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Inheriting privilege: A closer examination of legacy and affirmative action policies on societal inequities

Inheriting privilege: A closer examination of legacy and affirmative action policies on societal inequities

  This article was originally published in a print edition of the Oracle in February 2024.  On June 29 last year, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that race-conscious college...

Lying, bending the truth, or gaslighting: The dangers that misinformation and disinformation pose to society

“Lying, bending the truth, or gaslighting”: The dangers that misinformation and disinformation pose to society

This article was originally published in a print edition of the Oracle in December 2023.  The COVID-19 pandemic. Climate change. The 2020 presidential election. The Israel-Hamas war. These distinct...

Whats wrong with me?: The roles of time, media, and cultural influence on adolescent relationships

“What’s wrong with me?”: The roles of time, media, and cultural influence on adolescent relationships

  This article was originally published in a print edition of the Oracle in October 2023.  * Indicates that a source's name has been changed in order to maintain their anonymity due to...

Ciara Ross

Striving for perfection: Students open up about body image struggles and disordered eating habits

This article was originally published in a print edition in September 2023. Senior Kendall Lorton said that her struggles with body image began in the dance studio. From ages eight to 14, Lorton spent...

“I just felt like nobody cared”: Students open up about their experiences with sexual harassment

“I just felt like nobody cared”: Students open up about their experiences with sexual harassment

This article was originally published in a print edition in April 2023. Student Experiences: Every night, a male student in junior Perry Mirshafiei’s elective class would allegedly text her, making...

Doce años después de la consolidación, el programa ELD regresa a Los Altos

Doce años después de la consolidación, el programa ELD regresa a Los Altos

Sophia Smith, Traductor Apr 20, 2022

Pedro Alcazar, estudiante de segundo año y comisionado de desarrollo del idioma inglés en MVHS, dijo que el problema principal que enfrentan los estudiantes ELD en MVHS es el transporte. Algunos...

Twelve years after consolidation, ELD program returns to Los Altos High School

Twelve years after consolidation, ELD program returns to Los Altos High School

Pedro Alcazar, sophomore and English Language Development Commissioner at MVHS, said that the main issue ELD students at MVHS face is transportation.  Some students have to take two or three buses...

Threats of violence on campus reveal school-wide anxiety and confusion

Threats of violence on campus reveal school-wide anxiety and confusion

Danie Robledo, a social science and AVID teacher, said she felt like she was playing a “game of mental calculus” when she received an email about a threat of violence in the district on Jan. 7. “It...

States eviction moratorium ends, stressing need for community aid

State’s eviction moratorium ends, stressing need for community aid

Julia Gentin Dec 10, 2021

Junior Miguel Jimenez said his household received an eviction notice in the first week of November. Jimenez, who lives with his aunt, great-grandmother, and brother, immediately began looking for alternative...

Renaming of local school prompts reckoning with problematic past

Julia Gentin Oct 8, 2021

An Ugly Past Near the end of Benny Cittadino’s fifth-grade year, in June 2020, his class was given an extra assignment to research the namesake of their school, Frank L. Huff. Through Cittadino’s...

2020-2021 Grad Map

2020-2021 Grad Map

Oracle Staff Jun 15, 2021

updated-grad-map-elianaDownload Each year, the Oracle contacts each member of the graduation class to seek information on their post-graduation plans, resulting in the creation of the “grad map”....

Coming to a multiethnic gathering: inside the diversity of the ELD program

Coming to a multiethnic gathering: inside the diversity of the ELD program

Nure Shamlou May 18, 2021

Surrounded by a different culture and language, English language learners forge new relationships and piece together a new language. Supporting these students from a variety of backgrounds is the English...

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