Coping with COVID-19: HHS students share organizational tips
By Amber Birrel and Karuna Chandran
October 22, 2020
Online learning has forced many students to change their habits. For sophomore Emily Tumacder, doing school from home has led to issues with organization. “I find myself a lot less organized because I don't write in my planner as often,” sophomore Emily Tumacder said in a Zoom interview. “I oft...
From a therapist’s perspective: power of mental health
By Seoyoung Hwang, Macy Li, Raymond Ranbhise, and Saanvi Thakur
October 7, 2020
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‘You can’t keep everyone else warm by setting yourself on fire’
By Karuna Chandran, Xochitl Neely, Ritaja Subrahmanya, and Sahil Venkatesan
October 5, 2020
With the sudden and dramatic shift from in-person to remote learning, teachers have risen to the challenge and quickly adapted to online learning. However, issues arise for teachers who are also parents, as they have to simultaneously serve as both educators of their students and caretakers of their childre...
From my POV: I’m tired of Zoom!
By Allen Zhang
October 5, 2020
It’s been 202 days and counting since schools across the nation shut down. Back then, everyone was excited to have an extra two-week vacation; unfortunately, those two weeks soon turned into over half a year. With this pandemic came a whole new way of learning, and with that came a whole new set ...
Teachers rise with creativity in the face of adversity
By Karuna Chandran, Xochitl Neely, Ritaja Subrahmanya, and Sahil Venkatesan
October 4, 2020
The pandemic has changed the way education works, moving the focus from in-person instruction to online learning. Because of this, teachers have needed to do plenty of restructuring, both in terms of curriculum and finding new ways to interact with their students. Online learning, for example, has forced mus...
Casual connections missing with remote learning
By Ashley Orozco and Leila Salam
October 2, 2020
From WiFi issues to Zoom crashes, remote learning has been quite the struggle this year. But one difficulty in particular for students, like junior Shelby Riemenschnitter, has been the lack of day to day interactions with people outside their homes. “[One of the hardest things] is not being able to physically s...
Virtual aloha rally 2020: student, leadership reactions
By Lia Klebanov, Miya Liu, Ariana Tejeda Moreno, Mae Richardson, and Jack Xu
September 29, 2020
Students eagerly looked forward to their first virtual rally and all were pleasantly surprised with how well it turned out. Listen to their expectations and highlights of the rally, as well as the behind the scenes of planning it! ...
HHS interactive map offers virtual tour of campus
By Miya Liu, Sahil Venkatesan, and Allen Zhang
August 19, 2020
The first week of school is usually filled with a flurry of students getting to know their teachers and each other, all while trying to figure out where everything is located on campus. With school starting virtually this year, freshman and new staff members don't even have the opportunity to get lost lo...
Summers becoming stressful for students
By Madhavi Karthik and Erin Loh
July 5, 2020
The school year has ended, but stress continues to build for many students. Junior Yelin Tahk said during the summer, relaxation should be made more of a priority than college preparation. “I know that's not exactly the reality in Silicon Valley, because [of] all the pressure from college,...
Adapting to a new type of summer vacation
By Karuna Chandran and Lia Klebanov
June 30, 2020
COVID-19 has caused many students to completely change their initial summer plans. To adapt to the situation at hand, several programs popular with high school students have shifted online. Sophomore Brevin Reed said in a Zoom interview that working with the adjustments was harder than anticipate...
Teen driving: in-depth
By Jane Park
June 15, 2020
Permit to License: A Simple Guideline for Teen Drivers Getting a driver's license has long been a rite of passage for teens. For many, driving is the first step toward independence. It is important to learn how to drive because most people use cars to travel to work, home and anywhere else. Drivi...
Combatting struggles of homeless, underprivileged
By Macy Li
June 15, 2020
With the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of stay-at-home orders, the frenzied lives of many have come to a halt. For the vast majority of students, school and work now happen at home, within the confined safety of their walls. However, while many lives have slowed down, each day...
