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Two Weeks Later (Covid-19 Stories) with Meghana Bellam

Two Weeks Later (Covid-19 Stories) with Meghana Bellam

Kristian Crowther and Greg Haessner July 26, 2020

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...

Odd One Out | Episode 1

Odd One Out | Episode 1

Tiffany Tran and Joe Shem July 26, 2020

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...

One Week Later (Covid-19 Stories) with Social Science teacher Katherine Poltorak

One Week Later (Covid-19 Stories) with Social Science teacher Katherine Poltorak

Kristian Crowther and Greg Haessner July 26, 2020

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...

3D Printing in Education | Aquila Broadcast

3D Printing in Education | Aquila Broadcast

Melanie Rayas, Sheyla Escalante, and Katherine Nguyen July 26, 2020

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...

National Counselors Week | Aquila Broadcast

National Counselors Week | Aquila Broadcast

Katherine Nguyen, Multimedia Manager July 26, 2020

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...

Working beside her coworker Kristian Shirallie, Unity Aldaco makes a drink for one of the mobile orders. According to Aldaco, mobile orders are typically larger orders and include more than one drink or food item.

The Teenage Face of Essential Jobs

Alyssa Garcia, Reporter June 24, 2020

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...

UPA: Was the Move Worth It?

UPA: Was the Move Worth It?

Akshara Kollu, Copy Editor June 7, 2020

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...

Behind a Mask of Insults

Behind a Mask of Insults

Britney Stout, Reporter June 7, 2020

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,...

Taran Kollu (5), Alta Vista Elementary, wears a mask made with a sewing machine.

Making a Mask

Akshara Kollu, Copy Editor June 2, 2020

The cover art for Kate Feng's original song "I'm Just Okay" is pictured on the left and the cover art for "Dramatic Life" is pictured on the right. Cover art courtesy of Kate Feng (9).

Student by week, YouTuber by weekend

Faith Montes de Oca, Reporter May 30, 2020

Thoughts ran through her head and were then transferred to a pen scribbling down words that eventually became song lyrics.  Since June 2019, freshman Kate Feng has streamed two original songs across...

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

Alyssa Garcia, Reporter May 28, 2020

As I embark on my own adventure to Santa Clara University as a marketing major and communications minor, I wish you all the best on your own college journey.

A senior’s advice on applying to college

Betty Nguyen, Creative Director May 20, 2020

While college is pushed as the ultimate end-goal at UPA, it can be a tough and rigorous journey to apply to one. As a graduating senior of the UPA class of 2020, I have come to the end of my college application...

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