Sophomore Athletes Opt out of PE for Study Hall
By Eduardo Galindo Over the summer on June 27 the district’s Board of Education approved of a program that allows sophomores athletes to use their PE period to instead work on assignments from other classes. The new study hall program…
Lights, Camera, Delay: The SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes
By: Phoebe Piserchio, Editor-in-Chief On May 2nd of 2023, what seemed to be a promising blockbuster season like no other quickly turned into a season of industry upheaval as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike, with the…
Recent Spur Trail Sexual Assaults Threaten Student Safety
By Bianca Pando, Staff Writer Millbrae,CA- Within three days of each other, two women reported two separated crimes with sexual violence, one on the Spur Trail and another between 200 Poplar and La Cruz Ave. Both being near Mills High…
Class of 2024’s Advice to Incoming Freshmen
By: Isabelle Yang, Staff Writer As the school year begins, Mills welcomes the Class of 2027. The transition from middle school to high school can be a challenging and overwhelming journey. Despite starting their high school experience virtually, a couple…
Girls Flag Football Kicks Off First-Ever Season
By Amelia Naughten, News Editor Breaking new ground, few but furious, Mills’ first-ever girls flag football team kicked off a fortuitous start to the season in a 26-12 triumph over San Mateo High School. The team leads the beginning of…
Mills Cross Country Climbs on Cloud 9
By Janelle Pantilon, Staff Writer On September 9, 2023, Mills cross country attended the annual Lowell Invitational cross country meet held in Golden Gate Park, celebrating its 50th anniversary. Roughly 80+ schools all across Northern California came to bring the…
A Not So Cruel Summer: How The Era’s Tour Took Over North America’s Summer
By Abigail Chai, Entertainment Editor It’s been a long time coming since global pop-phenomenon Taylor Swift made her long awaited return to stage in March of 2023- five years after her iconic Reputation stadium tour. In those five years alone,…
Coming to School After COVID
By: Joshua Choe 2020 was a hard year for schooling, as it was in general for all workspaces. Mills, however, as in common with all other high schools nationwide, went online in order to keep up teaching and learning during…
Should the Mills Viking Lose its Job as Mascot Due to a Violent Past?
By: Sang Kyeong Choi, Staff Writer “Home of the Vikings”. At Mills, we see these words plastered repeatedly on the walls at school, on posters, and on sports uniforms and school merch. In Fall of 1958, at the time of…
New Clubs At Mills High School
By: Julia Xia, Features Editor Thursday, September 7, was the annual club fair during lunch. The fair aimed to advertise the new or returning clubs here at Mills. One of the new clubs at Mills is the Linguistics Club, created…