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Strict club rules ranging from restrictions on food served to the percentage of budget spent per semester are now being enforced.

Restrictions on clubs limit productivity

Mads McCluskey and Madeline McCluskey • October 12, 2015
As each year goes on, the restrictions on clubs have been increasingly strict. These rules create a situation in which it becomes nearly pointless to be a club at Palo Alto High School, and almost better to be an independent body that is not affiliated with the school. Many assume these rules are created by Paly’s Associated Student Body (ASB), but ASB is not to blame. Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) consults state and federal laws about school organizations and interprets them to be as strict as possible.
Social Justice Should Start Earlier

Social Justice Should Start Earlier

Jessica Wong and Jessica Wong • October 12, 2015
In schools across the nation, young students should begin taking a break from the conventional ABC’s and cursive for a new subject: social justice. Encompassing issues such as racism, gender equality and rights for minorities, social justice has long been a controversial topic in both schools and society. Social justice explores inequities throughout the world, exposing race and religion-based biases, wage gaps and LGBTQQ rights, to name a few. Due to their controversial and occasionally explicit nature, social justice issues are usually kept far away from elementary schools, and are rarely referenced in middle schools.

Junior Year Should Include College Search

Thomas Rauner-Swan, Staff Writer • October 12, 2015
S]ix people were sitting around the small table in Palo Alto High School’s College and Career Center (CCC) listening to the presentation on Whitman College and the merits of a liberal arts education. The one junior felt fairly out of place among the other five seniors. The lack of junior attendance could have been because Whitman College is a small liberal arts school in Washington, so perhaps more juniors would have been willing to miss class for a better known college or one that was closer to home.
Students face the challenge of crossing Churchill Avenue in the mornings due to the congested narrow paths; the additional police cars creates a greater risk of bike accidents.

Police should stop blocking bike lanes before school

Jacky Moore and Jacky Moore • September 18, 2015
On weekdays from 7:50 a.m. to 8:10 a.m., one to three adults can be seen on the corner of Churchill Avenue and Alma Street with their phones in hand, photographing Churchill Avenue’...
Recently, ASB candidates have been posting election speeches to YouTube, giving voting students the option of viewing speeches.

Paly should bring back live ASB speeches

Catherine Yu, Senior Staff Writer • September 18, 2015
Live is better than online. As of the 2013 school year, the approach Palo Alto High School’s Associated Student Body (ASB) has taken during elections is to upload candi...

New Zero Waste program too costly

Claire Dennis and Claire Dennis • September 18, 2015

Palo Alto is getting greener, or at least trying to. Zero Waste, a City of Palo Alto initiative, aims to reduce trash and educate Palo Altans on composting. While the concept of reducing trash is commonly...

Students relieved Back to School Dance is cancelled

Students relieved Back to School Dance is cancelled

Kate DeAndre, Staff Writer • September 18, 2015

The Palo Alto High School Back to School dance has been around for years, with little attendance by students and depriving the students of money for new activities. As a Paly student, many are glad to...

Lunch breaks ought to be extended for students

Samuel Yun and Sam Yun • September 18, 2015

Many Palo Alto High School students have experienced the crowded noon-time commute to Town and Country during lunch and the subsequent 20-minute wait in line for many restaurants. Given the increasing...

Paly should conserve water by practicing efficient watering techniques so that areas such as the quad are not excessively watered.

Paly needs to make a greater effort to conserve water

David Tayeri and David Tayeri • September 18, 2015
As California enters its fourth year of extreme drought and wildfires char over 270,000 acres of the state, it has become increasingly important for everyone to do their part to...
Compost bins are beneficial

Compost bins are beneficial

Maggie Rosenthal and Maggie Rosenthal • September 18, 2015

The small compost bins given to nearly all Palo Alto households in July may seem like an insignificant change to some residents, but in reality they are anything but a small change. The City of Palo Alto...

Though some teachers discuss with each other regularly, this intercommunication should be a protocol between all departments.

Interdepartmental coordination would ease student stress

Peter Maroulis and Peter Maroulis • May 21, 2015

As high school students, we occasionally face a convergence of exams from many classes over the period of one week. No, not just finals. These weeks can be any time between August and June and occur when...

Eighteen-year-old voter registrees make up just 5.2 percent of the registrees in California, the lowest of any age group in the state.

Young adults ought to be more involved in the voting process

Seth Alston, Senior Staff Writer • May 21, 2015

When Palo Alto High School seniors turn 18, they enter the world of adulthood and are confronted by a myriad of new legal hazards and opportunities they were previously exempted from. These students must...

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