Paly facilities should be more accessible for people with physical disabilities The Editors-in-Chief September 6, 2019 Editorial One of the most gratifying benefits of attending Paly is the myriad facilities students can utilize, from the extensive gymnasium to the multistory Media Arts Center. However, many Paly buildings currently lack...
Scheduling decisions require more student involvement The Editors-in-Chief September 6, 2019 Editorial Paly’s new bell schedule, featuring a Monday that alternates between even and odd periods every other week and a fixed schedule for Tuesday through Friday, has been met with controversy. The back-to-back eve...
Admin should fund additional college and career counselor The Editors-in-Chief September 6, 2019 Editorial Just a few days after the start of the school year, the College & Career Center sent out an email informing the Paly community that due to a lack of funding, Andrea Bueno’s position as one of three college ...
Compensation for teachers who host AP review sessions The Editors-in-Chief June 21, 2019 Editorial With Advanced Placement (AP) testing coming to an end, students in AP classes can breathe a collective sigh of relief as they close both their note-filled study guides and their eyes to finally lay down for som...
Dear Paly: Letter from the Editors-in-Chief of The Campanile The Editors-in-Chief April 21, 2019 Editorial, Showcase, Spotlight 5 When the five of us stepped into the Editor-in-Chief role a year ago, we knew the next 12 months of our lives would be a whirlwind of breaking news and deadlines, picas and headlines. We expected to be immersed...
Admin, teachers ought to refine process for skipping prerequisites should be refined The Editors-in-Chief April 21, 2019 Editorial With Palo Alto’s increasingly fast-paced nature, more kids are spending time outside of school honing in on their passions and specializing in various skills. As a result, many students find that, by the time t...
AP finals should be before AP tests The Editors-in-Chief March 24, 2019 Editorial During the first two weeks of May each year, students are invariably stressed by the arrival of Advanced Placement (AP) exams, strictly administered national tests that cover an entire year’s worth of content t...
ASB, administration should increase underclassmen community building The Editors-in-Chief March 24, 2019 Editorial In the coming months, the Class of 2019 will engage in several bonding activities, including graduation festivities, a grade-wide game of elimination and a series of traditional senior pranks, all of which will...
Paly ought to publicize lesser-known classes outside of catalog The Editors-in-Chief March 24, 2019 Editorial Every year, rising freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors face the same struggle: choosing classes. The course catalog, almost 100 pages of course descriptions, graduation requirements and subject pathways, ...
School should employ more athletic trainers for students The Editors-in-Chief March 3, 2019 Editorial Walk into the training room after school, and one is bound to see students nursing bruises, sprains and an assortment of other injuries. Despite the number of injured athletes at Paly, there is only one athleti...
