With student DJs playing songs from 2014, a terrific hors d’oeuvres menu, a nostalgic student video, and a special edition magazine, Palo Alto High School students and faculty on Feb. 26 will be celebrating the school’s Media Art Center’s 10th anniversary.
The MAC has been more than just a building on campus — it is home to multiple programs, including the photography program, the Child Development Pathway, the Audio Music Program, and the school’s journalism program.
Students are looking forward to the event, featuring a panel discussion led by former Campanile adviser Esther Wojcicki and six journalism graduates from 2014.
“I’m really looking forward to alumni coming and just revisiting,” said Kaitlyn Gonzalez-Arceo, head of marketing and advertising for the special edition magazine. “I know it can be pretty nostalgic. I’m really looking forward to just everyone coming together and celebrating something that has been really significant to the Paly community.”
The event will be a fundraiser event for the MAC boosters, which is reopening purchase opportunities for custom pavers in the MAC courtyard. It will also be a way for current students to connect and learn from alumni and former faculty members.
“Having so many different people from so many different eras of the MAC around is going to just be sort of (exciting),” journalism adviser Rodney Satterthwaite said. “They’re all sort of separated, but they’re all connected together in the same way. … I’m really looking forward to seeing students from eight or nine years ago and talking to them about what they’re doing now.”