The Year of Chalamet: Catching Him in Every Movie Ever

By: Hayden Bunce, Staff Writer If you love Timothee Chalamet or even hate him, you’ll need to be prepared to see him on your big screens until the end of time. It was recently announced that he will star in…

Final Rally, Final Season

By: Emily Wu, Staff Writer As Squid Game rose in popularity late last year, it has been decided that Mills Leadership will host their own version of the show. Squid Game is a thrilling series that aired its first season…

Set Sail for Prom!

By: Bianca Pando, Entertainment Editor As April comes closer, juniors and seniors here at Mills High School are starting to grow more and more excited. It could be because of the much-anticipated Spring break, meaning a whole week of relaxation…

Rats and Termites

It’s unclear when it began, but for weeks now, accidents around Mills have occurred that all point to the same culprit.  The first sign was on a seemingly normal school day. Dutifulling reading The Crucible in her Ap Lang class,…

Pool Shuts Down: Swim Practice Moved to Land

By: Warren Shiu, Staff Writer Mills High School’s swim team is making history this year—but not quite the kind they had in mind. When the school pool was suddenly shut down for “technical issues” early this season, the team was…

Letter from the Editors April 2025

By Elaine Chan & Phoebe Piserchio, Editors-in-Chief Happy April Fools! Enjoy our annual joke issue, packed full of satirical stories and an Advice Column, where we answer our Vikings’ burning questions (located on pages 6 and 7). We hope everyone…

Disgusting Odor Prompts Evacuation of Math Class

By: Matthew Du; Odor Analyst and Traumatized Witness On a sunny Friday afternoon at approximately 12:15 pm on February 28th, a random disgusting odor filled Room 308 and prompted an evacuation for Molly Kovacs’s Algebra 1 class. The smell was…

Prom Attendees Required to Wear Life Jackets

By: Kalyssa Chu, Staff Writer Get ready to suit up—the Mills Prom Committee has announced that all prom attendees will be required to wear life jackets while aboard the venue. This year’s “City Nights on the Bay” prom takes place…

The Construction is Completed, and it’s….fine?

Elijah Cabatic, Staff Writer About four months ago, I wrote an article about the then ongoing construction in front of the school. I was provided with renderings, and while I didn’t say it in the article, I wasn’t particularly impressed…

Teaching Change: The Strength of Student-Led Movements

By: Noor Abdullah; Opinions Editor Learning about the power of advocacy is an integral part of education, from elementary school to college. Promoting change and justice through activism is a vital lesson in American schools. In Social Studies classes, students…