The nation was shocked in March when the state of North Carolina passed an obviously anti-transgender bill into law. This law bans citizens from using any bathroom that is not designated for the gender...
Every Tuesday students are granted 30 minutes to meet with teachers, catch up on work or review for tests. Tutorial is a necessity, and the numerous occasions upon which the administration has commandeered...
For more than a decade, on-campus food options for students have consisted of the PTSA-run pizza cart and the school cafeteria. With the school’s growing population, the cafeteria — which was last...
Recently, the city changed surrounding school speed limits from 25 to 15 mph for 500 feet in all directions from the center of the school. The city council instituted the change after years of resident...
Last month, a childhood hero of mine was accused of rape. His name is Toby Turner, a YouTube
sensation who made his way into my eleven-year-old heart with a collection of video-game parody songs. He...
Robert “Bob” Fonda wasn’t a coach, an administrator or even a full-time teacher at LAHS. He was a substitute at Los Altos and Mountain View High School as well as at the elementary and middle schools...
As a teacher, assistant principal and special education director, Kathy Sulaver recalls the graduation of one of her students as her proudest and most emotional moment throughout her years at MVLA.
“[My...
When it comes to advancing in CCS, there are many factors that come into play. How prepared is the team? How prepared are the individual athletes? How does everything come together on that specific day?...
It’s easy to imagine the costumes for a high school play being thrown together by a director after a couple read-throughs of the script, but for Broken Box, costume design is an art form and furthermore,...
the joke reddens our faces
and we clutch, shaking,
at our bellies, lips stretched
tight across teeth
as our heads swing
lightheadedly skyward
and our eyes, bouncing,
roll gleefully back in
maniacal...
When I was 6 years old, my oldest brother was hit by a car as he biked home from Egan Junior High School. After being rushed to the emergency room, our family received news that he was going to be fine...
