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By Staff Writers Sumani Alem, Nishi Bhagat, Sabrina Cai & Brooke Zheng As the summer approaches, the Smoke Signal has rounded up the most noteworthy achievements, competitions, and school changes of the 2020-21 school year….

By Staff Writers Joanne Park & Larry Shi Throughout the 2020-21 school year, MSJ Impromptu has hosted various online concerts, featuring some of MSJ’s most talented musicians, with the last concert published in the first…

By Staff Writers Joanne Park & Helen Tian MSJ recently hosted its ninth annual Relay for Life (RFL) event from 12-6:30 p.m. on April 24 over YouTube, raising $48,113 to support cancer research. The RFL…

By Staff Writers Kruthi Gollapadi & Helen Tian After four years, TEDxYouth@MSJHS  kicked off their first virtual year with a bang as 67 people attended their speaker conference. Held on March 20 from 3-4:30 p.m.,…

By Staff Writers Sakshi Umrotkar & Larry Shi  On March 28, members of the Fremont community gathered in the Central Park Performance Pavilion at Lake Elizabeth to commemorate and mourn the victims of Asian American…

By Staff Writers Isabella He & Tanisha Srivatsa On March 8, FUSD launched the Learning Hubs program to support students who most greatly benefit from a structured environment and in-person learning,  including special education students,…

By Staff Writers Tanisha Srivatsa & Sakshi Umrotkar Since FUSD transitioned to distance learning last spring, the MSJ Mental Health Committee (MHC) has been broadening the extent of its outreach and awareness campaigns to provide…

By Staff Writers Larry Shi & Jerry Yuan From February 22 to 25, 98 members of MSJ DECA participated in the California DECA State Career Development Conference (SCDC). SCDC is the biggest DECA competition in…

By Staff Writers Tanisha Srivatsa & Nithika Valluri The long-overdue process of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) renovations was streamlined at the start of the pandemic due to the absence of students and…