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Students from Townley Grammar School in Bexleyheath eat lunch and engage in conversation Wednesday with the Principal's Advisory Committee members at Palo Alto High School. The visitors came to see how schools operate in an environment surrounded by technology. According to Townley Grammar School junior Ayo Thompson, schools in the U.K. are dissimilar to those in the U.S. “The difference is very interesting, and I'm getting a wider perspective on how education is in different parts of the world,” Thompson said.
Girls in STEM from U.K. visit Bay Area
Navya Narayanan and Mayu Altekar-Okazaki February 18, 2025

  Students from Townley Grammar School in Bexleyheath, England, are bringing a new vision of education back to the U.K. after a visit...

Puddles scatter across Channing Avenue in Palo Alto this morning, hinting at a larger storm expected later this week. According to Jerry Berkson, Palo Alto High School assistant principal, the school administration is being cautious of leakage that might be problematic. "For those of you don't want to have wet shoes and socks all day, wear your rainboots," Berkson said.
School prepares campus for rainstorm
Ava Knapp and Lise Concolato February 12, 2025

With heavy rain and high winds expected this week, Palo Alto High School’s administration is preparing for potential storm damage. According...

The Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education voted 4-1 to approve a modified reassignment of newly elected board trustee Rowena Chiu’s responsibilities in a board meeting last night. According to board trustee Shounak Dharap, the agenda item follows Chiu’s online conduct that led to harmful rhetoric about a fellow PAUSD staff member.
Chiu’s responsibilities to be ‘reassigned’ to other committees, resolution countered
Celina Lee and Kristine Lin February 12, 2025

Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education voted 4-1, with board trustee Rowena Chiu dissenting, on a countermotion to a resolution...

A small crowd gathers in front of Palo Alto Unified School District's boardroom, hours before the doors open for tonight's meeting. According to community member Sara Woodham, she is coming in support of Danae Reynolds, who was impacted by new board member Rowena Chiu’s recent online activity following the previous board meeting earlier this month. “The part that is truly concerning or worrisome is the use of social media to characterize that meeting and essentially re-tweeting a website that had all these flagrantly racist posts at the time of the reposting,” Woodham said. “It essentially led to Danae [Reynolds] getting even more threats and racist commentary. I also find it ironic because what spawned from the notion that Rowena felt unsafe is that Danae literally became unsafe, and it really became dangerous for her.”
Community members gather for tense board meeting
Celina Lee and Kristine Lin February 11, 2025

The community members packed into the Palo Alto Unified School District's boardroom are hushed as tonight's meeting gets underway. The mood is...

Community members wait to be let into Palo Alto Unified School District's board meeting tonight. According to JLS Principal Christopher Grierson, he hopes the meeting will be diplomatic. “I'm nervous about the board meeting,” Grierson said. “I want everyone to be respectful and I hope that our school board, district leaders and community members can continue to be respectful of everyone that we serve.”
Preview: School board braces for Ethnic Studies fall-out
Priya Tamura and Mayu Altekar-Okazaki February 11, 2025

Community members are anticipating a boisterous showing at tonight’s Palo Alto Unified School Board meeting following newly elected board member...

Sophomore Ivanka Kumar prompts Gemini AI to introduce itself. According to Christopher Farina, history and psychology teacher, Gemini AI can also be used to provide more one-on-one support for students who need more help. “[The goal is to] make it easier for students to be able to use it as a tutor, ... [and as] something that the students could use to help themselves learn better,” Farina said.
AI is now available to all students in Google Suite
Lise Concolato and Joyce Ma February 11, 2025

The school district, in a move to encourage student learning in AI, has made Gemini available to all students and staff in Palo Alto Unified...

Viking Senior Jorell Clark scores a layup over Wildcat defenders in the second quarter of Friday's Senior home game against the Los Gatos Wildcats. According to Clark, the Vikings still keep their head high for the post-season. "We hope to still win a league title, and we hope to win CCS and have another deep state," Clark said.
Boys’ basketball falls to Wildcats on Senior Night
Andrew Zhao and Alex Rytokoski February 18, 2025
Viking Junior Khrisar Magna takes control of the ball against a Mustang midfielder Friday night at Palo Alto High School. The hard-fought game ending in a 0-0 tie marked a non ideal result for the Vikings. Viking senior defender Lucas Yuan said the Vikings just couldn’t find the back of the net despite their attempts. “If you look at the stat line, we had way more shots than they did, but the issue was we were just not able to convert it," Yuan said. “At the end of the day, the score line tells the story. It's 0-0.”
Boys’ soccer ties Homestead
Alex Chang and Andrew Zhao February 3, 2025
Trojan junior Dylan Nguyen shoots the ball.
Boys’ basketball first in league after defeating Trojans
Joy Tan and Andrew Zhao January 19, 2025
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Editorial: Vote Chiu and Kamhi for school board
Editorial: Vote Chiu and Kamhi for school board
The Paly Voice Staff November 4, 2024

Editor's Note: We have since been informed on several points made in the editorial and have corrected...

An image of the new iPhone Screen Mirroring application available on all computers running macOS Sequoia.
Apple shifts conversations on phone bans
Divij Motwani and Nathan Jiang October 29, 2024

Following Apple’s September launch event on Sept. 9, iOS 18 and MacOS 15 were released on Sept. 17, bringing an iPhone Mirroring feature that...

Two lion dancers unveil auspicious tapestry at the Lunar New Year Celebration at Palo Alto's Mitchell Park Community Center. According to Palo Alto resident Yi Chen, the event was both fun and enriching for his family. “This is my first time at a Lunar New Year event in Palo Alto,” Chen said. “I think this event is pretty great as it shows all ages what Asian culture is as well as its traditional art forms.”
Palo Alto celebrates Lunar New Year with performances
Allison Ma and Sophie Zhang January 12, 2025

With traditional Chinese opera reverberating across the room and lions weaving energetically through the crowd, the Palo Alto community welcomed...

In Wicked, Glinda teaches Elphaba how to become popular with a famous song from the original musical.
Wicked: A spellbinding success?
Andrew Zhao and Alex Chang December 7, 2024

So, you’ve got a Broadway musical with a 20-year legacy, millions of devoted fans who know every lyric by heart and themes of friendship and...

Students from Antara Asthaayi Dance perform traditional Diwali dance performances, ranging from kathak dance to technique dancing on Sunday afternoon in the El Palo Alto Room at the Mitchell Park Community Center. According to Ruthann Garcia, the Mitchell Park Library Services Manager, Palo Alto worked with different dance schools to plan the activity. "We worked with a coordinator who would gather a bunch of different dance schools to help us out," Garcia said.
Festival of Lights event celebrates Diwali
William Xue and Cailey Quita November 14, 2024

Yellow and magenta Diwali dresses, chalk-drawn rangoli on the floor, Henna tattoos and craft tables filled the rooms as Palo Alto held its "Festival...

At the grab-and-go, healthy restaurant Proper Food, customers are given the option to have their food heated up. Kevin The, a manager at Proper Food, said that the restaurant targets office workers. “They [the owners] wanted something where it’s easy to be grabbed, but still very healthy for people,” The said. “90 % of them [our customers] are people coming down from the office.”
Proper Food: Quick, healthy solution for busy employees
Sophie Zhang and Cailey Quita November 12, 2024

On a brisk Thursday morning, mouth watering aromas fill Proper Foods, a cozy new spot hidden inside an office center in downtown Palo Alto. This...