Samantha Hwang

Racing and freestyle BMX, mountain biking gain popularity

May 6, 2019

In the past two decades, BMX, or bicycle motocross biking, has experienced a surge in popularity. With the start of the X Games, and as its recognition as an Olympic sport in 2008, the number of BMX bike parti...

ASB Update

Samantha Hwang

March 1, 2019

News

With the Associated Student Body (ASB) elections right around the corner on March 20, the current ASB members have been working on fine-tuning job descriptions in preparation. This week ASB voted to approve mul...

Paly hosts annual Madrigal Feaste

Samantha Hwang

December 6, 2018

News

This year, the Paly Choir will be hosting their 16th annual Madrigal Feaste at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Dec. 8 and 9. The money from the event will go towards sheet music and funding for group ret...

ASB Update

Samantha Hwang

October 19, 2018

News

Starting in just two days, on Oct. 22, Spirit Week will continue with the typical dress up days and lunchtime rallies. “ ASB members are hard at work preparing for the upcoming Spirit Week,” junior class Pres...

New football coach improves team

Samantha Hwang

October 15, 2018

Sports

Back in January of the 2017-2018 school year, former head football coach Danny Sullivan announced his resignation and became Archbishop Mitty High School’s head coach. “ kind of left unexpectedly, and our whol...

Quadside Lands Preview

Samantha Hwang

September 2, 2018

Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle

On Tuesday, Quadside Lands will kick off the concert series with performances from Garage Mahal, Oscar’s Band Tribute Band and Ellie Walsh. Garage Mahal, regular performers on the quad, is set to kick off Quads...

Boys lacrosse secures league title once again

Samantha Hwang

June 2, 2018

Boys Lacrosse, Sports, Spring Sports

After a rocky start to the season, the boys lacrosse team won its second league win in a row. In the beginning, the team had a difficult time transitioning from winter to spring season due to an unusually la...

Tech-based pizza place

Samantha Hwang

May 25, 2018

Science/Tech

Amid the numerous RVs lined up on El Camino Real near the school, there is one truck that stands out above the other grey and brown vehicles: the red Zume Pizza truck. While this red truck may appear as anothe...

Breaking down Paly’s new bell schedule for next school year

Lucy Nemerov and Samantha Hwang

May 25, 2018

News

As sleep deprivation and stress plague students at Paly community members have created a new bell schedule for the upcoming year that will hopefully increase productivity and reduce stress. The Innovative Sched...

Two candidates remain for principal selection

Vivian Feng and Samantha Hwang

May 18, 2018

News

There are only two candidates still in the running for principal of the 2018-2019 school year as of May 7. Although the identity of one of the candidates is still confidential, the other candidate is current ac...

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