Cover illustration: Amelia Wu Students may have noticed more teachers than usual asking for their pronouns at the start of school this year. Whether this…
Isabelle StidSeptember 18, 2020
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…
Izzy LeakeSeptember 17, 2020
Cover illustration by Kari Trail On Monday, the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD) announced that it would provide free meals to all students and…
Violet TaylorSeptember 14, 2020
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…
Violet TaylorSeptember 9, 2020
On Wednesday, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the 2020 National Merit semifinalists. Based on the PSAT scores juniors took last October, the cutoff for…
Sheryl ChenSeptember 9, 2020
cover photo credit: Carla Ferreira Former M-A English teacher Carla Ferreira recently wrote an opinion article for Glamour Magazine stating teachers should be considered essential…
David WagstaffSeptember 9, 2020
Menlo-Atherton’s canned food drive, organized by Leadership, has made headlines in the past, and the 2019-2020 drive is no exception. M-A won the Blue Diamond…
Kari TrailSeptember 2, 2020
All Photo Credit to Bob Dahlberg. When almost all high schools in California went online through the first quarter, it seemed inevitable that the…
Cole TriggAugust 27, 2020
This past week has had some particularly high temperatures, some days even reaching more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The heatwave has a lot of us…
Triana DevauxAugust 21, 2020
photo credit: InMenlo On Monday, August 17th, the Menlo Park Library hosted a virtual question and answer session to spark the conversation of the anti-racist…
Amelia WuAugust 19, 2020
Every August the 600 ninth graders who will make up M-A’s freshman class descend on campus a day before school starts to get their schedule,…
Sathvik NoriAugust 18, 2020
Cover Image from the Saratoga City Council website. Rishi Kumar is a first generation Indian-American who is running against Congresswoman Anna Eshoo to represent…
Sathvik NoriJune 8, 2020
In anticipation of an influx of riots and looting to expand throughout the Bay, San Mateo County has announced a mandatory countywide curfew from 8:30…
Brynn BakerJune 3, 2020
After much uncertainty regarding whether or not class presidential elections were to be held this year, leadership decided to continue the M-A tradition with the…
Brynn BakerMay 27, 2020
The M-A Computer Academy is a program that offers academic support and mentorship to students as they fulfill graduation requirements and make post-high school plans. …
Violet TaylorMay 26, 2020
The Sequoia Union High School District moved to Pass/No Pass grading a few weeks ago due to the equity issues that arose as a result…
Katherine WelanderMay 25, 2020
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the College Board accommodated for social distancing and created abridged AP tests. Students have had mixed reactions regarding…
Jane WhiteMay 25, 2020
Editor’s Note: John McBlair, the Debate Coach, is also the advisor of this publication. John McBlair, the Director of Debate for Menlo-Atherton for the…
Cole TriggMay 14, 2020
Though distance learning raised speculations and COVID-19 posed challenges, there will still be a 2019-2020 yearbook. “Normally the yearbook is finished during late March, so…
Zoe SchinkoMay 14, 2020
