Mills Prom Cancelled because of COVID-19
By: Mia Khan; Staff Writer It’s unfortunate news to announce that the Mills Masquerade Prom will be canceled due to Covid precautions. If followed through, this year’s prom would have been the first in two years. Sadly, a current surge…
The Truth behind “Designated Teacher Work Days”
By: Chloe Ho; Staff Writer TPD: teacher professional development. For students, these are sporadic Mondays off or shortened days of school; a time for them to unwind and relax, or catch up on school work. For teachers, it can be…
Mills Breakfast and Lunches No Longer Free
By: Elizabeth Chen; Staff Writer After months of providing free breakfast and lunch Mills administration has decided to start charging students for their meals. The free breakfast and lunches were originally made so that low-income families that were affected by…
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…
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…
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,…
The Real Grinch Is Capitalism
By: Michaela Gonzalez, Staff Writer Christmas is a broken record meant to empty your pockets and blind you from the product you are becoming in this capitalistic world. Yes, this might sound like a Grinch-like statement, but deep down, we…
Holidays in December
By: Julia Xia, Staff Writer Usually when you think of December the thought of Christmas and jingle bells fills your mind, but in reality there are tons of different cultural celebrations and holidays that happen during the 12th month of…