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…
October 21, 2020
Cultural Appropriation
Illustrated by Ashley Trail Controversy erupted last school year when a white student manager of the basketball team walked with exaggerated gestures to the front…
September 17, 2020
What Doesn’t Add Up
by Izzy Leake, Sathvik Nori, and Ellie Shepard In By the Numbers, last year’s spring Mark publication, our staff outlined the racial breakdown of student…
September 15, 2020
Where Does Sports Funding Go?
by Katherine Welander and Triana Devaux | Photo Credit to Bob Dahlberg According to the Athletics website, about half of Menlo-Atherton students are enrolled in…
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…
September 1, 2020
Public Shaming Helps No One
Junior Ally Mediratta opened her phone to 12 Instagram direct messages the day after Kobe Bryant died. She had posted to her Instagram story about…
August 27, 2020
It’s Okay to Still be Happy During a Global Pandemic
NOTE: This article was originally published in our Spring Mark magazine and has since been updated. The United States has over 5.8 million confirmed…
June 7, 2020
Spring Mark: Student Connection
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April 18, 2020
Opinion: Toxic Masculinity
Illustration by Lara Smarandoiu “That’s so gay.” “Don’t be a pussy.” These are words that are often thrown around at high school campuses, including M-A.…
March 23, 2020
M-A Junior Self-Publishes Magazine, Verses
Seven years after her initial fourth grade attempt, Kari Trail has successfully published 100 pages of experimental art, writing, and photography. Her entirely self-published magazine…