the Paly Voice

  • Paly baseball defeats Bellarmine 6-4 to advance to CCS semifinals against St. Francis
  • Baseball: Paly races past Watsonville 12-4; will face Bellarmine in 2nd round of CCS Playoffs
  • Senior Hilda Huang named a Presidential Scholar by the U.S. Secretary of Education
  • Stanford football head coach David Shaw selected as 2013 Baccalaureate speaker
  • Read the introduction to Verde Magazine’s “You can’t tell me I wasn’t raped” here

  • Journalism programs announce next year’s staff

    The Campanile, The Viking, Verde, The Paly Voice, InFocus, and C Magazine all released their finalized staff lists for the 2013-2014 school year over the last few weeks.

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  • Slideshow: Field Day features free food and blow-ups

    Palo Alto High School’s annual field day took place today on the quad.  It featured four blow-up games as well as free food served by more »

    Junior William Yang enjoys one of the burgers paid for by the Associated Student Body and served by the Parent Student Teacher Association.

  • Recap: Boys’ swimming concludes successful season

    Palo Alto High School boy’s varsity swimming concluded another successful season by claiming second place at CCS last Saturday. The boys lost only one dual meet this season and concluded their season with a record of 6-0-1 within the the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League as well as taking the league title.

    Paly Boy's swimming pose with after winning second at CCS. Photo by Sam Kelley.

  • Preview: Summer Concerts in the Bay

    It’s starting to be that time of the year, where the temperature rises and teens flock to crowded venues to enjoy their favorite bands or more »

    Caleb Shomo, the lead singer of Attack Attack!, performs at the Vans Warped Tour in 2011. Photo by Cathy Rong.

  • Verbatim: Streak Week

    In the last two weeks, Palo Alto High School has been barraged by streakers. The Paly Voice asks Paly students: “What do you think about streak more »

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News

“Senior cut day” leaves campus empty

The Palo Alto High School campus will be much quieter this Monday thanks to the annual day when the majority of the senior class skips school, popularly referred to as “senior cut day.”

Sports

Track and Field to participate in CCS qualifiers

The Palo Alto High School track and field team will be participating will participate in a preliminary Central Coast Section finals qualifier at Gilroy High School tomorrow in order to defend last year’s championship title.

Opinion

Doktorski's book may be rather brainless, but it's perfect for a summer read by the pool. Photo by Paige Esterly

Review: “Famous Last Words” doesn’t live up to its title

Recently, The Paly Voice was asked by the publishers to review the new Young Adult novel Famous Last Words, by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski before its official release. The book will be available in stores starting this July.

Multimedia

Junior William Yang enjoys one of the burgers paid for by the Associated Student Body and served by the Parent Student Teacher Association.

Slideshow: Field Day features free food and blow-ups

Palo Alto High School’s annual field day took place today on the quad.  It featured four blow-up games as well as free food served by more »

Features

Caleb Shomo, the lead singer of Attack Attack!, performs at the Vans Warped Tour in 2011. Photo by Cathy Rong.

Preview: Summer Concerts in the Bay

It’s starting to be that time of the year, where the temperature rises and teens flock to crowded venues to enjoy their favorite bands or more »

A & E

A California childhood is the latest boo released by James Franco featuring pictures, stories and poems about his childhood in Palo Alto. Photo by Insight Editions LLC

James Franco visits Kepler’s

Palo Alto High School alumnus James Franco held a book signing at Kepler’s Book Store on Monday, May 13 at Kepler’s Book Store in Menlo Park; he was joined by his mother Betsy Franco, also a well known author.