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The Talon

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

The Talon

CCS Bound: Spring sports soar toward new heights

May 22, 2018

CCS Bound: Spring sports soar toward new heights Boys Lacrosse After an early season loss in overtime to Mountain View in March, the boys lacrosse team rallied to twelve straight wins, finishing...

Online Isnt Enough: Why In-Class Health Should Be Required

Online Isn’t Enough: Why In-Class Health Should Be Required

August 14, 2017

It’s unclear whether any student has taken the MVLA School District’s online health class with the intention of learning. The web course is a bit like driver’s ed — a curriculum that holds no more...

UDPS and beyond: poetry at Los Altos

UDPS and beyond: poetry at Los Altos

By Tino Tugwete, Madison Woo, and Emily Aronovitz | July 6, 2017

In the following interviews, edited for clarity, The Talon features two poets on the Los Altos Slam Team and their experiences and journeys with poetry. The team took home second place at the Youth Speaks...

Inside MVLA’s championship debate team

Inside MVLA’s championship debate team

By Emily Aoki, Editor-In-Chief | July 5, 2017

Ten years ago, the Mountain View-Los Altos (MVLA) Parliamentary Debate team didn’t exist. This year, the team is almost 30 strong and didn’t just send one-sixth of its team to the national Tournament...

Margarita Navarro celebrates at Capuchino High School’s Latino Senior Celebration, where she was given an award for her outstanding contributions as an assistant principal. She poses next to one of her former AVID students who gave the Keynote speech praising Navarro for her efforts toward aiding Spanish-speaking families. Next school year, Navarro will become the Associate Superintendent of Los Altos High School.

Margarita Navarro tackles inequality in schools

By Danny Vesurai, Staff Writer | July 5, 2017

From spearheading programs like AVID to teaching her peers in high school and college as a tutor and teacher’s aide, new Associate Superintendent Margarita Navarro has searched for ways to assist others...

The development, which some residents believe will increase community interest in the downtown area, proposes a multi-story office building constructed adjacent to a public plaza. Image courtesy Los Altos Community Investments.

Community Investors Propose Downtown Park and Office Space

By Cameron Avery and Anisha Desai | May 18, 2017

On Thursday, May 4, dozens of green-clad Los Altos residents packed City Hall to voice their support for First Street Green at a Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC) study session. The proposed...

In Full Color: Hollywoods Lack of Diversity

In Full Color: Hollywood’s Lack of Diversity

By Paola Campos, Staff Writer | June 8, 2016

Take a second and think of an actor. He or she doesn’t have to be in your favorite film, be good looking or even be particularly good at acting. Go ahead, any actor at all. Do you have someone in mind?...

Changing our minds: Pop culture we liked better the second time

Changing our minds: Pop culture we liked better the second time

By Hanna Khosravi, Jessica King, and Eli Colbert | June 8, 2016

An "Implicit demand for proof" | by Jessica King It’s difficult to speak badly about something you love. Even if you know you once hated it, you can’t help but look back at that time and wonder...

Vol. 6: The Last One

By Eli Colbert, Staff Writer | June 3, 2016

War Stories | By Eli Colbert Her pearl earrings are the only holy thing in the driveway. Add decadence to the new wounds he said, before bolting Onto the interstate. The last warning is a vase inside...

Photo by Meilin Tsao

Eduardo D. Cuellar: a Hidden Rockstar

By Sofia Guo, Editor-in-Chief | June 3, 2016

With his calm demeanor and quiet personality, senior Eduardo D. Cuellar is one of the last people one expects to fit the stereotype of a rock enthusiast. But for the past eight years, Eduardo has self-built...

Soaring Eagle: Lizzy Beutter

Soaring Eagle: Lizzy Beutter

By Anisha Desai, Staff Writer | June 1, 2016

Deemed a “star pitcher” by MaxPreps, senior Lizzy Beutter is one of the best softball players in the Central Coast, Los Altos’ team captain and starting pitcher. “I actually initially didn’t...

Graphic by Skyler Maeso

2016 Rio Summer Olympics: The Show Must Go On

By Chris Dadok and Emily Terada | June 1, 2016

This August, the 31st summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, but unlike previous years, the fate of the summer Olympics in Rio is now more of an “if” than a “when” due to logistical...

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