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Award-winning filmmaker and director Gary King and Broadway and film actress Christina Rose animatedly discuss their experiences working the stage and big screen. For students attending the workshop, the talk informed them of the joys and challenges of being in the current entertainment industry.

Filmmaker and Broadway actress share stories of lights, camera, and action

by Kacey Fang March 30, 2013

For many, Broadway and the silver screen are elements of the wondrous but distant “big leagues.” On March 28, students had the opportunity to hear real experiences in the entertainment industry at...

Covered in colored powder, Riya Godbole (10) and Vishal Vaidya (10) pop water balloons on each other at a Holi festival.

Holi: Celebrations for the festival of colors

by Mariam Sulakian March 29, 2013

Red, blue, orange, green. Heaps of colors fly here and there as families and friends gather in celebration for the annual Indian Holi Festival. As springtime rolls around, multiple Holi festivals throughout...

Donning colorful wigs and blue feather boas, Spenser Quash (12), JP Doherty (12), Sean Pan (11), and Nikhil Panu (12) lead the boys basketball team in their rendition of Beyonce's "Single Ladies." The panel of judges selected the Varsity team's performance as Best Overall Act.

HOSCARS Talent Show provides entertaining break

by Arden Hu March 28, 2013

The crowd cheered and whistled as the Varsity boys basketball team took to the stage with a small introductory skit, only to erupt into roars as the first beats of “Single Ladies” filled the gym. Sporting...

Yalia Jayalakshmi and Dr. Olga Issakova answer student questions during the panel. The biotechnology panel was held during both lunches on Monday.

Biotechnology career panel prompts mixed reactions

by Ayushi Gautam & Natalie Simonian March 27, 2013

Two leading business women in the biotechnology field, Dr. Olga Issakova and Yalia Jayalakshmi, came to talk to students about prospective careers in biotechnology during both lunches on Monday. Dr....

College Counselor Kevin Lum Lung speaks with Preeya Mehta (12) before the start of class. The seniors met with their college counseling classes for the last time on Tuesday, March 26.

Seniors attend their last college counseling class

by Isha Patnaik March 26, 2013

After nearly four months, seniors reconvened with their college counselors today for the final time to discuss action items for the last months of the school year. Counselors discussed waitlist offers,...

Senior Kathir Sundarraj kicks off the senior speaker series at school meeting on Monday, March 25. He talked about the effects of competition and the impact a person can make on the community.

Kathir Sundarraj kicks off senior speeches

by Cheryl Liu March 25, 2013

Senior Kathir Sundarraj gave the first of this year’s senior speeches to the student body today during school meeting. Kathir began his speech with two points: the “malignant side-effects of the...

Drop in dress-up: Students show lack of support for Multicultural Day

Drop in dress-up: Students show lack of support for Multicultural Day

by Jacqui Villarreal and Shannon Su March 23, 2013

On the last day of Global Empowerment and Outreach (GEO) club week, less than 10 percent of the students participated in the theme: multicultural dress-up. Those who chose to dress up represented their...

Junior Divya Kalidindi has her blood drawn by the machine during Red Cross Club's annual blood drive. The drive was held on Wednesday, March 20 during long lunch in the gym.

Saving three lives in seven minutes: Students donate blood

by Nila Banerjee March 20, 2013

The Red Cross Club held its annual blood drive today, organized in conjunction with Blood Centers of the Pacific, as a part of its club week. Over the last few weeks, Red Cross members encouraged students...

Ramsey Homsany, General Counsel for Dropbox Inc., speaks to students about what his job entails. Students were specifically interested in the intersection of technology and legal affairs.

General Counsel for Dropbox speaks to students

by Vedant Thyagaraj March 20, 2013

Ramsey Homsany, General Counsel for Dropbox Inc., spoke to students during long lunch today, addressing the challenges of becoming an attorney in Silicon Valley and answering questions about his occupation. Homsany...

Junior Vikram Sundar prepares for the invitational round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). The competition was held on Tuesday, March 19 at San Jose State University.

Record number of students qualify for NACLO invitational round

by Darian Edvalson March 19, 2013

A record setting nine students from the Upper School attended the invitational round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO), which was held today at San Jose State University. These...

Red Cross club members Sumit Minocha (12) and Jessica Yang (10) give out information about the blood drive as junior Sean Pan signs up to donate. Club members waited with sign-up sheets outside of Manzanita Hall during lunch.

Red Cross Club prepares for annual blood drive

by Cindy Liu March 19, 2013

Red Cross Club is preparing for its annual blood drive held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow by organizing sign-ups and raising awareness. Student donors must be over 16, weigh at least 110 pounds,...

Students conduct their experiments in Open Lab, which is held in various science teachers' rooms afterschool. These researchers presented their experiments yesterday in the San Jose Convention Center in front of numerous judges, who will give out awards for separate divisions of the sciences.

Researchers attend Synopsys Science Fair

by Ayushi Gautam March 14, 2013

After months of preparation and experimentation, several students travelled yesterday to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center to present their projects in the Synopsys Science Fair. Each year, Synopsys...

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