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Since the beginning of 2020, countries around the world have battled COVID-19. With countries like South Korea and Singapore imposing a quarantine ruling during the pandemic, these countries found themselves in a drastically different place compared to pre-pandemic due to their response to COVID-19. Brazil is one country that had a rocky start when the… Continue reading Brazil and Columbia struggle with handling COVID-19

In Taiwan, COVID-19 has had a considerably smaller effect than it has in the U.S. Taiwan has remained at approximately 550 confirmed cases with a 1.3% mortality rate, while America climbs to almost eight million cases despite the virus entering U.S. borders later than Taiwan. During her visit to her home in Taichung, Taiwan for… Continue reading Taiwan’s success with COVID

On Tuesday, Sept. 15 at around 8:30 p.m., five juvenile females stole approximately $80 worth of alcohol from Standard Liquor, located in downtown Los Altos. According to Detective Sergeant Cameron Shearer from the Los Altos Police Department, they received multiple anonymous online tips in the three to four days following the incident. After identification, the… Continue reading Five juvenile females rob Standard Liquor in Los Altos

When senior Eric Zheng first stepped onto campus three years ago, on his first day of freshman year, he remembers feeling that MVHS was intimidating, confusing and somewhat hectic as he tried to find his way through the campus and get to class. “In the beginning, it was pretty bad because I really had no… Continue reading The freshman perspective

Bad internet connections. Audio difficulties. Noisy backgrounds. The technical issues that come with Zoom create a less than optimal environment for junior Daniel Lee’s band class to practice. According to Lee, hands-on classes require collaboration, and without the interaction of in-person instruction, the class is not the same. “It’s honestly become hard to play music… Continue reading Transitioning from a hands-on to hands-off classroom proves challenging

Hungry for Change Athletes weigh in on why they embarked on unique diets and how it affects their sports performance Lance Tong and Anna Jerolimov About six months ago, junior and Varsity soccer player Shervin Jalilvand began a specialized diet to take himself one step closer to his goal of being a better, more physical… Continue reading Fuelin’ Up

Junior Joseph Jeong decided that waking up early to get ready for a Zoom school day just wasn’t worth it. Convenience has, and will always be, Jeong’s preference for morning preparation — especially how he dresses. “The normal look I have for Zoom meetings for an online school day is basically just a T-shirt and… Continue reading Zoom outfits

Anti-Racism Efforts Principal Ben Clausnitzer sent a message to the MVHS community on June 9 about action items that the school, district and city would be taking to actively become an anti-racist school. This message was also in response to the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement following the death of George Floyd… Continue reading Anti-Racism Efforts

Rising Activism “[Gao Zhisheng] served as a lawyer [for] people who couldn’t afford lawyers.” First arrested in 2006, lawyer and human rights activist Gao Zhisheng was released in 2014 after withstanding severe mistreatment and torture in solitary confinement at an underground facility in China, while his wife, son and daughter escaped to California. But two… Continue reading A protest of a lifetime: searching for freedom

Freshman Darpan Singh Every March, the freshman literature classes watch Advanced Drama’s production of “Romeo and Juliet”. For freshman Darpan Singh, he specifically remembers the moment his friends and he had watched the performance and snapped a picture afterward. “Back then [when that photo was taken], COVID-19 was [a topic that everyone was talking about],… Continue reading When life felt normal: MVHS edition