Behind the desk
May 23, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, From the magazine, Print
Senior Gokul Pillai stood in the shadowy recesses of the backstage, squinting into the bright lights. He looked into the vast audience — his friends and family members cheering wildly. A part of him couldn’t believe that Spotlite 2018, the annual show hosted by the Indo-American Student Association...
From teacher to friend
May 22, 2018
Filed under OPINION
During her freshman year, sophomore Neha Balusu decided to search up her elementary and middle school teachers on her Facebook. Without hesitating, she pressed “send friend request,” hoping that she could continue keep in touch with her favorite teachers. “I don’t really care if they see what I ...
Leaving a legacy
Ananya Bhat, Bill Cheng, Rajas Habbu, Alyssa Hui, Gauri Kaushik, Jai Uparkar, and Sarah Young
May 9, 2018
Filed under Around Campus, Best of News, Best Packages, Multimedia, MULTIMEDIA PACKAGES, NEWS
A day without seniors
April 11, 2018
Filed under A closer look, Around Campus, BEYOND THE MAGAZINE, NEWS, Uncategorized
[su_dropcap style="light" size="4"]S[/su_dropcap]enior ditch day is an unofficial American rite of passage, a day that allows seniors to escape the daily stresses of school. Although the day is centered around seniors, it also affects teachers. MVHS financial specialist, Calvin Wong, did not participate in s...
The effect of School Loop’s absence on teachers and students
January 16, 2018
Filed under Around Campus, Education, Local, NEWS
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]chool Loop was down from Jan. 5 to Jan. 8 for all students in FUHSD, catching students and teachers off guard, who depended on School Loop for their final first semester grades and homework assignments. FUHSD is usually allerted about School Loop’s maintenance schedule beforehand,...
The art of perseverance: Three teachers share their passion for extreme hobbies
November 17, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, Features, Special
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rench teacher Sarah Finck vividly remembers skiing down the slopes of Massachusetts as a child. She remembers the snowy landscape blurring into a mass of white, the cold mountain air whipping against her face. She remembers the exhilaration she felt, the rush and excitement. But mo...
Professor Pedro Noguera gives equity presentation for staff
September 22, 2017
Filed under NEWS
At 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, groups of teachers stood crowded around tables of coffee and bagels chatting. They moved within their friend groups not unlike the students that would later stand around the academic quad in their own groups. As the 7:30 a.m. bell rang out, the staff began to file in...
How adults cope with student stress
September 13, 2017
Filed under NEWS
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]is first few years at MVHS were stressful. The toll of working with students who shared their fears and stresses with him resulted in a trip to the emergency room with heart pains and a realization regarding his mental health. “I think what it was telling me was that I needed to be,” MV...
A change in routine
August 26, 2017
Filed under FEATURES
The first thing students notice when entering room B205 is not the teacher, the whiteboard or the projector, but the pictures, all neatly and strategically arranged to cover each nook and cranny of all four walls. There is absolutely no white space to be seen, having long been overpowered by a multitude...
Are students are avoiding classes because of teachers?
August 18, 2017
Filed under OPINION
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]unior Jeffery Yang stared at his four-year high school course plan on the computer screen in dismay, contemplating whether he should rewrite his plan for classes in senior year. After barely scraping through Chemistry Honors in sophomore year, he decided against taking the ri...
Pages of the past
April 17, 2017
Filed under Books, ENTERTAINMENT, Print, Print entertainment
Co-written by Ananya Bhat Catcher in the Rye British Literature teacher Randy Holaday "My sister and my dad really liked it so I had really high expectations for the book, and it just wasn’t for me. It was too modern and too, frankly, stupid. I couldn’t see the connections between it and my own experiences. And I...
Teachers discuss the pressure to wear Halloween costumes
November 11, 2016
Filed under Around Campus, NEWS
Every year for Halloween, each teaching department comes up with a costume for everyone and then they participate in a costume contest in which prizes are awarded for various things. However, not all teachers love the concept of dressing up and participating in the contest. History department chair Bo...
