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2024-2025 Election Results
2024-2025 Election Results
Celina Lee, News Editor • March 18, 2024

The 2024-2025 Associated Student Body election results are out. ASB President: Julian Hong ASB Vice President: Amani Fossati-Moaine ASB...

ASB elections begin for 2024-2025
ASB elections begin for 2024-2025
Celina Lee and Veronica Qiu March 14, 2024

Voting for Palo Alto High School’s Associated Student Body is open to students from now until 3 p.m. on Friday. Students can vote through links...

Palo Alto High School Principal Brent Kline responds to questions during a conversation with The Paly Voice on Feb. 29 in the Media Arts Center. According to Kline, he plans to host a School Culture Workshop in April that will improve Palys student culture. There has been a plan into continuing providing our students with opportunities to be part of creating and maintaining a positive culture, Kline said. (Photo: Celina Lee)
Principal plans to host 'School Culture Workshop' in April
Celina Lee and Motoko Iwata March 13, 2024

Building upon student connections and feedback from the Breaking Down the Walls event hosted last month, Palo Alto High School’s Principal...

Students took pride in sharing their cultures during last years International Night, hosted by Palo Alto High Schools Associated Student Body. This years International Night, this time arranged by Palys theater program, will take place at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Performing Arts Center. According to senior Athya Paramesh, who organized the event, students are welcome to participate either as a performer or an attendee. We wanted it to be open to people from theater, but also beyond theater, Paramesh said. We got some great [sign-up] responses, so Im excited.
Theater-focused ‘International Night’ to celebrate cultural diversity
Kristine Lin, News Editor • February 29, 2024

Stories will be shared and cultural arts showcased during International Night, taking place 7 p.m. tomorrow in Palo Alto High School's Performing...

Junior Justun Kim reads during the weekly designated independent reading time in teacher Melissa Laptalos AP Language and Composition class. After much deliberation, the AP Language team is using a new system of grading coined as ungrading that does not give assignments letter or number grades. According to teacher Alanna Williamson, the new system is designed to change students’ focus from just earning points to thinking about learning and growing. “Its a completely different way to reframe your thinking about your grade,” Williamson said. “It [the previous grading system] was very quantitative and this ‘Ungrading’ format makes you think about your skills on a qualitative level and how youre improving ... not how many points you need.” (Photo: Carissa Tsui)
New AP Lang gradeless system fosters individualized growth
Sophia Yang and Carissa Tsui February 27, 2024

One semester into a new "ungrading" grading system, the AP English Language and Composition team at Palo Alto High School is reevaluating and...

Members from Palo Alto High Schools K-pop dance club, Palyce, performed a dynamic dance cover of Ditto by K-pop group NewJeans at Paly’s Got Talent. ASB Studios hosted its first live event, Palys Got Talent, on Thursday in the Performing Arts Center. Junior Angela Rao, part of Palyce, had a fun time performing on stage. We were into the dances that we saw on YouTube, related to K-pop, and we decided on this one to do because it seemed the most fun, Rao said. It was really nice being onstage and I feel like we really did a good job.
Paly's Got Talent: Students shine in diverse showcase
Allison Ma and Veronica Qiu February 21, 2024

ASB Studios, the broadcasting arm of the Associated Student Body, is celebrating the success of its inaugural event, Paly’s Got Talent, featuring...

Viking sophomore Charlotte Barclay defends against Carlmont High School Scots player in the Vikings fifth game of the season. Despite a rocky start to their season, the Vikings played strong, winning 19-10 over the Carlmont High School Scots. According to Viking sophomore Natalie Dymmel, she loved the intensity and the confident mindset of the Vikings. I definitely love the drive and the energy. Theyre also supportive even if we lose the ball,Dymmel said.  Theyre cheering you on, even from the sidelines, you can hear them from across the field. (Photo: Andrew Zhao)
Vikings girls' lacrosse gains first victory of season over Scots
Kevin O'Brien and Andrew Zhao March 14, 2024
Strength and conditioning coach Anthony Thomas sets up the weight room in preparation for another session with the Paly Football Team. According to Athletic Instructional Leader Peter Diepenbrock, Palo Alto High School is late to the game in implementing a conditioning program. Most, if not all of the top athletic teams in the area have had a strength and conditioning program for many, many years, said Diepenbrock. We are very, very late.(Photo: Joy Tan)
Viking athletics enters new era with a game-changing program, coach
Ava Knapp and Joy Tan March 13, 2024
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Author Ana Homayoun presents her new book Erasing the Finish Line and the problems with college applications in a presentation last Wednesday night. Theres little you can do to guarantee college acceptance these days, Homayoun said. So things in your control, like time management, is critical to perfect. (Photo: Evan Chien)
Opinion: 'Erasing the Finish Line' from college applications
Evan Chien, Culture Editor • December 19, 2023

College applications are becoming less and less a result of the work students put into their application, and more of a lottery system. Factors...

Sophomore Evan Chien sprints a butterfly lap along the black lines spread out across the pool floor during training. (Photo: Ethan Chien)
Swimming in water and work
Evan Chien, Culture Editor • May 27, 2023
For hours on end, a black line is all you will get to see. Back and forth, until you memorize the amount of tiles there are. That’s the basis of swimming, but people don’t go to pools for the excitement of befriending the floor.
The Paly Voice reviews 96th Academy Awards Best Picture nominees
The Paly Voice reviews 96th Academy Awards Best Picture nominees
Anna Feng, Editor-In-Chief • March 13, 2024

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted the 96th Academy Awards (informally known as the Oscars) this past weekend. Here is The...

Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan) participate in a television interview after his successful debut performance led him to fame. Netflixs new biographical movie Maestro focuses on the relationship between the two, capturing Bernsteins various musical talents and career aspirations that lead him in different directions throughout his life. (Photo: Jason McDonald/Netflix)
'Maestro': Bernstein's complexities artfully unveiled
Veronica Qiu, Reporter • March 13, 2024

"A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory...

Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen (Austin Butler) in Dune: Part Two.(Photo: Warner Bros)
'Dune: Part 2': Modern take on a classic sci-fi story
Evan Chien and Kevin O'Brien March 13, 2024

There’s a lot to live up to if you’re going to attempt to put Frank Herbert’s 1966 award-winning novel “Dune” onto the big screen....

Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) comforts his wife Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone) amidst the murders of her family in Killers of the Flower Moon. (Photo: Paramount)
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: A haunting tribute to an uncomfortable past
Sophia Yang, Editor-In-Chief • March 10, 2024

“In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plants, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over...

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