My fifth-grade best friend and I were leaning against the railings of a portable in the back of our elementary school. We were eating some snack or the other, a...
To increase enrollment as well as to mitigate traffic, Castilleja has proposed a construction plan that will occur in three phases. Castilleja’s aim is to incre...
Four years ago, around the very time you’re reading this issue of Verde, a story of rape culture arrived in the hands of Palo Alto High School students. The rel...
Former Palo Alto High School principal Phil Winston was many things. He was a colorful presence on campus. A jokester. A gregarious guy beloved by parents and s...
In their 23-page report, the OCR examined eight cases of sexual harassment and assault and how the district handled (or mishandled) them. The full report can be found at: https://www.pausd.org/sites/default/files/pdn-news/attachments/PAUSD-OCRFindings-3-8-17.pdf 1 A Paly student reports an alleged off-campus assault to the school. In response, the school assisted her in filing a police report, provided her with a list of counseling resources and temporarily excused her from school. Though the
There's no event that wholly captures the attention of the country's top high school students like the college application process. At Paly, every new applicati...
There are instances of racism in our own community. I know at Gunn there were some Mexican American students who were harassed by students and a teacher so this...
When I was small and more naive, I considered myself a full-blooded American. I was an American citizen in Palo Alto, I spoke like an American (I couldn’t speak...
The brief period between childhood and adulthood is a weird one — we start to get pimples, are forced to think about our futures, and for some, delve into the w...
Tara Madhav (Class of 2017) is a staff writer for Verde Magazine during the 2015-2016 school year. Tara enjoys the investigative journalism, collaboration and community of Verde, and is looking forward to the issues to come. Outside of Verde, Tara is co-Arts Editor for Palo Alto High School's [proof] magazine. Outside of journalism, Tara loves to read random books and news, watch meaningful movies, be involved in the community and attend Model United Nations Conferences.