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Broken Water Pipe Caused Temporary Heat Loss Throughout MSJ
By Staff Writers Maggie Lai, Sakshi Umrotkar, & Alina Zeng Returning from Winter Break, MSJ students and faculty dealt with temporary heat loss in classrooms as a…
Performing Arts Students Put on Enthralling Show at Fortes Fighting Fires
by Staff Writer Sakshi Umrotkar On December 21, FUSD students enjoyed an evening of melodious singing and performances to raise funds for wildfire relief at…
Interact’s Fall Leadership Conference Gathers Interactors From District 5170 for a Day of Leadership and Learning
By Staff Writers Mahek Bhora and Sakshi Umrotkar On October 20, more than 2,000 District 5170 members of the Interact Club gathered at Independence High…
MSJ’s New Link: Peer Resource and Leadership 2 Welcome Freshman Class
By News Editor Jonathan Liu Energetic cheering and applause erupted in the MSJ gym quad when more than 100 Link Crew, Peer Resource, and Leadership…
MSJ Performing Arts Department Hosts 25th Annual Gala
By Staff Writer Sreetama Chowdhury The Performing Arts department hosted its annual Performing Arts Gala on Friday, May 17 at the Milpitas Embassy Suites. Themed…
Speech and Debate Tournament of Champions Recap
By Staff Writer Gokul Ramapriyan The brightest and best young speakers and debaters in the nation congregated at the Tournament of Champions (TOCs) from April…
Students and Teachers Come Together in District-wide Walk-in
By Staff Writers Carolyn Qian and Gregory Wu Students and teachers gathered together for the walk-in on Friday, March 29 as part of an ongoing…
MSJ Recognized as One of 162 Distinguished schools in CA
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…
MSJ Places 2nd out of 110 Competitors at Regional Science Bowl
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…