MV Bhangra: From missing advisor to new team
October 12, 2019
V Bhangra — one of MVHS’s three Indian dance teams — expected an ordinary start to its 2019-20 season. They planned to hold two weeks of practice workshops, followed by a week of tryouts, some time to make a decision about team acceptances and eventually, the formation of a new team. What they ...
Interact Club: Preparing for the upcoming year
October 12, 2019
Officers focus on building connections inside and outside of the club for members this year
Officers of Japanese Club illustrate what ‘dango’ means in Japanese tradition
Zara Iqbal, Copy editor
October 8, 2019
The club serves sweet rice dumpling balls for its first food event
Improv Club: Embracing Creativity
September 27, 2019
Almost immediately after stepping into the black box for Improv Club’s first meeting of the year, one can hear a chorus of laughter ring through the air. President Daniel Schie stands on top of a table, narrowly avoiding members’ hands, and calls for their attention in order to star...
Fresh perspectives: New Go Club officers remark on upcoming year
September 27, 2019
Senior and Go Club president Ethan Wang dipped his hand in a plastic container of polished white marbles and absentmindedly thumbed one between his fingers, preparing to make his next move in a match of Go. During lunch on Sept. 23, students gathered around gridded wooden boards in a corner of Chinese t...
Korean Club: Dancing into the new year
September 27, 2019
Officers introduce the club with a K-Pop choreography guessing game
The audition process behind Andaaz
Shreshta Ranganathan, Staff Writer
September 27, 2019
oing into the 2019 Andaaz auditions, senior captains Vega Jethani and Surya Ramesh and junior captains Akshat Rohatgi and Sachi Roy asked every student auditioning the same question: “What is the most important trait every dance team should have?” Roy breaks down the answers that students gave into four categor...
Getting to know Politics Club
September 27, 2019
tanding in front of a congress assembly, junior Eric Lee feels nothing but excitement. He is prepared to deliver his points about healthcare and speaks passionately while simultaneously maintaining an objective tone. According to Lee, his powerful delivery is made possible in part from the training he’s g...
App and Web Development Club officers compete at the University of Pennsylvania Hackathon
September 27, 2019
“Artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” are common buzzwords about programming, but the App and Web Development club’s officers of Android development Gautham Raghupathi and Tom Zhang are working to teach MVHS students about common uses of programming. Recently, they attended the PennApps 20 hack...
A game well played
September 27, 2019
Then 11-year-old and current junior and vice president of Chess Club Manus Manu was working on his homework at Leapstart After School when a nearby game of chess caught his attention. Intrigued, Manu began to watch, marvelling at how quickly the players made their moves. Although he stuck to simp...
Monta Vista Robotics Team offseason trainings: a student-run experience with mentor support
September 27, 2019
MVRT alumni mentor the team in workshops to coach members on competition strategy
Reaching out to new faces: Matador Mondays
September 27, 2019
lips of giggly friends flash across the screen, each racking their heads for words to describe a person they love — some serious, others sarcastic. As the first Matador Mondays Instagram video created for junior Sylvana Northrop concludes, the words, “We love you Sylvana!” pop up on the screen and...
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