years ago, the school’s MSET (Mechanical Science and Engineering Team), went to the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) nationals in St. Louis, Mo. This year, the team hoped for another great season where they would move on to the national competition.

In the 21st century, students are online from practically the minute they wake up until they go to bed. With powerful technology always at their fingertips, it is surprising that people are just beginning to use such limitless technology to educate. More and more teachers and administrators are considering utilizing technology to “flip” the classroom.

This year, members of the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) have been challenged to build a robot to play basketball—and they have just six weeks to accomplish the task.

Most people think of the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) as just another club on campus, one that builds robots for a Robotics competition, a somewhat unusual way to spend free time.

The chamber choir singing carols in the classroom was one tradition many students looked forward to in the past. This year, however, the new first-semester schedule with finals before winter break puts an end to these “carol-grams.”

It’s about 7:30 a.m. and the crowds are already gathering on North Santa Cruz Avenue, trying to get the best spots along the sidewalk to watch the 55th annual Los Gatos Christmas Parade.

The marching band is one of the most well-know groups of students on campus because of its size, reputation and presence at many school events. The brass section, easily identified by its shiny and loud instruments, includes trumpets, tubas, french horns, baritones, mellophones and the trombone.

Saratoga High’s technology has not always been the way students and teachers know it today. Ten years ago, SHS had a spotty e-mail system, only some teachers had computers in their classrooms and there was no wireless Internet. This is why the school hired Julie Grenier in 2001. Her mission: Bring the school’s technology to the 21st century.

If you were to visit the tech crew’s room near the music rooms, the first thing you would notice is probably the loud screeching sound of wood being chopped by members of the tech crew. There would be a smell of sawdust in the air and you would see wooden planks everywhere. This is a scene from the daily life of a tech crew member.