Turn of time: an exploration through the decades
Hannah Lee, Emily Xia, Helen Chao, Flora Peng, Collin Qian, and Herman Saini
April 10, 2019
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, Multimedia, MULTIMEDIA PACKAGES
Supporting the staff
October 24, 2018
Filed under OPINION
The turning point of now history teacher Scott Victorine’s first career occurred as he was eating lunch at his former law firm. As a paralegal in immigration law, Victorine was overwhelmed with stress. He sat staring at his lunchbox one hectic day and he decided he needed to find another career path. ...
New faces fill old shoes
September 1, 2018
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or assistant principal Janice Chen, it was the thrill of coming back to her alma mater, to the place where she had begged for rides to lunch outings, where she had sweated bullets competing on the volleyball team. It was her graduation ceremony, with the warm sun glaring into her eyes and beating down ...
The learning never stops
August 23, 2017
Filed under FEATURES
he bell rings, signaling the beginning of Jessica Zahn’s French 3 class. Her students file in, their murmurs filling the room. Walking into room B212 is Math teacher Jon Stark, having used one of his prep periods for his class with Ms. Zahn. He’s taken her class for his language-learning journey t...
A new start for Madame Zahn
August 18, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, Features
fter spending four years teaching at an international school in Boise, Idaho, new French teacher Janissa Zahn decided to start a new chapter in her life 680 miles away in Cupertino. Her family had always loved the West Coast, and she and her husband had been looking for a job for a while. So when sh...
Lost: Library books
January 26, 2016
Filed under Lost, Uncategorized
Additional reporting by Ankit Dua ooks are checked out and returned everyday. But what happens to those books that mysteriously disappear and never show up? Library media teacher Laura Utile tells us what happens to lost books and the consequences students face when they do lose a book. F...
Students create artwork of their teachers
November 19, 2015
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT
lthough students are busy and often complain about the workload that teachers give, during their occasional time off, some take the time to create artwork for their teachers. The artwork of teachers ranges from photoshopping movie posters to creating abstract drawings. Regardless of whether the create...
Who are we? Teachers’ favorite childhood memories
September 8, 2015
Filed under FEATURES, Who are we?
ver wondered what crazy adventures your teachers had back when they were your age? Sometimes the “back in my day” stories can get old, but on occasion, we come across duels in forests, 5 a.m. ice-hockey practices, and water balloons thrown out of moving cars. Click on the audio to hear four teacher...
Kira Williams produces a well balanced relationship between passion and work
October 23, 2014
Filed under Briefs
Last year, Kira Williams spent five months out of the school year as a substitute teacher at MVHS. Her most memorable experience teaching was with MVHS photography teacher Tyler Cripe’s class. Within the six weeks at the beginning of the year and eight weeks at the end of the year that William sta...
MVHS’s financial priority needs to return to education
September 4, 2012
Filed under OPINION
Amazing things are happening at MVHS. For the first time ever, our field has lights, there are plans to renovate the library and we will finally get to host a Homecoming football game that is actually at home. MVHS is starting to fit in with the rest of the Silicon Valley with its new high-tech and modern...
Colleagues and companions
September 21, 2011
Filed under From the magazine, Print entertainment
Sometimes, school feels like E!Entertainment. For all intents and purposes, teachers are the celebrities on campus. Their behavior is subjected to a running commentary by students during brunch, lunch and sometimes even after school. Topics range from what the teachers wore that day to what they d...
