The Heteronormativity Behind “Galentine’s Day”
By Elizabeth Chen, Staff Writer While it’s not an official holiday, Galentine’s Day is a popular day that precedes Valentine’s Day. However, today is problematic for numerous reasons. Galentine’s Day was first introduced in Season 2 Episode 16 of the…
Effects of Increased Absences on School Environment
By Elizabeth Chen, Staff Writer Many people caught covid because the Omicron variant is highly contagious. Students went on trips and attended other social gatherings over winter break which only increased the spread. Due to the ensuing increased absences, teachers…
How School Lunch Is Made
By Zhiyuan Ma, Staff Writer The bell rings, signaling the end of the period and the beginning of lunch. Students scramble out of classrooms and rush to be the first ones to get school lunch. Conspicuous lines begin to form…
Rape Trauma Services
By Vanessa Nguyen, Staff Writer TW: mentions of rape, sexual assult The Rape Trauma Service is a center for rape victims and survivors. RTS visits schools around San Mateo County to spread information on ways to seek help when dealing…
Mills Leadership Account Receives Backlash from Fall Finals Schedule Change
By: Michaela Gonzalez, Staff Writer Many of us vividly recall the first day of finals week last Fall when the day-long power outage canceled an entire school day at the last minute. Many of us had crammed a semester’s worth…
Why Change Is Good (Out With the Old and In With the New)
y Vanessa Nguyen, Staff Writer Change can be terrifying, driving your adrenal glands into overdrive, flooding your body with cortisol, inducing stress and inflammation. But change doesn’t have to be so terrifying and stressful. If we learn how to approach…
Footloose Musical Prep
By Mia Khan, Staff Writer Mills High School welcomes a new spring musical production of Footloose. Footloose, a musical drama, tells the story of a small town in the Midwest dealing with a ban on dancing after a tragedy involving…
Why the Mile?
By: Michaela Gonzalez, Staff Writer 5,280 feet. 63,360 inches. 1 mile. All of us students collectively dread the cry out of the words “the mile” and the task that it entails. Whichever elementary and middle schools we have all been…
Mills Jazz Band; Folsom Jazz Festival
By Tiffany Xu, Staff Writer On January 29th, the Mills Jazz Band participated in the Folsom Jazz Festival, winning first place. The Folsom Jazz Festival is an annual event within the state where middle and high school jazz bands come…
You Don’t Need a Valentine’s to be Happy
By Brendan Phimsoutham, Staff Writer As February settles into the new year, people begin to wander aimlessly in their thoughts over the next upcoming holiday: Valentine’s Day. Every February 14th of the year, anyone aware of the general idea believes,…