Hezekiah Smithstein | hsmithstein19@dtechhs.org | February 19, 2019 During the last game of the girls Varsity basketball season, emotions in the Oracle gym were running high: Sadness, because the two senior members of the team would be playing their last game ever. Nervousness, because they were about to play in front of the full stands …
Jaya Reddy | jreddy19@dtechhs.org | February 15, 2019 A single student cannot represent all of d.tech’s weirdness. So what is the role of Thomas Weese, our Student Representative? As it turns out, there isn’t a student representative anymore. In early May of 2018, senior Thomas Weese was elected Student Representative by d.tech students and staff. …
Nicholas Boyko | nboyko20@dtechhs.org | February 10, 2019 It was announced on January 23rd that staff meetings on Wednesdays after school will be canceled moving forwards, in hopes that teachers will find time on their own to bond with their colleagues. The change was, ironically, announced in a staff meeting, where Executive Director Ken Montgomery …
Ethan Yu | eyu19@dtechhs.org | February 5, 2019 It’s that time of the year again… Chinese New Year! With the Bay Area population being 20% Asian, and d.tech being 27% Asian, Chinese New Year -or Lunar New Year- is a very prominent holiday. Typically, Chinese New Year is a time for families to get together …
Andrew Nourie | anourie19@dtechhs.org | January 23, 2019 Imagine, if you will, that you are in a large, humid cafeteria owned by a community college. The smell of sweat and Doritos consumes your senses as “Sicko Mode” by Travis Scott (featuring Drake) blasts through the speakers. Dozens of high school students awkwardly sway to lyrics …
Maria McAlister-Young | mmcalisteryoung19@dtechhs.org | December 19, 2018 In a senior only community meeting on Tuesday December 18th, Executive Director Ken Montgomery revealed the new FIT policy for seniors who had three or more periods of FIT in the the afternoon. In the first semester, almost half of the senior class had FITs in afternoon. …
Marcus Figueroa | mfigueroa19@dtechhs.org | December 17, 2019 You may have seen the fish tank, located on the second floor next to the learning center. But have you noticed the the fish that have been recently added to the tank? These fish include two Clown Fish and one Yellow Tang. These fish were acquired from …
Maria McAlister-Young | mmcalisteryoung19@dtechhs.org | September 24, 2018 Red tents and heart balloons could be seen on the geese infested grass next to d.tech’s campus last Thursday, September 20th. It was all a part of an annual event hosted by the American Heart Association at Oracle, called the Heart Walk. For the past several years, …
Daphne Palmeter | dpalmeter19@dtechhs.org | September 16, 2018 In an attempt to build better connections with students and make the classroom a little less formal, d.tech’s one and only statistics, calculus, and Algebra 2 teacher, Mr. David Groat, has announced that this year, he would like students to call him by his first name: Dave. …
Taylor Abbey | tabbey19@dtechhs.org | September 10, 2018 Copyright Nike 2018 Colin Kaepernick, former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has become the subject of polarizing debate in the contemporary American political sphere. In 2016, the ex-NFL star garnered much scrutiny after kneeling during the National Anthem to protest racial injustice in the U.S., causing …