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

The Talon

Gen Z, If You Want Change, Vote

Gen Z, If You Want Change, Vote

By Noelle Hanson, Staff Writer | March 26, 2018

In a time where the words “politics,” “government” and “Congress” induce images of corrupt leaders who spend more time on private jets than with the citizens they represent, millennial voting...

Column: From the Playground to the Background

Column: From the Playground to the Background

By Yalda Khodadad, Features Editor | March 26, 2018

In elementary school, I remember inhaling my lunch before scrambling over to the playground with my peers, diving through plastic tubes and kicking our scabbed legs into the air on the swings. I remember...

Arming Teachers is a Dangerous Proposal

Arming Teachers is a Dangerous Proposal

By Ishaan Parmar, Guest Writer | March 26, 2018

The day I heard that arming teachers was being seriously considered to deter mass shootings, I thought about my teachers holding guns. It was a ridiculous and scary image. My teachers already have the...

My “Useless” Hobby and I

By Madison Woo, Senior Writer | March 26, 2018

It’s become a bit of an obsession for me to freehand a perfectly symmetric circle, write my letters in looped faux calligraphy and find new ways to utilize my prized Mildliner highlighters (which cost...

Attila Delingat Commits to Princeton for Volleyball

Attila Delingat Commits to Princeton for Volleyball

By Nathan Godderis | March 24, 2018

Senior Attila Delingat is every volleyball coach’s dream. He’s experienced, athletic, determined, has leadership, and he’s 6 feet 8 inches tall. Playing as a middle blocker for his club team, Bay...

Weight Lifting Club Flexes on the Haters

Weight Lifting Club Flexes on the Haters

By Emma Kwan and Evelin Diego | March 24, 2018

When sophomore Shilpa Rao first attended a LiftLAHS meeting, she squatted 145 pounds — a feat she thought only male, bodybuilding-obsessed athletes could accomplish. Three meetings later, she was able...

Sophomore Kat Nasif works on a simulation to learn about recursion on Java in AP Computer Science. Los Altos will offer a computer science course in a partnership with Foothill College next year, where students who have completed AP CS can learn about advanced data structures and Android app development. Kristen Fan.

Advanced Computer Science Course to be Offered Next Year

By Kristen Fan, Staff Writer | March 21, 2018

Los Altos next year will team up with Foothill College to offer a new college-level computer science course for students who have completed AP Computer Science and want to develop apps for Android. The...

Food Services Worker Patricia Alcala prepares veggie soup with a grilled cheese sandwich. Continuing their effort to improve the cafeteria and make international food that appeals to students, the cafeteria will add a Philly cheesesteak sandwich and barbecue chicken bowl to the menu in April. Francesca Fallow.

Cafeteria Cooks Up New Ideas and Menu Items

By Evelin Diego, Staff Writer | March 21, 2018

In a constant effort to improve the cafeteria and its services, cafeteria staff will continue to innovate new menu items and streamline the food selection process by allowing students to self-serve. Since...

Organizer junior Brynna Mitchner (center) urges students to call on Congress to take action on gun control in the wake of Parkland. Students who walked out last Wednesday were given unexcused absences, but Los Altos couldve issued harsher consequences on the basis of the walkout disrupting school activities. Katrina Arsky.

Do Students Have the Right to Protest? Why?

By Noah Tesfaye, Staff Writer | March 21, 2018

According to the Los Altos Parent/Student Handbook, students can be suspended or expelled for “[d]isrupting school activities, disrespecting or defying valid authority of school personnel in the performance...

Choreographers: Bopping to the Top

Choreographers: Bopping to the Top

By Alex Luna and Mayu Alten | March 21, 2018

FRESHMEN Getting to a finished dance took a great deal of time and effort. Freshmen Jessica Dooley and Amanda Le, who fall more in line with hip hop and jazz styles, worked with fellow freshman Maya...

Sean Scott

Creating a Digital English Classroom with Prolific

By Madison Woo, Senior Writer | March 21, 2018

Programs like Google Classroom and Actively Learn have become widespread in education, often developed by software engineers who work on the websites full-time. Junior Kendall Goto, on the other hand,...

Katrina Arsky

This Year’s Fresh(man) Poets

By Kristen Fan and Cathy Wang | March 21, 2018

At Los Altos’ sixth annual Freshman Poetry Slam, three bright new poets emerged out of the fray. Here, we’ll introduce you to the top three, first place winner Mwinso Denkabe with his poem “Monster,”...

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