As crazy as 2020 was, it’s even crazier to think that we have been quarantining for a year now. What was going to be a two-week vacation from school soon transformed into something that none of us had anticipated. The past year has brought out the best (and sometimes worst)Continue Reading
2020 was an interesting year. Not only were there social protests and the COVID-19 pandemic, but also a new president was elected, putting an end to Donald Trump’s laid-back coronavirus response. On Jan. 21, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. Along withContinue Reading
By 12th grader (Senior) Sienna Reyes Malcolm X once said, “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman.” On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, almost 60 years after Malcolm X delivered this quote, Americans watched while the first Black and South Asian American woman was sworn into office asContinue Reading
For the 2020-2021 school year, MHS implemented a new Wednesday schedule, introducing a mandatory advisory period from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. before independent work and office hours from 9:00 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. In an Aug. 18, 2020 email to MHS students and parents, Principal Francis Rojas said that duringContinue Reading
As soon as children enter grade school, they are taught to follow strict dress codes. These dress codes serve to restrict clothing with offensive or crude messages in order to promote a safe and welcoming learning environment for students and staff. However, dress codes teach children, especially girls, that theirContinue Reading
The MHS senior Class of 2021 has faced many challenges this year in terms of celebrating their last year of high school. Not only have they missed out on the senior year experience, but the second half of their junior year disappeared as well due to the change from in-personContinue Reading
Many students say the high expectations their parents place on them cause stress and other mental health issues. I believe these complaints are unreasonable. We live in the Bay Area, so many of our parents work in the tech industry. Many parents expect their children to go into either theContinue Reading
Many students struggle with stress, and for the most part, it is a normal aspect of high school life. However, some parents worsen this problem by putting unnecessary stress on their children and failing to provide support when students bring up their problems. Due to the number of parents inContinue Reading
By Avi Subramanian We are slightly over two months removed from the 2020 United States Election, and after the period of chaos that has passed us by in 2020, I genuinely believed that things would be on the up. Oh, how naive I was. January 6 was already a dateContinue Reading
As classes resumed online, MHS switched to a block schedule for the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. The usual six classes per day were reduced to three. Instead of 50 minutes, classes last for 105 minutes. The odd-numbered periods meet on Mondays and Thursdays, while the even-numbered periodsContinue Reading
In early March, Santa Clara County announced a stay-at-home order and was declared by the state of California to be in a state of emergency. Although many hoped that the virus would dissipate by the end of 2020, as of January 2021, Santa Clara County is back in the purpleContinue Reading
As an avid music listener, I look forward to the annual Grammy Awards show to re-experience the year’s top hits and learn about the artists that have made an impact. When the list of nominees for the 2021 Grammys was released, many artists complained about their albums and songs beingContinue Reading