

March 2, 2021
Opinion: The Race Riots Article, One Year Later
In February of 2020, we published an issue of the Mark with an article describing how M-A went from de-facto segregation to integration in the 1960s. Several violent race riots…

February 24, 2021
Breaking: In-Person Return Planned for April 5th
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Lee el artículo en español aquí. On Wednesday, February 24th's Board meeting, SUHSD Interim Superintendent Crystal Leach announced that all students…

February 13, 2021
Pandemic Dating: A Freshman Explains

February 5, 2021
Author Kiese Laymon Brings Black Excellence to the Bay Area
Cover image credit: www.clasanjose.org "Look back at all the art that Black people created. Not for money, but to keep other Black people alive over the past nine or ten…

January 15, 2021
Why AS English I Won’t Be Offered Next Year
Editor's Note: The following article is from an upcoming issue of our print magazine, The Mark. Cover design by Amelia Wu. According to M-A English teacher Lara Gill, the need…

November 25, 2020
Board and Parents Present Competing Narratives of Return to School
Written by Violet Taylor and Brianna Aguayo Illustrated by Kari Trail At last Wednesday's School Board meeting, the District presented its progress on the return to campuses and heard from…

November 18, 2020
Few Covid Cases But No Spread in Sports Cohorts
This is a developing story. Update 11/18/20: On Wednesday November 18th, the Cheer team shut down practices due to a potential COVID-19 exposure. Athletic Director Paul Snow explained in an…

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 before distance learning," said Alice,…