Megan Tao is the Scot Scoop Editor-in-Chief and a staff writer for The Highlander. She is also on the varsity swim team and enjoys reading in her free time. See Megan's portfolio here
At the end of the day, the swimmers were the ones cheering from the pool deck and the coaches were celebrating in the pool.
On May 7, the boys varsity swim team won the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL)...
A school wide disease in the form of teenage angst, sexual innuendos, and dull characters; also known as: "The Beginning of Everything."
Going into this book, I expected it to be an unoriginal high...
"That's so gay."
I hear those three words and I can't help but cringe.
Those three words are, unfortunately, commonly used by one person to insult another.
Those three words are an insult because...
A heartfelt but cheesy scene from a Nicholas Sparks movie is posted on social media with the caption "relationship goals."
We try too hard to live up to expectations we see in movies and read about...
The hero, the villain, and the epic battle between good versus evil are all universal aspects of stories that we take a little too seriously.
Everybody strives to achieve the characteristics of the...
The biggest reason for young adult (YA) literature's bad reputation is within the name itself: young adult.
For a book to be labeled YA is to degrade the book of its literacy value and makes it not...
If your friends jump off a cliff, would you jump off the cliff too?
The social desire to fit in is insatiable, especially among teens.
In addition to the always lingering shadow of peer pressure...
"I really want to help people, so I want to become a nurse," he said.
"I want to keep our communities safe, so I want to be a police officer," she said.
"Wait, you can't be a nurse that's a women's...
Based on the worldwide best seller by...
In the past couple of years, there has been a surge of movies based off of best selling novels, remakes of old classics, and sequels.
According to Short Of...
A girl takes 10 photos of herself and chooses one that looks identical to the rest, she uses three filters, captions it with a hipster quote from a John Green novel she hasn't read, and finally posts it...
The art of film making is one that can only be fully appreciated by those with a passion for it.
Carlmont's Film Club is a group of individuals who joined because they truly enjoy making films.
Sophomore...
The world of business is a competitive field, but there are ways to get ahead of the game.
This past weekend, Carlmont's DECA club participated in a leadership conference that taught participating club...
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society lit up the streets of downtown Palo Alto on Nov. 1.
This past weekend, the Youth Against Cancer Club volunteered at the Light The Night Walk event. Participants of...
Children and adults go to Vallejo's Six Flags Discovery Kingdom to enjoy themselves, but Carlmont's Key Club goes to support the people who can't.
This past weekend, Key Club attended the Fall Rally...
Carlmont's Feminist Club strives to spread awareness about gender equality and feminism around Carlmont High School and the community.
Senior Elise Dimick, the club's co-president, said,"Our goal is...
