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
Nayeon Kim

Nayeon Kim, Opinions Editor

All content by Nayeon Kim
December

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

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

2024 Senior Column: Nayeon Kim

By Nayeon Kim, Opinions Editor
June 7, 2024
The seniors pose for a picture together after celebrating Senior Night before the team's loss against Fremont.

Boys volleyball loses to Fremont on Senior Night

By Nayeon Kim and Lily Symon
May 17, 2024
A whiteboard at the College and Career Center with flyers regarding information about FAFSA.

Class of 2024: Here’s what you need to know about FAFSA

By Nayeon Kim and Rebekah Park
March 7, 2024
The Foothill Middle College students hanging out together on campus. (Courtesy Marciano Gutierrez)

Middle College to double their MVLA student intake with 100 open slots for the 2024-2025 school year

By Rebekah Park and Nayeon Kim
January 23, 2024
Latino Student Union’s booth serves tostadas with toppings.

Holiday Fair in Photos

By Nayeon Kim and Oscar Johnson
December 17, 2023
Leah Guesman (left) and Sarah Smith (right) co-founded a college counseling company in 2020, in an effort to increase accessibility for lower income students.

LAHS Graduate founds college counseling company, raising over a million dollars

By Nayeon Kim and Rebekah Park
November 2, 2023
MVHS is hosting a college fair tomorrow for students of all grades. All are welcome to attend.

Registration open for college fair at Mountain View High School

By Nayeon Kim and Rebekah Park
September 25, 2023
Following the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action this past spring, students across the nation learn to adapt to a new college admissions system. The College and Career Center is open in the new building during school hours to support LAHS students with their post-graduate plans.

Affirmative action has been banned. What’s next?

By Rebekah Park and Nayeon Kim
September 8, 2023
Students host AAPI cultural festival

Students host AAPI cultural festival

By Audrey Tsai, Nayeon Kim, and Carissa Lai
August 12, 2023
This year's graduation speakers are Naidely Gonzalez-Herrera (left) and Austin Liu (right).

Meet the 2023 graduation speakers

By Audrey Tsai and Nayeon Kim
June 12, 2023
The varsity boys volleyball team huddles for a cheer before their last game, as their head coach looks on.

Varsity boys volleyball ends their season with a CCS loss in quarterfinals

By Nayeon Kim, Staff Writer
May 12, 2023
After a successful win, seniors Tyler Cairns (left), Zach Schuder (middle) and Ethan Choe (right) pose with their baby photos in honor of senior night. The Talon has confirmed their baby photos are not to scale.

Senior night ends in a victory for LAHS varsity boys volleyball team

By Nayeon Kim, Staff Writer
May 9, 2023
#StopWillow is yet another instance of #FakeSocialActivism

#StopWillow is yet another instance of #FakeSocialActivism

By Nayeon Kim, Staff Writer
April 1, 2023
The English Learners Development (ELD) mentors program hosted a lunch on Friday, November 4 to promote community and build connections, inviting students from the Associative Student Body (ASB) and Student Community Leaders (SCL).

Building community through the ELD mentor program

By Audrey Tsai and Nayeon Kim
March 27, 2023
A recent crackdown on ASB funding rules means that clubs may not be able to directly raise money for outside organizations, like charities, on campus.

[Photo] Fundraising rules may change how clubs can donate money

By Matthew Kim, News Editor
March 23, 2023
Junior outside hitter Aidan Cuppett takes a swing, surrounded by his teammates of the varsity boys volleyball team.

Varsity boys volleyball starts off league with a close win against Palo Alto

By Nayeon Kim, Staff Writer
March 10, 2023
The Supreme Court recently revisited the Affirmative Action case, Harvard v. Students for Fair Admissions this past fall.

Opinion: Affirmative action… and thus we affirm

By Rebekah Park and Nayeon Kim
February 26, 2023
Los Altos High School juniors Hazel Castaneda-López, Melissa Gabriel Villalba, Esperansa Kulyger Ruiz, Díana Flores Leiva, and Ángel Oregón stand on a beach in St. Croix. After winning the local Young Entrepreneurz Solutions (YES) Competition, they went to St. Croix to present their project at the national level.

AVID students compete at St. Croix and turn trash into jewelry

By Nayeon Kim and Audrey Tsai
December 11, 2022
In “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” Jennifer Walters gains hulking abilities, forcing her into new struggles to balance her femininity and career.

She-rocks or She-sucks: A Review of “She-Hulk: An Attorney at Law”

By Nayeon Kim
October 27, 2022
Zach Fagin: Homecoming Top 20

Zach Fagin: Homecoming Top 20

By Nayeon Kim, Staff Writer
October 26, 2022
Marvel: The past, present and future

Marvel: The past, present and future

By Mira Sundar, Matthew Kim, Audrey Tsai, and Nayeon Kim
October 6, 2022
New Tutorial Center Coordinator Esmeralda Paredes sits at her desk as she supervises students.

New Tutorial Center Coordinator Esmeralda Paredes welcomes everyone with open arms

By Nayeon Kim and Audrey Tsai
September 20, 2022
Although the District has worked behind-the-scenes to improve the course selection process, it was still difficult for many students to finalize the schedules they wanted.

Didn’t get the classes you wanted? Here’s why.

By Nayeon Kim and Audrey Tsai
September 12, 2022
Alta Vista High School was named as a 2022 Model Continuation High School.

Alta Vista High School named a 2022 Model Continuation High School by the California Department of Education

By Aanya Mathias and Nayeon Kim
May 27, 2022
Alta Vista High School was named as a 2022 Model Continuation High School.

The MVLA Board falls $7.9 million short of construction budget

By Nayeon Kim and Aanya Mathias
May 14, 2022
After winning at Arizona North Regionals, Team 114 will advance to international competition at FIRST Championship.

LAHS Robotics Team gears up to go international

By Nayeon Kim and Aanya Mathias
April 21, 2022
The Mountain View–Los Altos District approves teacher's raise that will accumulate to a 15.7 percent increase by the 2023–2024 school year.

MVLA District approves teacher’s raise

By Nayeon Kim and Aanya Mathias
April 7, 2022
The Family Partnership Council has been formed this year to improve communications between the MVLA Board and the community.

A closer look at the Family Partnership Council

By Rebekah Park and Nayeon Kim
April 6, 2022
Alta Vista High School was named as a 2022 Model Continuation High School.

District announces the release of MVLA mobile app

By Nayeon Kim and Aanya Mathias
March 15, 2022
The Los Altos High School Robotics Team set new records for the school at this year's FIRST robotics world championship.

The values behind Ethnic Studies: A course overview

By Nayeon Kim and Aanya Mathias
February 3, 2022
Today the school mask mandate was lifted. Here's what students have to say about it.

Los Altos High School ranked 14th public high school in California

By Nayeon Kim and Aanya Mathias
January 26, 2022
Students at Los Altos High School have been facing long lunch lines because of the influx of students receiving lunch from school.

Long lunch lines at LAHS: What’s being done

By Rebekah Park and Nayeon Kim
November 5, 2021
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