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A new online series called Humans of MSJ will allow a window into our school community, much like Humans of New York, a popular Facebook page. Watch this site monthly to see thoughts and portraits…

  By: Irisa Lee & Arti Patankar In the November issue, the Smoke Signal featured several MSJ students who participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which writers have one month to write a…

The Smoke Signal‘s interview with Junior Brian Mi, continued from our September issue:   By: Laura Chen The Smoke Signal: How did you start waspkeeping? BM: So it was just a usual day, not doing my chemistry homework,…

Here are many additional major club events that we were unable to cover in the paper due to space limitations.   By: Vivian Jair, Anjali Kanthilal, Kerrie Wu, Anna Zeng & Lindy Zeng   Last…

By: Hannah Shih The Running of the Teachers, a name penned by San Jose teachers, is an annual event in which teachers visit office supplies chain stores to receive tote bags of free supplies and…

By: Tiffany Huang The MSJ Community Garden, a garden available for the MSJ community to visit and enjoy, is a project created by History Teacher Jeff Evans and the Service Learning Waste Reduction Program (SLWRP),…

By: Vivian Jair and Shirby Wang Have you ever wondered about that creepy-looking house behind the E-Wing? Were you that freshman who couldn’t find the elusive P7? The Smoke Signal has embarked on a journey…

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By: Aamir Rasheed, Grace Wu, Hairol Ma, Ishan Goyal   Outfit #1 This spring, match dark jewel tones with metallic skirts and spikes, allowing feminine to blend with punk at the same time. Though pricey,…

  Winners ($10 Chipotle gift card): Ariel Cheng, 12 Sunny Chen, 11 Albert Wang, 11   Raffle Winner (10$ Starbucks gift card): Andy Lai, 11   Gift cards will be distributed during Read period on…