Varsity sports should count for P.E. credits
By Staff Writers Evie Sun and Helen Wang Until 2014, FUSD students were granted physical education (P.E.) credits if they participated in any sport and…
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Girls’ Volleyball Advances to Next Round of NCS
By Staff Writer Hannah Chou Girls’ Volleyball traveled to Deer Valley High School, located in Antioch, California, on November 1 to play their first match…
Wrestling wins State Academic Team Championship
By Staff Writer Shivani Avasarala The Wrestling team was awarded the State Academic Team Championship by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for the 2015-16 school…
Girls’ Volleyball Wins its First Tournament since 2009
By Staff Writer Hannah Chou Varsity Girls’ Volleyball won the East Valley Invitational Tournament held on Saturday September 17 at Freedom High School. The team…
The Dangers of Blind Nationalism
By Staff Writer Ansh Patel Idealistically, the Olympics is a platform to celebrate the greatest athletes in the world, and for countries to put aside…
Game Coverage: NCS Boys’ Volleyball
By: Staff Writer Michelle Dalarossa MSJ Varsity Boys’ Volleyball competed against San Ramon High School in the first round of the North Coast Section (NCS)…
Online Editorial: Touching Down Upon the Football Program
The Opinion of the Smoke Signal Editorial Board It’s true that MSJ is seen primarily as a top-100, nationally-ranked, SAT-destroying STEM high school. We have…
Softball Wins First Match in Three Years
By: Staff Writer Cindy Yuan With all of their hard work finally paying off, Girls’ Softball scored their first win in three years against Irvington…
MSJ Special Education Participates in SELPA Special Olympics
By: Staff Writers Anthony Chen and Tanushri Sundar On May 6, students in MSJ’s Special Education program participated in the third and final Mission Valley…
Students Advance to World Junior Badminton Championship
By: Staff Writer Andrew Kan The Badminton Junior International Trials (JIT) was held from March 25 to 28 at the Los Angeles Badminton Club in…