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

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Sophomore Heiren Noone (left) sports her bright green Minecraft costume during the best-dressed competition at brunch Friday on the Quad. Noone said she has been enjoying the dress-up aspect of this weeks Spring Spirit. “I really like best-dressed activities and I love spirit week,” Noone said. “I think that the more costume-y days are my favorite.” (Photo: Kristine Lin)

Students reflect on Spring Spirit Week

Kristine Lin, News Editor
April 22, 2023
Junior Hannah Jensen covers the song Valerie by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse during the last Spring Spirit Quadchella at lunch Friday on the Quad. According to Jensen, Quadchella is an opportunity for students to come together and support one another. Its pretty fun to just see everyone gathered in one spot, Jensen said. (Photo: Kristine Lin)

Spring Spirit Week closes out with final Quadchella

Kristine Lin, News Editor
April 22, 2023
Sophomore Briar Dorogusker (left) cheers on her sophomore team during the cup-stacking section of the relay race today during lunch at the Viking Stadium, one of several of this week’s Spring Spirit events. Dorogusker said she loved seeing the excitement during the events and being able to bond with her peers. “I really enjoyed the race and hearing the music and chatting with people,” Dorogusker said. “It was super fun because I talked to people who I had never talked to [before].” (Photo: Kristine Lin)

Freshmen lead in Spring Spirit rally

Celina Lee and Kristine Lin
April 20, 2023
Senior Damien Perez mixes a beat for the crowd for Quadchella during lunch on the Quad. This was the second of three Quadchellas this week for Spring Spirit, which allowed student performers to show off their talents to their peers. According to sophomore Aiden Son, though Spring Spirit has been fun it was somewhat undermarketed. “I completely forgot it [Spring Spirit] existed because… it’s under-advertised, but I think it’s a great event, Son said. I love Quadchella.(Photo: Anna Feng)

Quadchella day two features a range of student talent

Carissa Tsui and Anna Feng
April 19, 2023
Students sat in circles on Monday in the Big Gym of the Peery Center, filling out a handout regarding their opinions to improve the school, as a part of the Ignite2Unite event. Junior Samuya Kundu said she found the event enjoyable and memorable. “I think it was really fun, and it was really energetic,” Kundu said. “I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but I think it definitely did exceed what I was originally thinking.” (Photo: Kristine Lin)

Ignite2Unite event strengthens school spirit

Kristine Lin, News Editor
March 29, 2023
Students, volunteers prepare floats for final rally

Students, volunteers prepare floats for final rally

Leena Hussein and Arati Periyannan
September 29, 2022
Students gather during lunch in the Big Gym during the first rally of the year as part of the fall Spirit Week. According to senior class president Ashley Hung, the upcoming senior spirit week offers unique dress-up days for seniors to enjoy. I’m looking forward to the dress-up days the most, Hung said. Seniors are creative with their outfits and I can’t wait to see what they come up with. (Daniel Garepis-Holland)

Seniors lead Spirit Week competition after first rally

Payton Anderson and Ash Mehta
September 28, 2022
In preparation of last years homecoming dance, Associated Student Body members Ines Legrand and Cindy Wang create lantern decorations. According to Legrand, ASB social commissioner, unlike last years ice cream taco truck, students will have access to a mini doughnut truck. “We have basic snacks like bags of chips, and popcorn like we had last year,” Legrand said. “Well also have fresh doughnuts on the spot and theres a topping bar where you can put toppings on, and you’ll have a little basket of donuts, and they look really good.” (Photo: Leena Hussein)

Preview: Homecoming to be held — indoors — Saturday

Anna Feng and Sophia Yang
September 27, 2022
Seniors dressed in togas for the Ceasar dressing theme walk down the best-dressed runway. (Photo: Lucianna Peralta)

Amid rally scalebacks, students enjoy Spirit Week on the Quad

Ash Mehta, Lucianna Peralta, and Carissa Tsui
September 27, 2022
The senior class of 2022 cheers after they get a trivia question correct. Associated Student Body Director Steve Gallagher said that he particularly enjoyed the trivia game. “I like the trivia just because it was really creative,” Gallgher said. “so [it’s] my favorite; I always enjoyed trivia.”

Breaking: Spirit Week scale-backs confirmed

Brennen Ho, Benjamin Grimes, and Sophia Yang
September 20, 2022
Students from Palo Alto High School rush across the track and return to their side of the field after raiding the Gunn High School bleachers. Some students, including junior Ava Iribarren, are upset with the proposed scale backs to Spirit Week that Principal Brent Kline may officially announce tomorrow, including the potential cancellation of the Homecoming Dance and reduced number of rallies. “I don’t think it is fair to punish the entire student body for a couple of people’s decisions which led to everyone else following,” Iribarren said. “I wasn’t there, and a lot of my friends weren’t there, and I don’t think it is fair to punish everyone and even just won’t be fair to punish the people who were at the game.” (Photo: Annelise Balentine)

Students, staff conflicted over proposed consequences to Spirit Week

Anna Feng and Leena Hussein
September 15, 2022
Breaking: Admin discussing Spirit Week scale-backs and Homecoming cancellation after Friday football chaos

Breaking: Admin discussing Spirit Week scale-backs and Homecoming cancellation after Friday football chaos

Jonathan Chen, Brennen Ho, and Payton Anderson
September 14, 2022
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