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

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...

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...

The double-double doors at Dougherty don’t do a good job at letting people in-n-out.

Lock doors into the history books

William Zhao, Staff Writer January 22, 2024

Doors at Dougherty are a design disaster. They certainly are a staple of engineering, but in many cases, they should be scrapped entirely. The double doors that front the classroom buildings are so...

The cast of Radium Girls brings life to the historically-inspired story.

DVHS Drama brings intrigue and emotion with “Radium Girls”

Tanvi Rao, Arts and Entertainment Editor November 21, 2023

The lights dim, and the curtains sweep open. On stage, the set pieces – including a large clock – glow fluorescent green, an omen of what’s about to occur. This is the start of “Radium Girls,”...

Class officer candidate holds phone hostage until they get your vote.

Class officers: trailblazing leaders or mere figureheads?

Benjamin Wang, Staff Writer November 15, 2023

Class officers. We’ve all heard of them, but do we truly understand their roles? We’re all too familiar with the annual end-of-year ritual when a group of “Vote ____ for Class Secretary” T-shirt-wielding...

Workers clean up the build site that once was the 5000 buildings.

Dougherty Valley student population to shrink considerably

William Zhao, Staff Writer October 4, 2023

The 5000 buildings’ demolition over the past summer is a symptom of a falling student population at Dougherty Valley, which will continue for the rest of the decade.  Due to factors such as a dwindling...

My second birthday party in Daly City, CA in the three-bedroom house I shared with cousins, aunts and grandparents.

An ode to AP classes, “bahala na” and farts

Samuel (Sammy) Minioza May 30, 2023

I think my favorite memory from Dougherty has been all the times I’ve farted in class. In Orchestra, in APUSH and even last week in 4th period Econ; before I was the milk menace, I was the brigadier...

Over-structuring writing curriculums pushes students towards uncreative and thoughtless work.

Writing shouldn’t fit in a box

Neetra Chakraborty, Art & Graphics Editor April 28, 2023

I hate Algebra.  I detest it, for the very same reasons some people adore it. It is formulaic and horribly unimaginative. You plug numbers into a given formula to get to the single correct answer....

Stressed-out students use LinkedIn counterproductively when they compare themselves to others.

LinkedIn bolsters toxic environment at DVHS

Ananya Pinnamaneni and Saanvi Haridas April 16, 2023

Have you ever found yourself clicking through endless LinkedIn profiles of your peers, your stress building up as you realize how much more accomplished these students seem compared to you? LinkedIn,...

A screengrab of a webpage with the headline labeled East Bay Educators. The page is displaying an article titled Questionable Employment History Troubles Local School Board Candidate. There is a stamp labeled false in red lettering that has been overlayed onto the webpage.

Aftereffects of a political smear campaign erode community’s trust months after election

Lauren Chen and Abby Kapur April 9, 2023

A targeted campaign attacking a candidate from last year’s SRVUSD Board of Trustees election has still had lasting effects in the local community, raising concerns about the role of disinformation in...

Students’ lunches are being stolen with increasing frequency from the lunch cart.

Students’ lunches are regularly being stolen

Ananya Pinnamaneni, Carina Liu, and Jia Takayoshi April 4, 2023

During lunch, many DVHS students pick up their DoorDash orders or home lunches from the cart outside the office. However, in recent months, these lunches have started to be stolen with an increasing frequency. Many...

Monte Vista and Dougherty Valley male soccer players head towards the ball in the middle of their heated EBAL game.

Dougherty Valley varsity boys soccer defies expectations and fights backlash

Jack Ke and Shreyas Sambara March 11, 2023

On Feb. 22, Dougherty Valley took a disappointing 1-0 defeat to Monte Vista, ending their sensational season run in the NCS tournament.  At the start of the game, both teams came out with guns blazing...

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