Lexi Goldstein, Copy Editor
March 4, 2021
Burlingame’s Black Student Union (BSU) is taking strides to make the month of February memorable and informative for the school community. The Burlingame chapter was started in October 2019 by senior Tyler Johnson, who, after moving from Florida to Burlingame, was disheartened by the racial disparities at the school and sought to make effective, long-lasting change. Johnson initially faced difficulties...
Tobias Matthews, Staff Reporter
March 3, 2021
The Zine Club is a new creative outlet established to showcase the talent of Burlingame students. Founded at the beginning of this school year, Catcher Zine — zine pronounced “zeen” as a shortening of the word magazine — hopes to be an informal platform that can help promote and develop artists and creatives at Burlingame. They produced their first zine, this semester and hope to release an...
Mattingly Germack, Staff Reporter
March 1, 2021
During the week of February 8, Burlingame High School sophomores in modern world history classes had the opportunity to listen to Holocaust survivors tell their stories, courtesy of the Jewish Children and Family Services (JCFS) Holocaust Center in San Francisco. The speakers, George Elbaum and Leon Rajninger, each spoke to three classes to make sure all students were able to hear their powerful...
Isabelle Idio, Staff Reporter
February 28, 2021
The Middle College program is an opportunity for juniors and seniors in the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD) to take courses at the College of San Mateo. In the program, students take high school level English and history courses at CSM to fulfill high school graduation requirements. In addition, students have the freedom to select college courses that suit their interests...
Lizzy Wan, Staff Reporter
February 24, 2021
Apps such as Life360 and Find My Friends have become increasingly popular among parents in order to track their children’s locations. The apps consist of a map in which everyone in the group can see each other’s location. The apps will track a user’s location as long as they are connected to the internet — when disconnected, their location will freeze. Parents often use these apps to ensure...
Caroline Yeow, Senior Reporter
February 22, 2021
In the spring of 2020, New York City was the epicenter of COVID-19 in the U.S. The bustling city skidded to a halt; schools closed their doors, restaurants stood idle and brick and mortar stores hung up ‘closed’ signs. For current Burlingame junior Tony Liu, who was then an exchange student from Shanghai studying at Dwight School in New York City, the disconnect created by social distancing was...
Tobias Matthews, Staff Reporter
February 9, 2021
Dubbed “The City of Trees,” Burlingame has had a complicated history regarding the lumbering eucalyptus and elm trees that line El Camino Real. First planted in the 1870’s, the trees have been a point of both criticism and pride for residents of the city for over a century. The grove was placed under the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, giving the trees a degree of legal protection...
William Chastain, Staff Reporter
February 9, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to allow elementary schools to reopen once their counties reach the purple tier. Reopening will begin with kindergarten through second grade, and proceed to older grades soon after. In order to incentivize schools to reopen, Gov. Newsom has created a $2 billion incentive program, paying school districts up to $750 per elementary school student if they return to school by Feb....
Alex Kelly, Staff Reporter
February 5, 2021
Teacher voices will play a very important role in the San Mateo Union High School District’s (SMUHSD) plan to bring students back to in-person school. Teachers will be taking on significant risks by entering the workplace and exposing themselves to the virus when high schools in the district open, and they will want to make sure that the reopening process is safe for them and their students. Due...
Samantha Johnstone, Webmaster
February 2, 2021
Tahoe is notorious for its early spring skiing, and as it approaches, many families may be looking to head up to the snow. In the past week alone, Tahoe has received around 50 inches of snow, enticing many to travel up for the fresh powder. However, San Mateo County stated in a press release on Jan. 22 that “the state advises all Californians to avoid non-essential travel – that is tourism and...
Isaac Bostonmaer, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2021
For nearly a year, the constraints brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have affected countless people around the world. However, with vaccine distribution, which started in December of 2020, the beginning of the end may be officially underway. There are two COVID-19 vaccines that are recommended and authorized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent the spread...
Farah Caban, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2021
The SAT and ACT have long been important moments for many high school students, a benchmark of moving towards college and a terrifying ranking of one’s intelligence. Standardized tests are over a century old, starting in 1905 when the first “College Boards” were administered to fewer than 1000 high school students. These boards were five days long and tested on over nine subjects, including Latin,...
Jackson Spenner, Staff Reporter
January 31, 2021
Burlingame Avenue has a new kid on the block, and it’s not a family-owned restaurant, homemade gift shop or frozen yogurt pop-up. It’s a 4-Star store, a physical extension of online retailer and web services provider Amazon, who is now valued at over a trillion dollars. “I had never gone into the Amazon store before because the line was always so long,” sophomore Marco Waters...
Safiya Loomba, Staff Reporter
January 28, 2021
The elderly have been heavily impacted by the pandemic with the new need to socially distance and a dependence on virtual conversations. The current restrictions have created repetitive days and limited social interactions that led to more mental instability. The new risks force them to be extra careful, however it also initiates a fear within them. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ted Gradman works with...
