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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

Zahra Muzaffar, Author

All content by Zahra Muzaffar
Seniors Skyler Anderson (left) and Weston Preising celebrate Anderson's goal in the second quarter of Paly's 12-11 home loss to Burlingame Monday night. Photo by Matt Ersted.

Lacrosse teams host mental health awareness event

Zahra Muzaffar, Author
May 20, 2017
ASB hosts successful volleyball tournament

ASB hosts successful volleyball tournament

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
May 2, 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

Chirag Akella, Bianca Al-Shamari, and Zahra Muzaffar
April 17, 2017
Liveblog: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox speaks on campus

Liveblog: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox speaks on campus

Emily Hwang and Zahra Muzaffar
April 17, 2017
The Palo Alto Board of Education is still working to specify the language used in the OCR resolution. Photo: Zahra Muzaffar

School board forges new path with OCR

Zahra Muzaffar, Author
March 2, 2017

Pops Concert 2017: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
February 17, 2017
Construction workers renovate room 300B prior to the library demolition. The room will serve as office space. Photo: Maya Akkaraju

Gym construction on schedule for May completion

Zahra Muzaffar and Eric Bo-Han Yap
February 14, 2017
Committees to enhance student experience

Committees to enhance student experience

Zahra Muzaffar and Maya Akkaraju
January 26, 2017
Verbatim: What are you thankful for?

Verbatim: What are you thankful for?

Morgan Keller and Zahra Muzaffar
November 25, 2016
Local high schools erupt in protests and peace marches

Local high schools erupt in protests and peace marches

Zahra Muzaffar, Author
November 19, 2016
Spirit Dances 2016

Spirit Dances 2016

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
October 23, 2016
Recap: Seniors maintain their reign on Day Two

Recap: Seniors maintain their reign on Day Two

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
October 18, 2016
Newseum to make West Coast appearance

Newseum to make West Coast appearance

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
September 13, 2016
Meet the teachers 2016: Science part 1

Meet the teachers 2016: Science part 1

Morgan Keller and Zahra Muzaffar
September 13, 2016
Students advertise for their clubs during the extended lunch. Over 55 different organizations brought signs and displays to attract student to join their clubs last year.

ASB prepares for annual Club Day

Zahra Muzaffar and Bradley Smith
September 2, 2016
District plans overhaul of standardized test administration

District plans overhaul of standardized test administration

Takaaki Sagawa and Zahra Muzaffar
May 25, 2016
new performing arts center

Performing Arts Center ushers in a new era

Morgan Keller and Zahra Muzaffar
May 6, 2016

District to hear preliminary CDC suggestions

Zahra Muzaffar, Author
May 3, 2016
Palo Alto High School and Gunn High School students pose together at the International DECA competition in Nashville, Tenn. Four of the six Paly students pictured above were the first to ever qualify for the competition. Students from left to right: Hannah Pan (Paly), Allison Wu (Paly), ---, Stephanie Cong (Paly),

DECA ends season on a high note

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
May 3, 2016
All three teams pose for a picture after competing at the TEAMS state competition. The underclassmen team placed sixth, while the upperclassmen A team took fourth and the B team placed first. Photo: Jerry Hong.

TEAMS place in engineering tourney, advance to nationals

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
April 14, 2016

ASB to hold special elections for vacant positions

Zahra Muzaffar, Author
March 30, 2016
Illustration by Portia Barrientos.

You are so not OCD: The truth behind the colloquialism

Daniel Li and Zahra Muzaffar
March 28, 2016
School board members Melissa Caswell and Ken Dauber listen to teachers from Addison Elementary during the open forum. The staff addressed how the donation would benefit students. Teachers hope the monetary funds will create more space on campus.

Anonymous donations to district create controversy

Emma van der Veen and Zahra Muzaffar
March 15, 2016
Cheerleading team receives third place at nationals

Cheerleading team receives third place at nationals

Morgan Keller and Zahra Muzaffar
March 15, 2016
Associated Student Body members will host a student forum during Tutorial on March 15. They hope to continue the expansion of ASB events, such as the Townhall pictured above, to promote transparency. Photo by The Paly Voice.

ASB to host forum during Tutorial

Zahra Muzaffar, Author
March 14, 2016
Admin investigates Franco mural vandalism

Admin investigates Franco mural vandalism

Adrienne Kwok and Zahra Muzaffar
February 16, 2016
School board opposes creation of new high school

School board opposes creation of new high school

Emma van der Veen and Zahra Muzaffar
January 28, 2016
Teachers voice salary concerns

Teachers voice salary concerns

Sherwin Amsbaugh and Zahra Muzaffar
January 28, 2016
One of Friebel’s favorite memories while teaching at Paly is when his class decided to go outside and spell out the word math by laying on the ground while he stood over them.

Coffee Chats: Math teacher William Friebel

Morgan Keller, Chayenne Greenberg, and Zahra Muzaffar
January 23, 2016
The Santa Clara County gov prepares to open a new LGBTQ Office of Affairs to the public on Jan 19. Photo courtesy of Santa Clara County government website.

County opens nation’s first LGBTQ Affairs Office

Morgan Keller and Zahra Muzaffar
January 19, 2016

ASB hopes for successful adaptation to Winter Rally due to construction

Mary McNamara and Zahra Muzaffar
January 7, 2016
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