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Go Club tournament tests strategy and wit

Go Club tournament tests strategy and wit

Kieran Hau, Staffer April 28, 2025

Lynbrook’s Go Club held a tournament starting March 27 and ending on April 24 Contestants started with small boards and went up in size as they progressed The tournament was formatted in...

Elizabeth Louie helps senior Meghana Babu understand a French passage during tutorial. Photo by Erin Fitzpatrick.

Elizabeth Louie recognized with Teacher-Leader Award

Erin Fitzpatrick, Staffer April 28, 2025

Despite challenges with continuing enrollment, Louie continues to advocate for the importance of learning languages. Elizabeth Louie, Lynbrook world language department lead and French teacher,...

Notable recent events include Lynbrook winning the AP Computer Science Principle Female Diversity award, the VTA strike, a national "Hands Off" protest and the increasing international tariffs. Top left: Photo used with permission from Vincent Varletta/Wikimedia Commons
Top right: Photo used with permission from Grendelkhan
Bottom left: Photo used with permission from Patou Ricard/Pixabay
Bottom right: Photo used with permission from Mahmoud Sulaiman/Unsplash.

Campus, community and world events

Brian Lee, Staffer April 28, 2025

School On Jan. 16, Lynbrook became one of 847 institutions across the United States to receive the AP Computer Science: Principles Female Diversity Award from the College Board for the 2023-24 school...

The Spring Movie Theater expanded previous movie night events. Photos by Jenny Suh.

ASB Recognition and Social bring the theater experience to campus

Jenny Suh, Staffer April 28, 2025

On April 4, ASB Recognition and ASB Social had their first collaboration to host the first ever Spring Movie Theater event. The event had 2 locations showing 2 different movies with over 75 students...

Principal Maria Jackson retires after 30 years in education

Principal Maria Jackson retires after 30 years in education

Ethan Wong and Charlotte Bolay April 28, 2025

Principal Maria Jackson will retire at the end of the 2024-25 school year after nearly four decades in education. Jackson’s time spent at Lynbrook started as an English teacher, eventually become...

On April 28, Lynbrook will join PISA, assessing 40 random sophomores on math, science and reading for international comparison, for the first time. Graph based on data provided by OurWorldInData.org.

International student assessment closes after loss of educational funding

Saavan Saraf, Staffer March 24, 2025

The Program for International Student Assessment measures academic progress across the world through a test administered to 15-year-olds Lynbrook will randomly choose 40 sophomores to take the test...

Notable recent events include the 40th anniversary of the FUHSF, school closures in East San José's Franklin-McKinley School District, raging wildfires across Oklahoma and a new wave of violence in the Syrian civil war. Top left: Photo used with permission from FUHSF
Top right: Photo used with permission from Ivan Aleksic/Unsplash
Bottom left: Photo used with permission from Patou Ricard/Pixabay
Bottom right: Photo used with permission from Mahmoud Sulaiman/Unsplash.

Campus, community and world events

Rohan Kakhandiki, Staffer March 24, 2025

School The Fremont Union High School Foundation celebrated its 40th anniversary through its annual Spring for Education fundraiser on March 21. Held at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino, all...

Vertigo Literary Magazine club received the first-class REALM award on Feb. 7 for the literary and artistic quality of their titular magazine's issues. Graphic illustrations used with permission
from Vertigo.

Vertigo magazine wins national REALM award

Brian Lee, Staffer March 24, 2025

Over its 18-year history and 41 online issues, Vertigo Literary Magazine club has garnered a long and rich history as Lynbrook’s only official literary magazine. Vertigo has previously been nationally...

Sophomores from across the district enjoy an evening of skating at the frst-ever intradistrict social.

Class of 2027 skates to first intradistrict social

Anna Cen, Staffer March 24, 2025

On March 7, sophomores across Lynbrook, Cupertino High School, Fremont High School and Homestead High School hosted FUHSD’s first-ever intradistrict social. Inspired to push the norm and bring...

Recent events to note include FBLA's e-waste donation drive, state efforts to fast-track relief for the Los Angeles wildfires, a polar vortex in the Midwest and Plains states and an international agreement to regulate AI. 

Top left: Photo used with permission from Nothing Ahead/Pexels Top right: Photo used with permission from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Bottom left: Photo used with permission from David Robert Crews Bottom right: Photo used with permission from Focall Foto

Campus, community and world events

Crystal Zhu, Opinion Editor March 3, 2025

School: From Feb. 10 to 14, the Future Business Leaders of America’s American Enterprise Project hosted an e-waste donation drive. The initiative, known as Project Teach and headed by senior Yajat...

In his first days in office, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders targeting hot-button issues like gender terminology, immigration and the climate.

Trump signs multiple executive orders into effect

Charlotte Bolay and Olivia Yuan March 3, 2025

Executive Order 14190 On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump signed EO 14190, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling.” The order aims to cut federal funding from schools with “gender ideology,”...

No-return zones, increased temporary housing and homeless data collection are among efforts from San José and Santa Clara County to tackle homelessness and housing costs.

Santa Clara County expands affordable housing

Maddy Chang, Staffer March 3, 2025

Santa Clara County has launched numerous ongoing efforts to address homelessness and the housing shortage, including temporary housing and budget changes. With over 9,900 homeless residents countywide,...