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By: Melissa Peng Sixteen robotics teams from across the Bay Area gathered in C-120 to participate in MSJ’s second FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) qualifying tournament, hosted by FTC Team 5151, or Infinity. There are seven…

  By: Nithya Rajeev   On January 9, the majority of the sophomore English students gathered in C-120 to hear Holocaust survivor Dora A. Sorell speak about her experiences as a young girl and an…

By: Grace Dong   Yoko Young, an internationally acclaimed dancer and teacher, passed away on October 29, 2013. Yoko will forever be remembered for her dedication to the City of Fremont and her contribution to…

By: Alice Cheng   Students flocked to the bell tower quad Wednesday, December 4 before school to collect T-shirts advocating Peer Resource’s Stronger Than You Think (StrongerTYT) campaign. Students who filled out a sheet about…

By: Abigail Wong   A candlelight vigil was held by Mission San Jose High School’s PFA on Saturday, November 16 at Lake Elizabeth’s Performance Pavilion for a remembrance and an awareness of the effects of…

By: Hairol Ma   Started just last year, the MSJ Community Garden (covered in our October issue) has already transformed the area behind the abandoned vandal watch house into a charming site. Home to student…

  By: Nithya Rajeev   When asked what plants need to grow, most people would think of water, sunlight, and soil.  However, what if the same plants could be grown in an environment which was…

By: Anand Balaji Principal Zack Larsen has recently created a program called MSJ ED Talks, modeled after the popular TED Talks, to give teachers access to various speakers from a variety of different fields. The…

By: Iyesha Puri Jason Luther Joon-Il Park passed away on October 27, 2013 at the age of 17, but he will never be forgotten. He attended MSJ for his first two years of high school…

By: Lillian Zhao   On October 13, AP Chemistry Teacher Sai Kumar received a Stanford Teacher Tribute Award. The accolade recognizes the unique contributions of one educator in the educational or personal growth of incoming…