November 07 >> News
by Sushmita Sridhar
The Mountain View Los Altos High School District and St. Francis High School held a “Not in Our Town” (NIOT) event on Thursday, November 15th at Los Altos High School to educate students about hate crimes and community responses to them.
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by Anthony Alexander
Outbreaks of staph infections have been reported by schools across the country in recent weeks. In a high school in Ohio, an entire building had to be professionally cleaned after an athlete contracted a drug-resistant staph infection.
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by Katherine Raichlen
Mountain View High School Leadership classes created a haunted house in the small gym for the first time on October 31st. Leadership students dressed as bumble bees and fairies led visitors through a twisting path that took up half the gym, created using strobe lights and decorations like garbage bags and crepe paper.
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by Manpreet Kalra
Seniors from some Civics and Economics classes will be leading small group discussions about the 2008 Presidential Election in all Social Studies classes at the end of November to provide students with an analysis about each presidential candidate and key issues.
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by Nick Forell
The Mountain View Los Altos High School Speech and Debate team has had a successful start this year, according to Speech and Debate head coach Sharon Moerner. She hopes the team will continue its success and excellence.
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by Martin Rodriguez
Ernesto "Che" Guevera's friends and admirers gather in recognition of the 40th anniversary of his death. In Southern California, technology has helped residents communicate during the fires. In China, companies implement new safety procedures to combat the dangers of lead poisoning.
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by Bernadette Hsu
Mountain View High School is holding a food drive that started on November 13th and continues until November 19th in order to raise food for the Second Harvest Food Bank. The Leadership class and the Associated Student Body (ASB) are in charge of the event, obtaining the necessary materials from Second Harvest.
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by Avery Cruz
On October 23, 2007, Chemistry Teacher Katie Thornburg was honored for and received an Inspirational Teacher award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Mountain View High School alumnus and current MIT student, Jocelyn Chin, nominated Thornburg for the prestigious award.
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by Daniel Kline
This month's summary of upcoming dates and events pertaining to Mountain View High School.
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by David Wallace
Junior Paige Johnson has many a time woken up and stumbled towards the kitchen. She proceeds to prepare a warm, soothing drink for herself and then drinks it peacefully. The drink isn't coffee, hot chocolate, or even milk. It is tea. Good old tea.
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by Mario Mendoza and Erick Serrano
Cada año hay muchos estudiantes y personas provenientes de otros paises que llegan a los Estados Unidos en busca de conseguir una major calidad de vida y educación. Al no entender o saber la cultura ni lengua les tocara enfrentar, hay algunos que se atemorizan y horrorizan pensando en los supuestos obstaculos que podrian enfrentar en el futuro durante el desarollo de sus vidas personales.
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