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Eating healthily is an effective way to keep under-eye circles from appearing. Other methods include sleeping well and de-stressing

Tips to fresh-looking eyes

by Melina Nakos, Reporter November 12, 2013

As the school year progresses, school work becomes more intense and under eyes become darker. Don’t fret; these tips will keep your eyes looking fresh and rested. Sleep enough: Yes, you’ll hear...

Sean Pan dodges a ball as the seniors take on the freshman at the Annual Dodgeball Tournament. The seniors won in two games, while the juniors took three to seal their victory

Upper School Competes in Annual Dodgeball Competition

by Raveena Kapatkar, Reporter November 7, 2013

Grades nine through twelve competed in the annual dodgeball event Wednesday during long lunch in the gymnasium. The sophomores began the competition by playing against the juniors, and the seniors...

Signs indicating locations of ticket sales and other information about next Friday’s screening can be found around campus this week. DECA will be selling tickets for 11 dollars for DECA members and 12 dollars for everyone else in the Edge.

DECA reserves November screening of Catching Fire

by Megy Appalaraju, Reporter November 7, 2013

The DECA club will hold a reserved screening of Catching Fire, the second movie in the widely popular Hunger Games series, on Friday, Nov. 22. DECA is a 60-year-old international organization encouraging...

Marcia Lepler holds her seven month old graddaughter, Maya. The students in AP Psychology spent time playing with babies to understand their cognitive abilities.

AP Psychology students study babies

by Meilan Steimle, Reporter November 7, 2013

Kelly Horan’s AP Psychology students observed babies Wednesday morning as part of their developmental psychology unit. Infants ranging from six months to three-and-a-half years old, most of whom are...

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh talks about Herbert Choy, the first Korean American federal judge and her personal inspiration. Koh, herself the first Asian American district judge for Northern California, talked about topics ranging from racial and gender discrimination to media influence to indecent exposure.

District judge speaks to Upper School

by Apoorva Rangan, Reporter November 1, 2013

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, the first Asian-American to fill the post of Northern District judge of California, spoke at the Upper School this morning about her inspiration and journey into government...

DECA members Neymika Jain (9) and Riya Chandra (9) look through examples of business plans at the DECA study session yesterday while trying to formulate ideas for their own. They are preparing for when they will have to present their ideas at competitive DECA conferences.

DECA members prepare for upcoming conference

by Alexis Gauba October 26, 2013

DECA members prepared for the upcoming Leadership Development and Competitive Excellence Conference (LDCEC) during their weekly study session on Fridays. This is the first conference DECA members will...

David Quammen speaks to students via Skype

by Priscilla Pan October 26, 2013

David Quammen, author of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, talked on Wednesday in the Atrium about the many hours of research that. The Q&A session was conducted via Skype;...

Communication Studies teacher Greg Achten stops by the speed reading table outside of Manzanita. The "spread-off" encouraged students to try their hand at reading papers provided as fast as possible while still enunciating.

Second event of speech and debate week held

by Arden Hu October 22, 2013

After their philosophy in lecture event yesterday, speech and debate students held their second event of Speech and Debate Week, speed reading, today during both lunches. This is the first year that...

 A fox squirrel finds a fallen nut around the trees surrounding the Quad. They will typically peel off the husk and eat it on the spot, or hop off to find a place to bury it, traveling as far as 100 meters to hide their catch.

Squirrels wreak disaster on garden beds

by Kavya Ramakrishnan October 22, 2013

Attempts by the Gardening Club to plant onions and arugula in garden beds next to Main have been hindered by campus squirrels distributing their nuts, an annual problem. “There’s just so many of...

Juniors Mariam Sulakian, Avni Barman, and Riya Godbole announce the Halloween costume drive at school meeting this morning. The drive is collecting costumes for children of all ages and will continue through the beginning of next week.

Beauty Without a Price club collects Halloween costumes for underprivileged children

by Sheridan Tobin October 21, 2013

The Beauty Without a Price club is currently collecting Halloween costumes to donate to underprivileged children in the area. New this year, the club was created by juniors Avni Barman, Riya Godbole,...

Students in the medical club pose for a picture at Intuitive Surgical, Inc. These students attended a field trip on Saturday to view the company's surgical robot

Medical Club visits an Intuitive Surgical Unit

by Ayushi Gautam October 21, 2013

Twenty Medical Club members visited an open house on Saturday at Intuitive Surgical, Inc., a biomedical company that is in the process of creating a robotic surgical system. The company’s most recent...

Juniors Hannah Bollar and Alex Thomas do homework while listening to music after school. The shorter schedule to accommodate comment review allowed students to use the extra time to do work or relax.

Special schedule allows for comment reviews

by Brinda Perumal October 21, 2013

The school day ended at 1:30 p.m. today to allow teachers to finish and review student comments. Students were free to leave after the last period of the day. To accommodate the shortened day, class...

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