Editorials

Admin must make changes to excused absence policy

When students at Palo Alto High School return from an excused absence, the make-up expectations vary widely between classes and their work loads are compounded ...

Changing the Sick Absence Experience: There are Better Ways to Help Students Catch Up

When students at Palo Alto High School return from an excused absence, the make-up policies vary widely between classes and current loads are usually compounded...

Legislative action needed to help boost CAASPP attendance

Palo Alto High School prides itself on being an academically high-achieving school and regularly places well above state averages in various performance tests. ...

Spaces on campus to be more accessible

Since Palo Alto High School made significant advancements in the quality and abundance of campus facilities, constructing state-of-the-art media and performing ...

Administration must find better solution to the vaping problem

In recent years, vaping has transformed from meme to menace and become an increasingly prevalent problem at Palo Alto High School. While constant fire alarms be...

ASB School Board representative should be an elected position

With the Associated Student Body elections beginning March 20, Palo Alto High School ought to elect its ASB Board Representative in order to promote the opinion...

Students should use the CCC more

With seniors in the midst of writing college essays and attending college representative visits and juniors studying for standardized tests, the lesser-known re...

Consent education must be taught as early as kindergarten

In recent years, Palo Alto High School has focused heavily on sexual harassment education following alleged mis-handlings of sexual harassment allegations and a...

The College Board must be held accountable for reusing October 2017 SAT

In August of this year, many Paly students took the SAT. For seniors, this would be their last opportunity to improve their scores before early round of college...

What Happened to Summer Being Just Summer?

If you’ve been on social media during the summer, you’ve probably seen proof of a growing summer program trend at Palo Alto High School, from photos of friends ...

Admin must make changes to excused absence policy

Changing the Sick Absence Experience: There are Better Ways to Help Students Catch Up

Legislative action needed to help boost CAASPP attendance

Spaces on campus to be more accessible

Administration must find better solution to the vaping problem

ASB School Board representative should be an elected position

Students should use the CCC more

Consent education must be taught as early as kindergarten

The College Board must be held accountable for reusing October 2017 SAT

What Happened to Summer Being Just Summer?

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Japić on the Pitch: Committed soccer star has big goals

Stellar: Student bridges the gap with science

Soccer star activist speaks on book tour

From student to coach: Teens mentor young athletes

Half a world away: The new Palo Alto nuclear family

In the Whites: Gunn High’s problematic spring musical

The weee! in WeChat: A new dimension of the messaging app

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