Hanalei Pham is a Scot Scoop Editor. She also writes for The Highlander. She enjoys reading, painting, and doodling in the margins of her notebooks. She also likes spending time with friends.
Over 10 million people don't have a voice of their own. These people rely on machines to generate voices for them, yet the voices that these machines provide generally sound the same. They are mechanical...
Months of preparation and many long nights of studying all culminate in a single set of exams: Advanced Placement (AP) tests.
Many Gunn High School students were outraged to learn that their AP tests...
It's time to clean the house, prepare the guest bedroom, and plan family dinners. Carlmont students are about to host French exchange students.
The Carlmont French Exchange Program has been hosting...
“I volunteer to give back to my community” has been said so many times that it’s almost cliché. Volunteering has been around for forever, but there are a myriad of reasons why people volunteer and,...
Water splashes into the air, and students shout encouragements from the deck.
The annual pre-season, inter-squad Blue-Gray swim meet was Thursday, March 3. Carlmont swim team broke into two teams,...
Against a backdrop of dirt, four golden shovels stood propped against a table laden with food and drinks. People milled around, avoiding the spots of wet mud while white hard hats were being passed around....
Hanalei Pham, Scot Scoop Editor
• February 19, 2016
Dehumanized and abused, treated as property and nothing more than chattel, slaves still exist today.
Over 30 million people are enslaved today, more than ever before. Modern-day slavery includes...
Hanalei Pham, Scot Scoop Editor
• February 9, 2016
Pugsley marches his way onto the stage, a scowl set on his face. Thing reaches out from behind the curtain, gesturing. Pugsley reminds the audience to turn off their phones and wishes the audience "a horrible...
Hanalei Pham, Scot Scoop Editor
• December 3, 2015
Having a voice is important, even for those who can't speak.
VocaliD, the organization that provides a new, more natural-sounding voice alternative, uses the voices of volunteers to create a custom,...
Hanalei Pham, Scot Scoop Editor
• November 10, 2015
Nov. 11 marks Veterans Day, a day to commemorate all those who have served or are serving in the military. As part of Veterans Day, students are given the day off school.
Sophomore Jonah Przybyszewski...
Hanalei Pham, Scot Scoop Editor
• October 28, 2015
Scantrons and multiple choice is giving way to a new type of testing in the form of Smarter Balanced assessments.
This year will be the first year Carlmont fully implements Smarter Balanced testing....
Hanalei Pham, Scot Scoop Editor
• October 14, 2015
Halloween means trick-or-treating and receiving candy like Reese's Cups, Butterfingers, and Snicker Bars-- but sometimes people with allergies can't have any of these.
Allergies to nuts or ingredients...
Hanalei Pham, Scot Scoop Editor
• September 30, 2015
The end of September was the start of a long tradition of sacrificing lunch to solve math problems.
The math contest is held roughly every other Tuesday in all of the school's math classrooms. Students...