By Kathleen Huynh Over 70 MHS clubs and organizations (CLOG) participated in the virtual CLOG Rush during the second week of September and the following Monday, Co-CLOG Commissioner Victoria Ly said over a Google Meet interview. The CLOG Committee spent over a month planning a positive and inclusive virtual CLOGContinue Reading
By Rachel Wu The state has asked schools to meet the normal California state standards for each academic area, but the delivery of instruction will be different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Principal Francis Rojas said in a Zoom interview. There is an understanding from the state levelContinue Reading
By Rachel Wu MHS had several Zoom bombing incidents in the first few weeks of school with varying degrees of disruption, Assistant Principal Jennifer Hutchison said in an email interview. In one incident, which has now been resolved, a young person livestreamed his actions as he distracted and ridiculed studentsContinue Reading
By Neval Mulaomerovic The University of California (UC) system decided to waive the Scholastic AchievementTest (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT) requirements for the next five years according to the UC Office of the President. The Board of Regents also decided in its unanimous vote to develop its own standardizedContinue Reading
By Rachel Wu For the Fall 2020 semester, an A/B block schedule where students physically attend school every other day is under consideration, Superintendent Cheryl Jordan said in a video interview. Although no exact structure has been finalized, school is on track to start with at least some degree ofContinue Reading
By Adarsh Burela and Evelyn Fu For the 2019-2020 school year, there will be no finals that will be weighted heavily, Principal Francis Rojas said. Teachers can still assign an assignment in place of a final during the closing activities occurring over the week of May 24- 2020, which willContinue Reading
By Rachel Wu Junior-Senior Prom is canceled because all venues have canceled reservations throughJune, Principal Francis Rojas stated in an email. Trojan Olympics (TO) has been postponed to an unknown date due to the shelter-in-place order, Rojas continued. This is a constantly changing situation, Activities Director Jerell Maneja said inContinue Reading
By Rachel Wu Funding for MHS will be decreased by $59,739 for the coming school year, MilpitasUnified School District (MUSD) Director of Business Services Linh Le said in an email. This is a result of MUSD reducing 15% of the Block Grant and Decentralized Grant allocated to MHS, Le added.Continue Reading
By Adarsh Burela, Evelyn Fu, and Faria Moiz Private information about the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) teachers and admins was released through the district’s law firm, Lozano Smith Law Firm, on Jan. 23, 2020. Later, on Jan. 27, the staff was notified that their information was leaked, according toContinue Reading
By Neval Mulaomerovic Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD), in partnership with School BoardRepresentatives Kush Brahmbhatt and Timothy Griggs, is implementing a district-wide anti-vaping initiative, Brahmbhatt said. The goal of the initiative is to spread awareness about the negative effects of vaping and to reach out to students who are currentlyContinue Reading
By Genelle Gogue The incident in which a staff member wore blackface on the MHS campus is still being investigated, School Board President Chris Norwood said. The video that had been posted went viral and since then, concerns have been raised from all different parties of the Milpitas community, heContinue Reading