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The Talon

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

The Talon

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

The Talon

Marching Band Wins Independence Tournament of Bands

By Marcus Gao, Kathleen Zhu, Jisoo Hur, and MC Teixeira | November 14, 2024

On October 19, the Los Altos High School Marching Band and Color Guard competed at the Independence Tournament of Bands at Independence High School. Watch behind the scenes as they prepared, rehearsed,...

A screenshot of the Meraki dashboard, a secure online program controlling connection points on MVLA sites, after network connection was restored at LAHS following a day-long outage.

The 24 hour race for internet

By Matilda Haney Foulds, News Editor | November 13, 2024

On Monday, October 28, at 4:12 p.m network connection to Los Altos High School was cut. For the next 24 hours, the MVLA Information Technology (IT) department worked tirelessly to get it back. Coincidentally,...

Senior Kai MacQuiddy celebrates his first league win on the varsity boys baseball team. Kai recently announced his commitment to continue his baseball journey at Amherst University.

Kai MacQuiddy swings into Amherst University baseball commitment

By Janavi Ramde, Sports Editor | November 13, 2024

Senior Kai MacQuiddy is known for his dedication to San Francisco Giants attire and Spotify covers. Now, he can add Division III baseball player to that list.  “When I gave it some thought, I couldn’t...

LSU dance coordinator senior Yocelin Rojas dances La Bruja along with the other members of LSU Dance while wearing traditional Jalisco dresses and balancing candles on their heads.

LSU celebrates Día de los Muertos

By Sara Lahr, Senior Writer | November 13, 2024

On Wednesday, October 30, the Latino Student Union (LSU) invited the campus to come and celebrate Día de los Muertos after school at the student services building. Their goal was to get people to learn...

The Los Altos High School football team celebrates after their homecoming victory over Santa Clara High School.

Football cliches homecoming win over Santa Clara

By Milan Grbovic, Editor-in-Chief | November 7, 2024

A homecoming victory can save a rough season. For Los Altos High School’s varsity football team, that’s exactly what happened. “Winning Homecoming is one of the best feelings in the world,”...

Green Party nominee and third-time presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks at the Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska.

Undecided voters, don’t waste your time on Jill Stein

By Tyler Elman, Senior Writer | November 5, 2024

Green Party nominee and presidential candidate Jill Stein is stubborn; after losing both the 2012 and 2016 elections, she’s back for Round Three. In contrast to the established political careers of Vice...

Faye’s Expressway: What is Love?

Faye’s Expressway: What is Love?

By Anonymous | November 5, 2024

♭♪🎵🎵♮🎵♩ Black and white is all she sees. She doesn’t see the blue in me. Tears run down her cheeks as her fingers hit the keys. “Wrong note, you dumb child! Do it again, all...

The varsity girls tennis team underclassmen prepared posters and gift baskets with a tennis ball signed by the team for the seniors.

Varsity girls tennis defeats Lynbrook on senior night and wins leagues

By Carolina Yi, Staff Writer | November 5, 2024

Last Tuesday, October 29, the Los Altos High School varsity girls tennis team defeated the Lynbrook High School Vikings 4–3 on its senior night, clinching the De Anza League title for the first time...

Senior Carmen Chao throws water polo ball to a teammate against Lynbrook High School. The varsity girls water polo team has a league record of 12-2.

In-Depth: Girls water polo wins league; to make a splash at CCS

By Janavi Ramde, Sports Editor | November 5, 2024

For the past four seasons, the varsity girls water polo team fell just short of the CCS playoffs. However, with an overall league record of 12–2 this season, CCS looks good for the Eagles after they’ve...

Junior Anastasia Marinopoulos serves the ball. The Los Altos varsity girls volleyball team had a league record of 2-9.

In-Depth: Girls volleyball makes CCS

By Alex Zuccaro, Staff Writer | November 5, 2024

The varsity girls volleyball team has had a challenging season filled with difficult losses and a few shining wins. With a league record of 2–9 in the De Anza League, the Eagles currently rank sixth...

Captain senior Tyra Bogan serves in a rematch against Palo Alto High School

In-Depth: Varsity girls tennis aims to win it all

By Carolina Yi, Staff Writer | November 5, 2024

With their victory over the Lynbrook High School Vikings on Tuesday, October 29, the Eagles pulled through and took first in the league, moving on to CCS.   During Head Coach Hung Nguyen’s tenure...

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