Sophia Moore

DJ Savarese, the director, co-producer and inspiration for a PBS documentary, visits Paly

Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe and Sophia Moore

December 17, 2019

Human rights advocate and non-speaking autistic DJ Savarese, the director, co-producer and inspiration for the PBS documentary “Deej,” visited Paly’s Haymarket Theater on Oct. 10 for a screening of the film. ...

The red tape of vape

Sophia Moore

October 3, 2019

Science/Tech

Reaching for her Juul — a brand of e-cigarette which can vaporize nicotine — a Paly senior feels the dull throb of a migraine and the aching pain of an empty stomach. After several moments of grasping for her ...

Sports helps with academic performance

Sophia Moore

October 2, 2019

Sports

Between a grueling three-hour practice and copious amounts of homework, the average day for a typical student-athlete is not a simple task. While some believe that participating in a sport may hurt academic pe...

Community must respect all pursuits of higher education

Sophia Moore and Anna Meyer

May 24, 2019

Opinion

On college shirt day last year, a day that is intended to enable students to show pride for their post-high school plans, a student wore a Foothill College shirt with the words “Sorry, Mom” written on the back....

ASB busy planning end of year activities

Sophia Moore

March 22, 2019

News

With the Associated Student Body (ASB) election rapidly approaching, ASB members have been revising the application appointment system in order to create a fairer selection process. Utilizing the newly refin...

More creative writing should be incorporated into English curriculum

Sophia Moore

March 15, 2019

Opinion

Paly students are well acquainted with the ongoing monotonous struggle to make it through another day of school. Every hour seems to stretch longer as the day goes on and the block periods feel endless. How has...

From Immigration to Assimilation

Jaures Yip, Alyssa Leong, Sophia Moore and Byron Zhang

February 2, 2019

Showcase, Spotlight

As debates over weighted grades, middle school renaming and a cluster of other concerns rippled through the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) in recent years, an increasingly influential group — Chines...

Class material ought to resemble tests more closely

Sophia Moore

December 14, 2018

Opinion

Students are no strangers to how terrifying it is to be handed a test on test day and scan through the pages only to realize all the problems are significantly more difficult than the material usually covered i...

Marissa Mayer plans to alter mortuary

Sophia Moore

October 20, 2018

News

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer plans to transform Palo Alto’s oldest funeral home, which she bought in 2013, into a private club for workspace collaboration. She says it will be geared toward women in the workf...

Students share experiences learning English in a new environment

Sophia Moore

October 11, 2018

Lifestyle, Student Life

When moving to a new country, it is difficult for someone to learn the native language and become accustomed to the new way of life. Being unable to pronounce words correctly may cause close-minded people to qu...

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