Winter rally to feature seniors vs. staff basketball game, prom reveal
January 21, 2020
In the wake of last year’s tie game, Palo Alto High School students and staff alike are anticipating an exciting match at tomorrow’s seniors versus staff basketball game.
The match will take place at the Winter Rally during tutorial in the Paly Big Gym.
Unlike previous years, however, the student team will not have a strict equal ratio of boys and girls, with the current student roster showing 15 boys and five girls.
According to Associated Student Body commissioner Joshua Athayde, student players were selected entirely randomly.
“Seniors signed up through a Google form,” Athayde said. “Of the approximately 40 students who signed up, 20 were randomly selected to play in the game.”
According to a message from Student Activities Director Matthew Hall, the teams of 20 will be divided into groups of five who will each play for one quarter of the game.
In addition to the basketball game, the Winter Rally will also include the prom location reveal as well as a halftime performance by the varsity Paly cheer and dance teams.
![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)
