MVHS Future Business Leaders of America’s kicks off Technology Program
January 22, 2019
MVFBLA hosts a coding workshop with a guest speaker
Wired together
Hannah Lee, Emily Xia, Tabitha Mendez, Keshav Taneja, Ayah Ali-Ahmad, and Gauri Kaushik
November 21, 2018
Off The Grid
September 26, 2018
unior Ashley Tom received her first iPhone in ninth grade, finally graduating from candy bars and flip phones. She made her first personal email in seventh grade. Yet Tom still doesn’t have any social media accounts. According to the Pew Research Center in 2014 and 2015, 94 percent of teenagers in th...
Losing the A in STEAM
Flora Peng, Staff Writer
September 19, 2018
Sixteen classes from various fields were cut at Monta Vista for the 2018-19 school year because of a decrease in student enrollment. In addition, students self-selecting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) electives has lowered the demand for arts electives, decreasing the number offered. ...
MVHS holds first technology career night of the year
February 14, 2018
n Thursday, Feb. 1 MVHS held its first career night of 2018, attracting students interested in a future in technology. The night began at 7 p.m. with a speech by Kern Peng, who has worked at Intel for 25 years. Peng discussed the importance of soft skills, like the ability to communicate and give pr...
British Literature curriculum uses technology in teaching Macbeth
November 17, 2017
igh school students have long known the works of William Shakespeare. Although sentiments regarding the renowned English playwright and poet vary, there is no doubt that his notoriously obscure language and outlandish dialect often make comprehension and analysis of the text difficult for students. ...
Unpacking paranoia: Amazon Key shouldn’t scare us so much
November 17, 2017
ast month, I signed up for Amazon Prime, joining the 85 million other Amazon Prime members for one simple reason — I hate waiting for shipping. Has anyone ever really received their package in “five to seven business days?” I sure haven’t. So when I heard Amazon was testing a service to make s...
Public, not private: The truth about online privacy
October 20, 2017
e create private social media accounts and post whatever we want – funny videos, rude comments, revealing photos. We don’t even think twice about who is viewing our content because, well, it’s private. Except that it’s not. And it’s usually the “funny” or “mean” things that get peo...
Q&A: C++ club makes changes in teaching style
April 17, 2017
As senior Christopher Chang looks around E203 for his fellow C++ members, he finds himself disappointed with what he sees. Getting ready to start their weekly informational meetings about the programming language C++, he makes sure everyone is there, but over the weeks, he’s watched as people droppe...
A look back at Apple’s past
March 31, 2017
pple is one of the biggest phenomenons of our generation, especially here in Cupertino. With a new headquarters currently being constructed, the company has came a long way since it was founded in 1976. Check out the infographic and timeline below to learn more about the legacy of Apple. &nb...
Technology of Tomorrow: What teachers expect from future advancements
February 8, 2017
s humanity’s technological goals grow, the time it’ll take to achieve them seems vast. However, the technology of the future is a lot closer than it seems. Even if time travel is still far in the future, almost equally impactful breakthroughs are just around the corner. WATER AP...
