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Archive for: April, 2011

San Mateo Gets Chalked Up

Featured Image Chalkfest 2011

Students covered the dull concrete of San Mateo High’s quad in vibrant colors on Friday, April 22, as part of the annual Chalk Fest. This year’s Chalk Fest had “All Around the World” as the theme; students chose various artworks from around the globe with which they decorated the quad. The works included paintings by [...]

Varsity baseball looks to have strong second half

As the constant day to day squeaking of shoes that come from the gym stops, the noise from the baseball diamonds begin to rise. With success from last year, the seniors are looking to do even better. Last year the team went 8-4 in league and 12-15 in the whole season. The team was looking [...]

Students are awarded for volunteering

Seven students, three teachers, and six parents were honored with the San Mateo High School Jefferson Award on May 5 for their volunteerism and community service. In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis founded the American Institute for Public Service to establish a “Nobel Prize” for public and community service.  The recipients are ordinary people who through [...]

Girls JV softball putting together a strong season

The girls softball team started their 2011 season off great beating many schools that were not in their conference. They were able to beat our arch-rivals Burlingame which was a very big accomplishment for the team in representing our school. They had a good preseason which was good practice for them to prepare for the [...]

Mateo Artists Dominate

Bearcats dominated the City Arts of San Mateo competition this year, taking home the grand prize in both Literary and Visual arts on Saturday in competition against Aragon and Hillsdale. Morgan Babbs, our student body president and co-editor in chief of this newspaper, won the literary arts prize for a poem, and Betty Shen won [...]

Mateo Motion coming May 6

As a part of San Mateo High’s highly renowned performing arts programs, the dance classes here prepare all year for a big show at the end of the year titled Mateo Motion. This year the eighth annual Mateo Motion will feature dancers from beginning, intermediate and advanced classes, with a diverse blend of San Mateo [...]

Spicy noodles at Ramen Dojo: are they worth the wait?

How long would you wait for the best meal of your life? On busy nights, the wait at Ramen Dojo in downtown San Mateo may be hours for a large group but almost everyone will tell you the amazing ramen is worth the wait. The ramen at Ramen Dojo is not like any ramen you’ve [...]

Resilient character will help Japan cope

And yet again, I see on my blackberry that Japan has been hit by another tsunami, caused by a 7.4 quake, off the coast of the northern coast. Another tsunami? How much more devastation can this tiny country endure? How many more deaths and rubbled sidewalks are to be witnessed? And then I remembered; I [...]

Starving Children at Prom

In the News section of last month’s edition of the Hi, Rachel Wan had an article detailing the expenses associated with upperclassmen going to Prom, noting the considerable costs of dresses and tuxes, tickets and photos, limos and corsages—the whole shebang. At first glance, I found the premise to be quite interesting; but when I [...]

Mensajitos llegan a El Salvador

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