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Behind the scenes at the College and Career Center

Behind the scenes at the College and Career Center

Grace Fang February 1, 2013

Sandra Cernobori and Alice Erber’s jobs as college advisors consist of helping juniors and seniors through the college application process. They, along with Paly’s Advisor Christina Owen, host an orientation...

The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Anna McGarrigle December 7, 2012

The Internet controls us. From the way we connect with friends to the way we retrieve our homework, its hypnotic power is unfortunately essential to living today. Sure, the Internet can be extremely helpful...

Hoodie Allen performs at Castilleja High School

Michelle Yin December 7, 2012

Up-and-coming rapper Hoodie Allen kept his teenage fans screaming with hysteria on Nov. 30, 2012 at Castilleja School, despite arriving an hour late and performing a short 60 minute concert. At the end...

Gunn senior Roya Huang films a vectors video, along with other physics videos, to help students

Club Academia strives to help struggling students

sam.d December 7, 2012

Summer break is often seen as a time to forget about school, relax and have fun. For two Henry M. Gunn (Gunn) students, however, the summer of 2012 was an opportunity to launch a student-run website designed...

Suzie Brown keeps meticulous records of transcripts and assists seniors in the college application process.

Suzie Brown: the woman behind the transcripts

Grace Fang December 7, 2012

I work with and for some of the greatest people on earth. It is a real pleasure to come to work knowing I will spend the day with all of the students confronting and solving problems and just enjoying...

New teacher adds light to the math department

william.k December 7, 2012

Bringing new spunk and energy into the math department is Herb Bocksnick who teaches Algebra 1 and Intro to Analysis and Calculus this year. Bocksnick did not always live in California. Coming from Montana,...

Walter Hays students hope to bring Project Aurora to Palo Alto

Walter Hays students hope to bring Project Aurora to Palo Alto

Stephenie Zhang December 7, 2012

Towering 30 feet into the air and illuminating City Hall Plaza with 40,000 full color LED lights and 4,000 shimmering copper leaves will stand a large steel willow tree. Or so two Walter Hays Elementary...

Hidden Costs of College Application

Emily Rosenthal December 7, 2012

Nearly every senior in high school dreams about finally receiving an acceptance letter to college. They have put in countless hours of work—editing essays, frantically filling out forms, asking teachers...

Paly Students on Tumblr

Maya.K December 7, 2012

Paly Tumblrs. The only place where a snapshot from Lilo and Stitch or The Office can perfectly describe the daily obstacles of an everyday student. These blogs include random images or GIFs, often picturing...

Hebrews of hip-hop: rappers take to the world stage

Hebrews of hip-hop: rappers take to the world stage

Hillel Zand November 30, 2012

In a field dominated by gangsters and tough images, an unlikely faction has emerged in the hip hop/rap genre. While their cultural heritage may not be as painstakingly obvious as it is for rappers like...

‘72 Campanile editor reflects on journalism career

Kate Apostolou November 16, 2012

Back in the day when wearing camouflage was not just a semiannual senior tradition but rather the permanent attire for students drafted to Vietnam, senior Erica Gerard scurried around the Paly campus collecting...

Junior Elijah Waxman breaks it down

Jonathan Ziegler November 16, 2012

It’s 9 p.m., and junior Elijah Waxman, or by his stage name, Kelevra Roc, receives a text message for the dance battle location. He has been selected to battle some of the most intense b-boys in the...

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