Alex Feng

Santa Clara County announces closure of schools; PAUSD shuts down

Updated 8:40 p.m. Friday, March 14 All schools within Santa Clara County, including Palo Alto Unified School District, will close for three weeks in response...

From the editors: Finding, fumbling, following through

It is difficult to discuss journalism without reflecting on its three pillars: finding stories, reporting and writing. While our articles this issue have drasti...

Math modifications: Middle school math changes spark debate

For Superintendent Don Austin, it was a call to arms. The most recent round of California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress results presented durin...

From the editors: An ode to a hundred

This printing marks a hundred issues of Verde Magazine by 21 different staffs of dedicated student journalists. While the number “100” is a proud ribbon on a s...

From the editors: Our influence as consumers

“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want.” — Anna Lappe In the context of our communities, our receipts r...

From the editors: The integrity of identity

The adolescent years are the bridge between childhood and adulthood. Parallel to growth spurts is a similar growth in experience and maturity; these f...

Stanford expansion protest: Community calls for full cost mitigation

Members of the Board of Education and Palo Alto Unified School District families area calling for Stanford to fully mitigate expenses incurred by the district a...

Gold, Glory, Giving Back: How Three Olympians are Establishing a New Culture for Badminton

Howard Bach is used to explaining himself whenever people ask what he does for a living. He’s used to the raised eyebrows, the disbelief. This has become an exp...

Librarian to retire, Assistant Principal to resign

Two Palo Alto High School employees are to leave the school at the end of this school year, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education documents revea...

Senior Named California Journalist of the Year

Palo Alto High School Senior Ashley Hitchings is the Journalism Education Association California Journalist of the Year, according to an announcement last week,...