Many students pursue different endeavors, participating in activities like sports to theatre to engineering. Junior Victor Andrei, who is currently on the Gunn Robotics Team (GRT), likes to use his hands to make creations. He and junior Chase Miner have been working on making an electric skateboard...
When I first moved to Silicon Valley from France in second grade, I didn’t fully comprehend that I was about to throw myself into such a competitive environment. The second I entered the Silicon Valley, I was blown away by how different it was from my home. In France, kids were playing games, going...
Born in Quezon City, which borders the capital city of Manila, se- nior Drake Schiller speaks Tagalog, one of the official languages of the Philippines.
Since Tagalog is not a very common language in the United States, Schiller has found it difficult to maintain his proficiency....
The Oracle: What position do you play on the basketball team?
Mollie Keulker: I play point guard. It’s challenging because you have to run the floor, and you have to think about what’s best for your team and get the whole team involved in the plays.
TO: What has your experience on the...
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System was established in 2014 as a replacement for the annual Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program. The primary purpose of the test according to California’s Department of Education is to “assist teachers,...
Ann Lorey:
This is her 16th year teaching.
She also teaches at Jane Lathrop Stanford (JLS)
Middle School.
She used to be a DJ in college.
She really, really likes root beer floats.
“I would love to be able to snap my fingers to stop time...and I think it would be pretty...
Many students know their teachers inside the classroom, but don’t know about their lives outside of teaching. Math teacher Dave Deggeller is a guitarist, a fact many students don’t know about him. He started playing in his early teenage years, and has been playing ever since. “I have always loved...
Written by Noa Rapoport
It is undeniable that people of the 21st century still use slurs that degrade and put down others. A slur is an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them in some way. Words like “whore,” “slut” and “retarded” are not used any less now...
Written by Noa Rapoport
While some students relieve their stress from school by baking, reading or shooting hoops, others find it in mountain biking. Mountain biking is the sport of riding bicycles off-road, over rough terrain, using a specially designed bike. This is a popular sport in the Bay Area,...
