Another memeingful club created at Dougherty
Steven Deng, Copy Editor
May 27, 2018
Amidst a jumble of volunteering, science and math clubs at Dougherty, the new Meme Culture and Internet Safety Club will be charting a new path into Dougherty at the start of the 2018-2019 school year. Founded by sophomores Andrew Cheng, Shady Henry, Nirmal Ayyagari, John Pluth, Zackery McCrann,...
An in-depth view of the vaping epidemic
Amanda Su, Elisa Fang, and Anumita Jain
May 27, 2018
It was 10:43 a.m. on May 16, around the end of brunch. The AP English Language and Composition exam was taking place in the Auxiliary Gym. I [Amanda Su] was waiting outside of Officer Katie Williams’ office, hoping to conduct an interview with her about the vaping epidemic that has spread across hi...
Destigmatizing DV mental illness
Riya Bindlish, Features Editor
May 15, 2018
The hallways look a lot different now — at least to me. I see something that I didn’t see before. It prowls around, consuming us, slowly, and attacking us at our weakest moments. Yes, there’s a creature hidden in the shadows. One that is constantly overlooked, yet omnipresent and deadly: mental...
A few tips for your AP exams
Daniel Shen, Editor-in-Chief
May 4, 2018
Even though there’s only 19 days left in the DV school year, so much has yet to happen — prom, spring concerts, the end-of-the-year rally, Powderpuff, finals, my birthday, and, of course, AP exams. Over the course of two weeks (May 7-11 and May 14-18), just under 3,000 individual AP tests of the...
“The Great Gatsby” prom is more than just a party
Vikram Balasubramanian and Megan Tsang
April 28, 2018
This year’s prom is designed to be the most glamorous and fun event of the school year. Hosted at the San Francisco City Hall and put on by Leadership for the junior and senior classes, it is the most popular of any school-hosted event. Maryam Siddiqi, the current ASB Treasurer and member of the...
2018 Relay for Life celebrates life and fights cancer
Daniel Shen, Editor-in-Chief
April 25, 2018
Starting 8 a.m. on March 24, 2018, for 24 straight hours, dozens of high school students gathered at Dougherty Valley to partake in the annual nationwide rally against cancer that is Relay for Life.
Idea of class ranking ranks last in minds of Dougherty students
Steven Deng, Copy Editor
November 27, 2017
A class ranking system, which measures a student's performance comparatively against others, usually by comparing GPA, is largely unfavored by the majority of students at Dougherty. The main reason behind this is mainly that it will create even more competition and stress at Dougherty. A recent poll...
The Rise of Chinpreme: From inside joke to schoolwide movement
October 26, 2017
Chinpreme is not a cult. At the heart of “Chinpreme” — the name a portmanteau of the popular clothing brand Supreme and senior Chinmay Pulapa’s own name — are Pulapa’s friends, who started the loose movement as, mostly, a joke. “It’s just a hype thing,” senior Nimish Madhure said. ...
The history of Homecoming
Aria Khalique, Multimedia Editor
October 10, 2017
It’s that time of year again. All buildings are decorated, leadership is getting ready for rallies and all anybody can talk about is the game. Homecoming is an age-old tradition that takes place a few weeks after school starts. It traditionally consists of rallies, parades, crowning of royalty, a...
California Academy of Sciences: Where the Wild(cat) Things Are
Anumita Jain, Managing Web Editor
May 17, 2017
As students scramble, figuring out who they’re going to Prom with, the prom committee frantically tries to finalize everything in order to ensure this year’s Prom is the best that the school has ever seen. Randomly selected in October, this year’s prom committee comprises of members who usuall...
Aquapalooza makes a splash for a good cause
February 12, 2017
On Feb. 17, 2017, DVHS Leadership is holding its second annual Spring Dance, titled Aquapalooza. For the first time ever, proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to a charity, Charity: Water. Charity: Water is a non-profit organization that builds wells in developing nations to provide clean and safe drin...
By crossing a border, we built a home and bridged a divide
Amanda Su, Editor-in-Chief
January 26, 2017
In a first-person narrative style features article, Amanda Su recounts and reflects on her experience building a home in Tijuana As I walked through the aisles of my local Home Depot, I gazed upon shelves and walls full of massive hammers, saws and wrenches. While nervously setting sharp tools back to...
