November 17, 2020
Quarter 1 Sees Increase in Failing Grades
Illustrated by Ashley Trail "It’s been an extremely humbling experience because it’s taken a lot of work that I never really had to put in…
October 20, 2020
Hotspots Present Tech Troubles for Some
According to Buzzfeed News, “a survey by the county found that 2,000 students, or 20% of households, in the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD)…
October 19, 2020
Multiple Public Letters Preceded Superintendent’s Resignation
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…
October 5, 2020
Community Memorial Remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy
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…
September 27, 2020
Menlo Park Protesters Take To The Streets in Breonna Taylor’s Memory
“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,…
September 22, 2020
Mulan 2020: I’ll make a sham out of you
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…
September 9, 2020
The 1619 Project: History Through the Lens of Racial Justice
by Violet Taylor and Izzy Leake The 1619 Project, a magazine by the New York Times, spurred national controversy when it argued that America’s true…
March 2, 2020
Poll: M-A Seniors in the 2020 Primaries
The M-A Chronicle sent out a poll to M-A seniors enrolled in Government and Economics classes prior to the March 3rd, 2020 California Primary (“Super…
February 14, 2020
Menlo-Atherton’s Race Riots
Physical education teacher Pamela Wimberly began her teaching career here 52 years ago. “I was outside with my first class, on my first day at…
February 6, 2020
Editorial: Do We Deserve Student Representation?
By fifth period on November 15th, M-A had reached a boiling point. Over two hundred students left class to protest the proposal to end the…