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![The Palo Alto High School Class of 2024 prepares to graduate in Viking Stadium on Thursday in a ceremony accompanied
by music and speeches. Senior Sid Senn spoke to the Class of 2024s work ethic. Either we let our hopes and dreams slide by or we grit our teeth and pull through, Senn said. For Palys Class of 2024, I know its often the latter.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-9-1200x900.png)
“I am honored to say that by the State of California and the Palo Alto Unified School District, the Class of 2024 has completed the graduation...
![Following three years as Student Activities Director, Palo Alto High School teacher Steven Gallagher is stepping down from the position and will be helping current dance teacher Alyssa Bond to step into the position. According to Gallagher, he enjoyed the collaborative aspect as well as seeing students grow throughout the process. “I really liked working with all students in this type of atmosphere as opposed to an academic atmosphere,” Gallagher said. “That was really rewarding, especially after Spirit Week, when a lot of the students were like ‘I dont know how were going to do this [plan Spirit Week],’ and then at the end, they end up doing it successfully.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/364A6531-1200x800.jpg)
After three years of directing Palo Alto High School’s student government, current Student Activities Director Steven Gallagher is stepping...
![The Palo Alto Fire Department arrives on scene due to fire alarms going off in the Palo Alto High School Performing Arts Center at 4:45 this afternoon. Eric Holm, Palo Alto Unified School District facilities director, said that the issue was due to smoke in the basement. A motor on a pump was smoking, and we are still investigating the cause of that, Holm said.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-6-2-1200x883.png)
The Palo Alto Fire Department addressed a smoking motor that caused the fire alarm to go off at the Palo Alto High School Performing Arts Center,...
![Biology teacher and event organizer Elizabeth Brimhall walks behind a participant in last year’s Mind Matters 5k, an event intended to raise mental health awareness. According to Brimhall, she was motivated to create the event after seeing the positive reaction to the Palo Alto Educators’ Association’s overnight walk many years prior. “I had this idea many years ago during the time of the suicide cluster, Brimhall said. A group of us from the Palo Alto Educators Association did something for the overnight walk for suicide prevention. After that walk happened, I went, ‘We should be doing something like this in our community.’ Finally, last year we were able to try to do something in a small way similar to that that tries to raise awareness.” (Photo: Kristine Lin)](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/8-dsc-0160_orig.jpg)
With colorful posters and interactive activities, the Palo Alto community will have the chance to raise mental health awareness through a community...
![Palo Alto High School Dance Team members rehearse their new contemporary routine for the Spring Dance Show. The annual show will take place 7 p.m. on Friday in the Performing Arts Center. According to senior captain Rachel Ho, she was able to choreograph her own dance to finish off her time on the team. “I have my own piece that Im doing so Im really excited,” Ho said. “Its gonna be my last piece that I’m choreographing for this team, so Im sad because it’s going to be the end of an era, but it’s also going to be really fun.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6038-2-1200x800.jpg)
Featuring a wide range of student-created pieces — from hip-hop and jazz to contemporary and lyrical — the Palo Alto High School Dance Team...
![Student encampments protesting for the divestment of funds at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The banner spread across the building calls for a Free Palestine Encampment until UC Divests. Glory to the Martyrs, Victory to the Resistance! The second banner hung below outlines the protest demands: 1. End the Silence, 2. Financial Divestment, 3. Academic Boycott, and 4. Stop the Repression.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7561-e1714762451221-1200x938.jpg)
Editor’s Note: Names and faces have been redacted and blurred as per request to preserve anonymity. College campuses nationwide are...
![The Churchill parking lot is often full during the school day. Student drivers who park in the Churchill lot run the risk of their cars getting hit by fly balls from the adjacent baseball diamond. (Photo: Joseph Kessler)](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PalyParkingLot-1200x900.jpg)
As I walked to my car after a stressful day of classes, I felt a pit in my stomach when I noticed the tell-tale white slip tucked underneath...
![The New York Times games page has ten new puzzles for players each day.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-24-8.39.18-PM.png)
With the recent addition of "Strands" on March 4, the New York Times now hosts 10 games on its website with new rounds of each game available...
![Review: Mochiko Mochi Pizza explores fusion flavors](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mochikothumbnail-1200x900.jpg)
The delicate allure of Asian flavors that intertwine with the comforting familiarity of European cuisine at Mochiko Mochi Pizza is like no other,...
![Avatar Aang (Gordon Cormier), Katara (Kiawentiio), and Sokka (Ian Ousley) looks in horror as a army of fire nation soldiers approaches them.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/avatar-the-last-airbender-netflix-cast-release-date-news-65b16f45baf96-1200x800.jpg)
Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago these four nations lived in harmony — but everything changed when Netflix’s latest live-action remake of...
![The Paly Voice reviews 96th Academy Awards Best Picture nominees](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-3.25.51 PM-1200x1000.png)
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)](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/maestro2-1200x800.jpg)
"A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory...
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