Spirit Week 2018 final results, dances
Seniors snatch victory, sophomores steal second place
October 30, 2018
Palo Alto High School’s 2018 Spirit Week ended with a senior victory, as the class of 2019 finished the week with 19,915 points. Unlike last year’s results, where grades placed in respect to their grade levels, the sophomore class overtook the juniors by more than 1,000 points overall this year after a Friday upset. The sophomores gained more points than the juniors in the spirit dance and sportsmanship categories on Friday, helping them clinch second place.
Check out the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior spirit dances at the links below.
![Shounak Dharap, president of the school board of Palo Alto Unified School District, announced Friday morning that Superintendent Don Austin separated from his superintendent position at PAUSD. Corbin Dodd, an Ethnic Studies and AP Seminar teacher at Palo Alto High School, said that Austin's separation from the district surprised him and his colleagues. "Negotiations are happening right now, so there's a lot of talk about the school board and the superintendent, but it [Austin's separation] wasn't on my radar, and I don't think it was on the radar of any of the teachers I've spoken to," Dodd said.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_7950-300x225.png)
