Girls’ basketball wins first game of the season
December 8, 2019
The Palo Alto High School girls’ varsity basketball team kicks off its season with a victory against South San Francisco High School Thursday at Paly and aims to carry that momentum into league.
Season Preview: Boys’ soccer team aims to place top three in league
December 8, 2019
Kicking off its season, the Palo Alto High School boys’ varsity soccer team is optimistic despite being a young team, hoping to place at the top of the league.
Season Preview: Boys’ basketball team has high hopes after early-season win
December 7, 2019
Following a 52-37 win against the Carlmont High School Scots in its first game Monday, the Palo Alto High School boys’ varsity basketball team is optimistic for a successful season with a new coach.
Season Preview: Girls’ basketball team hopeful despite losing players
December 4, 2019
The Palo Alto High School girls’ varsity basketball team remains optimistic despite heading into its season with no seniors on its roster and the loss of a key player.
2019: A Paly Voice year-in-review
December 11, 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, the Voice reflects on the moments that highlighted the year.
Breaking: Students react to police officer injury and chaos on campus
November 4, 2019
A rattled student body is reflecting on campus security issues after a wild police chase just after noon today at Palo Alto High School that left an officer injured and a robbery suspect in cuffs.
Varsity football falls to Wilcox in first league game
September 28, 2019
The Palo Alto High School football team (3-2, 0-1) lost to the Wilcox Chargers (3-2, 1-0), 15-26, despite its initial lead in the first league game of the season on Friday.
Allie Feitzinger and Olivia Ramberg-Gomez
December 12, 2019
Is an old Prom dress still gathering dust in the back of your closet? Students looking to offload gently used Prom dresses and accessories are invited to donate them to The Princess Project Club's donation drive.
Writer’s Craft to host ‘Poetry Elves’ event
December 11, 2019
Students can look forward to a spot of winter cheer tomorrow, with Palo Alto High School's Writer's Craft classes planning to host a 'Poetry Elves on the Quad' event during lunch.
Girls’ basketball wins first game of the season
December 8, 2019
The Palo Alto High School girls’ varsity basketball team kicks off its season with a victory against South San Francisco High School Thursday at Paly and aims to carry that momentum into league.
Sports Boosters tree sale in full swing
December 8, 2019
The Palo Alto High School Sports Boosters is hosting its traditional Christmas tree sale located in the parking lot on the corner of El Camino Real and Embarcadero Road.
A grand vision for Cubberley Community Center – but don’t hold your breath
December 5, 2019
Palo Alto citizens can now look forward to a completely reimagined Cubberley Community Center, outlined in plans recently released that represent a culmination of hours of planning by city staff, PAUSD representatives, and community members.
Hallie Faust and Dylan Fu
December 11, 2019
Students can look forward to a spot of winter cheer tomorrow, with Palo Alto High School's Writer's Craft classes planning to host a 'Poetry Elves on the Quad' event during lunch.
Mxmtoon brings light to unspoken topics in “the masquerade”
December 3, 2019
The excitement hums from the hundreds of teens who fill the Rickshaw Stop, a concert venue, in San Francisco. Screams emerge from the crowd as a girl of small stature appears on stage with a ukulele, in plaid pants and a graphic t-shirt. With her ukulele in hand, mxmtoon has captured the raw emotions of thousands of teens with her songs.
Verbatim: Students’ favorite holiday tunes
November 21, 2019
With the holiday season quickly approaching, The Paly Voice asked a few Paly students what their favorite holiday songs are. Spoiler alert: Mariah Carey has a lot of fans.
Column: Surviving an Indie concert
November 18, 2019
Apple watches with gay pride color bands to our right, millennials debating over the best non-dairy milk substitute in their insert “trendy, innovative, unequivocally quirky” startup name here to the left. This is the image seen from our peripheral vision at the Yoke Lore concert we went to this past month at the New Parish venue in Oakland.
Behind the Scenes: Spirit Dance 2019
October 27, 2019
Spirit Week starts tomorrow, but for the past month, Spirit Dance practices for all grades at Palo Alto High School have been occurring during lunch and Tutorial at the lacrosse field. Each class’ dance incorporates their theme: the Class of 2023 has Jailbreak, the Class of 2022 has Lifeguards, the Class of 2021 has Pac-Man, and the Class of 2020 has Shrek.
![Actors rehearse a stage combat scene Tuesday in preparation for the Friday premiere of “The Kentucky Cycle,” the Paly Theatre Department’s first completely student-produced show to take place in the black box theatre. “It [the black box] automatically makes everything so much more intimate, because you're so much closer to the actors and on the same level,” said senior Sky Croce, who is the student director. “In a show like ‘The Kentucky Cycle,’ which is very dramatic, it makes everything a lot more intense and brings out the drama and the emotion a lot more than seeing it on [the main] stage would.” 📸: Kira Sterling](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
What's YOUR favorite winter snack?
- Hot Chocolate (44%, 81 Votes)
- Sugar Cookie (19%, 35 Votes)
- I don't like snacks! (16%, 29 Votes)
- Egg Nog (8%, 15 Votes)
- Candy Cane (8%, 14 Votes)
- Pan Dulce (6%, 12 Votes)
Total Voters: 204
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Ryan Wisowaty, Editor-in-Chief
December 11, 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, the Voice reflects on the moments that highlighted the year.
Behind the scenes of Paly Athletics with Justine Iongi
November 3, 2019
The Palo Alto High School Sports Medicine room is bustling with students at the end of the school day — football players relax in chairs donning their jerseys as their ankles are wrapped in bandages, volleyball players stretch on cylindrical foam tubes, and lacrosse players grab water bottles to prepare for their game. Athletic Trainer Justine Iongi sits in the middle of the chaos.
Spirit Week 2019: Day 2 Video Recap
October 30, 2019
Spirit week 2019 continues on Tuesday with both a lunch and a tutorial rally. Lunch featured rounds of human ring toss and a new trivia game, and games continued during tutorial with hungry hungry hippos and wrap your vice president.
Spirit Week 2019: Day 1 Video Recap
October 29, 2019
Palo Alto High School's annual Spirit Week began Monday, with students competing in a traditional opening game of tug-of-war and competition for the title of best dressed. Spirit Week 2019 continues until Friday.
Kaahini Jain, News Editor
December 4, 2019
On behalf of teeangers everywhere, I would like to set the record straight about Generation Z and our use of technology.
Opinion: Instagram leading in the decline of toxic social media
November 20, 2019
Will Instagram’s removal of likes start the trend towards the end of unhealthy social media patterns? We think so.
Hallie Faust and Dylan Fu
December 11, 2019
Students can look forward to a spot of winter cheer tomorrow, with Palo Alto High School's Writer's Craft classes planning to host a 'Poetry Elves on the Quad' event during lunch.
Mxmtoon brings light to unspoken topics in “the masquerade”
December 3, 2019
The excitement hums from the hundreds of teens who fill the Rickshaw Stop, a concert venue, in San Francisco. Screams emerge from the crowd as a girl of small stature appears on stage with a ukulele, in plaid pants and a graphic t-shirt. With her ukulele in hand, mxmtoon has captured the raw emotions of thousands of teens with her songs.
Behind the Scenes: Spirit Dance 2019
October 27, 2019
Spirit Week starts tomorrow, but for the past month, Spirit Dance practices for all grades at Palo Alto High School have been occurring during lunch and Tutorial at the lacrosse field. Each class’ dance incorporates their theme: the Class of 2023 has Jailbreak, the Class of 2022 has Lifeguards, the Class of 2021 has Pac-Man, and the Class of 2020 has Shrek.
