City ought to consider student input in Churchill rail redesign The Editors-in-Chief February 5, 2020 Editorial The intersection between Churchill Avenue and Alma Street is used every day by walkers, bikers and drivers, including hundreds of students getting to school in the morning. Often, the buzz of commuters is inter...
Praise for District’s inclusion of student voice in policy making The Editors-in-Chief February 5, 2020 Editorial Nearly every year, the district makes major policy changes that directly impact Paly’s student body. More often than not, students find themselves feeling unheard without an outlet to share their thoughts. This...
Climate curriculum should be required in schools nationwide The Editors-in-Chief February 5, 2020 Editorial With wildfires blazing across Australia, the worst drought California has seen and increasingly powerful hurricanes, it is clear our world is in disarray due to global warming. Climate change is one of the lar...
Campsgiving: some of the little things that we are thankful for The Editors-in-Chief December 7, 2019 Editorial In the spirit of Thanksgiving, The Campanile would like to express our gratitude … For all the passionate, understanding, brilliant teachers who always try to help students succeed in and out of the classroom....
CPR graduation requirements ought to be made more clear The Editors-in-Chief December 7, 2019 Editorial As seniors seek to wrap up their final year of high school, many are surprised to discover that they are at risk of not receiving a diploma due to missing a graduation requirement. Implemented last year, Calif...
Administration should be more respectful of student press rights The Editors-in-Chief December 7, 2019 Editorial Palo Alto police chased and arrested a robbery suspect on Paly’s campus on Nov. 4. While classes were not instructed to go into lockdown during the chase, many did, and after 10 minutes of confusion, Principal ...
The CCC should digitalize college application materials The Editors-in-Chief November 8, 2019 Editorial One by one, students tentatively enter the Guidance office and place their cover sheets and secondary school reports in the designated basket. While some students lift up the stack of forms, discreetly sliding ...
All students should be able to choose to have a flipped class The Editors-in-Chief November 8, 2019 Editorial As education continues to evolve, traditional teaching methods have begun to make way for newer instructional approaches designed to not only accommodate advancements in technology but also cater to alternative...
School-wide safety procedures, communication require reform The Editors-in-Chief November 8, 2019 Editorial As the lunch period came to an end on Nov. 4, students began mentally preparing themselves for fifth period. But as they walked to class, armed Palo Alto police officers raced after a suspected bank robber, cau...
Teachers should have paid parental leave The Editors-in-Chief October 23, 2019 Editorial Every year, the Palo Alto Unified School District and the Palo Alto Educators Association spend hours discussing the Collective Bargaining Agreement – the legal contract negotiated between the teachers union an...
