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By Staff Writer Thomas Chen  On February 25, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced that MSJ was one of 162 middle schools and high schools in CA that earned a 2019 Distinguished School…

By Staff Writers Carolyn Qian & Jessica Xu MSJ Academic Challenge’s Science Bowl A Team placed second in the Sandia National Laboratories Regional High School Science Bowl at Las Positas College on March 2. This competition…

By Staff Writers Aria Lakhmani & Jonathan Liu MSJ DECA excelled at this year’s State Career Development Conference (SCDC), held in Anaheim, CA from March 1 to 3. Out of 133 students who represented MSJ,…

By Staff Writer Alisha Chhangani & Carolyn Qian Speech and Debate attended the 46th annual Cal Invitational from February 16 to 18 at UC Berkeley. Listed as one the most competitive tournaments of the year,…

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Depicted: Attendance sheets pile up in the office due to teacher absences.  By Staff Writers Josephine Chew, Sreetama Chowdhury, & Kimberly Huang MSJ had 50 out of 92 teachers not in attendance on Tuesday, February 19, following…

By Web Editor Shiantel Chiang and Staff Writer Gokul Ramapriyan FUSD teachers began Work To Rule on January 7. Fremont Unified District Teachers Association (FUDTA) and FUSD declared Impasse regarding salary negotiations on December 3. They held a teacher rally…

By Staff Writers Yusuf Rasheed and Mingjia Wang Voices collected by Journalism 1 Staff Writers College Board recently announced that it will be moving the ordering and registration deadline for AP tests to November. Signups…

By Staff Writers Sreetama Chowdhury and Meera Sehgal  Speech and Debate sent 32 competitors to the Jon Schamber Invitational at the University of the Pacific (UOP) from October 26 to 28. Both Open and Junior…

By Web Editor Shiantel Chiang A 6-inch pipe between the E-Wing and the girls’ locker room burst early in the morning last Thursday, October 25. FUSD’s Maintenance Department conducted pipe repairs starting last Friday after school and…