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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…
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…
By Staff Writer Shiantel Chiang Leadership 2 (L2) held the 2017 Fall Blood Drive on October 20, partnering with Stanford Blood Center to collect blood from student and staff donors at MSJ. With the help…
By Staff Writers Anisa Kundu & Karen Li Shortly after the sixth period bell on Monday, September 18, smoke coming from a smoke bomb in the N-Wing boys’ bathroom set off a fire alarm, prompting a…
By News Editor Andrew Kan and Staff Writer Michael Ren On Thursday, September 14, MSJ will start a heavily revised advisory period. Though advisory will continue to be from 9:55 a.m. to 10:41 a.m….
By Opinion Editor Vicki Xu & Staff Writer Maggie Zhao In contrast to the long-awaited drop-off loop, the MSJ campus also underwent a few unwelcome transformations over the summer: vandals poured and sprayed paint all…
By Staff Writers Andrew Kan & Amber Lee Due to conflicts with FUSD attendance policy for MSJ’s current advisory system, the school’s teachers decided through two votes to implement a new advisory system for the…
By Staff Writers Stephanie Dutra & Evie Sun MSJ’s Mental Health Committee, a newly-formed student-organized committee that brainstorms how to combat mental health, hosted their first Mental Health Panel on May 16 in C-120. At…
By Staff Writer Gloria Chang MSJ recently ranked 12th in California and 76th among 20,000 public high schools across the nation according to the US News & World Report’s 2017 Best High School Rankings. MSJ…
