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As of 7:50 pm, November 16, weather underground reported an air quality index of 195 in Mountain View, putting the air quality in the unhealthy range. Aerial footage from above MVHS shows severity of the pollution. Photo by Mateo Kaiser

Editorial: Clearing the air

Oracle Staff Dec 11, 2018

This article was originally published in the 12/7 issue of the Oracle When the Camp Wildfire that devastated Northern California shrouded the Bay Area in smoke, the district was inadequately prepared...

Whats WHAP-ening?

What’s WHAP-ening?

Oracle Staff Oct 22, 2018

Brook Mangin-Hinkley has been teaching World History AP for 11 years at MVHS. This article was originally published in Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1 At the end of May 2018, just as we were about to begin...

Eddie Keep, member of MVHS music family, passes away at 16

Eddie Keep, member of MVHS music family, passes away at 16

Oracle Staff Aug 11, 2018

School officials confirmed that rising junior Eddie Keep, born Sep. 17, 2001, passed away Aug. 5 at the age of 16. At MVHS, Keep participated in both Marching Band and Symphonic Band as a strong member...

Board approves bond measure

MVLA approves bond measure, addresses community concerns around facilities plan

Oracle Staff Feb 5, 2018

The district approved a $295 million bond measure that will serve as a primary source of funding for upcoming construction and renovation costs under the Facilities Master Plan at the Feb. 5 board meeting....

YAF holds trial run for the event on Castro Street

Conservative club to host “Change My Mind” event

Oracle Staff Jan 17, 2018

The conservative club Young Americans for Freedom has planned to host an event titled “Change My Mind” through the week of Jan. 22 in the quad, saying they aim to to reduce political divisions on campus...

Here’s everything we know about math teacher Evan Smith’s criminal case

Here’s everything we know about math teacher Evan Smith’s criminal case

Oracle Staff Nov 9, 2017

Math teacher Evan Smith was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 7 after the district learned he had sent allegedly inappropriate texts to a student. The police statement indicates that the texts were sexual in nature,...

Happy New Year: Not just a Winterball theme

Happy New Year: Not just a Winterball theme

Oracle Staff Jan 27, 2017

By Karen Xia and Alan Zhou Update: Originally did not mention other Lunar New Years. This year, both MVHS and LAHS are scheduled to hold their respective Winter Balls on Saturday, Jan. 28, the first...

ASB encouraged students to wear anything from another culture.

A dangerous game: playing dress-up with cultures

Oracle Staff Sep 27, 2016
ASB has recently made efforts to promote school diversity. For example, they hosted a diversity forum during a congressional meeting. However, not all efforts have been sensitive toward minorities.
The underestimated menstrual cup

The underestimated menstrual cup

Oracle Staff Mar 17, 2016

By Katie Lan, guest writer It seems a bit troubling to me that menstruation and the use of feminine hygiene products is still overcasted by stigmatized notions of secrecy. It has become almost an archaic...

BYOD pros and cons: traer su propio programa de dispositivos

BYOD pros and cons: traer su propio programa de dispositivos

Oracle Staff May 5, 2015

Disclaimer: This article was previously printed in English in our most recent issue of the Oracle and has now been translated in Spanish. If you would like to read this article in English,...

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