The official student news site of Dougherty Valley High School.

The Wildcat Tribune

The official student news site of Dougherty Valley High School.

The Wildcat Tribune

The official student news site of Dougherty Valley High School.

The Wildcat Tribune

Team 5776K qualifies for the World Championship.

The DVHS Robotics team prepares for the VEX Robotics World Championship

Ariya Shah, Features Copy Editor April 18, 2024

DVHS Robotics teams 5776K and 5776E have qualified for the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championship, which will be taking place from April 25 - May 3 in Dallas, Texas.  Each year in spring, a new game...

Cultural dance performances light up the stage at City Centers Holi celebration.

Holi festivities paint San Ramon in a kaleidoscope of colors

San Ramon’s annual Holi celebration was hosted at City Center Bishop Ranch on April 7th, bringing the Bay Area community together to celebrate the auspicious festival of colors. The event, marked...

PlateToPeople volunteers collect food donations from a local farmers market. // PlateToPeople

DVHS Juniors Awarded “Student Humanitarians of the Year” at annual MLK ceremony

Ananya Mukherjee and Shreyas Sambara March 26, 2024

Dougherty Valley juniors Noor and Robi Tozul Ahmad, and Vedant Kathrani were recognized as the “Youth Humanitarians of the Year” at the Contra Costa County’s Martin Luther King Jr. ceremony on Jan....

This year, the DV Math Club held the American Invitational Mathematics Examination for the 13th time.

Students AIM(E) high in annual mathematics competition

Nina Stadermann, Staff Writer March 26, 2024

This year, Feb. 1 marks the testing date for the 31 students taking the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) at DVHS. Though it was nearly called off due to organizational complications,...

Fresh lunches are served to DVHS students.

Journey to the lunch line

Neetra Chakraborty, Art & Graphics Editor March 26, 2024

Every day around 1,500 DVHS students enter the lunch line and receive a free, school-provided lunch. Options range from Caesar Salads to 100% beef steak burgers. But students only experience the very...

Interior of an empty bus traveling down Bollinger Canyon Road.

County Connection bus system falls short in long-distance travel

Benjamin Wang, Staff Writer March 24, 2024

The County Connection bus system offers convenient and affordable public transportation within San Ramon, yet struggles with long-distance transport and low attendance.   The network allows all citizens...

Powell on Jan. 31, his last day as DVHS principal

Powell’s departure leaves legacy of community-wide collaboration

David Zhang, Staff Writer March 20, 2024

Evan Powell was appointed to the districtwide position of Director of Classified Human Resources by the SRVUSD Board of Education at their Dec. 13 meeting, and after a new principal was selected, Powell...

VSA perform a traditional Vietnamese dance in colorful costumes. The fans and many of the costumes were provided by Tang.

DVHS Lunar New Year Festival

Aiyuan (Christine) Geng and Hebe Wang February 28, 2024

As the Lunar New Year approached, DVHS student-led cultural clubs, the Chinese Student Association(CSA) and Vietnamese Student Association(VSA), collaborated to host the first Lunar New Year Festival at...

The LGBTQ+ Book Club is one out of two book clubs hosted by the DVHS Library, focusing largely on reading books involving LGBTQ characters.

DVHS Library introduces new book club centering around LGBTQ+

Hebe Wang, Staff Writer February 15, 2024

The first meeting of DVHS’ newly-formed LGBTQ+ Book Club took place on Jan. 25. Initiated by DVHS librarian Annalisa Raphael, the LGBTQ+ Book Club is the second club run by the library, alongside...

DVHS language program helps families to connect with their community

DVHS Language Support Program bridges language barriers in a diversified community

Aiyuan (Christine) Geng, Social Media Manager February 7, 2024

The DVHS Language Support Network is a newly established program launched earlier this year with the goal of providing support for students facing language and cultural barriers. Jessica Wigginton,...

BART service can be traced back to the 1970’s.

New renovations strike hope for BART’s ridership

Ella Shen, Editor-in-Chief February 2, 2024

BART, the Bay Area’s main mass transit system, is actively pursuing safety and ridership improvements through initiatives such as the Next Generation Fare Gates and infrastructure rebuilding supported...

Students line up outside of the library, waiting for a spot to study

Safety concerns and poor behavior sparked formation of library lunch line

Benjamin Wang, Staff Writer December 14, 2023

The Dougherty Valley Library has begun to implement a line system during the lunch period to conform with the building’s fire code and to address growing behavioral issues. Many students who spend their...

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