Jay Renaker

Building community: Neighbors come together

Even during a pandemic, Palo Alto residents are finding ways to reach out to one another. They are making masks, decorating their streets with art and games and...

Ettan: Cal-Indian cuisine makes its way to Palo Alto

Note: Due to the ongoing Santa Clara County shelter-in-place order, Ettan is currently only open for takeout and delivery. Before the shelter-in-place order,...

Returning Home: Harrowing end to year abroad

Red-eye flights and globs of hand sanitizer, sleep deprivation and globetrotting travel plans. These have been the experiences of exchange students trying to ma...

Butter mochi and blueberries | Verde Vlogs: Social distancing | May 9, 2020

On May 9, staff writer Jay Renaker maintains structure in her daily life by caring for her chickens and making butter mochi and boba. Palo Alto High Scho...

Verde Snoops: What is the Salvation Army’s relationship with the LGBTQ+ community?

Last December, Verde Magazine published a news story regarding the fast food chain Chick-fil-A’s decision to halt donations to organizations that had “publicly ...

Giselle Toth: Stepping into Latin dance

Giselle Toth's performance at the World Latin Dance Cup begins with the blare of trumpets. As soon as the music starts, the video shows her moving, ducking unde...

CAASPP results spark action: Demand to restructure middle schools

Palo Alto Unified School District Supt. Don Austin is calling for a redesign of middle school teaching styles in PAUSD following the 2018-19 California Assessme...

Paly after dark: What happens on campus once the sun sets?

By 4 p.m., the Palo Alto High School campus seems largely deserted. It is mid-November, meaning that the temperature has dropped below 60 degrees — scarf weathe...

Inside the Incubator: Exploring Paly’s start-up publications

Tight-knit, small and dedicated are words that describe the new Incubator class at Palo Alto High School. The course was created in 2018 to house start-up publi...

Building community: Neighbors come together

Ettan: Cal-Indian cuisine makes its way to Palo Alto

Returning Home: Harrowing end to year abroad

Verde Snoops: What is the Salvation Army’s relationship with the LGBTQ+ community?

CAASPP results spark action: Demand to restructure middle schools

Paly after dark: What happens on campus once the sun sets?

Inside the Incubator: Exploring Paly’s start-up publications

Jay Renaker

Mental health — a work in progress: Attempt to improve wellness support

From the editors: Defining Paly

Glass mug teachers Q&A: Honoring our longest-serving faculty

Costs of Qatar: World Cup host creates dilemma for fans

The new normal: Paly’s most recent female football player

Opinion: Car crash 101: A new driver’s response to an accident

Managing monkeypox: Disease echoes AIDS/HIV stigmatization

“Never Have I Ever”: Same nerds, new drama