Author: Elise Carlomagno
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Spring Sports Awards Ceremony Honors Sports Teams and College-Bound Athletes
Athletic Director Steven Kryger delivered an overview of each spring sport at Spring Sports Awards Night, May 18. Kryger acknowledged the huge success of the spring season and the records achieved by M-A athletes. Kryger mentioned the girls varsity lacrosse team’s unprecedented success this season. For the first time since 2007, the team beat Menlo,…
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11th Annual Big Bear Run Raises Support for Athletic Programs
M-A’s Athletic Boosters hosted the 11th annual Big Bear Run on Saturday, May 1. The Big Bear Run is a community-wide 5K race that raises support and donations for the school’s sports programs. Students from M-A’s sports teams, families of students, and many other community members attended the event. Overall reactions from this year’s event…
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M-A’s Masquerade Prom: A Huge Success
M-A’s prom was held at San Francisco Design Center Galleria on Friday, April 29, from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Prom was a huge success this year with over 750 students in attendance. [caption id="attachment_57791" align="alignright" width="300"] The theme of prom was “Masquerade.”[/caption] While the main attraction of prom was the music and dancing, students…
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Catching up with Mrs. Keigher
[caption id="attachment_57366" align="alignright" width="179"] Keigher posed after the St. Baldrick’s event.[/caption] AS English II teacher Katherine Keigher participated in the St. Baldrick’s Foundation event on April 2. St. Baldrick’s is a foundation that raises awareness for children’s cancer and holds a yearly event to spread awareness and raise money for cancer research. The foundation holds…
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Students Create First Seventh Man Club in M-A History
As the boys varsity volleyball team continues its second successful season in M-A history, students have come together to create a Seventh Man Club. The Seventh Man Club is one of many clubs that act as cheering sections and support systems for sports; the Seventh Woman is the designated group for girls volleyball and the…
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Ask Her Why She’s (Going to be) Bald
Katherine Keigher, an AS English II teacher at M-A, has signed up to contribute to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation and participate in its annual event this April. St. Baldrick’s is a group that fundraises for children’s cancer research. Every year, participants in the event shave their heads and donate money to support children who face…
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Girls Varsity Basketball Advances to CIF Regional Semi-Finals with Win over Heritage
The Bears defeated Heritage High School, 71-46, in the second round of the Northern California Division One Tournament on Saturday, February 12. M-A managed to keep a two-point lead over the Patriots throughout the first half of the game, playing well on both ends of the court. Sophomore Carly McLanahan and freshman Mele Kailahi led…
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Winter Storms Bring Welcome Rainfall to Bay Area
In the midst of one of the most severe droughts in California history, the winter storm El Niño has brought some relief to the lack of rain water. El Niño is a periodic warming of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean and, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and this has been…