MMEH Club: A Relaxed Approach to Art and Crafts
Priya Dixit and Daphne Ih
December 14, 2017
A cheerful group of students enters the art room and begins to fold colored paper from a stack on the central table. Even after they settle down, the room is lively as they begin folding and creasing paper squares. Before long, the space is transformed into an origami menagerie of cranes. Other students...
Food Regulations May Prompt TGIF Cancelation
December 13, 2017
The end of the year TGIF celebration, involving food trucks and bouncy houses on the back field, may be cancelled due to state and federal policies regarding food. Competitive food sales with the cafeteria and violations of USDA dietary guidelines could discontinue TGIF. Currently, the future of TG...
Writing Center Would Create Specialized Tutoring Community
Priya Dixit and Rachel Lu
December 13, 2017
In order to fill the need for specialized writing tutors, English teacher Caitlin Hannon has proposed implementing a Writing Center course on campus staffed by trained student tutors next year. If the course attracts enough student interest and can be adequately staffed, it will train students to assi...
New Course to Offer Comprehensive Intro to STEAM
Kristen Fan, Staff Writer
December 13, 2017
A new STEAM Foundations course next year would introduce students to STEM and art disciplines to encourage a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving. If approved by the MVLA School Board, the year-long course will be the first in a proposed LAHS Academy of Engineering and Design. Approved by Los...
District Adds More Developed Athletic Facilities, Auxiliary Funds for Potential Classrooms in Facilities Master Plan
Jocelyn Maeyama, Staff Writer
December 13, 2017
Proposed to the MVLA School Board last Monday, the $292 million revised Facilities Master Plan would create more developed athletic facilities and auxiliary funds for 20 additional classrooms. The revised master plan, presented by Superintendent Jeff Harding and Associate Superintendent of Busines...
Solar Panel Construction Starts at LASD Schools
Ethan Ruyack, Staff Writer
December 13, 2017
Following in the footsteps of LAHS, all LASD schools will have overhead parking lot solar panels installed, except Oak Elementary will have them above the lunch and play area. The project started on Monday, October 25, and the school district hopes to finish before Sunday, December 31, to take full advan...
City Holds Downtown Visioning Workshop
Jocelyn Maeyama, Staff Writer
December 13, 2017
The City of Los Altos presented revised drafts of proposed downtown visioning scenarios at a community workshop on November 29, 2017 including a new scenario, affordable housing and pedestrian plazas. Through the visioning process, the city aims to make a broad document that creates a long-term plan t...
A Newfound Vulnerability in Taylor Swift’s “reputation”
Rachel Zuraek, Guest Writer
December 13, 2017
She’s a snake. She’s money hungry. She dates too many guys. Whether you agree with the rumors or not, it’s no question that Taylor Swift has quite the reputation. Since her musical debut in 2006, Swift has become one of the most well-known and successful artists in the modern music industr...
Fast Fashion: A Trend to End
Savita Govind and Isabella Borkovic
December 13, 2017
Remember rompers, Toms and Lokai bracelets? Just last year, these necessities were all the rage, but now they sit sadly on Goodwill racks among many other dead trends. So why did these once super-cool fashion trends fall into obscurity? The answer is fast fashion, a term used to describe the rapid cy...
A Dichotomy of Lil Pump
Gialon Kasha, Guest Writer
December 12, 2017
A rumoured Harvard dropout, lyrical mastermind and pioneer of the rap industry, 17-year-old Gazzy “Lil Pump” Garcia carries the burden of solving humanity’s problems, moving America forward one song at a time. Lil Pump rises to the occasion in “Gucci Gang,” a contemporary masterpiece in whi...
Meditation and Self-Exploration at Maharishi University
Javin Pombra, In-Depth Editor
December 12, 2017
The Maharishi University of Management and other schools of management have one stark difference: the former is about managing yourself and the latter about managing others. Founded in 1973, Maharshi certainly doesn’t follow the typical mold: opting to have classes last for a month instead of year-long...
Living by the Numbers: Mathletes on Campus
December 12, 2017
Los Altos mathletes live and breathe in numbers. For these students, math extends beyond just the skills learned in class: they challenge themselves to apply their problem solving skills in math competitions. Student compete in two primary types of competitions — ones that are purely mathematical...
