New English teacher Meredith March—who teaches seventh grade English and AP Language and Composition—has known she wanted to be a teacher since she was five years old.
“I've always loved the...
Math teacher August Siu peers at the virtual displays of her students in a Zoom meeting as they gaze back, waiting for her next instruction. This is not how she originally envisioned her first day...
Editor's Note: This episode was originally published on April 19, 2020.
On April 14, UPA announced it would be moving to a Pass/Fail grading system hours after the recording of the...
Editor's Note: This episode was originally published on April 6, 2020.
On April 1, Executive Director David Porter announced that UPA's on-campus hiatus will be extended until the end...
Editor's Note: This episode was originally published on April 2, 2020.
In the first episode of the podcast "Odd One Out," reporter Tiffany Tran and editor Joe Shem interview freshman Yanrui Li about...
Editor's Note: This episode was originally published on March 29, 2020.
From March 16 to May 4, UPA and several of its sister schools in the Santa Clara County have gone on a hiatus from on-campus...
Editor's Note: This video was originally published on YouTube on May 20, 2020.
In Dec. 2019, Science 8 and IED teacher Alan Kahn, purchased a 3D printer for use in his seventh-period “Introduction...
Editor's Note: This video was originally published on YouTube on Feb. 26, 2020.
During National Counselors Week (Feb. 3-7), we interviewed the students of UPA with the question: "Why would anyone become...
Walking into Walmart, new requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are unlike anything before: everybody has masks and gloves on. Customers feel the wet disinfected shopping cart through their...
Should I go to UPA? The simple yet complex question echoed in my mind throughout the entirety of my sixth grade year.
Torn between a future at UPA and Santa Teresa High School, I made the most detailed...
During their one year of playing lacrosse together, junior Adam Lawson finally got the chance to play against their biggest rival: Josh, their older brother by two years. Josh was extremely experienced,...
