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Viking Velocity

Viking Velocity

Luis Makilan May 24, 2025

By: Andres Luis Makilan, Staff Writer Since the founding of the Dance Program here at Mills, they (along with FAA and the Dance Team) have worked diligently to bring us a huge dance show near the end...

Celebrating Diversity: SEC Unveils Mural

Celebrating Diversity: SEC Unveils Mural

Tianyou Lee May 23, 2025

By: Tianyou Lee, Staff Writer A long-term project of the Student Equity Council (SEC), the auditorium mural has finally been completed and sits hung-up in the lobby. The artwork celebrates the diversity...

Mills Music Dominates the CMEA Festival

Mills Music Dominates the CMEA Festival

Emily Wu May 23, 2025

By: Emily Wu, News Editor From April 25th to the 26th, Mills High School music had an exciting and rewarding experience of participating at the California Music Educators Association (CMEA). In addition...

Spring Film Festival Highlights Student Filmmakers

Spring Film Festival Highlights Student Filmmakers

Elijah Cabatic May 22, 2025

Elijah Cabatic, Opinions Editor As is tradition here at Mills, the Spring Film Festival took place in the Mills Auditorium on April 17th, and as always Mills students brought its A-game. Every category...

Mills FAA Dances their Way to First Place

Mills FAA Dances their Way to First Place

Janelle Pantilon May 22, 2025

By: Janelle Pantilon, Features Mentor Mills’ Filipino American Alliance Club (FAA) recently danced their hearts out at the  hip hop conference, “Rock the School Bells” at Skyline College,...

Spotlight: Weightlifting Club Gains Lots of Traction Among Students

Spotlight: Weightlifting Club Gains Lots of Traction Among Students

Matthew Du May 21, 2025

By: Matthew Du; Sports Editor The Weightlifting Club this year has been an overwhelming success and more students have joined their club than before. Many students have had positive reviews and feedback....

Grand Mills National: Kendrick @ Jim Cox Field

Grand Mills National: Kendrick @ Jim Cox Field

Luis Makilan March 26, 2025

By: Andres Luis Makilan, Staff Writer After careful consideration, record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) has changed the San Francisco venue for Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour....

Disgusting Odor Prompts Evacuation of Math Class

Disgusting Odor Prompts Evacuation of Math Class

Matthew Du March 26, 2025

By: Matthew Du; Odor Analyst and Traumatized Witness On a sunny Friday afternoon at approximately 12:15 pm on February 28th, a random disgusting odor filled Room 308 and prompted an evacuation for...

Prom Attendees Required to Wear Life Jackets

Prom Attendees Required to Wear Life Jackets

Kalyssa Chu March 26, 2025

By: Kalyssa Chu, Staff Writer Get ready to suit up—the Mills Prom Committee has announced that all prom attendees will be required to wear life jackets while aboard the venue. This year’s “City...

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ICE Raids in the Bay Area

Bianca Pando March 7, 2025

By: Bianca Pando, Entertainment editor On January 20th of 2025, the 47th president of the United States, President Trump, was inaugurated into office. Seven days later, Trump launched nationwide immigration...

Mills to Remove AP Courses Prerequisites Requirement for Select Classes

Mills to Remove AP Courses Prerequisites Requirement for Select Classes

Matthew Du March 4, 2025

By: Matthew Du; Staff Writer The above image is used within the Creative Commons Attribution license. Photo by: User: Eginmotion96 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Y-SA 3.0 (see here) Most of the Advanced...

City of Stars: Winter Formal

City of Stars: Winter Formal

Abigail Chai March 1, 2025

By: Abigail Chai, Center Spread Editor Despite students’ begrudged return to school every year following a two-week break from the many assignments and tests of the fall, there is one occasion that...

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