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BROWN BAG SHOW PREPARATION: Mills jazz band members set up for the lunch performance on Sept. 18, 2025

Brown Bag Lunch Concerts and Performances

Samantha Liew, Staff Writer October 22, 2025

During a typical day, whether youare a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior, the day is usually busy full of work for classes or extracurricular activities after school. During lunch and brunch are the...

Milli Cafe Food and Drink Review

Milli Cafe Food and Drink Review

Hayden Bunce, Staff Writer October 22, 2025

Recently, a new cafe in the Mills area has taken the community by storm. Milli Cafe is a new cafe that opened recently on Broadway. With a variety of boba shops around Mills, it helps mix up what one might...

Senior Backpacks: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Danica Vazquez and Staff Writer October 22, 2025

A new trend has taken over the Mills High School senior class of 2026: kid-themed backpacks! Taking inspiration from TikTok, seniors have started wearing backpacks featuring childhood characters from...

Mills Boba Bots Season Recap

Mills Boba Bots Season Recap

Eduardo Galindo-Aguilar June 7, 2025

By: Eduardo Galindo-Aguilar On February 27th, the Boba Bots attended their first competition, the Pinnacles Regional at Hollister High School, starting the season off rocky placing 34th out of the...

Latino Mentor Program Hosts La Fiesta

Latino Mentor Program Hosts La Fiesta

Julia Xia May 25, 2025

On May 9th, the Latino Mentor Program (LMP) hosted La Fiesta. La Fiesta is a celebration of Mexican culture, where dancers, singers, and music acts are performed by students for the school and families....

Coachella Culture: Hot or Not?

Coachella Culture: Hot or Not?

Isabelle Yang May 22, 2025

By: Isabelle Yang, Sports Mentor Every spring, Coachella draws hundreds of thousands to Palm Desert, transforming the Empire Polo Club into a hotspot of global entertainment. Its reputation for iconic...

Mr. Pretto Prepares to Retire as a lumberjack

Mr. Pretto Prepares to Retire as a lumberjack

Noah Ung April 16, 2025

By: Noah Ung, Staff Writer In a surprising career twist that has left Mills High students both amused and confused, longtime English teacher Anthony Pretto has decided to hang up his lesson plans and...

Boba Bots' Sharon Zhang Awarded FRC Dean's List Finalist

Boba Bots’ Sharon Zhang Awarded FRC Dean’s List Finalist

Amelia Naughten March 28, 2025

By: Amelia Naughten, News Editor On March 2nd, Sharon Zhang (11) was awarded Dean’s List Finalist at the FIRST Robotics Pinnacles Regional competition, recognizing their exceptional leadership skills...

Lights, Camera, Shower, Action: Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried Opens Mamma Mia!

Lights, Camera, Shower, Action: Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried Opens Mamma Mia!

Mikayla Ho March 26, 2025

By: Mikayla Ho, Staff Writer On March 14, the day after the open house, it was announced that Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep would be making an opening announcement on the highly anticipated first...

Dead Capybara Found on Highway 280—Mr. Wang Recovers It for Dissection

Dead Capybara Found on Highway 280—Mr. Wang Recovers It for Dissection

Jada Pan March 26, 2025

By: Jada Pan, Staff Writer Around 7:20 a.m. Friday, a strange discovery was made by Mills biology teacher, Steven Wang, on Highway 280 during his morning commute. While driving along Highway 280, he...

Set Sail for Prom!

Set Sail for Prom!

Bianca Pando March 26, 2025

By: Bianca Pando, Entertainment Editor As April comes closer, juniors and seniors here at Mills High School are starting to grow more and more excited. It could be because of the much-anticipated Spring...

Fired Up: Mills Ceramics

Fired Up: Mills Ceramics

Janelle Pantilon March 11, 2025

By: Janelle Pantilon, Features Editor Ceramics is a booming class at Mills. From projects year around to learning the ins and outs of pottery with muddy clay under your fingernails, it is a highly...

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