Elana Rebitzer

Meet the Fosters: Exploring Paly’s Dynamic Duo of Brothers

Eric and David Foster are twinning. Not literally, because there is a three-year age difference between them, and the vast differences between their personality...

Rethinking College Admissions: Author Reassures High School Students that “Where You Go is not Who You’ll Be”

"For the sake of college admissions, vast forests have died and whole continents could be denuded.” It is with this level of sauciness that Frank Bruni, a Pulit...

A New Dawn for Women in Politics

The drumming of the heavy rain outside is drowned out by the chorus of voices that rises every few minutes as another person begins a phone call with the signat...

More Than A Trophy: Award Shows can create change

Last June, as I watched the Tony Awards, I eagerly awaited the announcement of the Best Score and Best Book of a Musical awards, rooting for Fun Home to win. No...

Student or Teacher? : Exploring the Teaching Practicum Course

"I want you and the people around you to come up with a list of at least 10 things you know about Echinoderms,” Palo Alto High School Senior Sylvia Targ calls...

Updating Palo Alto: A Movement to Rename Jordan Middle School

Within hours of Gunn graduate Nilmini Rubin’s birth in 1972, her mother’s life was irreparably changed. That night, the doctor declared that the world ‘didn’t n...

Hamilton, Reimagined

To many people, the phrase “hip-hop musical” may seem oxymoronic. Add “about the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton” to that phrase, and it sounds like ...

It’s not a war on Christmas: Living as a religious minority in Palo Alto

I’m a Jewish Christmas baby — born on Dec. 23, two days before most people celebrate Jesus’ birthday. For as long as I can remember, well-meaning adults have as...

Trigger Warning: When protection turns into censorship

When Palo Alto High School history teacher Steve Foug played a video about the events of Sept. 11, 2001 in class, he was unprepared for the shocked reaction it ...

A Coach’s Dilemma: How Gym Construction Affects Athletes

This season, junior Jared Stanley has not been able to play a single home game. As a water polo player without practice facilities at Palo Alto High School, Sta...

Meet the Fosters: Exploring Paly’s Dynamic Duo of Brothers

Rethinking College Admissions: Author Reassures High School Students that “Where You Go is not Who You’ll Be”

A New Dawn for Women in Politics

More Than A Trophy: Award Shows can create change

Student or Teacher? : Exploring the Teaching Practicum Course

Updating Palo Alto: A Movement to Rename Jordan Middle School

Hamilton, Reimagined

It’s not a war on Christmas: Living as a religious minority in Palo Alto

A Coach’s Dilemma: How Gym Construction Affects Athletes

Elana Rebitzer

Grey’s Anatomy takes on COVID: Show portrays healthcare in pandemic

Tricky transitions: Freshmen face challenges from COVID-19

Who will survive?: An intro to the Paly team

Capturing creativity: Paly artists discuss their AP portfolios

Wanpo Tea Shop: Taiwanese boba store boasts quality tea

Students permitted to return to campus four days a week

Uplift Local promotes economic recovery

Council passes firefighter equality motion

Kurious minds lend a hand: A robotics team gives back during COVID