Michael Jackson Discovered to be a Mills Alumni

By Phoebe Piserchio; Editor-in-Chief In a shocking recent discovery, The Thunderbolt staff was looking through old Mills yearbooks and stumbled upon the name “Michael Joseph Jackson.” Upon further research, we discovered that the legendary American singer, songwriter, and dancer, Michael…

Mr. Yan’s Passion for Fashion

By Phoebe Piserchio; Entertainment Editor This past week, esteemed math teacher, Steven Yan, confirmed rumors that he has been in preliminary talks with Nike over a potential three-year contract to start his own math-inspired basketball shoe line. Rumors have been…

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…

Policy Change: Bathroom once a month

By: Tiffany Xu; Staff Writer As many people know, some bathroom breaks aren’t really for using the bathroom. These breaks don’t just last 5 minutes, but much longer than that. This really bothers teachers and other peers of missing parts…

Mills Classes Sorted by GPA Next Year

By: Vanessa Nguyen; Staff Writer For the past 64 years, Mills High School has been changing up how we’ve run our school. At the moment, we run on a block day schedule; even periods on Tuesdays and Thursdays, odd periods…

Advice Column

By: Phoebe Piserchio; Staff Writer Dear The Thunderbolt, I’ve been having this recurring nightmare every night for the past few weeks. It starts off with a bowl of grapes laying an egg. It then hatches into Alvin (the chipmunk) eating…

Mr. DeBois Leaves Mills to Pursue Dog’s Modeling Career

By: Phoebe Piserchio, Staff Writer After just one year on the Viking ship, Mike DeBois, beloved science teacher for Biology and AP Environmental, has recently announced his resignation to pursue his dog Selene’s modeling career. DeBois submitted a formal letter…

Mr.Hensley: Scottish Royalty

By: Michaela Gonzalez; Staff Writer In Journalism, we always appreciate diverse ethnic backgrounds. China, Palestine, Mexico, Vietnam, Malaysia, you name it. When talking about this topic in class, Mr.Hensley brings up his Scottish ancestry. “Yeah, I think I’m in line…

Mills Students Banned From the Habit

By: Hanson Han; Staff Writer On March 14, 2022, The Habit announced that starting April 4, 2022 – the day Mills students come back from spring break – all students from Mills High School will be banned from entering the…