Written by Shannon Yang
Senior Aditya Ganapathi, the founder of personal safety company Notifica, created a product to help combat sexual assault in India. He designed a wearable device called the nGUARD, which connects to the Notifica Android app via Bluetooth technology.
The...
By Carolyn Kuimelis
Have you ever sat in class and wondered what the weekly schedule is? There’s an app for that. Designed by students, for students, the iOS App Development club’s The Gunn App serves as a portal for all things Gunn-related and provides an easy way for students to keep...
By Cassandra Bond
With the election season in full swing, students have been doing their part to stay involved and aware of the 2017 presidential election. Through organizing and recruiting volunteers, making calls, and even going door to door, students at Gunn are hoping to be a part of changing...
Written by Grace Ding
From June 2 to June 5, senior Matthew Shi and alum Maya Sankar competed in the American Regions Math League (ARML) at Las Vegas, NV. They were a part of the top San Francisco Bay Area team, which ultimately took first place in the nation.
According to Sankar, in the first three...
Written by Samuel Tse
This summer, I was able to volunteer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium as part of their Teen Conservation Leaders program (TCL). Working at the aquarium is something I’ve always wanted to do ever since I first visited the aquarium during an elementary school field trip,...
Written by Carolyn Kuimelis and Clara Kieschnick-Llamas
In Gunn’s small, 100-seat theatre, 24 students sat in a circle on the scuff-marked stage. Two of them stood in front of a whiteboard, jotting down notes, while each person spoke over the other, trying to get their ideas heard. The class was...
Written by Cassandra Bond
Physics teacher Lettie Weinmann will be traveling to Jordan with her husband to teach physics at the American Community School of Amman, Jordan. Having previously taught in Nepal for two years, Weinmann is looking forward to teaching overseas again.
Weinmann has taught...
Written by Jenna Marvet
For any student of English teacher Ethan Halter, his passion for teaching Shakespeare is evident. Next year, he will change roles and become a student in the Masters in Shakespeare Program at King’s College in collaboration with the Globe Theatre in London, England during a...
Written by Carolyn Kuimelis
Instructional supervisor and math teacher Kathy Hawes is taking a leave of absence next year to travel the world. Her desire to explore new places and her husband’s recent career change prompted the decision. “It seems like a good time to do some of the things we’ve...
The Oracle: When did you start rapping?
Timothy Waymouth: I started when I was 12 years old and at that time it was just writing poems and having fun with it. I was living in Spain and it was hard for me to make friends since I didn’t speak the same language, so I had a lot of time...
Do you speak English? The most important phrase on this list, because if the person you ask answers in affirmative, you don’t have to break out your embarrassingly limited vocabulary.
Greetings like Hello, Good Morning and Good Night. Manners are universal. You don’t want to be that foreigner,...
Written by Paulo Frank
Airbnb
Airbnb makes traveling easy by providing hundreds of thousands of places to stay. Bookings can be done straight from the app, and it’s a great way to find last-minute lodgings. Airbnb is unique to regular hotel services because all are offered by local hosts, leading...
