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
Annabelle Lee

Annabelle Lee, Senior Writer

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Since 2012, school shooting incidents in the United States have been increasing exponentially. Schools should not be a place where students’ lives are at risk.

[Photo] Has learning become lethal?

By Valerie Zhou, Staff Writer
September 10, 2025
As the 2024-2025 school year comes to an end, Talon reflects on the most notable events of each month.

Los Altos High School’s year in recap

By Sahana Srinivasan, Sara Lahr, Marcus Gao, and Annabelle Lee
May 29, 2025
The student’s curiosity beyond the school curriculum, as well as concepts they simply memorize, are not deeply looked into.

[Photo] Measured minds, missed meaning

By Jolie Lu, Staff Writer
May 28, 2025
Participants of the Schoolwide Poetry Slam, senior Piper Chatwin and junior Isabel Malobrodsky, perform their poems onstage.

Poetry Club takes over school slam, prioritizing expression over competition

By Annabelle Lee and Jolie Lu
April 1, 2025
From left to right, top to bottom; Ishika Anand, Ahaan Basu, Sara Dharmasanam, Brianna Garcia, Jungsoo Hahn, Rain Han, Diya Jain, Derek Kao, Stephanie Kunz, Ethan Lee, Kira Tierling, Zahra Mottaghian

An introduction to the contestants of the 12th annual Freshman Poetry Battle

By Annabelle Lee and Marcus Gao
February 13, 2025
AP Mandarin students rehearsing the Dragon Dance for their performance—a video that will be released to the school this Friday, January 31.

LAHS welcomes the Year of the Snake through Lunar New Year celebrations

By Annabelle Lee and Jisoo Hur
January 29, 2025
Two new elective courses, Creative Writing and Fashion Design, are available for students to add to their 2025-2026 school year schedules.

Creative Writing and Fashion Design electives to arrive in 2025

By Annabelle Lee and Jisoo Hur
January 18, 2025
A statue of the Alta Vista Aztec, the mascot of Alta Vista High School.

How Alta Vista High School Aztec embodies the spirit of the Aztecs

By Annabelle Lee and Tyler Elman
January 13, 2025
Carrie Abel Shaffer gives a yoga student feedback on her pose. Abel introduced yoga classes to Los Altos High School to promote mindfulness.

Carrie Abel Shaffer’s yoga class promotes mindfulness and relaxation

By Annabelle Lee, Senior Writer
November 5, 2024
The cast of Upstage’s production of “Alice By Heart” during a dress rehearsal

Run by teens, for teens: Upstage Theater brings Alice by Heart to life

By Annabelle Lee and Marcus Gao
October 31, 2024
Homecoming Court: Jennifer Palacios

Homecoming Court: Jennifer Palacios

By Annabelle Lee, Senior Writer
October 30, 2024
US History co-teachers Christa Wemmer and Stefaan Lodge helping students during a lecture.

LAHS doubles its number of co-teaching courses

By Tyler Elman and Annabelle Lee
October 5, 2024
Members of the Slam Poetry Team at Nationals, which they qualified for by winning the 2023 Unified Poetry Slam. The dissolution of the Unified Poetry Slam Competition brought the team to a halt.

Future of LAHS slam poetry team remains uncertain

By Annabelle Lee and Jisoo Hur
October 2, 2024
Current Matchbox host junior Kaiden Luis performs for Matchbox back in 2023.

Matchbox Open Mic changes host

By Annabelle Lee and Jisoo Hur
September 13, 2024
November

[Photo] A year recapped: global and school-wide news

By Oscar Johnson and Paavo Lahdesmaki
June 18, 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

Poetry Slam 2024

By Marcus Gao and Annabelle Lee
May 23, 2024
Organized by students at LAHS, the Los Altos Investment Bowl was held on February 24 at the Los Altos Community Center.

The Los Altos Investment Bowl: Raising a new generation of investors

By Annabelle Lee and Summer Li
May 4, 2024
Freshman Poetry Battle poster.

Introducing the contestants of the 11th annual Freshmen Poetry Battle

By Annabelle Lee and Summer Li
March 14, 2024
LAHS Mandarin III and Twin Oaks students pose together for a group photo.

Taiwanese exchange students visit Los Altos High School

By Annabelle Lee and Marcus Gao
February 21, 2024
The Capitol Building. In October, California started requiring media literacy education in schools.

California requires media literacy education in schools

By Oscar Johnson and Annabelle Lee
December 6, 2023
A poster of the Student Fall Film Showcase on the door of the Eagle Theater.

First-ever Fall Film Showcase held during ACT this week

By Annabelle Lee and Rachel Wilson
November 29, 2023
Homecoming Court: Jennifer Cruden

Homecoming Court: Jennifer Cruden

By Annabelle Lee, Staff Writer
October 24, 2023
Matchbox host senior Jordan Rahmfeld stands at the microphone to announce the next performance.

LAHS senior hosts open microphone event at Red Rock Cafe

By Annabelle Lee, Staff Writer
October 17, 2023
Students enjoy the annual club fair.

LAHS Club Fair in Photos

By Annabelle Lee and Sara Lahr
September 29, 2023
Members of the Los Altos High School slam poetry team with their coach; from left to right: English teacher and poetry slam team coach Carrie Shaffer, seniors Madi Tan and Angely Vargas, sophomore Kaiden Luis and junior Jen Palacios.

Poetry team slams through competitions and COVID-19

By Annabelle Lee, Staff Writer
September 14, 2023
Watch to hear students' and administrators' opinions on the long lunch lines.

Video: Student opinions on lunch lines

By Sara Lahr and Annabelle Lee
June 5, 2023
The annual Film Festival features the best films produced by this year’s Film Analysis students.

Film Analysis showcases outstanding student films at the Film Festival

By Aimee Ge and Annabelle Lee
May 5, 2023
Juliana Baltz, Malia Chan, Dommy Hernandez Beltran, Matthew Kim, Kaiden Luis, Hanna Mills (center), Jennifer Palacios, Jordan Rahmfeld, Rashi Sharma, Angely Vargas, Piper Chatwin.

Get to know the contestants of the 18th Annual School-Wide Poetry Slam

By Annabelle Lee, Journalism One
April 18, 2023
Here are this year's Freshman Poetry Battle contestants, as introduced by their teachers.

An introduction to this year’s Freshman Poetry Battle contestants

By Annabelle Lee, Journalism One
February 8, 2023
14-year-old freshman Aviya Russo ready to hit a ball across the net in a tournament playing for the 14U High Performance Academy Volleyball club team.

Aviya Russo: The star freshman of varsity volleyball

By Annabelle Lee, Journalism One
December 14, 2022
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