New Recreation Center For Millbrae

By Noor Abdullah, Staff Writer The city of Millbrae opened the new Recreation Center to the public on July 10th in Central Park to the thrilled welcome of the community, six years after the previous recreation center was unfortunately destroyed…

Album Review: Twice “Between 1&2”

By Bruce Nie, Staff Writer Almost a year after the release of Formula of Love: O + T = <3, by Korean girl-group Twice, comes their long-awaited comeback with their retro-inspired 11th Korean mini-album: Between 1&2. Featuring a total of…

The College Acceptance Struggle

By: Ciara Whipple; Staff Writer As college admission decisions roll in, we have noticed an unprecedented percentage of students not being accepted into the UC, CSU, and private school systems. Specifically, the highest achieving students who exceed the expectations of…

Food Fair during Ramadan

By: Nagham Masarweh; Center Spread Editor Ramadan is a beautiful month celebrated by many Middle Eastern citizens around the world. Consisting of a month of fasting from sunset to sundown, there are 28 days to be clean, self-controlling, mindful, and…

How does the English Department select Books?

By: Elizabeth Chen; Staff Writer Over the past few years the English curriculum has changed, as well as the requirements for what students are reading. With an always changing society, there is a push to make the books that are…

Goodbye to our Assistant Principals

By: Chloe Ho; Staff Writer It’s been announced with excitement and sadness that our two assistant principals will be moving on from Mills after this year.  Mr. Gomez will be recommended to become Capuchino High School’s new principal after this…

Student Film Festival

By: Mia Khan; Staff Writer The Mills film festival highlights student films and animations that are made in video production and media arts as well as advanced students. Organized by Ms. Arge, weeks of preparation occurred along with a selected…

AP Physics Great America Trip

By: Hanson Han; Staff Writer Many students learn things in the classroom. Unfortunately, these things they learn usually end up staying in the classroom. However, Ms. Cotter has given the Mills AP Physics class a wonderful opportunity to experience physics…

Mills Thunderbolt Sued over Copyrighted Picture

By: Ryan Kurniawan When you hear “sue” the first thing that probably comes to mind is Donald Trump suing Hillary Clinton for Russian collusion allegations, or back in 2019 during the cringeworthy lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games over microtransaction…

Ball Sports Replaced with Stuffed Animals

By: Zhiyuan Ma; Staff Writer The Mills administration announced on March 24th that due to safety complaints from parents, all sports that employ balls will now be played with stuffed animals instead. This sudden change has prompted mixed reactions, garnered…