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A Capella Changes Tour Location After the U.S. State Department Issues Travel Warning

A Capella Changes Tour Location After the U.S. State Department Issues Travel Warning

Nisha Malley Sep 1, 2017

In response to an updated travel warning against additional Mexican states last week, the choir department announced last Thursday that they were changing the location of the advanced, all-girls A Capella...

AVID accommodates larger class sizes, tutor disproportion in AVID and SDAIE

AVID accommodates larger class sizes, tutor disproportion in AVID and SDAIE

Sheli Yaskin Aug 31, 2017

AVID and SDAIE tutors were spread out disproportionately across class periods this year, with a surplus of tutors in first period, according to senior AVID teacher Steven Kahl. This occurred because many...

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Health Department institutes changes after major review of curriculum

Nisha Malley Aug 23, 2017

Students will no longer be able to earn health credits through the online health program offered by the Brigham Young University, following a lengthy review process of the district’s health curricula...

ASB introduces new activities at first rally and dance, aimed toward introverts

ASB introduces new activities at first rally and dance, aimed toward introverts

Samantha Fong Aug 19, 2017

To expand the participation and diversity of students involved, ASB incorporated both traditional and new activities in the first rally and dance of the year, both of which were hosted Aug. 18. This year,...

Burwen Education Foundation Dinner honors ten seniors

Burwen Education Foundation Dinner honors ten seniors

Alex Tey May 24, 2017

 The Burwen Education Foundation invited ten seniors with he highest academic grade point average to an annual dinner to elect the recipient of the Principal’s Distinguished Student Award. This...

Freshmen host Table of Solidarity in response to racial slurs used on campus

Freshmen host Table of Solidarity in response to racial slurs used on campus

Neda Shahiar May 18, 2017

In response to their classmates’ recurrent use of racial slurs, namely the N-word, five freshman girls plan to distribute blue ribbons to students to sport as a symbol of solidarity. The five are slated...

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Mountain View News in Brief

India Flinchum Apr 20, 2017

  Extension of the Google Campus A new Google campus is in the works after 10 years of planning by the City of Mountain View and Google. The company hopes to reflect its culture of innovation and...

Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, visits MVHS

Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, visits MVHS

Isabella Scotti Apr 5, 2017

New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, Laini Taylor, visited the MVHS theater to talk about her latest novel, discuss and answer questions about her path to success, and to...

Yow and Rietveld to become next years ASB advisers

Yow and Rietveld to become next year’s ASB advisers

Samantha Joseph Apr 4, 2017

Current ASB advisers Jared Darby and Mady Miraglia have decided to step down from their positions leading ASB beginning in the 2017-2018 school year. Chemistry teacher Christine Yow will be replacing Darby...

ASB creates new position of ELD Commissioner, extending outreach in student leadership

ASB creates new position of ELD Commissioner, extending outreach in student leadership

Samantha Joseph Mar 20, 2017

Following efforts by ASB and the English Language Development department to expand the role of student leadership, ASB created the new position of ELD Commissioner for the 2017-18 school year. Sophomore...

Administration’s social media ban incites free speech concerns

Administration’s social media ban incites free speech concerns

Annie Rustum Mar 14, 2017

According to Assistant Principal and Student Activities Coordinator William Blair, administration enforced a social media ban on campaigning for the 2017 ASB election due to harmful and unsafe social media...

Distrito aprueba resolución oficial en apoyo de estudiantes indocumentados

Distrito aprueba resolución oficial en apoyo de estudiantes indocumentados

Alan Zhou Mar 13, 2017

Read the English version here.  El Consejo Directivo de la Escuela affirmó una una resolución en apoyo a los estudiantes indocumentados en una reunión del consejo el 13 de marzo. De acuerdo a...

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