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Vote16 Palo Alto: New teen group advocates for student voting rights in school board elections

A group of rising Palo Alto High School juniors and seniors gather around a large conference table at the Rinconada Library. This is Vote16 Palo Alto, a new student led organization with the goal of lowering the voting age for Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education elections to 16 through a social media campaign and petition.“The Board of Education makes decisions that are affecting students every single day and the students never really get a voice in these decisions,” rising seni

Soccer star activist speaks on book tour

Two-time Olympian and FIFA World Cup champion soccer player Abby Wambach shared her experiences with sexist microaggressions and gender inequality at the Palo A...

Behind the cover of Volume 20, Issue 4: A fine line

ON THE COVER of Verde Magazine Volume 20, Issue 4 In this issue, Photo Director Lucia Amieva-Wang captures senior Rebecca Cheng’s controversial painting “The P...

Student board representative explains election reforms, responds to editorial

The student representative to the Palo Alto Unified school board said the Associated Student Body plans reform the selection process for the position to red...

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,...

Shelter Switch Up: Big changes on the horizon for Palo Alto’s municipal animal shelter

Editor's note: In full disclosure of staff associations to the subject of their story according to Verde standards of transparency, staff writer Kate Milne volu...

Marine biologist will bring virtual reality of oceans to Paly tomorrow

*Editor’s note: Kayla Brand, the writer of this story, is the president of the ClimateVision club, one of the student clubs which invited Erika Woolsey and is ...

Gov. Newsom at Paly MAC, addresses Trump, 2020 election, housing, education gap

In a surprise visit with journalism students this afternoon at Palo Alto High School’s Media Arts Center, California Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke about the high-spee...

Library opens to students

The long-awaited renovated library is now open to students, following a short ceremony at lunch. “I’m excited to open this new and inspiring space for you,” pr...