2011 March | The Bearcat

Crystal Castles Graces SF

On Friday, March 4, 2011, San Francisco was privileged with the musical genius of Crystal Castles.

Mar 30 2011 | Posted in A&E,Front Page Slider | Read More »

The Spring Sports Rally was a great success this year, filled with a multitude of creative performances. Current spirit commissioners Peter Lebo and Bryant Chow made a collaboration rally video with future commissioners Nicholas Wetherbee and Marcello Pallazo, expressing their competition about which duo has more spirit. The rally began an episode of “San Mateo [...]

Mar 30 2011 | Posted in Front Page Slider,News | Read More »

Au Revoir San Mateo

French students have invaded San Mateo High School. For two weeks, 23 French students stayed with students from San Mateo and Capuchino, and even a few middle school kids. The French students got to have the typical American experience, including trips to San Francisco, the state capital, the ferry building, museums and ice-skating parties. Every [...]

Mar 30 2011 | Posted in Front Page Slider,News | Read More »

The Madness Is Taking Over

To motivate students for the STAR tests coming up later in March, SMHS stuff has created a contest known as Mateo Madness, where tutorials battle it out to see who can get the best test scores. In Mateo Madness, every tutorial is given a quiz on Monday and their results are calculated during the week. [...]

Mar 28 2011 | Posted in News | Read More »

iPod, Therefore iAm

What a difference a few years can make. In America: The Book, the 2004 overview of our nation by the writers of “The Daily Show,” one page features an image of a time capsule from 2004 to 2014. One of the more prominent items is an early version of the iPod, featuring what must have [...]

Mar 25 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

SMHS debuts at Science Bowl

SMHS’s Science Club competed at the Department of Energy 2011 Bay Area Regional Science Bowl at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) on Saturday, February 26. This was the Science Club’s debut at the Science Bowl. The club, newly formed this year, had spent months practicing for the event. Besides meeting twice a week, on Mondays [...]

Mar 25 2011 | Posted in News | Read More »

Seniors Do What They Want

Seniors Jesse Wong, Matt Erlick, and Daniel Martins take over Ms. Kalinski’s class in pretty dresses.

Seniors took over the school Friday, March 18, and many teachers and students cleverly impersonated each other. From a fake pregnancy to a drawn-on beard, the students were very creative with their depictions of their teachers. Senior Takeover Day is a tradition at SMHS that has been going on for many years. However, this is [...]

Mar 25 2011 | Posted in Front Page Slider,News | Read More »

Crystal Castles graces SF

On Friday, March 4, 2011, San Francisco was privileged with the musical genius of Crystal Castles. This electronic duo of Alice Glass and Ethan Kath originated in Toronto, Canada and are famous for their musically thrilling and chaotic stage performances. Alice manages the band’s lyrics and vocals while Ethan DJ’s the fresh beats that make [...]

Mar 25 2011 | Posted in A&E | Read More »

Fresh, clear green water

Our school has water fountains at almost every corner. Yet, students still buy water bottles at the vending machines and lunch lines. According to All About Water, 40 million bottles are trashed every day that can’t be recycled or composted We are unable to ban plastic water bottles for the health safety reasons of tourists, [...]

Mar 25 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

Aprendiendo un lenguaje secreto

Caminaba a mi clase de español con una mirada preocupada en mi cara. Ese día, había una prueba de gramática, y no estaba lista. Me senté en mi escritorio, a punto de apechugar con las consecuencias. Por supuesto, lo fracasé. Más tarde aprendí que esa gramática me deja decir mucho más en español, y de [...]

Mar 25 2011 | Posted in La Esquina Latina | Read More »