April 4, 2021
Editorial: In Defense of Public Schools
Design by Amelia Wu Free public education is something often taken for granted. It is remarkable that our society has decided that regardless of a…
April 1, 2021
Recognizing Imposter Syndrome
Illustration by Ashley Trail At my middle school, East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy, I felt at home since the majority of students were Latinos, like…
March 24, 2021
Why You Shouldn’t Feel Pressured to take the SAT
Written by Jane White and Annie Wagner While taking the SAT or ACT has practically been a rite of passage for college-bound high school students…
March 22, 2021
A Senior’s Perspective: Netflix’s Operation Varsity Blues
Netflix’s new documentary, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, unpacks the infamous college admissions scandal that resulted in nationwide anger over unqualified admissions to…
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…
February 28, 2021
Opinion: Why It’s Better to be Born on February 29th
Cover illustration: Ashley Trail Every time the Earth turns, it gets one day closer to full rotation around the sun, also known as a year.…
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…
January 23, 2021
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…