The Value of a Good AP Score

Joel Martinez-Cobian, Staff Writer
April 19, 2013

Mr. Carpenter’s seventh period AP statistics class studies diligently in anticipation of the AP exam. With May just around the corner, and advanced placement teachers pressuring students to prepare for the AP tests, it’s hard not to stop and wonder about the true value of AP performance. Those... Read more »

The Terrifying Reality of Woodside Seniors

Leira Fae Montemayor, Staff Writer
November 20, 2012

Colleges in the United States have always required either the ACT or SAT to judge all students by a common measurement of academic intelligence and common sense . The two exams are known as the universal equalizers because they measure high school students’ educational development and capability... Read more »

Meet Ms. Burbank!

Makayla Karr-Warner, Editor-in-Chief, and Brianna Wurz, Staff Writer
October 10, 2012

As Ms. Burbank wanders the Woodside High School campus grounds during lunch, she encounters hundreds of new faces. She entered an unknown territory on the first day of school, August 25th, as the new principal at Woodside High School. We set out to not only get to know our new principal and her plans... Read more »

Homecoming Week 2011 Summary

Mackenzie Bray and Shari Wilson, Webmaster and Staff Writer
October 26, 2011

Monday While they probably had spirit days in middle school, on Monday the freshmen got a taste of what Woodside Spirit is like. Only 139 freshmen out of a total 479 were accounted for at lunchtime, putting them in fourth place. At lunchtime there was also musical chairs, in which all grades participated.... Read more »

Wildcats Show Their Pride with Skits, Rallies, and Floats

David Rode, Kathleen Sandoval, and Maria Fernanda McCavitt, Staff Writers
October 25, 2011

The classes prepared like crazy for weeks and in the end it all came down how much spirit they could each show in just 3 minutes. On Friday, October 21, 2011, students decked out in white, black, and orange filled the bleaches of the gymnasium waiting for their fellow classmates to perform their Homecoming... Read more »

Does Woodside Have Spirit?

Abby Taussig and Maya Kuipers, Staff Writers
October 25, 2011

Students and staff of Woodside High School are proud of how much spirit our school has. But does Woodside really have spirit? That question is exactly what we set out to answer. We interviewed students of all the classes, took pictures, and gathered data. All of this information was put into a presentation... Read more »