Written by Grace Hinshaw Cover image by Justina Wilkins While some have reservations around a system that primarily measures assessments on a numbered scale, Standards-Based…
Grace HinshawNovember 30, 2021
Written by Cleo Rehkopf Cover image by Justina Wilkins In 1971, the voting age in the United States was lowered from 21 to 18, and…
Cleo RehkopfNovember 29, 2021
The District’s COVID-19 Dashboard has reported 37 COVID-19 cases among M-A students all year. For three weeks, there were no new cases at all—an impressive…
Katie DoranNovember 20, 2021
Written by Ella Bohmann and Emily Buck Cover animation by Tess Buckley This year, bathrooms across campus have been closed very frequently, and M-A’s student…
Ella Bohmann FarrellNovember 19, 2021
M-A Drama is back in-person with renewed vigor, wrapping up the first of two weekends of Spongebob SquarePants the musical. Actors brought the beloved television…
Sheryl ChenNovember 18, 2021
Measure B! Yes, those purple signs that ubiquitously line our streets. On Tuesday, November 2nd, Menlo Park residents voted to renew a 2017 parcel tax…
Elias ChaneNovember 15, 2021
Written and photographed by Emily Buck On Friday night, the Bears faced off the previously undefeated Salinas High School Cowboys in the first game of…
Emily BuckNovember 14, 2021
Written and photographed by JJ Discher First, meet Gonzalo Chavez. Chavez grew up in the Bay Area and attended M-A, graduating in 2010. After high…
JJ DischerNovember 10, 2021
Written and photographed by Maia Goel In a cozy used bookstore located in downtown Menlo Park, a maze of bookshelves tower over customers as they…
Maia GoelNovember 9, 2021
Written by Alex Parikh-Briggs The District recently instituted a new, three-step equity training program for all district staff. The program is run by the USC…
Alex Parikh-BriggsNovember 9, 2021
Written by Marlene Arroyo Lana Del Rey’s long-awaited eighth studio album was released on Friday, October 22. Originally titled Rock Candy Sweet, the project was…
Marlene ArroyoNovember 9, 2021
In the sloping concrete Burgess skate park, close to 150 people gathered on Saturday night for live music and a film premiere. Organized by M-A…
Sonia FreedmanNovember 5, 2021
For the English version of this article click here. Fotografías por Cleo Rehkopf Traducido por Brianna Aguayo El martes, varios grupos como LUMA, Intercambio y…
Brianna AguayoNovember 5, 2021
Written and photographed by Juliana Jones“It’s like an oasis. It’s really, really magical,” said Inja Vitero, owner of Inja Ink Calligraphy, as she relaxed to…
Juliana JonesNovember 2, 2021
Written and photographed by JJ Discher M-A leadership’s annual Trick-Or-Treat Street was largely popular and festive. At this family fun event, there were many elementary…
JJ DischerNovember 1, 2021
Written by Alex Parikh-Briggs Cover illustrated by Tess Buckley Every spring, M-A students go through the school’s course catalog and pick the classes they will…
Alex Parikh-BriggsOctober 19, 2021
Written and photographed by Sarah Weintraut For many years, Pre-Calculus has been a central part of the math curriculum at M-A, honing in on basic…
Sarah WeintrautOctober 18, 2021
