Changes to AP testing

By Jack Peng, Website Manager Beginning this new school year, College Board, a non-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity, has revised the scoring and deadlines of Advanced Placement (AP) classes. The AP exam is a test…

Ethnic Studies Course to Replace Freshmen History Next Year

By Anjuli Niyogi In the upcoming 2019-2020 school year, the incoming freshmen class will be taking a newly implemented, Ethnic Studies course in place of a semester of Modern World History(MWH). During their sophomore year, they will cover MWH I…

Avengers: Endgame Review

By Anjuli Niyogi Whether you were excitedly awaiting your Thursday midnight showing of this action-packed, finale to the Avengers movie series or watched it a month after all the madness, the ending of Avengers: Endgame all had us at least,…

Meet Alohi Sheung, Clearing His Way onto Team USA

By: Jessica Lin, Athletics Editor and Chief of Media Though Alohi Sheung (10) looks like a typical high school student with his signature Champion-branded clothing and Herschel backpack, he is actually a nationally-ranked badminton athlete, representing the United States in…

The Facade of the Mills Breakfast Club

An Outsider’s Perspective Upon first glance, one might think that the Mills Breakfast Club is an exclusive extracurricular dedicated to feasting on pancakes every Wednesday morning. Unfortunately, no aspiring student wishing to pass the gates of an Ivy League university…

Prom Article 2019

On Saturday night, April 20th, Mills’ 2019 prom was held in the Exploritorium at Pier 15 in San Francisco. Most juniors and a majority of the senior class attended on this momentous day. While only one grade level apart, prom…

Senior Reflections

If I could go back to freshman year with all the knowledge I have, I’d take things at a more lax pace. I may or may not be your typical high school loser, but I definitely feel like I’ve missed…

Boba Saturation

By: Kianna Cheuk, Staff Writer Do your thoughts bubble with the thought of bubble tea? The sweet refreshing drink that seems to have the kids craving for more. Boba is not limited to just tapioca balls but lychee jelly, grass…

Mills Boba Bots competes in Championships

by Aiden Neely Mills High School’s robotics team, known as the Boba Bots, recently had the opportunity to compete at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston, Texas. The competition consisted of 400 teams from around the world, all earning…

Senior Athletic Awards 2019 – Photo Gallery

By: Jessica Lin, Sports Editor and Chief of Media Photo Credits: Victoria Lin, The Thunderbolt Congratulations, Vikings!