Millbrae Lunar New Year Festival
By Rachel Cheng, Staff Writer With the start of 2023, many are eager to see what the new year has in store for them. For many, the new year also brings the holiday of Lunar New Year: one of the…
Food For Thought
By Michael Lin, Staff writer. A healthy body is a healthy mind, and a healthy mind encourages better performance in daily tasks. Since the fall of 2020, California has required its schools to provide free lunches in order to support…
The Effects of the Atmospheric River in California
By Samuel Lam, Staff Writer Over the past several years, California has garnered a reputation for being devoid of water as it has been ridden with droughts. However, throughout the past month, California has battled heavy rain and thunder, all…
Push for Stricter Phone Usage Policy at Mills
By Daniel Gao and Michael Lin, Staff Writers The push for implementing a stricter phone policy at Mills High School has sparked heated debates among students, teachers, and administrators. San Mateo High School has already pioneered its cell phone-free environment…
History Teacher Ms. Campbell Hit by Car
By: Magdalene Ko, Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday November 29, one of our own Mills teachers was hit by a car up the street from Millbrae Pancake House. Although doing relatively well, Ms. Campbell suffers from a multitude of injuries, including small…
Boba Bots Calgames Overview
By Amelia Naughten, Staff Writer On October 9th, following three straight days of competition with their latest bot, Ghost-Tea, Mills’ Robotics team, the Boba Bots, ranked 16th out of 36 teams at the annual Calgames First Robotics competition, hosted at…
SMUHSD’S District-Wide Equity Vision
By: Michaela Gonzalez, Opinions Editor Beginning in 2018, the San Mateo High School District (SMUHSD) created an equity vision and General Equity Committee to cultivate a balanced learning environment for all students. Their mission statement reads: “We will continually identify,…
Minimum Wage Raised To 22$/hr For Chain Restaurants
By Jessica Poon, Staff Writer On Labor Day 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill creating a council that could bump the minimum wage for Californian fast food chain workers up to 22$/hr and protects employees from discrimination. The…
New Recreation Center For Millbrae
By Noor Abdullah, Staff Writer The city of Millbrae opened the new Recreation Center to the public on July 10th in Central Park to the thrilled welcome of the community, six years after the previous recreation center was unfortunately destroyed…
How does the English Department select Books?
By: Elizabeth Chen; Staff Writer Over the past few years the English curriculum has changed, as well as the requirements for what students are reading. With an always changing society, there is a push to make the books that are…