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…
Goodbye to our Assistant Principals
By: Chloe Ho; Staff Writer It’s been announced with excitement and sadness that our two assistant principals will be moving on from Mills after this year. Mr. Gomez will be recommended to become Capuchino High School’s new principal after this…
Student Film Festival
By: Mia Khan; Staff Writer The Mills film festival highlights student films and animations that are made in video production and media arts as well as advanced students. Organized by Ms. Arge, weeks of preparation occurred along with a selected…
AP Physics Great America Trip
By: Hanson Han; Staff Writer Many students learn things in the classroom. Unfortunately, these things they learn usually end up staying in the classroom. However, Ms. Cotter has given the Mills AP Physics class a wonderful opportunity to experience physics…
Effects of Omicron on Teachers and the Administration
By Zhiyuan Ma As many students have already observed, students and teachers have had to quarantine due to how contagious omicron is. The massive increase in cases means that teachers have to adapt their classrooms creatively to ensure students are…