How SMUHSD Administration Expects the Year to Play Out
By: Jordan Hasty, Staff Writer During these current unprecedented times, several changes to the typical school agenda have been made. Many aspects of day-to-day student/teacher life have also been drastically affected; school is now held strictly online, workouts are socially…
New Wishing Wall at the Millbrae Museum
By: Leanna Yu, Editor-in-Chief The new Wishing Wall implemented at the Millbrae History Museum is a safe place for residents to showcase their social justice hopes for Millbrae. The Millbrae Museum is located at 420 Poplar Ave, directly across from…
Zoom Expectations With Distance Learning
By Anjuli Niyogi, Editor-in-Chief Zoom meetings, held on one of the world’s most popular video conferencing platforms, have become the new norm for thousands of schools across the country, including Mills High School. As it is still a completely new…
The First Virtual Back-to-School Night
By: Leanna Yu, Editor-in-Chief The first online Back-to-School Night was held on a live webinar with a presentation by the school administration. To visit classes, parents were invited to create a parent observer account on Canvas and watch the course…
Apocalyptic Skies: Millbrae Awakes to Red Haze
On Wednesday, September 9th, students woke up to an orange-like filter outside their Bay Area homes. These ominous skies have continued to prevail all morning and afternoon, casting a night time feel to this darkened day. I’ve never seen anything…
Fireside Chat With Principal Duszynski
By Leanna Yu, Editor-in-Chief After the first week of distance learning, Principal Pamela Duszynski revealed insight on coping with distance learning and Mills’ future endeavors for starting the academic year online. As students and staff work from home, Principal Duszynski…
Facing Online Learning’s New Challenge: Zoom Bombing
By Anjuli Niyogi, Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, August 18th, Serena Arge’s 6th period Art of Video class was interrupted by a Zoom bomber’s racial comments. While giving a personal example for a get-to-know your classmates slideshow assignment, Ms. Arge described her…
FAQ’s: Vikings Return to School
By Anjuli Niyogi, Editor-in-Chief Where can I access any district updates? If you haven’t gotten emails or text messages linking to Superintendent Kevin Skelly’s updates over the last 6 months, you can access his past and any upcoming messages here….
COVID-19 AFFECTS SMUHSD SCHOOLS
By Anjuli Niyogi and Leanna Yu, The Thunderbolt Editors On Friday, March 13th, all schools in the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD) waved goodbye to their classmates and wished their teachers well for the next few weeks. While…
RECAP OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING 4/16
By Leanna Yu and Anjuli Niyogi, Center Spread and News Editor Following the district-wide decision to carry out virtual learning until the end of the school year, the issue regarding student grades came into question. The idea of changing the…