Halloween regulations in place, high-risk activities like trick-or-treating canceled Emma Todd November 2, 2020 News 1 To adhere to COVID-19 guidelines, Palo Alto residents are adjusting their usual activities and celebrations for Halloween this year. The Santa Clara County of Public Health released a joint statement of the Ba...
Online education presents challenges Emma Todd October 9, 2020 News On a normal school day, junior Cate Dyer wakes up about 30 minutes before class, has breakfast and then walks over to her desk and logs into Zoom. PAUSD has made the switch from asynchronous to synchronous lear...
Graduation Plans and Changes to come Emma Todd May 31, 2020 News As the end of our digital spring quarter nears, seniors around the country have begun to prepare for their “virtual graduations” which will likely consist of receiving their diplomas via email. However, thi...
Constant consumption of spicy food can lead to stomach pain Emma Todd March 17, 2020 Science/Tech Junior Addie Harris reaches into her backpack and grabs a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos. As she opens the bag, though, she suddenly remembers the many times when this snack caused her stomach pain, and throws the ...
School food service options should be more widely publicized Emma Todd February 10, 2020 Food, Opinion, Student Center, Student Life Every day at 11:35 a.m., a swarm of students gather around the crosswalk between Town & Country and Palo Alto High School for lunch. However, many of the stores available for lunch are expensive, and the l...
Palo Alto Commission proposes pilot program to open Foothills Emma Todd December 11, 2019 News Since the 1960s, locals have enjoyed hiking through the forest trails, watching the sunset and observing the copious amounts of flora and fauna of Foothills Park. However, this luxury has only been enjoyed by P...
Captain of Paly basketball reflects on past, future seasons Emma Todd November 20, 2019 Boys Basketball, Sports As a young child, Matthew Marzano would get up early and go watch his dad play in a basketball league with other local dads every Saturday morning. Marzano loved basketball since he started playing at 5 years o...
Cross country take first in all races Emma Todd November 16, 2019 Fall Sports, Sports Heading into the last few meets of the season, the cross country teams are taking pride in placing first in every race the City Championship in Arastradero on Oct. 30. The SCVAL Championships at Crystal Spri...
Satire: Why climate change is fake (sarcastic) Emma Todd October 23, 2019 Column Ahhh, climate change. The warming of the earth’s atmosphere. The rising temperatures and the “increasing greenhouse gases,” whatever that means. The apparent melting of ice glaciers in the North Pole. All l...
Cross country team places first in their heats Emma Todd October 3, 2019 Fall Sports, Sports Placing first in their heats at the Lowell Invitational in San Francisco on Sept. 6, the cross country team’s sophomore boys, freshman boys, and frosh/soph girls all said they were proud of their performances. ...
