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Meet the Court: Queens

Angelina Ching From dancing in multiple airbands to working at the Leadership II Tech booth, 2023 Homecoming Queen Candidate Angelina Ching is heavily involved in Homecoming week’s festivities. Ching often helps out at school events…

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Meet the Court: Knight

Krish Gupta After serving as captain of the MSJ  Boys Tennis Team for two years and committing to playing D1 tennis at Yale, Homecoming Knight candidate Krish Gupta hopes to continue representing the MSJ community….

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Meet the Court: Jester

Savanna Lee With a constantly optimistic attitude and comedic persona, Homecoming Jester Candidate Savanna Lee hopes to encourage students to create positive environments and meaningful friendships at MSJ. Outside of academics, Lee is Captain of…

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Meet the Court: Kings

Hagen Qian: 2023 Homecoming King Candidate Hagen Qian is currently serving as ASB Activities Coordinator. Besides planning the activities at school, he also plays badminton and is involved in clubs like MSJ DECA, Aviation Club,…

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DieHard TryHards Wrap Oddly Shaped Gifts

By Staff Writers Tanvi Deshmukh, Shuhan Jin, Ashley Pang, & Anushka Vasudev In preparation for this holiday season’s heartfelt gift-giving, the Smoke Signal challenges this month’s DieHard TryHards to gift wrapping — but with a…

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MSJ DECA secures multiple top 20 titles at ICDC

By Staff Writers Vedesh Kodnani & Andria Luo Each year, DECA’s International Career Development Conference (ICDC) welcomes thousands of high school students, teachers, advisors, business professionals, and alumni in a grand culmination of the competitive season….

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Multicultural Week Assembly Recap

By Staff Writer Chahak Gupta, Angela Xiong & Bryan Xiong On Friday, April 8, Leadership 2’s Homecoming Multicultural Committee (HCMC), presented the first Multicultural Week assembly in more than two years, featuring 16 unique performances…

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Meet the 2022-23 ASB Officer Candidates

By Staff Writers Esther Lau, Amy Luo, Jennie Wang, & Bryan Xiong With the 2022-23 ASB elections just around the corner, MSJ students may be interested in learning more about the prospective candidates. Prior to…

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DieHard TryHards: Soundtrack 2 My Life

By Staff Writers Tanisha Srivatsa, Tavish Mohanti, Varun Upadhyay, & Jessica Yu Looking for new music recommendations? In this cycle’s DieHard TryHards episode, watch as four staff writers attempt to summarize their high school lives…

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