Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Teachers share high school, college sports stories - Math teacher Daisy Renazco: soccer

Teachers share high school, college sports stories – Math teacher Daisy Renazco: soccer

danigee2010 March 3, 2017

Written by Danielle Gee Math teacher Daisy Renazco, who was 5 when she started playing soccer, had a different start to her soccer career than most girls. “Back then, they didn’t have girls’ teams so I played with the boys and was the only girl on a boys’ team,” she said. Renazco...

Computer science requested as graduation requirement

clarakieschnickllamas September 9, 2016

By Clara Kieschnick-Llamas Due to the increase of lines of work involving computer science, there has been a recent movement to make computer science a graduation requirement at Gunn. Last year, eight administrators and teachers met regularly and had a meeting with the district office about the...

New Gunn TOSA positions introduced to enhance learning

yangshannon August 16, 2016

Written by Shannon Yang This year, there will be two new Teacher on Special Assignments (TOSA) positions: a math intervention TOSA and a literacy intervention TOSA. Ariane Tuomy will serve as the literacy intervention TOSA and the math intervention TOSA position will be split between Rachel...

Departing teachers describe future plans, reflect on Gunn: Kathy Hawes

carolynkuimelis May 20, 2016

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...

Tutoring Benefits

yukiKB March 14, 2016

Written by Yuki Klotz-Burwell I have always struggled with math. In second grade, I remember feeling defeated after working on subtraction timetables when the rest of my class had moved far ahead to divi- sion. I have felt behind all throughout high school, so in my sophomore year I decided that...

Graphic by Elizabeth Zu

More advanced non-STEM classes can benefit all

chenganyi December 4, 2015

Written by Anyi Cheng There is just something that screams “science” about living in a place called Silicon Valley. Stationed in a city only a few miles away from big-brand tech companies like Oracle, Tesla and Apple, it comes as no surprise that Gunn is inordinately science, technology,...

Courtesy of Rachel Congress

“We are all graphs of y=x”: math teacher Rachel Congress on embracing self-awareness

The Oracle November 9, 2015

Written by Shawna Chen Math teacher Rachel Congress arrived home one night in 2010 to the smell of gas filling her house. She found her then-husband intoxicated at the stove, cooking dinner over an ignited burner that had not lighted its flame. Her husband had lacked a sense of smell from his youth,...

A group of Gunn girls attended the Math Prize for Girls competition this year. Courtesy of Jane Ahn

Gunn girls compete in the Math Prize for Girls at MIT

The Oracle September 27, 2015

Written by Evalyn Li A group of Gunn girls attended the Math Prize for Girls competition at MIT from Sept.19 to Sept. 21. This year, senior Patricia Tang, juniors Shannon Yang, Maya Sankar and Jane Ahn and sophomore Sherry Chen attended the competition. To qualify, attendees must have taken either...

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