“To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You”: Sweet but shallow
Cathy Wang, Copy/Content Editor
March 27, 2020
“To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” is a bit like Vegemite—either you love it or you hate it. In this film, lovely performances and clever filmmaking intersect with overused tropes and lack of a cohesive plot to create a product that will ultimately give you what you put into it. And as a ...
OPINION: Sanjay Dave’s comment about AP classes is problematic
March 23, 2020
In an interview with the “Los Altos Town Crier,” MVLA School Board president Sanjay Dave expressed a desire to change the end of the school year calendar to align with the AP tests in May. “Additional schooling after [AP tests], it’s kind of pointless,” Dave said to the Crier. “I’d ...
Contagion or COVID-19?
Mia Scher, Senior Writer
March 20, 2020
When I heard the news that the school talent show was canceled, then the news that almost every college I applied to has canceled in-person classes and is doing online lessons instead, and then the news that March Madness was canceled, I thought of one thing: the movie “Contagion.” The 2011 St...
Bay Area counties under “shelter in place” order
Tomoki Chien, Cedric Chan, and Isabella Borkovic
March 16, 2020
Santa Clara County is under a shelter in place order effective at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, March 17, and will last for at least three weeks. The mandate also covers the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda and the city of Berkeley. The order directs all individuals to shelte...
Coronavirus Updates
Cedric Chan, Tomoki Chien, Nina Crofts, Vaishu Sirkay, Isabella Borkovic, and Janie Dent
March 13, 2020
The MVLA School Board approved a credit/no credit grading system for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year with a 4-1 vote.
Valley Fair Mall shooting threat found not credible
March 11, 2020
Both the San Jose and Santa Clara Police Departments have found a mass shooting threat on social media not to be credible. The post, titled “Fun at the Mall,” was made on Reddit today, March 11, by a user who went by the name “James.” James threatened to come “fully armed” and with a bulletproof...
Superintendent releases new bell schedule proposal
March 4, 2020
Superintendent Nellie Meyer sent another bell schedule proposal to district parents that includes four block days and one seven-period day. After final negotiations between the District Teacher Association (DTA) and the Mountain View-Los Altos (MVLA) school district finish, the MVLA school board will ...
Mike Bloomberg: A Critical Mistake
Kaavya Butaney, Staff Writer
March 2, 2020
Democrats are desperate. We will do almost anything to get Trump out of power. But this desperation might cause us to make some mistakes in our nomination choices. Or one mistake, really: Mike Bloomberg, whose popularity has risen rapidly through February, going from 4.8 percent on January 1 to 15.4...
No current plans to close Los Altos in light of coronavirus
March 2, 2020
There are currently no plans to close Los Altos in response to the coronavirus outbreak. As of today, there are eight reported active cases of the virus in Santa Clara County. According to Assistant Principal Galen Rosenberg, any guidance to close schools would come from the Santa Clara County O...
“The Rise of Skywalker”: classic turned catastrophe
Kaavya Butaney, Staff Writer
February 29, 2020
I know I’m not special when I say that I grew up with “Star Wars.” I first watched it when I was four years old, then rewatched it over and over and over again, mimicking the dialogue, recreating the lightsaber battles and theorizing over everything that happened. I never expected more than just...
