DECA Excels at SCDC
March 12, 2018
By Staff Writers Rishi Chillara & Shreya Sridhar MSJ DECA sent 147 students to the State Career Development Conference (SCDC) from March 2 to 5. Competition in dozens of events culminated in the qualification of…
Speech and Debate Finish Season with Cal Invitational
February 23, 2018
By Staff Writers Katherine Guo & Maggie Zhao Members of the Speech club and Debate club attended the 45th Cal Invitational at UC Berkeley on February 17 to 19. This year, both Speech and Debate…
MSJ Breaks Ground on New Pool
February 7, 2018
By Graphics Editor Victor Zhou FUSD held the official groundbreaking ceremony for MSJ’s new swimming pool at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. February 6, by the mini gym. After a warm welcome from Principal Zack Larsen, Water…
2018-19 Staff Application
February 2, 2018
Click HERE for application. Apply to Journalism* and the Smoke Signal for 2018! Remember you will be enrolled in the journalism class if you are accepted. The class comprises the staff of the newspaper. The…
Investigative Report: School Internet Online Extension
December 21, 2017
By Staff Writers Shiantel Chiang, Rishi Chillara, Julia Park & Maggie Zhao As part of the investigative report on school internet, the Smoke Signal interviewed MSJ Information Technology Support Bryan Moremen to understand the history, current situation,…
New Maker Program Contract in Fremont
December 19, 2017
By Staff Writers Anagha Mandayam & Shreya Sridhar The City of Fremont has partnered with FUSE Corps, a national nonprofit organization that works with local government to address challenges in urban communities. In order to address…
New MSJ pool approved
December 18, 2017
By Staff Writers Kikue Higuchi and Anisa Kundu The FUSD board approved the altered plans for the MSJ pool on Wednesday, December 13. The project now costs $8.1 million and will be funded by the…
Siemens Names Two Semifinalists and One Finalist from MSJ
November 2, 2017
By Staff Writers Katherine Guo & Michael Ren The Siemens Foundation recognized Junior Thomas Chen as a regional finalist and Junior Ian Hsu and Senior Richard Liu as regional semifinalists in the Siemens Competition in…
"What Tomorrow Brings" and Facing History and Ourselves spark student interest in education around the world
October 30, 2017
By Staff Writers Ashni Mathuria & Jennifer Xiang Student and teacher representatives from several schools around the Bay Area attended an event on Friday, October 17, centered around the documentary What Tomorrow Brings, which told the story…
By Staff Writers Michael Ren & Kelly Yang Carnegie Mellon University associate professor Po-Shen Loh, Phd. visited MSJ for a talk on the mathematics behind dice rolling on October 17. The presentation took place after…
