Tardy Sweep

Golf prepares to qualify for CCS playoffs

Whoosh! The golf season is already halfway through and the golf spirit is coursing through the players’ veins. Although there have been some ups and downs throughout the season, many members claim that the season has only started.
Senioritis keeps Shashank Sanjay in a positive mood even though the team record is 8-3. He believes that [...]

Beginning with Breakfast

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 [...]

GSA Stays Silent While Raising Voices For Gay Rights

On Friday the 16 The Day Of Silence (DOS) took place. During lunch at the rally, everyone wearing purple wore it to support DOS. For those of you who don’t know what the Day Of Silence is, it is a social protest in which all participating figures don’t speak in order to symbolize the lack [...]

Let’s Get Those Bodies Dancin’

 
 
For a seventh year, spectators will sit in the PAC, reveling in the art of dance presented by San Mateo High School dancers. On May 7 and 8, all 165 members of Ms. Tribuzi’s dance classes as well as members of the Dance Team will perform in this year’s Mateo Motion VII.
Tickets bought at the [...]

Are Stars Shining Bright or Burning Out?

It’s that times of the year where students once again break from the daily routine of attending classes and instead take hour-long subject exams known as the STAR test. For some, the test is a complete nuisance. Yet others see it as an essential component to public education. Here are two perspectives.
Pro-Victoria Xiao
Every year, STAR [...]

Death Is Just A Car Crash Away…

On Thursday, April 22, all the students at San Mateo High School attended the first half of a two-assembly presentation called Every 15 Minutes.
Nobody knew what the purpose of the assembly was, only that it was being held on the football field, and that the Grim Reaper haunted San Mateo High School.
Indeed, earlier that day, [...]

The Track Team’s Last Stand

On April 29th, the San Mateo Track And Field team went to Aragon High School for a track meet. This was both teams’ final meet before championships, so the racers were getting their final training before the official competition. The meet was close, with Aragon winning about half of the races and San Mateo winning [...]

ChalkFest Hits Mateo

Friday April 30th was Chalk Fest, and the talented people who participated spent all Friday morning chalking up the area outside the ampi-theater near the C-Building. The drawings people made with the chalk were all album covers of popular music. Among them were Owl City, Pink Floyd, Death Cab For Cutie, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, and [...]

Venturing From M1 to Carnegie Hall

Sparkling, gleaming lights glittering all around. Voices raised in harmony, sweet sound rising from a group of high schoolers as the audience looks on in the opulent and famous Carnegie Hall.
On March 27, the members of the San Mateo High School Choir, in conjunction members of the Burlingame High School Choir participated in the Heritage [...]