Students dance and compete in spirit rally to conclude Spirit Week
by Eric Fang and Nicole Chen
April 14, 2019
A spirit rally that included class dances and inter-class competitions closed out Spirit Week after sixth period today. At the rally, the spirit team announced that the seniors had earned the most spirit points and won the annual spirit competition, followed by the juniors, sophomores and freshmen in t...
Spirit Week Continues: Students dress in “meme” themed clothing, rehearse spirit rally
by Nicole Chen and Eric Fang
April 11, 2019
In the second to last day of spirit week, students dressed in "meme" themed clothing today. Some popular costumes included foam mannequin heads under their hoodies, an allusion to the Mannequin Head Meme, and bright orange shirts, a reference to sophomore Michael Eng's brightly colored orange shirts....
School Meeting Recap 4/8
by Eric Fang, News Editor
April 10, 2019
Avi Gulati (11) began the school meeting on Monday by announcing when the annual Quadchella talent show will take place. The event will be on May 2 and will be held at the Shah patio instead of the quad this year. Because of this, Avi joked that the event would be more appropriately named “Shahchel...
Spirit Week Continues: Students dress up in “time travel” themed clothing
by Eric Fang, News Editor
April 9, 2019
Students dressed up in "time travel" themed clothing today, the second day of spirit week. In addition, as part of spirit week, several volleyball matches took place in the athletic center at 11:20 a.m.. The juniors faced off against the freshmen and the seniors played against the sophomores. In the end, t...
School meeting recap 2/26/19
by Eric Fang, News Editor
February 27, 2019
Head of School Brian Yager started the school meeting by congratulating students who performed in either the annual dance show or the recent Gala. He also praised the varsity boys soccer team for advancing to the Central Coast Sectional (CCS) semifinals. Next, he announced a series of accreditation visit...
China retaliates as U.S. increases tariffs
by Michael Eng, Global Columnist
August 31, 2018
For the past year, the United States and China have been slugging it out in one of the largest trade wars in history, in terms of the value of tariffed goods. The U.S. enacted 25 percent tariffs, that would affect $16 billion worth of Chinese goods on Aug. 23. Immediately, China responded with a 25 per...
Trump meets with Putin and Kim Jong Un
by Saloni Shah, Lifestyle Columnist
August 31, 2018
From allying with Russia to reinstituting an amicable relationship with North Korea, Trump’s actions have influenced U.S. international relations drastically. Summit with North Korea June 12, 2018, was a historic day. President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet face-to-fa...