Volunteering: Insights From Two FUHS Foundation Board Members
“Find something you're really passionate about and pursue it,” Fremont Union High Schools Foundation Co-President Rita Allen said when asked how community members can become more actively involved in volunteer work. “You don’t need to be on the board. You can just be a volunteer...”...
AAPI Cultural Festival
On Sunday May 15th, BAYouth, AAPI Silicon Valley, Otto Lee County Supervisors officer, and the Asian American Parents Association hosted the Asian American & Pacific Islander Cultural Festival. The day consisted of events from cultural performances to country booths. See the recap video below:...
Asian American Comparisons: Eileen Gu vs. Author
By Judy Zeng Eileen Gu, an Asian American Olympic skier and model, is the perfect, talented model child that every Asian parent wants. She’s also perfectly both Asian and American—born and raised by a single Chinese parent in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is fluent in both Chinese...
What You Need to Know About Affirmative Action
DEFINITION: Affirmative action, pertaining to the college decision-making process, is the policy that allows for colleges to consider the race of applicants and favor groups that have been historically discriminated against. The aim of affirmative action is to reduce present or past discrimination. The definition...
My Relationship with Communication: A Review of “The Interpersonal Dynamics Reader”
COMMUNICATION IN MY LIFE: My oldest brother once said that in high school, we often make “friends of convenience.” Not to say that these kinds of friends are bad per se, but that in such relationships, it doesn’t really matter who the other person is,...
Academic Success: Is it all Money, no Skill?
Competition is good; it leads to improvement and innovation…right? Our society seems to agree, but when it comes to the education of America’s children, that same competition is what causes the cost of education to skyrocket. With masses of students applying...
Novavax Vaccine
As one of the major COVID vaccines, Novavax is still not federally approved by the U.S. One year ago, on January 11, 2021, Novavax had its first approved country—Indonesia. However, twelve months later, the COVID vaccine is still yet to be approved by the U.S....
How to Navigate Teenage Mental Health in an Asian Household
Almost half of the students at Lynbrook report that they have been more sad or depressed recently in a Fall 2021 survey. As students return to a full-time in-person education this school year, students are finding school......
A rallying call for change
“Asian American woman brutally attacked in New York City.” “FBI reports hate crimes at highest level in 12 years.” “8 dead in Atlanta spa shootings, with fears of Anti-Asian bias.” These headlines, and many others, have been widely broadcasted throughout the past year. During...
Is Lynbrook’s Class Spirit Too Much?
Resounding cheers welcome each student of Lynbrook High School as they run through a sea of baby blue thunder sticks waved by the Class of 2025. Running through this gauntlet marks the exhilarating start of homecoming week—an annual tradition of vibrant class...