Nextdoor is an app many use to communicate with their community to report crimes, sell items, and give information about neighborhood activities. However, it has also been reported as a platform where...

Susie Lee is Burlingame High School’s new psychologist. She conducts assessments for special education and collaborates with school staff to ensure that students have the support they need to successfully...

Jeff Cole is the newest member of the Science Department at Burlingame, teaching chemistry and biology. Growing up in Clovis, a suburb of Fresno, Cole knew he wanted to be a teacher; however, he did...

Distance learning has taken opportunities away from clubs to do volunteer work and fundraise, and the Environmental Club is no exception. Normally, the Environmental Club hosts the Citizens Environmental...

From begging students to talk in a breakout room to staring at a multitude of foreheads on a monitor, teaching in the age of distance learning is a far cry from being at school physically. Teachers have...

This school year, the Burlingame math department added Kelsey Holtzinger to their team. Or as most of her students call her, “Ms. Zinger” or simply, “Zinger.”   Before arriving at Burlingame,...

Mathilde Lenoir is Burlingame’s newest Italian teacher, and she has been teaching language for 10 years. She came to Burlingame after meeting one of the current Italian teachers, Antonella Wemple, at...

Last year, if someone were to tell Marie Clark she would spend 400 consecutive days of her life at home, teaching physical education on camera to 30 students every hour, she would have thought they were...

In an entertaining anecdote, Joshua Knudson, the new assistant principal at Burlingame High School, compared our bizarre situation to “The Twilight Zone.”  “I’m working at a high school, but...

Patrick Myers is a returning teacher at Burlingame High School in the Special Education Department teaching grades nine through 12. This is his fifth year working at the San Mateo Union High School District...

The previously rigorous college admissions process has been further complicated by COVID-19. As schools have gone test-optional for the class of 2021 and in-person visits are less feasible, Burlingame...

Wake up at 5:45 a.m., get dressed, scarf down a quick breakfast and sit down in front of a monitor setup that looks like it belongs to the world’s best hacker. For Burlingame senior Brandon Fong, waking...