What People at Mills are Excited for this Holiday
By: Kianna Cheuk, Staff Writer The last two weeks before winter break are especially stressful—as the end of the semester approaches, students are busy maintaining their grades while preparing to for finals. The idea of winter break is a soothing…
Mental Health Advancement Initiative at Mills High School
By Victoria Ratto, Staff Writer A global teen epidemic, students with mental health conditions struggle to receive the education they deserve. Struggle to maintain a health emotional and mental wellbeing in a high “pressure cooker” environment has been approached by…
English Teachers’ Opinion on Sparknotes
Ezra Chan and Jessica Lin, Center Spread and Athletics Editors Sparknotes: every student’s best friend in the painfully familiar situation of being too overwhelmingly busy to complete the assigned reading before that big test. Created by Harvard students in 1999…
New Coaches of 2018-2019 Fall
By: Kianna Cheuk, Marc McDaniel, Staff WritersI The new Mills Fall Season coaches for Water Polo, Spirit Squad, Cross Country, Football, and Volleyball are ready to compete and determined to win with their new teams. They hope to make a…
Sit Down with Principal Duszynski
Amanda O’Dea and Daniel Xuereb, Editors-in-Chief The 2018-2019 school year has had one whirlwind of a start. With the Welcome Back Rally, spirit days, a fire drill, and Mills Mania already behind us, Mills students have been hard at work,…
Mills’ Freshman SAIL Academy
Ezra Chan, Center Spread Editor This year, Mills High School is implementing a new program in an effort to provide interdisciplinary support to students at the start of their high school careers. Lead by English teacher Mr. Hudelson, SAIL, which…
The Drama Department’s new director
Get ready to show your Viking spirit—this year, the Mills drama team is welcoming a new member to its family! Mr. Hudelson will be joining the drama department as their new director. After 15 years, Ms. Leung has sadly made…
How Athletes Stay Conditioned
As 2019 approaches, it’s time to say goodbye to our fall sports! This year was eventful for Mills athletes: Varsity Boys Water Polo ends the season undefeated, and Cross Country sent Girls Varsity to state championships. Whereas the season’s end…
Keep on Fighting Justin Condevillamar
Justin Condevillamar is a sophomore at Mills who is battling lymphoma, a type of cancer in his lymph nodes. He has recently received a bone marrow transplant to combat his relapse. The procedure successfully took place on September 14th and…
The Year of the Rom Coms
Romantic comedies have been around since the beginning of film itself. Luckily for us, it appears that every couple of months Netflix releases a new wave of movies, including these loveable rom coms. The newest and greatest hits of this…