SMUHSD Transitioning to By-Trustee Area Elections
By Zhiyuan Ma, Staff Writer San Mateo Union High School District is currently preparing for the transition to by-trustee area elections, which will be implemented in the 2022 and 2024 elections. In the current system, known as at-large elections, candidates…
In-Person Dances, Rallies, and More
By Mia Khan, Staff Writer With Covid restrictions easing up and school starting again, Mills High School is transitioning back to in-person events. Last year, students missed out on in-person Proms, dances, and rallies. Students are now excited to be…
Transferring from Middle to High School
By Samantha Chen, Staff Writer The transfer from middle school to highschool is a very different experience. As a freshman myself, I’ve experienced that there are definitely more people on a larger campus, but now in highschool, most people have…
School’s effects on the student
By: Chloe Ho, Staff Writer For many people, it’s a relief to be back in person for school. Distance learning has taken a heavy toll on the majority of youth in terms of overall well-being and academic performance, and returning…
Art and Wine Festival
By Elizabeth Chen, Staff Writer With the absence of a classic Millbrae tradition in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Millbrae Art & Wine Festival has come back better than ever this year! The Millbrae Art and Wine Festival is an…
Degendering Fashion
By: Michaela Gonzalez, Staff Writer Fashion: it is everywhere we look. It is how we politely function as a society/civilization and keep our body warm and protected from the outside world. To some people it may be to just avoid…
How Useful Is a Planner For School?
By Tiffany Xu, Staff Writer How useful is a planner? A planner is a notebook that acts as a personal organizer with an agenda with pages to write down everyday tasks and events. There are pages containing yearly, monthly, and…
Celebrity Merch Chaos
By: Vanessa Nguyen, Staff Writer Throughout the path of creating a name for themselves, celebrities eventually create a line of merch to put their name out there. Kylie Jenner has her “Kylie Cosmetics” line and Ariana Grande has her own…
The Struggles of Being a Student-Athlete
By Hanson Han, Staff Writer As a student-athlete myself, I know the struggles many of us have to face. We are forced to make hard decisions about how we manage our time. How much time should we allocate for school,…
Asian Representation in Marvel
By: Phoebe Piserchio, Staff Writer On September 3rd, 2021, Marvel Studios will be releasing Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, their franchise movie featuring an Asian American superhero. Actor Simu Liu, starring as Shang-Chi, is excited to…