January 2021

COVID-19 Features News Top Stories

January 28, 2021

Unpacking the District’s Reopening Plan

In December, the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD) released a school reopening plan for the Spring of 2021. The plan was constructed by the Academic Operations Task Force, which…

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Campus Editors' Picks Education Op-Eds Opinion Top Stories

January 26, 2021

The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: Why eliminating AS English 1 is the wrong move

Read an opposing opinion here. My freshman year, I participated in a new experiment designed to increase integration in our vastly diverse but equally segregated community. Rather than having a…

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Campus Editors' Picks Education Op-Eds Opinion Submissions Top Stories

January 26, 2021

Correcting Systemic Imbalances: Why Detracking AS English I is Necessary

Editor's Note: The following is a student submission from Andrew Fahey, a senior at M-A. Read the opposing opinion here In my opinion, the combination of English I and AS…

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Campus Features News Top Stories

January 25, 2021

M-A’s Inaugural Participation In National History Day

“National History Day is a competition that happens in schools throughout the nation. The idea of it is to incorporate historical thinking skills like analysis, and corroboration and research and…

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Weekend Wayfarer: Los Trancos Open Space Preserve

Nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Los Trancos Open Space Preserve provides many different hiking trails. To get to the park, just keep driving on Page Mill Road past Foothills…

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Campus Community Top Stories

January 23, 2021

District Superintendents Discuss the History of Educational Inequality in the South Peninsula

This Monday, MPCSD Superintendent Erik Burmeister, Ravenswood Superintendent Gina Sudaria, and M-A’s principal Simone Rick-Kennel met as part of a speaker series trilogy to discuss the history of educational inequality…

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Students Share Their Opinions On A First Semester Unlike Any Other

As the first semester came to an end, students look back on the highs and lows of the unprecedented semester. Though no one could have anticipated the events of the…

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Bear Bites Culture Top Stories

January 22, 2021

Bay Area Bites: Restaurant Recommendations

People cope with quarantine boredom in different ways. Some go outside, others call friends, and still others pass the time by staring blankly into space reading. No matter what your…

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News Top Stories

January 22, 2021

Teachers Reflect on Online Classroom Community

With the acceptance of virtual school as the new normal, teachers have only been able to see and engage with their students through a screen, a platform reliant on students…

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Community News Top Stories

January 21, 2021

One Local Teen Dead, Two Seriously Injured in Car Accident

Editors Note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. On Saturday January 16, three local teenagers were transported to Stanford Hospital after sustaining significant…

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