A definitive ranking of Trader Joe’s seasonal cookies
January 14, 2019
Winter is the perfect season for cookies, and Trader Joe’s, conveniently located across the street from Palo Alto High School, is a popular source of these sweets for students.
To help Paly students satisfy their cookie cravings, the Paly Voice staff set out to determine the best Trader Joe’s treats to enjoy this year. Before winter break, staff members sampled each cookie and rated them from 1-5. The average rating of each cookie was used to rank the cookie from 1 (best) to 8 (worst).
![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)
