Jeffrey Tu and Emily Yun
October 21, 2020
Weeks after a virtual Club Day, Palo Alto High School clubs are now meeting through Zoom and engaging in creative lunch-time activities that have been fitted to the new online environment.
The next steps for Paly Robotics
September 5, 2020
Like other clubs at Palo Alto High School, the Paly Robotics team was forced to shut down in-person meetings and activities when PAUSD schools closed mid-March due to COVID-19. But despite that experience, the team is focusing on positives, including the recruitment of new team members, the return of a longtime coach, and tournament rules that will allow reusing their award-winning robot from last year.
Keeping fit in the era of Coronavirus: a guide to the best local exercise spots
May 3, 2020
Craving a break from your online homework? Watched every show there is on Netflix? Looking to get active after spending weeks at home? This guide to the best places to exercise near and around Palo Alto while staying safe has got you covered.
First-generation Indian-American teens take center stage in ‘Never Have I Ever’
April 30, 2020
Her dad died dramatically at her concert, her legs were paralyzed for a year, but all Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) can think of is snagging the hottest boy in school. On top of that, tennis legend John McEnroe narrates Vishwakumar’s whole adventure. And a cameo from Adam Samberg!
Social distancing causes mental health decline
April 22, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, the country entered lockdown and normal life was put on pause. People dropped their regular work or school routines in favor of staying isolated at home, but have found themselves lost as to what to do or how to continue.
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Malia Wanderer and Sofie Zalatimo
October 16, 2020
Three thousand. That’s how many phone calls student and family engagement specialists made to Palo Alto Unified School District families during the first months after the pandemic hit in the spring.
Greer Stone: the new ASB Director
October 15, 2020
New to PALY in the 2020-21 school year is Greer Stone, a native Palo Altan who is also a PALY Alumni. The ASB director is replacing Matt Hall, who also taught Japanese at PALY, who has moved to Gunn to focus on teaching Japanese.
Seniors go to great lengths to take standardized tests
September 30, 2020
One thousand seven hundred miles. That’s how far Palo Alto High School senior Avantika Singh was prepared to fly to take her October ACT, after her April ACT was canceled due to COVID-19 and the closest testing center available before December was in Austin, Texas.
Meet the 2020 school board candidates
September 29, 2020
In November, Palo Alto voters will decide on the next Board of Education trustees.
Tara Kapoor, News Editor
October 21, 2020
Ninety degree highs in mid-October. Fires demolishing millions of acres of California land. Unearthly orange gloom cast over the state for days. The list goes on. Climate change. Its effects have been catastrophic — and all too evident in our home state this year. It is true that our political leaders on a local, state and national level enact the nation's climate policies. But voters decide these representatives. The ongoing election is an opportunity — a quadrennial one in a time when each day counts — to concentrate efforts on minimizing environmental damage going forward.
Editorial: Make C-days asynchronous
October 20, 2020
One thousand two hundred eighty-five. With the new distance-learning schedule, that's how many minutes per week students at Palo Alto High School look at a screen to do synchronous work.
Kaahini Jain and Ria Pai
April 30, 2020
Her dad died dramatically at her concert, her legs were paralyzed for a year, but all Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) can think of is snagging the hottest boy in school. On top of that, tennis legend John McEnroe narrates Vishwakumar’s whole adventure. And a cameo from Adam Samberg!
‘Tartuffe’ continues despite COVID-19 concerns
March 13, 2020
The Palo Alto High School Theatre Program will carry on with its first showing of Tartuffe with an audience limit of 100 people on March 14, despite Palo Alto Unified School District’s cancellation and postponement of various school events.
Slideshow: The Paly Voice reviews 2020 Oscars Best Picture nominees
February 9, 2020
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will take place at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9. Nine unique films will compete for this prestigious award; here are the Paly Voice reviews for the Best Picture nominations.
‘The Irishman’: A look into 20th century organized crime
February 9, 2020
Ever had a friend who was telling you a story, but starts with a long backstory for context, then gets sidetracked by a side story, then introduces too many unnecessary characters, then forgets the point of the story, then finally concludes the story but keeps rambling, three hours and 29 minutes later? Well, that’s “The Irishman” in a nutshell.
