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The Student News Site of Palo Alto High School

The Paly Voice
The Student News Site of Palo Alto High School

The Paly Voice

Chirag Akella, Author

All content by Chirag Akella
Senior captain Kaitlin Chiu surveys the field for an open teammate in the first half of the game against Los Gatos High school on April 14 at home. The Vikings lost in overtime 7-6.

Girls’ lacrosse seeks to bounce back in rival game

April 27, 2017
Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, who has gone final for standing upto President Trump regarding his proposed wall, will be speaking in the Media Arts Center. Photo: Creative Commons

Former president of Mexico to speak on campus

April 17, 2017
Senior captain Kaitlin Chiu looks to defend as the ball comes her way. The Vikings aims to avenge its loss to Los Gatos at 7 p.m. tomorrow at home. Photo by Jackson Doerr.

Girls’ lacrosse aims to avenge defeat against Los Gatos

April 14, 2017
The softball team huddles up before its game against Saratoga High School (8-3, 2-1) on Mar. 22. The Vikings lost to the Falcons 8-1.

Softball prepares to face rival Gunn

April 11, 2017
Amy Adams stars as a linguist attempting to communicate with extraterrestrials that have landed on Earth in order to save the world in the new science fiction thriller, Arrival.

‘Arrival’ departs from traditional science fiction mold

February 23, 2017

Thursday, Jan. 19 is the last day to add a class

January 17, 2017
Candidates Vicki Veenker and Marc Berman are campaigning to represent the 24th District in the State Assembly.

Profile: California’s 24th District State Assembly candidates

November 5, 2016
Vicki Veenker speaks to the Chirag Akella and Sid Sharma during an interview. Veenker stated her top three priorities as securing the water supply, increasing education funding, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Profile: Vicki Veenker, State Assembly candidate

November 5, 2016
The Paly Voice interviewed State Assemblyman candidate Marc Berman ahead of the election to represent the 24th district. According to Berman, his top three priorities are education, housing and infrastructure. Photo: Chirag Akella

Profile: Marc Berman, State Assembly candidate

November 5, 2016
Admin to investigate streaking incident on Quad

Admin to investigate streaking incident on Quad

September 15, 2016

UC application workshop is after school on Tuesday, Sept. 27 in the Library Conference Room

September 13, 2016

Senior class photo is after school on Thursday, Sept. 22 at the football field

September 13, 2016
Vandals strike senior deck again

Vandals strike senior deck again

August 18, 2016
Junior Henry Badger serves while junior Jerry Hong prepares for the return. Badger and Hong lost their match in two close sets.

Boys’ tennis loses to cross-town rival Gunn

April 2, 2016
Junior Adrian Smith swings back his racket to return the ball in a doubles match against Cupertino on Thursday at Paly. Photo by Sam Lee.

Boys’ tennis splits matches against Cupertino

March 19, 2016
Senior Nathan Kau works on his robotic arm in preparation for the regional tournament this weekend.

Science Olympiad prepares for regional tournament

March 16, 2016
Junior Henry Badger rallies with his teammates during a practice. Badger believes that the team can overcome its youth to succeed this season.

Boys’ tennis faces rebuilding season

March 8, 2016
The current senior was painted by the Class of 2014. The deck will be replaced with a new one in memory of the passing away of a former student.

Senior Deck construction to begin over summer

February 25, 2016
The Blended Learning class is being expanded to more classes for next year. Illustration by Portia Barrientos.

Blended learning programs to expand next year

February 24, 2016
Matt Damon stars as astronaut Mark Watney in the space thriller The Martian. The Martian has been nominated for six Oscars.

“The Martian” leaves no space for boredom

February 22, 2016
The Palo Alto High School TEDx club will host its first ever MC auditions. Last year the club asked theater students, but have decided to have audtions to give more people the opportunity, Photo by TEDxPaloAltoHighSchool

TEDx to host emcee auditions today

February 16, 2016
Bring Change 2 Mind hosts an event during Club Day 2, letting people share their opinion on how to end stigma. Photo by Sam Lee.

New club hopes to bring end to mental illness stigma

February 9, 2016
Photo by Ethan Kao.

Tava to debut new Paly special menu

February 7, 2016
Senior and team captain Claire Kokontis leads the strategy meeting for the Palo Alto High School robotics team.

Robotics team prepares for upcoming season

January 26, 2016
Students gather at the football field after a fire alarm went off. According to Assistant Principal Jerry Berkson, the alarm was set off by rewiring the electricity. Photo by Adele Bloch

Power outage affects Palo Alto community

January 20, 2016

“Summing up Europe” trip to change math learning

December 8, 2015

ASB introduces new kickball event

December 1, 2015

Boys’ water polo optimistic after disappointing finish to season

November 30, 2015

Boys’ water polo team to kick off CCS playoffs against Saint Francis

November 13, 2015

Review: “Spectre” begins with a bang, but misses the bullseye

November 12, 2015

Contests provide students opportunity to voice political opinions

November 3, 2015

How to prevent bike theft

October 27, 2015

Boys’ water polo falls to Monta Vista on Senior Night

October 22, 2015

Video: Spirit Week 2015 continues with Generation Day

October 22, 2015

Recap: Seniors take victory in relay

October 21, 2015

Boys’ water polo gets big win against Gunn

October 18, 2015

Changes coming to College Awareness Day

October 13, 2015

Slideshow: Boys’ Water Polo vs. Gunn

October 1, 2015

Girls’ Water Polo Slideshow vs. Gunn

October 1, 2015

Hybrid Chemistry class blends regular and Honor courses

September 22, 2015

Verbatim: Who will win this year’s Super Bowl?

September 11, 2015

Gym Construction moving along

September 8, 2015

Boys’ water polo looks to improve despite construction obstacles

September 4, 2015
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