Students should take handwritten notes to better comprehend content
Ronit Kumar, Sports Editor
May 30, 2017
In middle school, I often wondered why many teachers required me to take handwritten notes while other students received printed notes. I complained about the extra time it took to produce handwritten notes than simply typing them up. However, I have come to realize that handwritten notes actually help...
Out with the old and in with the truth: does D.V. recycle?
Karen Wang, Opinions Editor
May 30, 2017
I was told that DV doesn’t recycle in my first week here. After jokingly berating a friend for chucking a stack of papers into the trash, she laughed, then gave me kind of a weird look, like she was about to divulge some sort of secret. “Hey, you know that we don’t actually recycle, right?” I ...
Why senioritis isn’t half-bad
Irene Chang, Editor In Chief
April 18, 2017
If you’re a senior who’s still powering through the last stretch of the school year with grades at a record high and your brain burning with the fire of intellect and the hunger for knowledge, then I have an infinite store of admiration for you. If, instead, you’re a senior who feels more obligation towards...
The SRVUSD homework policy is best for students
Lily Houlston, Staff Writer
April 18, 2017
During the 2015-2016 school year, a new homework policy was implemented, limiting the amount of homework students could be given on school nights, weekends and breaks. Weighted classes, however, were excepted from the policy and thus have no limitations regarding homework volume. Many AP and honors stud...
DVHS stereotype of academic success is untrue
Skyler Spears and Vikram Balasubramanian
March 8, 2017
DVHS: home of the Wildcats, AP classes, the highest SRVUSD standardized testing scores and a SAT average many points above the national average. But within the school’s walls, students know that everyone isn't so high achieving; an ordinary student doesn’t take five weighted classes or get straight ...
Community college: exploring the stigma among D.V. students
Musa Tariq, Staff Writer
January 27, 2017
College application season has swept DV seniors in a wave of tension and haste as students apply to institutions of higher learning all across the nation, with many seeking entry to prestigious, big name schools. However, when the idea of community college is brought up, it is considered to be the com...
Just be yourself, but also be who colleges want you to be
Irene Chang, Editor In Chief
December 17, 2016
As the entrance of fall in San Ramon is announced by the 40-degree mornings that spike into 70-degree afternoons, high school seniors around the nation begin to think about how their future is weighed in the gnarly, evil 650-words-or-less hands of college applications. The stressful process of throwi...
