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Semester-Long Arts Classes To Be Phased Out

Semester-Long Arts Classes To Be Phased Out

Bianca Putanec, Assistant Sports Editor
April 14, 2025

The arts department plans to phase out semester-long arts elective classes and replace them with year-long classes starting with the 2025-26 school year....

Sustaina-Bowl? Ongoing Issue of Disappearing Bowls Follows Lunchtime Trash-Reduction Efforts

Sustaina-Bowl? Ongoing Issue of Disappearing Bowls Follows Lunchtime Trash-Reduction Efforts

Elaina Huang, Assistant Opinions Editor
April 10, 2025

Walk around campus, and chances are you’ll run into reusable red and black bowls. But some are not in the dirty dish rack of the cafeteria, where they...

Students Weigh In on California Legacy Admissions Ban

Students Weigh In on California Legacy Admissions Ban

Anya Ramani, Assistant News Editor
April 10, 2025

This fall, Menlo juniors applying to private colleges and universities in California will encounter a different playing field than those before them. In...

Students Give Mixed Reactions to Trump 2.0

Students Give Mixed Reactions to Trump 2.0

Jacob Reich, Online Editor
April 9, 2025

Despite taking office just over two months ago, President Donald Trump has instituted drastic policy changes. While bringing back many initiatives from...

Post-Finals Prom Date Raises Concern and Excitement

Post-Finals Prom Date Raises Concern and Excitement

Malia Chen, Assistant Social Media & Marketing Director
April 9, 2025

This year, prom is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2025, the day after the Upper School math final and nearly a month later than last year’s prom on...

Recapping Consequential Cases From the Last Supreme Court Term

Recapping Consequential Cases From the Last Supreme Court Term

Jacob Reich, Online Editor
March 27, 2025

This is the first article in a series of stories about the Supreme Court that will cover the influential cases from its previous term, the ongoing 2024...

Courtesy of Miriam Magaña

Family Support Expands Accommodation of Multilingual Parents

Geoffrey Franc, Co-Editor in Chief
March 23, 2025

Now it’s almost routine: whenever senior administrators send an email to the school community to mark a milestone or comment on recent events, the text...

Charles Hanson speaks to teachers and students.

History Department Hosts World Events Colloquy

Zoe Hayes, Staff Writer
March 14, 2025

History teachers Charles Hanson, Clara Bergander, and Sabahat Adil hosted a discussion of the history and future of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict...

Menlo School Implements New Assembly Rotation for Affinity Groups to Ensure Equity

Menlo School Implements New Assembly Rotation for Affinity Groups to Ensure Equity

Aaron Widjaja, Copy Editor
March 11, 2025

Though Menlo often puts on elaborate celebrations for heritage months like Hispanic Heritage Month or cultural holidays such as Lunar New Year, affinity...

Administration Works to Shift Culture Around Bigoted Language

Administration Works to Shift Culture Around Bigoted Language

Caroline Clack, A&L Editor
March 4, 2025

Following incidents last spring in which two Upper School students were expelled for using discriminatory language, Menlo administrators have taken measures...

Photo courtesy of Tania Troper

Marco’s Mission Brings Its Educational Message to Menlo

Savannah Smith, Assistant A&L Editor
March 4, 2025

Marco’s Mission, a non-profit dedicated to educating and spreading awareness about the risks of drug use, will be leading an assembly at Menlo in late...

Two Trips Cut as MTerm Expands to New Horizons

Two Trips Cut as MTerm Expands to New Horizons

Miki Kimura, Head Copy Editor
March 3, 2025

In its third post-pandemic year, Menlo MTerm now offers the largest selection of trips in the program’s history, with new study abroad locations in Malaysia...

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