Shadow Program illuminates introductions to Sequoia life
Jay Tipirneni, Staff Reporter
October 18, 2017
Filed under Features
Hundreds of eighth graders shadow at Sequoia every year, but some are prepared by siblings or friends. Others come with nothing. Many of the shadows that eventually attend Sequoia see a completely different setting than what they initially saw from their shadow experience the previous year. Because...
Vaulters spring into new year with Stahler
Zack Rosenblatt, Executive Editor
September 20, 2017
Filed under Features, News, Sports
Sequoia’s Pole Vault team played its first matches during the 2017 spring season for the first time after Resources Officer David Stahler decided to lead the team. Though students could still compete in Pole Vault before last spring, it was reserved for students already participating on the track...
New teachers quickly find love for Sequoia
Sam Brook, Staff Reporter
September 20, 2017
Vicki Barone Department: English Prior School: Gilroy High School Barone has moved around within the Bay Area for several years with her husband, two dogs, and one cat. Right now she commutes from Half Moon Bay to come teach several levels of English classes at Sequoia. Before teaching, she got her B...
Lighting the way through tradition
Shannon Coan, Feature Editor
September 13, 2017
Filed under Features
Every year at graduation, Helio, an ancient Chinese lantern symbolizing wisdom, is passed down from the senior class president to the incoming senior class president. Helio was first introduced at Sequoia in 1900; it started out as a football trophy. The lamp was said to be from the gardens of a Chinese...
Sequoia student summers spread worldwide
Lauren Stevens, Staff Reporter
September 13, 2017
Filed under Features
Science-loving students travel to see total solar eclipse
Rio Popper, Online Editor
August 23, 2017
As most Sequoia students sat in their second and third-period classes, several other students watched day become night in Oregon during the total solar eclipse. One such student was senior Layne Stanley, who finds science, and space in particular, interesting. He decided to travel with his family to...
The 2017 College & Career Map
May 31, 2017
Filed under Features, News, Showcase
Compare this year's class against those from past years.
Sequoia groups seclude despite statistical diversity
Shannon Coan, Staff Reporter
May 31, 2017
Filed under Features
Sequoia’s motto is “a place of friends”; however, its many different populations do not seem to get to know one another. “Diversity is an amazing thing—it gives an understanding of another background. Diversity lets people know that you don’t need to be the same race, age, color, whatever...
Q&A with past and present IB Diploma students
Beatrice Bugos, Feature Editor
May 31, 2017
Filed under Features, Sequoia Says
Jared Peterson, senior Q: What was hard about the Diploma? A:“In my first semester of senior year getting all the [Internal Assessments] for every class together alongside college essays and applications stressed me out to the extent that I might have started developing depression of some sort. Althou...
Players tackle spring football
Isabel Sanchez-Foster and Krista Weaver
May 31, 2017
Most sports have optional conditioning periods; however, football has mandatory training nearly year round. Starting in January, players train towards Spring Ball, a period in spring that starts after spring sports end. Rob Polous, the head coach of Sequoia’s football team, says the integration of S...
‘178 Blank Pages’ fills theater with tears on and offstage
Rio Popper, Online Editor
May 31, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Features, News, Showcase
The soundtrack to senior Bryce Stephens’s play, “178 Blank Pages,” was a chorus of “awwws” from the 244 audience members in Carrington May 19. Whether it was a scene featuring the play’s subtle hilarity or its tear-wrenching conflicts, actors junior Nic Sanon and sophomore Lex Navarra breat...
Middle College provides alternative to high school
Lauren Stevens, Staff Reporter
May 31, 2017
Filed under Features
College is on the horizon for many high school students; some tackle this challenge early through Middle College. This program is designed for high school students craving the flexibility and opportunity found in college settings. Students take three classes with their Middle College peers: English, History a...
