With her signature dangly earrings and lively personality, the new addition to the Monte Vista art department is hard to miss. A transfer from Ascend School in Oakland, Mrs. Gardner recently joined the Monte Vista staff as a new Ceramics 1 teacher.       “The...

     For millennia, art has been a physical means of human expression; as AI (Artificial Intelligence) continues to improve and expand, many people, including Monte Vista students, have begun using it to generate ideas and artwork. Although some claim that AI enables more...

   In case enough people haven’t complained about it enough already, students were required to attend the back-to-school rally for the first time in recent memory. In previous years, students were encouraged to attend but were offered alternate locations either for mental...

     As summer shifts into fall, the buzz around campus turns to Friday night lights and the roar of the student section. With the football season just around the corner, questions linger about how the team will perform, such as what students expect from the players. We sat...

     Growing up, Christian McCaffrey was a young boy who always dreamed of being in the NFL. After being highly recruited in high school, he committed to Stanford, where he was the first Cardinal to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season. His success caught the attention...

     Under the raging lights of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, current and former champions are aiming for the billboards at the U.S Open.       “I’m following Djokovic a lot. He was my dad’s favorite player and now mine,” said senior Rishal Melvani....

     A new school year has started, and with it comes a new class of students. One thing that always catches everyone’s eye is the vending machines. Students flock to them every day for a quick snack during break, lunch, or passing period. They are a popular commodity...

     17 children vanish into the woods at 2:17 am on a quiet Thursday night - this is the chilling premise of Weapons, dubbed by the media as one of the scariest summer movies of the year. This horror/thriller movie starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Amy Madigan was...

     Fifty years ago, on a sultry August summer night, a classic film appeared in the 1975 collection of assorted titles, including Jaws, Barry Lyndon, and One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a theatrical version of the television show of the...

    The Summer I Turned Pretty, more like the summer Conrad became despondent... Since season 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty was released, fans have been kept on the edge of their seats every Wednesday, with plot twists, heartbreaks, and a love triangle that’s messier...