Paisley Annes

From the editors: Reconciling a new normal

The sky burns orange as the smell of charred wood fills the smoky air. Students cover their eyes as they hurry between classrooms, masks covering their faces an...

From the editors: Entering uncharted territory

Boisterous students file into the once-empty classroom, newspapers and magazines covering the walls and plastic dividers situated on each of the 16 desks inside...

Elementary to open full time

With 90% of Palo Alto Unified School District staff vaccinated and new social distancing guidance, Palo Alto Educators Association President Teri Baldwin joins ...

Board discusses virtual learning plans

Depending on the California legislature, Palo Alto Unified School District may be required to provide virtual learning options for the 2021-2022 school year, an...

Back on campus: Beginning to escape the digital world

My backpack lays in an untouched corner of my closet underneath half-filled notebooks, an unworn choir dress and library books I keep forgetting to return. ...

Campus to open today

*Editors’ note: This story previously stated that the Palo Alto High School campus would open the week after publication. Following a Schoology message from...

Hope?: Approaching vaccine stirs reopening controversy

Depressed. Anxious. Zombie-like shells of what they once were. That is how a mother of two Palo Alto Unified School District secondary students described her ow...

Board announces potential in-person return for secondary students

Palo Alto Unified School District students in Grades 7-12 will be allowed to return to campus on March 1 if Santa Clara County is in the state’s red tier of pan...

Parents, students protest for in-person learning at secondary schools

Approximately 100 parents and students marched outside of Palo Alto High School this afternoon to call for secondary schools to return to campus. On the cor...

Ten cohorts of high school students return to campus

Up to 140 Palo Alto Unified School District high school students who opted into hybrid learning before the January plan was canceled are back on campus as of Ja...

From the editors: Reconciling a new normal

From the editors: Entering uncharted territory

Campus to open today

Hope?: Approaching vaccine stirs reopening controversy

Parents, students protest for in-person learning at secondary schools

Paisley Annes

Spirit Week guide: All to know about that magical week in October

Praise the Lorde: Lorde’s new album “Solar Power” explores a different style

Opinion: A message to Mom: Reflections of a first-generation Afghan American

A bumpy road: Three hundred laps, 75 miles, 11.5 hours and one world record

Athletic adversity: The psychological burden of competitive sports

Opinion: Nature v.s. nurture: Reflecting on the elements of my identity

Opinion: What’s in a name: How do our legal names affect our chosen identities?

Opinion: Girls can carry too: Living as a girl in the gaming world

Opinion: Six magical strings: Discovering solace through the guitar