Seasonal Depression and How It Affects Students
By: Angela Dimaano, Features Editor Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or more commonly known as Seasonal Depression, is a condition that affects approximately six in every one hundred people. SAD more often occurs during the sunlight depleted winter months, but psychologists…
PTO Updates On The State of Mills Mania This Year
By Rita Li, Staff Writer In previous years, Mills Mania was an event that allowed students and their families to buy a variety of foods and participate in various activities to raise money for Mills’ student-run clubs and organizations. Due…
San Mateo County Moves Back to Purple Tier
In the state of California, every county is assigned to a different tier determined by test positivity and adjusted case rate. Ranging from least to most extreme restrictions, there are four categories: yellow, orange, red, and purple. San Mateo County…
Virtual Homework Center Open For Mills Students
By Anjuli Niyogi, Editor-in-Chief During this transition to online learning, the Mills staff is committed to providing academic support so that students can complete their classes successfully. Mills’ homework center coordinator, Israel Hakim, has ensured that students are still able…
SMUHSD Board Meeting on Spring Semester Plans
By Max Zaninovich, Staff Writer On the twelfth of November, the SMUHSD board met and discussed plans for distance learning. Some of the key factors in the return plans are flexibility, support, and consistency. There are 5 phases of reopening….
SMUHSD Student Awareness Instagram Page
By: Leanna Yu, Editor-in-Chief On June 28th, a student-run Instagram page with the username @smuhsd.awareness began sharing anonymous stories of bullying, racism, anti-semitism, homophobia, and sexual assault submittted by SMUHSD students. The account, having over 1,750 followers and 110 posts,…
Overview of the Groove-A-Thon and Future Music Department Plans
By Sophia Baltasar, Guest Writer On October 29th, 2020, the Mills Music Department held their first event of the school year: the Groove-A-Thon. Started last year, the Groove-A-Thon was held in the Mills High School cafeteria on the last Friday…
CA Propositions and how they Affect Us
By: Katelyn Chang, Staff Writer The 2020 Election cycle not only brought us a new presidential candidate, but it also gave us the deciding results over California propositions and national measures. Propositions and measures are voted on to enact new…
Featuring TEDxMillsHighSchool: “Seeds of the Future”
By: Angela Dimaano, Features Editor On November 13th, 2020, Mills Students Anjuli Niyogi (12) and Leanna Yu (12) held a virtual TEDxMillsHighSchool event with the theme “Seeds of the Future”. The event showcased four incredible speakers who gave unique TED…
Uncovering Distance Learning’s High Failing Rates
By Anjuli Niyogi, Editor-in-Chief After assessing the Mills High School grades from the first grading period of the year, it has brought to light that specific classes, students, and teachers have been struggling to make distance learning a successful education…