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By: Staff Writer Megan Ren Lunchtime saw a lot of participants visiting each team’s booth. The teams sold goodies ranging from the much-loved “choreos” (chocolate chip cookie with an embedded Oreo) sold by Team Warriors…

  By: Staff Writer Megan Ren   MSJ’s second annual Relay for Life (RFL) kicked off on a bright Saturday morning with an opening ceremony filled with speeches, music, and performances. Participants danced to the…

By: Staff Writer Lillian Zhao   On Sunday May 4 at 6 PM, MSJ students attended the fourth annual Speech Showcase. The Speech Showcase is comprised of a select few individuals on the Forensics Team,…

By: Staff Writer Tanvi Raja The 2013-14 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship took place from April 23 to April 26, where almost 4,200 robotics teams that qualified from Super-Regional Championships in California, Texas, Iowa,…

By: Alice Cheng MSJ’s History Club members attended the National History Day (NHD) state competition on April 25 to 27 at the RiversideConvention Center. Out of the 17 students who attended, three students reached state…

By: Staff Writer Genevieve Huang On March 23, the 3rd annual Alameda County Science Engineering Fair (ACSEF) recognized 43 MSJ students for their research projects that tackled problems from all different areas of science, everything…

By: Staff Writer Lillian Zhao   MSJ recently competed in Bay Area Quiz Kids, a series of competitions aired on channel KRON 4 and PenTV Channel 26. The actual competitions were taped in Peninsula TV’s…

By: Staff Writer Iyesha Puri  On March 4 and 5, 22 students in MSJ’s Japanese classes competed in a school wide speech contest. Students competed in their respective categories and two students from each category…

By: Staff Writers Anand Balaji and Hairol Ma   Senate Constitutional Amendment Number 5 (SCA5) is a proposed piece of California state legislation that would allow California universities to take race into account during college…