English Project Takes Off
By Frank Chen and Alekya Rajanala English Teachers Katherine Geers and Jennifer Moore’s sophomore students are currently participating in a pilot program that is co-directed…
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Mrs. Chaney-Aiello: Bald For Bucks
Come relive the last Friday Activity where students and teachers bid to shave Mrs. Chaney-Aiello’s head BALD!
FCC to Regulate Internet
By: Andrew Han On Tuesday, December 21, a divided Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed a set of rules that forbids broadband companies from interfering with…
Homecoming Review Behind-the-Scenes
New Year, New Rules: Homecoming 2010
In June, the Smoke Signal reported new Homecoming decoration rules and limitations that will be implemented this school year to encourage a more environmentally friendly…
Truth of the Matter: Ground Zero Mosque
The Dispute. The Cordoba Initiative, headed by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, is a plan to build an Islamic community center in New York City, three…
Robots Open Doors at MSJ
On September 15, students in math teacher Mehebub Karmali’s fifth and sixth periods were given the opportunity to assemble their own light-responsive robots in a…
After Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans is Reborn
There is no stronger proof of the resiliency of the people of New Orleans than the ways in which they coped through the aftermath of…
San Bruno Ablaze
As San Bruno residents were returning home from work on September 9, a gas explosion ripped through the neighborhoods of Clairmont and Glenview. The massive…
California Loses in Race to the Top
On August 24, 2010, California’s application for education grants from Phase 2 of President Barack Obama’s Race to the Top (RTTT) Fund was denied by…