Traffic control must be added to the Churchill-Castilleja intersection May 23, 2014 Editorial After an accident in the beginning of May involving a cyclist at the intersection of Churchill Avenue and Castilleja Avenue, the need for a comprehensive solution to the hazardous traffic situation in that area...
Letter to the editors May 23, 2014 Editorial Paly Editors, Thank you very much for your comprehensive article of April 25, “Running out of Time”. It captured well the current situation of the mobile home park closure. As you noted, on the May 12th, an ...
Pennsylvania school does not have right to force newspaper to print mascot’s name May 21, 2014 Editorial Editors of The Playwickian, the student newspaper of Neshaminy High School in Bucks County, Pa., have sparked controversy after deciding to ban references to their school’s mascot, the “Redskin” from their publ...
The end of a productive era: reflecting on the tenure of Superintendent Skelly March 8, 2014 Editorial When Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Superintendent Kevin Skelly took the helm of one of the nation’s most prolific and successful public education systems seven years ago, he surely could not have kn...
Advanced Placement test price increase is justified March 8, 2014 Editorial Starting Feb. 5, students have been purchasing the Advanced Placement (AP) tests they are planning to take in May later this year. Until Wednesday, March 5, most AP tests cost $115 per test, $5 more than last y...
Library database talks should target freshmen only, not students in other grades March 8, 2014 Editorial By the time students enter their senior year, it seems every one of us at Palo Alto High School has sat through numerous database and research lectures given by librarian Rachel Kellerman. These talks, while so...
Field trips enrich course curriculum January 27, 2014 Editorial A practical application of education is a lot more effective in comparison to direct instruction. Despite copious amount of notes and endless hours of studying, nothing quite compares to actually experiencing a...
Students should have the right to go to bathroom, eat during class on own volition January 27, 2014 Editorial Two of the inquiries that a teacher most often encounters isn’t class-related or intellectual, rather two that procure a simple “yes” or “no” in response: “May I go to the bathroom?” and “Can I eat a snack?” In...
Teachers should not resort to peer grading, creates an unfair environment November 10, 2013 Editorial With a growing student body at Palo Alto High School and increased enrollment in classes, teachers now have to grade more tests than ever, yet students and parents still expect these tests to be graded in a tim...
