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.…

ICE Raids in the Bay Area

By: Bianca Pando, Entertainment editor On January 20th of 2025, the 47th president of the United States, President Trump, was inaugurated into office. Seven days later, Trump launched nationwide immigration…

Mills to Remove AP Courses Prerequisites Requirement for Select Classes

By: Matthew Du; Staff Writer The above image is used within the Creative Commons Attribution license. Photo by: User: Eginmotion96 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Y-SA 3.0 (see here)…

City of Stars: Winter Formal

By: Abigail Chai, Center Spread Editor Despite students’ begrudged return to school every year following a two-week break from the many assignments and tests of the fall, there is one…

SMUHSD Ban on Sale of Plastic Bottles Petition

By: Jada Pan, Staff Writer The sale of plastic water bottles in the cafeteria and lunch carts may soon be a thing of the past, not just at Mills but…

Bird Flu Fear: Is It Serious and Something to Worry About?

By: Noah Ung, Staff Writer Recent media coverage has caused some concerns about bird flu, making some wonder if it’s a major threat. Headlines may be dramatic, but the truth…

Panda Express @ Gateway

By: Andres Luis Makilan, Staff Writer Chipotle, Habit, Tiger Tea, Starbucks. Establishments, well, established, in close proximity to Mills. These businesses can always count on high schoolers tired after a…

What is Lemon8 and why is it banned?

Elijah Cabatic, Staff Writer With all of the controversy over its older brother Tik Tok, ByteDances other social media site, Lemon8 has often fallen below the headlines. Many flocked to…

False Alarms: Vaping in School Bathrooms Trigger Frequent Fire Evacuations, Raise Concerns of Admin and Students

By: Tianyou Lee, Staff Writer On Jan. 14 at 11:02 a.m., Ronan Gensel (10) should’ve been in the middle of a lesson about drug concentrations in his third period biotechnology…

Lessons from LA: How Can Millbrae Citizens Brace for the Next Big Disaster?

By: Madyson Tang, Staff Writer The Los Angeles fires have brought awareness to many natural disasters happening in our world. Having that mild Bay Area earthquake early morning on Jan.…