Cover photo: The SUHSD School Board of Trustees meets over Zoom. The announcement that Superintendent Mary Streshly would resign followed months of tension between the…
Violet TaylorOctober 19, 2020
Read about the student perspective on asynchronous Wednesdays here. Amongst the changes from in person to distance learning, one of the most notable is the…
Mae RichmanOctober 17, 2020
Read about the teacher perspective on asynchronous Wednesdays here. With distance learning new this year, a key feature of the block-day curriculum is an asynchronous…
Chloe HsyOctober 17, 2020
The gender-neutral term, 'Latinx,’ used to describe people from Latin-American descent, is commonly taught among M-A’s Spanish classes and is considered a politically progressive and…
Brianna AguayoOctober 16, 2020
By Triana Devaux and Izzy Leake Many students were scheduled to take the SAT on March 14th, the day after M-A’s last day of in…
Izzy LeakeOctober 15, 2020
Although online learning forced many teachers to make changes in curriculum, working in a virtual environment was nothing new to Cynthia Donaldson. As M-A’s only…
Emily XiOctober 15, 2020
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Photo Credit: Noah Eisner By Annie Wagner and Jane White Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, M-A’s athletes have had to resort to distanced…
Annie WagnerOctober 13, 2020
Lissette Espinoza-Garnica ‘14 is a Menlo-Atherton alumni who is running to represent District 3 on the Redwood City Council. They recently sat down with the…
Sheryl ChenOctober 12, 2020
California State Proposition 18 contends that 17 year olds who will be 18 in time for the general election should be permitted to vote in…
Violet TaylorOctober 9, 2020
This year, elementary schools across California started their year by shutting down their campuses and going online. Although some elementary schools like the Menlo Park…
Cole TriggOctober 6, 2020
Many have mourned the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, known for her passionate dissents and fondly called “the Notorious RBG”. Menlo Park…
Kari TrailOctober 5, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic changed everyone’s lives in ways that nobody could have ever seen coming. However, students, especially freshman, are arguably feeling the greatest amount…
Ellie HultgrenOctober 4, 2020
By Ashley Trail and Kai Doran Illustrated by Kari Trail “The perfect way to describe distance learning is to use the acronym that the Navy…
Kai DoranOctober 1, 2020
Photo Credit: Photographer for The Hayward Animal Shelter. In the pandemic, local pet shelters remain open to the public as essential services. Pets in Need…
Amelie ChwuOctober 1, 2020
Photo Credit: Simone Kennel The apartheid policies, rooted in racial segregation, guaranteed white domination in polictical, social and economic aspects in South Africa during the…
Grace HinshawSeptember 30, 2020
“Whose streets? Our streets,” protesters echoed, standing in the center of the El Camino Ravenswood intersection. Killed at the hands of the Louisville Police Department,…
Brynn BakerSeptember 27, 2020
Niki Caro, director of the recent Mulan live-action film, was given no small task; she was to remake the original 1998 movie in a way…
Emily XiSeptember 22, 2020
Superintendent Mary Streshly announced she was stepping down from leading the Sequoia Union High School District. In a press release from President Alan Weiner and…
Sathvik NoriSeptember 21, 2020
Photo credit: Menlo Park Library The Menlo Park Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is a volunteer organization which strives to bring the community together through free…
Sheryl ChenSeptember 21, 2020
Cover illustration: Amelia Wu Students may have noticed more teachers than usual asking for their pronouns at the start of school this year. Whether this…
Isabelle StidSeptember 18, 2020
Illustrated by Ashley Trail M-A’s clubs have moved entirely online as a result of distance learning, leaving uncertainty as to how new and old clubs…
Jane WhiteSeptember 17, 2020
