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Maya Rajbhandari

Maya Rajbhandari, Culture Editor

Maya Rajbhandari (Class of 2025) joined Verde in her junior year, and is currently the business manager and culture editor. In her free time, she enjoys reading and listening to music.

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Opinion: Counselor chronicles: Lessons from working at a summer camp

Opinion: Counselor chronicles: Lessons from working at a summer camp

Maya Rajbhandari
April 2, 2025
RED CARD ​​— A student holds a red card that lists constitutional rights. College Counselor Crystal Laguna urges students to stay informed. “My only advice would be for students and families to make sure that they know their rights,” Laguna said.

Students, staff react to nationwide ICE raids

Nathalia Arias and Maya Rajbhandari
February 20, 2025
False alarm: Recent swattings raise safety concerns

False alarm: Recent swattings raise safety concerns

Eva Chang and Maya Rajbhandari
February 12, 2025
My body, your choice: Exploring the future of women’s rights

My body, your choice: Exploring the future of women’s rights

Chloe Huang and Maya Rajbhandari
November 21, 2024
Virtual Escape: Popular video games

Virtual Escape: Popular video games

Nathalia Arias and Maya Rajbhandari
November 20, 2024
Review: It Ends With Us: The Colleen Hoover conflict

Review: It Ends With Us: The Colleen Hoover conflict

Maya Rajbhandari and Julie Yang
October 3, 2024
CELEBRATING CREATIVITY — Families explore different pieces displayed around the Palo Alto Art Center on May 1. The annual art show gives students the opportunity to showcase their talents. “Art is a way to express myself,” Gunn High School junior Satvik Sivaraman said.

Annual youth art show connects the community

Maya Rajbhandari
May 22, 2024
Symbolic signage: Flags catch flack in local politics

Symbolic signage: Flags catch flack in local politics

Asha Kulkarni and Maya Rajbhandari
May 15, 2024
FAFSA fiasco: Financial aid delay presents challenges

FAFSA fiasco: Financial aid delay presents challenges

Sophie Mies and Maya Rajbhandari
April 12, 2024
Mayor and Palo Alto native Greer Stone poses for a photo in front of City Hall. “It’s been a real strength to be able to see, to really be able to understand and appreciate what Palo Alto is and what the community cares about,” Stone said.

Stone speaks: New mayor discusses growing up in Palo Alto

Maya Rajbhandari and Ethan Zhang
April 10, 2024
AT THE REGISTER — Rara’s Head Chef Binod Poudel (left) and manager Ishav Dawadi (right) pose for a photo. “In my village, whenever someone got married, I would help in the kitchen,” Head Chef Binod Poudel said. “I remember my mother said I should cook or become a chef. Before school, I would cook in the morning, and for dinner in my home. Even when I was small, I was cooking.”

Review: Rara: Restaurant offers Palo Alto’s only Nepali Cuisine

Maya Rajbhandari
February 26, 2024
A HELPING HAND — Jeannet Kiessling, the founder of kleine herzen, explains the importance of the work done by the Neighbors Abroad Ukrainian Emergency Children’s Relief Fund. “The war should have never happened,” Kiessling said. “And ... it’s about 200 people that we now care for and have been caring for since the war.”

Bridging borders: Supporting the people of Ukraine

Eva Chang and Maya Rajbhandari
December 1, 2023
Opinion: For all the dogs: Drake's eighth studio album leaves fans wanting more

Opinion: For all the dogs: Drake’s eighth studio album leaves fans wanting more

Maya Rajbhandari
November 28, 2023
DISCUSSING AND DEBRIEFING —In groups, Palo Alto High School teachers discuss curriculum at the first Monday meeting held in the Media Arts Center. Deanna Chute, teacher on special assignment and member of California’s Multi-Tiered System of Support stresses the value of collaboration small groups like this. “Monday was sort of the culmination where we all as a staff came together and were basically debriefing, processing, and sharing out with others,” Chute said

Monthly Monday late starts begin

Maya Rajbhandari, Staff writer
October 9, 2023
PORTRAIT PERFECT - One of Hidden Villa’s fluffy sheep pokes its head through the fence and poses for a close up. "I visited Hidden Villa a lot from kindergarten through sixth grade," senior Chris Owens said. It was a really nice way to be with nature, there were many animals to see, such as goats, chickens, pigs, sheep and cows." Photo by Kensie Pao

Hidden history: 100 years of Hidden Villa

Jeslyn Chen and Maya Rajbhandari
October 9, 2023
ONE CHEER AT A TIME — Palo Alto High School cheerleaders rally for victory no matter the score.

Opinion: Beyond the poms: My experience as a cheerleader during sideline season

Maya Rajbhandari, Business Manager
October 6, 2023
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