Every year at the end of senior year a few seniors get devastating news. That news is the shocker of not graduating. How could the administration help these students to graduate? It’s extremely sad that some students won’t be graduating. All the years of hard work and effort ends with nothing. Although there are some [...]
Although rain poured onto the San Mateo campus, seniors did not hesitate to dance in the quad. Jumping up and down to the beats of Daft Punk, seniors enjoyed their last rally at their home: San Mateo High.
The afternoon rally started off with cold and bitter weather, and then suddenly started to rain. Instead of [...]
On Friday, May 7, and Saturday, May 8, the Performing Arts Center (PAC) rang with the sound of: music, tap shoes, and clapping. The reason for all this commotion was Mateo Motion, the annual dance show put on by the San Mateo High School dance classes and dance team.
The show was, for lack of a [...]
Eight adults were recently recognized for their outstanding service and commitment. On Tuesday, May 4, Marie Chuang, Karen Dyckman, Tony Gschwend, Michael Housman, Charlie Royce, Ellyn Daugherty, Pat Diskin and Keala Keanaaina all received Jefferson Awards at the Foster City Recreation Center.
The goal of the Jefferson Awards is to recognize and encourage students, parents, staff, [...]
It’s the technology age and everyone always has their cell phones with them. No one makes phone calls anymore with fast and easy texting just a few letters away. Ms. Jane McCabe, the English and Yearbook teacher at San Mateo High School was just newly introduced to texting today by her third period class who [...]
From Los Altos, California, to Kenya in Africa, of One Dollar For Life, or ODFL, an organization funded by a high school, impacts tens of thousands of people internationally. Established in 2006 at Los Altos High School, the non-profit organization aims to collect at least one dollar from each high school student from around the [...]
Have you ever wondered what the origins and meanings of modern slang words are? Urbandictionary.com is the place to go. This collaborative site, where anyone can post his or her own definitions of words on the site, is great for laughs. For instance, if you type in the word “Happy” into the search bar, a [...]
Eating too much junk food is a habit that plagues the best of us. And whether you’re trying to cut back for you health now, or fear your clogged arteries in years to come, it’s probably a good idea to cut back. But how to deal with those sweet tooth moments of the day, [...]
As alarms ring, students jump out of bed, take a shower, get dressed and speed out of the door towards school. Unfortunately, hundreds of teens at SMHS, forget the most important part of morning rituals: breakfast.
Breakfast is just as important as the sleep you get at night. The literal meaning of the word breakfast is [...]
The miracle of the Internet has eased the lives of millions of people all over the world. All the information one needs is available for on the World Wide Web. Students everywhere use the Internet for research for homework, essays, and any other activities of ones likings.
However, the internet is not always used for good, [...]