The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon

The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon

The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon

Redefine Success

By Perla Luna | November 25, 2014

Knowing that high school is only a pit stop in our lives, albeit an important one, should make it easy to not let the pressure of being a good student get to many of us the way it does. After all, in 15...

Science and Engineering Team club president junior Paul Dennig studies the tube intently. Photo by Carl Faust

Science and Engineering Team Builds Standing Wave Flame Tube

By James Sun | November 25, 2014

For many, music is sound; however, for the Science and Engineering Team (SET), it’s much more than that—it’s sound waves. These sound waves cause the flames on top of the Rubens’ tube to dance...

Auto Shop teacher Greg Ely leads the Auto Shop class. Ely has held numerous jobs throughout his life, many of them related to his love for mechanics. Photo by Noah Tsao

Ely’s Lifetime Career in Mechanics

By Johnny Scher | November 25, 2014

Auto Shop teacher Greg Ely’s career has been anything but conventional. From his first job as an electrician’s assistant to his current position as a teacher, Ely has held around 20 jobs, most of them...

Native American Mascot Debate Requires More Research

October 30, 2014

For decades, there has been a push in sports to remove mascots and names that are deemed offensive, especially those that are based off of Native American people, history and customs. This debate has reached...

Skills Night Offers Advantage for School

October 30, 2014

On Thursday, October 16, the school held its first ever “Skills Night.” Put on by the interdisciplinary Skills and environmental science teams, the night was dedicated to a hosted dinner, information...

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