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

The Talon
Paavo Lahdesmaki

Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer

All content by Paavo Lahdesmaki
A month-by-month break down of the 2023-24 school years' important news.

A year recapped: global and school-wide news

By Oscar Johnson and Paavo Lahdesmaki
June 18, 2024
2024 Senior Column: Paavo Lahdesmaki

2024 Senior Column: Paavo Lahdesmaki

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Senior Writer
June 7, 2024
Students learning during AVID.

AVID: Leading Students Towards a Brighter, Unknown and Empowering Future

By Ivan Sandoval-Navarro, Paavo Lahdesmaki, and Annabelle Lee
June 6, 2024
The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday, March 13, to pass H.R. 7521. The bill now awaits a hearing and vote in the Senate.

Updates on H.R. 7521, the bill that may nationally ban TikTok

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
March 20, 2024
Aleksei Navalny dead, the race for the White House, Mitch McConnell steps down.

Column: An Overview of February News

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
March 7, 2024
Tiny Tots Preschool on San Antonio Road, may be stripped of its funding and privatized, increasing tuition.

Tiny Tots Preschool may be privatized; parents protest

By Oscar Johnson and Paavo Lahdesmaki
March 5, 2024
Column: An Overview of January News

Column: An Overview of January News

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
February 2, 2024
Jardin Drive in its current state, which features two car lanes, a parking lane and a bike lane. Plan 3, a proposed redesign, will remove parking on the school side of Jardin and add a path for pedestrians.

Jardin Drive slated for second redesign

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
February 2, 2024
George W. Bush, the President of the United States during the beginning of the War on Terror, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

Israel’s actions in Gaza echo U.S.’ post-9/11 mistakes

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
December 7, 2023
Henry Kissinger dead at 100; OpenAI’s firing and rehiring of Sam Altman; George Santos expelled from House.

Column: An overview of November news

By Matthew Kim and Paavo Lahdesmaki
December 6, 2023
Mike Johnson was elected the new Speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, October 26.

Column: An overview of October News

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
November 12, 2023
Homecoming Week Activities Recap

Homecoming Week Activities Recap

By Oscar Johnson, Aimee Ge, Carissa Lai, Paavo Lahdesmaki, Sahana Srinivasan, and Sara Lahr
November 9, 2023
Homecoming Court: Asha Parker

Homecoming Court: Asha Parker

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
October 25, 2023
Israel and Gaza Walkouts in Photos

Israel and Gaza Walkouts in Photos

By Milan Grbovic and Paavo Lahdesmaki
October 18, 2023
Elon Musk at a Brazilian Ministry of Communications conference in 2022.

Elon Musk: Nature of a narcissist

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
October 9, 2023
The US Capitol

Column: Need-to-know News

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
October 5, 2023
Donald J. Trump's mugshot taken on Thursday, August 24, after he surrendered to the authorities at Fulton County Jail.

An overview of Donald Trump’s four indictments

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Staff Writer
September 8, 2023
LAHS is sent to introduce five new CTE courses for the upcoming year. The existing courses Intro to Computer Science, AP Computer Science and ADEN will become CTE courses, while Engineering 1 and 2 will be introduced starting next school year.

Five classes set to become CTE courses in upcoming school year

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Journalism One
May 30, 2023
The recycled bench can be seen outside the 600 buildings, surrounding a tree to commemorate the Green Ribbon award.

Students design and install bench made out of recycled materials

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Journalism One
March 28, 2023
This month, a rare comet unseen for tens of thouands of years will be visible with the naked eye.

Green comet visible from Earth for rare sighting

By Paavo Lahdesmaki, Journalism One
February 1, 2023
Guests admire the selection of photographs at the neuroscience art auction

Neuroscience meets art at student-organized auction

By Paavo Lahdesmaki and Rachel Wilson
February 1, 2023
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